iPhones are completely useless to me.

I download movies and TV shows while I'm on the road, and watch them via MHL adapter to my TV.

Can't do that on an iPhone.

Of course you can. I've done it countless times.

I forgot to mention torrents.

I torrent everything. Can you torrent on an iPhone?

There are torrent clients for iOS. But it's easier to simply stream them directly. That's what I do. I can stream anything I want directly without having to download it first. Or I can stream it while downloading in the background if I want to keep it..

Totally get that. I don't have to pay extra for a hotspot so it's not a big deal for me. I also don't generally use the tablet in places where there isn't wifi, I just use my phone.

I also work for a wireless company, so I don't have to pay for data on my tablet even if I use it.

I highly doubt this is the iphone 6 but apple going big!

http://www.gsmarena.com/leaked_diagr...-news-8160.php

I still wont buy it.

That's been rumored for a while. Not the iPhone6 but more like an iPhone5p (for phablet). :D

My Note 2 doesn't look anything like that in my pockets. My guess is this is a troll, or midget.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...okU2r_mWljZnHX

BTW, does anybody know if the Samsung Mega II or the Note 4 will come out first? Rumored that the Note 4 will come out in Septempberish.

I can't find anything on the Mega 2.

Looks like the Note 4 comes out this fall.

I'm waiting with baited breath for the Galaxy s5 to release so I can buy a post-price-drop Galaxy s4. My current phone is a Galaxy. sans s. The first one. It is dreadfully slow and a battery drain at this point to boot, but I'm a cheapskate and I've been holding out on upgrading.

If tmobile drops the no-contract price on s4's in a couple of weeks to like $500 I am THERE.

Hopefully they are better about prices than AT&T or you might be waiting a long time.

I was waiting for them to drop the HTC One M7...

32GB M8 $199.99 on contract, $640 off contract
32GB M7 $199.99 on contract, $600 off contract

What is the best phone either on Verizon right now or coming out soon? Time to upgrade.

Because I don't carry a purse?

Also looking for a new phone. However I do not want a smartphone because I don't want a data plan. I know that kinda limits me but can anyone recommend a good feature phone?

I have a Note 3.

Purse not required. Fits comfortably in my pocket.

Do you not like the Nexus 5? Just curious, as you apparently want to stay off contract. I can't think of a single better deal out there. And they don't jack you on it's release date and then marginally drop the price....it's been $350 since it came out last November.

iPhone 6?

http://www.phonedog.com/2014/03/31/i...going-testing/

http://r.phonedog.com/shared/images/...e6leakfull.jpg

I can't quite put my finger on it but that design looks awfully familiar to me. Almost like another manufacturer released a flagship with the same exact design a year ago.

http://i62.tinypic.com/zjdweb.jpg

The sheep would still buy it.

ROFL

So all people that have an iPhone are sheep?

I need a new phone plan actually, anyone know a company where I can get 2 nice smart phones and pay less than 100 a month..I'd honestly prefer it to be cheaper than that.

AT&T's Mobile Share plan can, if your phones are off contract and depending on how much data you want. The most you could get for under $100 would be the 2GB plan. $40 for the plan and $25 for each off contract smartphone, otherwise its $40 for each smartphone that's on contract.

my wife and I finally said '**** it' and went back to our normal phones. we were paying $180/mo for non-3G service. we shopped around, and they were all in that range. I'm sure there are a lot on here that will chime in with their cheaper plans etc, and that's fine. but we basically only had the unlimited plan.

our new plan with unlimited text and the lowest tier of data is now $85/mo.
Though, we finally realized we really didn't 'use' the smart phones for anything more than our plain slide/touch screen phones.

No, but I question their sexuality.

:)

I have my son on Straight Talk. He has an AT&T Galaxy S4. No need to unlock the phone, but you have to order the SIM. $45/mo. Unlimited everything.

I'm hoping for this to happen. I'm ready for a new phone (still rocking the HTC Thunderbolt from 2011) but don't have to rush.

I'm 100% man, as the women around me will attest.

Did you come equipped with an iPenis?

Android.

Take a look at Republic Wireless.

We switched my wife over in January and it's been awesome. They use VOIP on wifi to keep costs down when it can connect to wi-fi, plus they offer the Moto X, no contract.

I'm getting an iPhone 5S today at work to replace my Samsung S3. Not super thrilled, but whatever.

LMAO

Some things are just better when they're bigger.

ORLY??

Sounds promising

Yep. Wife, brother, mom and dad now all using Republic. No problems. Unlimited everything on 4G is $40/month. It goes down if you want less speed. And you can modify your plan twice a month directly from your phone.

My wife and I have an iPhone 5 and we were looking to maybe change it up and get the Samsung Galaxy S5. What are the differences, pros and cons? What does the S5 offer me that I can't have with the iPhone and vice versa?

Also, I think Verizon has our contract over Feb. 24 but isn't there a new thing where you can upgrade sooner? Thanks.

S5 - expandable memory, removable battery, customizable OS, bigger screen. Is this iPhone waterproof?

There is a new way to upgrade earlier but it requires signing up for a monthly fee.

The S5 also crashes all the time, apps mysteriously disappear, and it has features like eye-tracking video pause that, even though you disable them, re-enable themselves daily.

A lot of knowledge on a phone that has yet to be released you have.

The S3 and S4 both have those issues. In fact, the S4 has more issues than the S3. Unless Samsung pulls a rabbit out of their hat or completely redesigns their software, it's probably a safe bet some of those issues will carry over.

Must be a serious and frequent problem for Samsung to keep them from being one of the most successful cell phone manufacturers in the market...

Microsoft owns nearly 75% of the world's OS market and releases multiple fixes for Windows every week.

I'm not suggesting the Galaxy sucks. I'm suggesting that when someone asks for a comparison, you at least be fair about it.

LMAO

Fair by slandering a product that has yet to be released.

GJ on being fair bro, GJ!

There is absolutely no pro to having the iPhone over a flagship Android, or even the new WP8.1 phones like the Nokia 930, unless you like a more compact phone and iOS.

The battery life on the iPhone is shit compared to the Android flagships, the hardware isn't even close, you can't expand on the memory, and the exterior can no longer be considered "luxurious" when you have HTC and Sony making the phones they've been making. The only thing to hang your hat on with Apple is size and iOS.

I wasn't slandering the phone.

You listed only the advantages. You didn't list any of the potential disadvantages. That's the definition of "fair". Furthermore, I didn't say anything about the iPhone.

I didn't list disadvantages because everything you listed are software related issues with older models and considering the phone isn't ****ing released you cant list that as a disadvantage, Einstein.

Everything I listed are facts on paper that are hardware related.

The screen is bigger, and it's at least full HD.

The battery is removable.

The memory can be expanded.

The OS can be customized to your liking.

It's waterproof.

All of those are FACTS.

ROFL

Why respond at all then? If the phone isn't released, there's no use in even discussing it, right?

Because he asked?

We know what the phone is...

I was thoroughly disappointed by the release specs of both the S5 and the M8 One. I am now camping on my four year old phone until June/July hoping to find the G3 is as amazing as rumored. I am noticing a trend, however: the phones never are as great as rumored.

He asked for pros AND cons.

HTC was dumb as hell to come out with that shitty 4 "ultrapixel" camera again.

They posted a loss last year with the original and the main complaint with the phone was the dogshit camera. So they make it bigger, add a 2nd gimmick camera for depth effects, remove the image stabilization, and use the same sensor?

I hope that phone tanks so they wake the **** up with this ultrapixel shit.

Name one hardware related con for getting a S5 over an iPhone.

Go ahead.

Four years, what kind of phone do you have?

I've still got my HTC Aria, released in 2010.

Starting to crap out on me now, though.

The iPhone has a better camera.

So now you're limiting it to just hardware? That's not what he asked.

Better hope the rumors are more accurate than the G2 mini rumors. The G2 mini was suppose to be a Sony level compact flagship. Then it was released and dismounted on its face.

Yes, because Samsung has revamped Touchwiz on the S5.

But as long as you want to act like the iPhone never crashes and that apps never disappear on an iPhone then feel free perform a google search, or better yet........

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=iphone+5s+crashing

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=iphone+5s+apps+disappeared

I never said they didn't.

So how is something that they both share a con for one over the other?

Are you ****ing reeruned when it comes to "fair?"

The things I listed are COMMON problems with the S3, and moreso with the S4, as Samsung's interface becomes more and more bloated.

When someone asks for pros and cons about a device, the answer they get should include both.

I get it, you hate Apple and the iPhone. Whoopity doo. Jihad away.

LMAO

I don't hate Apple and I don't love Samsung. In fact, I've never owned a phone from either company.

Apple is the Harley of the cellphone world. They've created a name for themselves and have brainwashed a large number of people into believing they are the best around and their loyal herds of sheep will fight til the death to prove it. But when you step back and actually compare each of their products to the competition, you aren't getting anything near what you should for the money you are paying.

Here's the long list of "pros" for getting an iPhone:

1) It's smaller, if you dont want a larger phone (soon to change)
2) It's the only phone able to use iOS

That pretty much exhausts the pros.

I've actually owned an S3 AND an S4.

The dude ALREADY HAS an iPhone. I'm guessing he's well aware of its limitations already. That's why I never mentioned it.

If he's thinking about buying a Samsung, he should know what he's getting.

All of the "pros" you mentioned are not only had by Samsung but by a great many other Android device manufacturers. Removable batteries and additional storage aren't unique to the Galaxy S.

The big difference is that a lot of those other manufacturers aren't asking you to invest not only in Google's ecosystem (a fact of life with Android) but ALSO with Samsung, because Samsung wants to use their phones to hook you into buying Samsung TVs, Samsung BR players, Samsung PCs, and everything else.

Yes. Samsung is the only manufacturer that wants you to buy more of their products.

Apple, Sony, Microsoft, etc... don't follow the Samsung model.

:rolleyes:

Did you read my post?

I didn't say anything about Apple or Microsoft did I? I said ANDROID. Does Apple or Microsoft make Android phones?

It's not unique to just Android.

JFC you are ignorant.

You don't even understand the conversation, so I'm not surprised you would resort to name calling.

Please tell me what I missed.

Please.

Samsung is wanting you to invest in Samsung, a fact of life only for Samsung apparently... according to you.

I already did, you just don't want to admit it. That's ok. We all have moments like this.

There's nothing to admit. You typed it and you can reread it over and over.

Thats what you said.

So please explain what you meant because I'm pretty sure what you are trying to say is that most other companies don't want you to buy their products.

Don't let me interrupt... continue. Please.

Sorry for derailing the conversation.

If you're thinking about making the switch from iOS to Android, I would recommend taking a look at the new HTC One vs. the Samsung.

And as jd previously mentioned, changing to Verizon Edge will give you access to phone upgrades but will negatively affect your monthly bill.

Please make sure to be intellectually honest and quote the ENTIRE post, please.

It's quite obvious that I wasn't talking about Apple or Microsoft, so we can leave them out of the conversation.

When I open a photo gallery on my Droid X2, it doesn't automatically broadcast that picture to any Samsung DNLA-enabled device. The Galaxy S3/S4 do.

When I watch a Youtube via on my Droid X2 and show it to a friend, it doesn't pause. The Galaxy S3/S4 do.

These are just a couple of examples of extra "features" that Samsung has added that aren't necessary unless you're fully invested in the Samsung ecosystem.

Droid Global 2. Picked it up in Feb 2011. I was thinking it was 2010, but I lose track of these things. Three years, then.

The fact is no phone is perfect, my recommendation is find the phone that is comfortable in your hand and in your pocket or wherever it may be and one that has good reviews from multiple independent sources. I personally weigh battery life as a very important feature. I don't care if you think you have the most awesome phone on the planet if it's dead then what does it matter? And I'm not talking about putting a mophie case on it either, that's cheating.

I haven't had a big issue with the iPhone 5 but battery life on the 4 was TERRIBLE.

Battery life on the Droid X2 is better than any phone I've had but it's my work phone and doesn't have a ton of apps on it.

Chiefs Pantalones: If you're looking to switch, just be aware that you're moving from one ecosystem to another. So if you use things like iTunes Match, Photo Stream or any of the other iOS related glue you'll be starting over.

There's also this (yes I'm quoting myself. Deal with it.):

im ditching my iphone tomorrow finally! Its an old one anyways and its so ****ing slow to open up anything. Think im getting the HTC 1. Probably the M7 its a bit cheaper then the m8 obviously. I will never drop big money for a phone.

LMAO Uh, yeah. Apple only has a handful of devices to update.

Android/Google? Hundreds of brands/models.

I believe the S5 has a 16mp camera.

I have the Note 3. The Video cam can shoot 4k resolution.