Features - QOTW: Which smartphone will you buy next?

[Otherhand]

If I can pick up a bargain on eBay from the Lumia 730/735/830 range, or a refurb/returned model from the other shops, I might get one of those.

[zdn1042]

I'll be honest, I'm really tempted to get an iPhone 6 Plus if my budget would permit. Or if I start saving heavily, then maybe I'll be able to get one before the end of the 2nd quarter next year. Haha.

[Myss_tree]

I can see the attraction of the iPhone as it seamlessly integrates with other Apple hardware and OS updates are available for all products unless Apple specifically says a product is no longer supported.
For Android devices your pretty much in the lap of the gods as to whether the hardware manufacturer wishes to issue an update. I suspect that pretty often its not a case of the hardware is incapable of running the latest OS version but more that they hope you will buy their latest hardware.
With less Windows hardware around its less noticeable but there is still no 8.1 update for the HTC Windows 8X though its rumoured for October on Verizon.
Consistant regular updates and on time would make my buying decision easier and who i would more likely stick with though its not enough to make me switch to Apple ... yet.

[MrRockliffe]

This is why Google play editions and nexus devices are popular. I wish we could get Google play editions here in the UK

[mrochester]

Got an iPhone 6+ on order.

[DemonHighwayman]

If I do ever buy another one (and for privacy reasons I probably won't) it will be that one that fits different modules together for a customized mobile.

[Jaffo]

Happy with my first gen Moto G for the moment but when I eventually replace it, it will be for something of similar price/value.

[addz17]

I could obviously go into more detail and I'm sure there are some exceptions but my opinion goes something like:

Sony- Always break.
Apple- Overpriced garbage for technically retarded American housewives.
Htc- Generally too expensive.
Samsung- Everyone has one already and the panels colours are ridiculously saturated & inaccurate.
Nokia- Windows has a distinct lack of apps and too many you shouldn't have to pay for.
Nexus- Good price for top hardware without too many sacrifices, first in line for the latest raw android, pretty simple and durable, abundance of free apps, and my personal favorite.

[malculator]

Bought a oneplus one literally a week ago to replace a nexus 4 with dismal battery life. Rumour had it the nexus 6 was going to have a snapdragon 805 (no improvement except GPU bandwidth over an 801), and a 2560x1440 screen which on an 801 actually significantly reduces screen-on time (find 7 vs 7a, 7 hours video became 5 hours video). Just decided that I was gonna go for battery life this time around.

Just got my 64GB sandstone black OnePlus One on Thurday. I've made a couple of compromises in choosing this phone: no SD slot, no removable battery and Limited 4G options (basically you're stuck with EE for decent 4G coverage) but for the price of £275, it's a steal. Ideally I would have preferred to hang on a little longer to see how much the next Nexus phone retails at. However, the time I've invested in the OnePlus forums, in order to obtain an invite to actually purchase the phone, stoked my desire for it's possession, to forgo my usual, cautious nature.

[MDK]

Reason, I want a real high-end smartphone for once, and the Lumia ones don't have a micro-SD port, which I use heavily.

Might wanna do some research. The top line Lumia do have micro SD support.

For me , I will be changing my Note 2 to a Lumia 1520. Want to try windows mobile and whole tablet/mobile/PC eco system.

For all Google's efforts, Android, Chrome, Chrome OS never seems that slick or capable - like iOS.

Lumia 1320/1520 are phablets, not a smartphone anymore. That 1" difference is a big difference.
5" is what I am looking for.
Take the Lumia 930/Icon, concurring model to the M8 for Windows, and you'll notice the lack of SD port.
So, my stance stands.
With Lumias, only phablets or mid-/low-end phones have the SD port, high-end doesn't. Go wonder why.

[iranu]

None - the phone hasn't been designed yet let alone manufactured. I'll stick with my google play HTC One (M7) for another year or two.

[walibe]

I've preordered an iPhone 6 Plus 64GB in space grey. I do love Apple products but am very much a UNIX user so love most Unix based products and that includes android. However I like the fact everything syncs between my Mac, iPhone and iPad and they automatically back themselves up both locally and into the cloud.

Apple has a few huge advantages over Android and some Microsoft products. The first is it has total control over both hardware and software. Google has always partnered with a hardware manufacture resulting in a compromised product. (Microsoft will no longer have this issue). The second is Android has to run on tons of different hardware configurations where as iOS does not. This often results in crashes/lockups more frequently on the Android devices and at the moment (this will change in the future) it is far less secure. Working in the realm of cyber war fare I moved away from Windows and Android products as after spending my working day dealing with their security vulnerabilities its nice to come home to products that have far fewer and just work. This is only down to the closed eco system that Apple has and I can understand why many people hate it. You are limited when you can do with your iOS devices without jailbraking them compared to even non rooted Android devices.

Lets also not forget that Apple designs and manufactures most parts of its phones/ipads which is why that A8 processor is the fastest thing out there in the wild at least for a few months and works so well with comparatively little RAM (hasn't that always been the unix/linux way?).

Now - the only Android phone I have ever been interested in is the OnePlus One. its a great design (not the best) and has a very good hardware spec but at the price its being dished out Samsung should be very worried indeed. I will get one to play around with as I still enjoy playing with Android products but they won't become my day to day devices that I rely on.

Many have wondered have if Apple will ever enter the budget end of the market, I seriously doubt it. Why would it want to dish out tends of millions of devices for little profit when it can sell millions for a large profit? If its one thing Apple hasn't lacked in recent years, its good business sense.

[jim]

I imagine it will be a OnePlus One, but right now I'm not that anxious to move from my Nexus 4.

The only thing that would tempt me to move would be 4G I think, as the 3G reception is so poor most of the time that I might as well not bother. As for everything else? I'll manage.

[MrRockliffe]

Apple don't make manufacturer anything in their phones as far as I'm aware. Processors are ARM, screens most likely LG or Sharp. Not too sure on the camera, but unlikely.

The reason Android is 'insecure' is because of the nature of the product. It's open source! Apple devices can use less ram because they don't multitask. My mother has an iPad, and say I have safari open, if I go to the home screen and then open safari again, even though the picture of what I was on is there it's unresponsive for a second+. This is because they don't multi task like android does. The reason there are more crashes is because there are numerous hardware configurations and thus it takes longer for manufacturers to bring out a stable release of their skin. Having said that, Apple have had a few software bugs, including the signal on either 4 or 4S, Bluetooth and WiFi stops working on the 4S, 3/4G doesn't connect when leaving a wifi signal (example, driving away from home) and requires a reboot of the phone. The Nexus range of phones offer great performance (on par with and recently better than iOS) and software is great. OS X is one of the most insecure operating systems due to Apple telling people previously they didn't need anti virus. This isn't the case and won't be with iOS shortly. I don't have any security issues with my phone because I don't root it and I use it as it's intended to be used - as a phone. Apple are soon to start losing money - their business model is terrible now that jobs has gone. How can they be an innovative company like they once were when they spend their entire time playing catchup?

[Noxvayl]

This is all I'll say because I hate apple, I have a tag in Evernote for things people say are good about Apple which aren't, these are some stats for OS crashes. iOS hasn't been better since 2012.

2012: http://www.technologizer.com/2012/02...id/#more-54594
2014: http://www.informationweek.com/mobil...d/d-id/1141568

So yeah... iOS is not more stable and doesn't crash less. Experience will tell me that iOS handles crashes differently by telling you everything is OK, just restart, where as Android says a problem occured. Simple psychology makes Android users remember their crashes more often than iOS users because we remember negative things more easily than positive things due to it being evolutionarily beneficial.

December 2007 I worked as an "Apple Technician" fixing Macs, iPhones and iPods... Won't ever touch Apple software because I find it to be the completely wrong way to do things, and the negatives are cleverly hidden by their software engineers. Needless to say I refused to go back for a full time job after helping them with the Christmas rush, second hand stuff sells quite well due to the name.

[GuidoLS]

As an old fogey, the answer is none... I use a cell phone as a phone, and nothing more, so feel no need to invest large amounts of money in something better spent for, oh, my computer