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I tend to view the contract as buying the phone on credit and they throw in a few minutes.
True. Still wouldn't be without my smartphone though.
I tend to view the contract as buying the phone on credit and they throw in a few minutes.
Why not get a tablet then, everything a phone does without the phone, and faster.Originally Posted by pipTheGeek
If I had to drop a feature from my smartphones, it would be the phone!
I pay £7.50 a month for my contract with 750MB data, 500mins 2000 texts. To me that seems pretty fair.
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Would depend how you define a smartphone. Nokia S60 was at some point considered a smartphone, and that's what I'm using. It's an upgrade from a Motorola Defy, which was an upgrade from some Windows Mobile 6.1 phone, which was an upgrade from this Nokia S60 phone I'm using now. So basically I've been upgrading my phone every year or two, but I think S60 kind of lost the smartphone designation along the way. My next phone will likely be a feature phone. I'm still looking at Android smartphones, but the market segment for small Android phones with decent specs seems to be very slim. Who knows, maybe 2-3 years from now I'll be using a small phone accompanied by Google Glass, if that catches on as a replacement for the big screen sizes.
indeed - bigger is better apparently.
I've got a Sony xperia T - which was an upgrade from a desire hd late earlier this year. I was happy with the DHD, but wanted to get something with a forward facing camera.
I dont see myself upgrading until the end of the contract - but there isn't much more I want from a phone - 4g is nice, but not at the current prices.
That said, I would like to get a nexus device at some point - but no micro sd and under 32gb of space = deal breaker. I like taking videos, and when it's 720p (or better) quality... you soon run out of space!
Until a couple of months ago, I was enjoying the bliss of a good sim-free contract and regular replacements - I had my previous smartphones (newest-oldest: WP7, BB, iPhone) for 12 months, 6 months and 18 months respectively. Whether I'll last the 24 months of this contract is anyone's guess...
I had a Motorola e1070 a few years back. Then a LG Cookie one December. Then a Samsung Galaxy apollo the following august. Then a desire hd from the following April. Still with the Desire HD at the moment
Texting and size, basically. That and the fact that although the phone part is probably my least used feature, I do occasionally use it.
2 Years, just upgraded my HTC Sensation to the new HTC One. Though my contract had to double to get it
I've never ever upgraded a fone. I'm v. weird.
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whenever theres a new galaxy s device
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Previously it has been towards the end of my contract, so 18 or 24 months. I've never used anywhere near as many minutes as they give me though and the main thing I wanted was plenty of data, but I don't even use as much of that now. So next time I will look seriously at getting a cheaper deal. Only problem is I don't like the iPhone and want to move away from it, otherwise I'd just keep using this. Still got a fair way to go on this contract though, so I'll decide what to do nearer the time
When I upgraded from my old HTC Hero a year ago it was unable to run any modern apps even on non stock roms, so at the end of the (very cheap) contract it had to go.
If my One-X is still usable (I should hope it is) then I may well go Sim only unless there is a deal that can lure me in.
Another person here where the phone part is only for emergency use, it is more of a portable browser/texter/3g access point/music player and it currently does all that fine.
What smartphone?
DavidM (07-05-2013)
Ever since I've had a contract phone (Dec 2008) I've upgraded every couple of years. First off I had a HTC G1 which quickly became out of date due to how early of a release it was. Once that contract finished I upgraded to a HTC Desire and for a few months once that contract had finished I stuck with it with a giffgaff sim card. However it started playing up and once the HTC One X was out, I quickly upgraded.
I love my One X, but who am I kidding, the second this contract finishes, I'm just going to upgrade again : D
Once every two years. There is no big hardware difference if one changes his smartphone more often. I prefer to upgrade my PC hardware than buying a new phone every year.
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