Time for a new phone...

[Arsilon]

So I think my Thunderbolt is starting to act hokey enough that I may consider a new phone. Sorry Grieve but absolutely no way I get an iPhone.

Any thoughts and/or reviews from anyone that has gotten anything recently that I should consider?

Verizon if it matters.

[strife]

I have the S4 and I think it's pretty awesome. I haven't really kept up with the more recent models since I got this, but I can say the S4 is a good phone.


/edit - also since the S4 is one of the more popular Android's, getting cases and all that other shit is fairly easy... much easier than a lot of android phones.

[Diggles]

I really like my Samsung as well. It was a shitty entry level model but its held up well and Android is pretty pimp.

Whatever you do, do not buy refrub phone~

[Jakensama]

Wait for the nexus 5 in a couple months and get off of verizon to save yourself some money! Nexus 4 is a very solid phone thats only $250 without having to subsidize it (that is how you do a cheaper phone, apple), but unfortunately it doesn't work on Verizon's LTE.

Otherwise yeah the S4 and the HTC One are the hot shit android phones at the moment. If you can hold off for another couple months there will likely be some new ones popping up in November.

[Slamz]

S4.

I prefer it over the HTC One because the S4 has a removable battery and SD card (HTC One does not). The SD card was nice because I just took the one I had in my Thunderbolt, stuck it in the S4 and there's all my music, photos and videos right there. (The S4 doesn't come with an SD card, just a slot, so the transfer from the Thunderbolt also gave me lots more space. The internal storage is 16 GB so you don't *need* an SD card, but if you have one...)

It has a few neat gee-whiz features but the SD card and battery were the main things that swung it for me.

I also suggest the kick-stand case. I don't know why kickstands aren't standard. I used the one on my Thunderbolt all the time and everyone was jealous.

[Arsilon]

I used the one on my Thunderbolt all the time and everyone was jealous.

...except the power slot is on the wrong side to use your phone plugged in while doing anything in landscape.

[Skelas]

The S4 is pretty sweet.

[Vllad]

They have these phones with round holes over a set up of numbers. You put your fingers in the holes and turn it clockwise until it doesn't turn anymore. They last forever and never break. Most importantly you don't have to carry around with you.

[strife]

but do those play candy crush?

[Slamz]

I used the one on my Thunderbolt all the time and everyone was jealous.

...except the power slot is on the wrong side to use your phone plugged in while doing anything in landscape.

Yeah I hated that. The S4 has the plug on the bottom so once again you cannot plug in your phone and use it in a common (upright) position. But at least you can do landscape now.

They should just standardize and put the power plug on the top. The headphone jack is up there anyway.

[Dharus]

They have these phones with round holes over a set up of numbers. You put your fingers in the holes and turn it clockwise until it doesn't turn anymore. They last forever and never break. Most importantly you don't have to carry around with you.

Not to mention the ringer is loud enough to hear just about anywhere.

[Snowreap]

They have these phones with round holes over a set up of numbers. You put your fingers in the holes and turn it clockwise until it doesn't turn anymore. They last forever and never break. Most importantly you don't have to carry around with you.

Not to mention the ringer is loud enough to hear just about anywhere.

... or at just about any age.

-ken

[Moristans]

They have these phones with round holes over a set up of numbers. You put your fingers in the holes and turn it clockwise until it doesn't turn anymore. They last forever and never break. Most importantly you don't have to carry around with you.

Not to mention the ringer is loud enough to hear just about anywhere.

... or at just about any age.

-ken

If you're old enough to know what he's talking about, you definitely need it.

[Grieve]

So I think my Thunderbolt is starting to act hokey enough that I may consider a new phone. Sorry Grieve but absolutely no way I get an iPhone.

That's it, I'm adding you to The List.

[strife]

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[Jakensama]

What Vllad thinks of when he considers a new phone:

[Zirak]

For me size of the phone would be a consideration. I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 and the darn thing is borderline being too big to carry around comfortably. Other than that it is a wonderful device.

[Rallick]

They have these phones with round holes over a set up of numbers. You put your fingers in the holes and turn it clockwise until it doesn't turn anymore. They last forever and never break. Most importantly you don't have to carry around with you.

They were the best phones to do the Slam-Down hang-up with!

[Moristans]

They have these phones with round holes over a set up of numbers. You put your fingers in the holes and turn it clockwise until it doesn't turn anymore. They last forever and never break. Most importantly you don't have to carry around with you.

They were the best phones to do the Slam-Down hang-up with!

Yeah, I miss that. Not that I slammed the handset down on anybody a lot. When a GF did that to me though, that was the sign that I might have done something wrong.

[Ekibiokami]

Or when My mom was mad at you lol

[Vanraw]

Wife has s4 and loves it. She n had so iPhone..... Daughter bought a s3, as a cheaper option. Good phone as well. My work phone is a Droid 4, because I like a key board and a smaller phone.

[Moristans]

Or when My mom was mad at you lol

Your mom never slammed the handset on me in the middle of a phone conversation. As the big sister, she was actually very patient with her little brother. Unfortunately for you guys, she might have used up all of her motherly patience for dumbass little boys on me.

[Moristans]

Wife has s4 and loves it. She n had so iPhone..... Daughter bought a s3, as a cheaper option. Good phone as well. My work phone is a Droid 4, because I like a key board and a smaller phone.

I still use the S2. I'm sure if and when I ever upgrade to the highest iteration of the model, I'll realize what it is I was missing all along. Until then, I have a phone that does everything I need it to do and a lot of stuff I don't really need at all.

[Grieve]

Sorry Grieve but absolutely no way I get an iPhone.

Despite this, you might want to walk into an Apple store and play around with the 5S. Reviews are out overnight, and they are almost universally stella, with most calling it the best smartphone available. Reviews of iOS7 are also out, and are raves. Even with an older iPhone, iOS7 makes it completely different phone (I've been using it for a few months).

As we're a more techie crowd, it's well worth checking out Anand Shimpi's review at Anandtech. He did extensive benchmarking, and found that it isn't just the fastest phone available, but it completely blows aways other phones. In most cases it's two or even three times faster than the Google Play version of the S4.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7335/the-iphone-5s-review

[Arsilon]

I actually have an iPhone in our house. Since my wife already had an iPad we figured it would just be easier for her to have both her tablet and phone work the same way (she is completely technology illiterate so simpler is better). I switched her from Android to iPhone last year.

So I'm not saying I don't want an iPhone just to be an Apple hater...I actually have worked with her phone quite a bit so know the good and bad. I just prefer how much more configurable Androids are to do what I need it to do. And since I use my phone a lot for work, I prefer the bigger screen as well for e-mail, etc.

Anyone seen anything with the new Droids? I've seen mixed reviews. At this point I think I'm leaning S4.