New Phone Advice

smogsy · 10 Jan 2013 at 08:05

HI all,

I "Want" a new phone, i currently have a HTC ONE V. Which apparently will not be supported anymore for OS updates yet only 4 months old

"HTC" say due to memory shortage. so thought id start looking at new phones.

Current phone
HTC ONE V 1.6ghz single core ( i believe) 512MB RAM 1GB internal + 32GB SD

Uses:
Internet
Music (Main use - as i have 20GB+ of music on my current phone)
Calls

Requirements
Must be Andriod ( used Iphones/Mobile 7 to expensive on PAYO or little feature support)
Price based of Pay As you Go
Budget £300 ( can push more if required)
Want constant updates with Android
16GB + storage

ots3go · 10 Jan 2013 at 08:12

smogsy said:
HI all,

I "Want" a new phone, i currently have a HTC ONE V. Which apparently will not be supported anymore for OS updates yet only 4 months old "HTC" say due to memory shortage. so thought id start looking at new phones.

Current phone
HTC ONE V 1.6ghz single core ( i believe) 512MB RAM 1GB internal + 32GB SD

Uses:
Internet
Music (Main use - as i have 20GB+ of music on my current phone)
Calls

Requirements
Must be Andriod ( used Iphones/Mobile 7 to expensive on PAYO or little feature support)
Price based of Pay As you Go
Budget £300 ( can push more if required)
Want constant updates with Android
16GB + storage

The "Want constant updates with Android" pretty much leaves you with a Nexus.

benjo · 10 Jan 2013 at 08:15

ots3go said:
The "Want constant updates with Android" pretty much leaves you with a Nexus.

This really. Unless you're willing to go the unofficial custom rom route.

m4rk84 · 10 Jan 2013 at 08:30

Nexus 4 once back in stock is really the only answer here. Just wait it out for Google to get stock back in.

KingBrian · 11 Jan 2013 at 22:52

Yep, others have said it above, Nexus 4 seems the best choice for you

bertles86 · 12 Jan 2013 at 12:46

Nexus 4 all the way, I've used both that and the S3 a fair bit. S3 is far lighter and slimmer, but the Nexus 4 will get more and regular updates.

Caged · 12 Jan 2013 at 13:09

I hope HTC go bust sometime soon. They seem to despise their customers.

bertles86 · 12 Jan 2013 at 13:16

Caged said:
I hope HTC go bust sometime soon. They seem to despise their customers.

That's not far away I fear.

http://www.chinasmack.com/2012/stor...ent-calls-on-citizens-to-buy-support-htc.html

thep02 · 12 Jan 2013 at 13:39

ots3go said:
The "Want constant updates with Android" pretty much leaves you with a Nexus.

Yup but actually wanting a phone to use rules out a Nexus 4.

ots3go · 12 Jan 2013 at 14:09

thep02 said:
Yup but actually wanting a phone to use rules out a Nexus 4.

What? Why?

Mint_Sauce · 12 Jan 2013 at 14:25

Looks like you might want more than 16gb of space for your music? If so, make the choice between SGS3/Note 2 (sd storage) or Nexus4 16gb (Latest Android updates but no sd storage).

thep02 · 12 Jan 2013 at 15:01

ots3go said:
What? Why?

6 to 8 weeks wait at the very best, there are folk who ordered a minute either side of me who are still waiting, entire countries have had their release delayed and now, disbelieved, rumours that LG are soon gonna stop production, tbh I thought all that was pretty obvious.

If the man wants a phone nowish at that budget I recommend a grey import possibly off *******.

bertles86 · 12 Jan 2013 at 15:26

thep02 said:
6 to 8 weeks wait at the very best, there are folk who ordered a minute either side of me who are still waiting, entire countries have had their release delayed and now, disbelieved, rumours that LG are soon gonna stop production, tbh I thought all that was pretty obvious.

If the man wants a phone nowish at that budget I recommend a grey import possibly off *******.

High Street stores have them in stock, my colleague picked one up at Carphone Warehouse this week.

Sim-free/Play Store has stock issues, providers/high street do not.

PermaBanned · 12 Jan 2013 at 17:26

thep02 said:
If the man wants a phone nowish at that budget I recommend a grey import possibly off *******.

The man (or woman) has a phone. A pretty damn good one. They can wait.

thep02 · 12 Jan 2013 at 17:36

bertles86 said:
High Street stores have them in stock, my colleague picked one up at Carphone Warehouse this week.

Sim-free/Play Store has stock issues, providers/high street do not.

I was going by the £300 budget, tbh at high st prices I might have bought another phone, probably off Samsung.

thep02 · 12 Jan 2013 at 17:40

PermaBanned said:
The man (or woman) has a phone. A pretty damn good one. They can wait.

True on all three points.