Changing from apple advice

dannyjo22

dannyjo22

dannyjo22

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I want to move from apple, I fancy a change and the cost of changing is far less than the apple upgrade path. I want to change both my phone and tablet.

Also I don't want to go much larger than my 4s. I'm thinking of getting a SG4 mini. Now I know little of phone specs and in the store it seemed quick enough. In real use with plenty loaded on will this at least match my 4s for speed?

Any better options?

Tablet wise I'd like something with a decent screen the size of the regular ipad and with 3g/4g. I have no idea where to start looking with android tablets :D
 
Imho moto g is better than s4 mini, are you sure about the size issue as most of the best androids are nice and big for media consumption.
 
Terrier_Jimlad said:
Nexus 5 for phone
Nexus 7/10 for tablet
Nexus for Christmas dinner
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+1, the Nexus 10 is closer to size of the iPad, although the LG G Pad 8.3" is worth considering as well.

The Nexus 5 is the best phone for it's price, but if that's too big for you, then the S4 mini would be my choice.
 
thep02 said:
Imho moto g is better than s4 mini, are you sure about the size issue as most of the best androids are nice and big for media consumption.
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Yep I have no use for a larger phone, the small and equally as fast as my 4S is what I'm looking for. That and cheaper to replace if I break it at work.

Terrier_Jimlad said:
Nexus 5 for phone
Nexus 7/10 for tablet
Nexus for Christmas dinner
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Nexus 5 is huge if the pictures I have googled are correct. As I said I want smaller form factor not a wheelie bin lid in my pocket :)

Skyfall said:
IMO tablet wise go for the xperia tablet z or the galaxy note 10.1 2014 edition.
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Thanks I will take a look at the note. I take it Android devices are easy to back up on computer?
 
Nexus 5 is identical to the iPhone 5 size, which isn't much bigger than the iPhone 4S, so size wise you wouldn't really notice anything major.
 
Clov!s said:
Nexus 5 is identical to the iPhone 5 size, which isn't much bigger than the iPhone 4S, so size wise you wouldn't really notice anything major.
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The Nexus 5 is over a 1 cm bigger in each direction than the iphone 5 and the iphone 5 is bigger than I want to go.
 
I'm in the same boat, although most of the handsets i've been looking at could very well be too large?

Nexus 5
LG G2
HTC One
S4
 
Clov!s said:
Nexus 5 is identical to the iPhone 5 size...
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U WOT M8? :p


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dannyjo22 said:
Nexus 5 is huge if the pictures I have googled are correct. As I said I want smaller form factor not a wheelie bin lid in my pocket :)

Thanks I will take a look at the note. I take it Android devices are easy to back up on computer?
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You would probably get used to the size - I did.

No real need to back up on PC, everything's on Google's servers these days :D
 
kona786 said:
Only if that were true - I want app data + app settings backed up on Google servers, as wells as my sms and call log if I so wished.
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Yeh that would be good. I hardly have any apps so I don't really notice, but I could see how syncing app data would be pretty useful. I'm sure SMS and call log back up would be relatively easy to implement, I hope Google do it in the next version.
 
dannyjo22 said:
Nexus 5 is huge if the pictures I have googled are correct. As I said I want smaller form factor not a wheelie bin lid in my pocket :)
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Size will be the last thing on your mind when you realise for the price, it wipes the floor with the £500 Smartphones on the market :D

You will learn soon enough once Apple's grip on your slowly wears off :D
 
After a look around today I think I'm set on a Galaxy Note 10.1 and a S4 mini. Thanks for the options. None of the stores I looked in had a 4g version in though, is one coming?
 
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