Help a noob get a new phone!

Ohnoezfail

Ohnoezfail

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Alright, here's the story. Being a student, who obviously has a limited budget, I tend to buy a pretty good phone and have it last for several years (blackberry being not so good for this, and dying after less than half a day of any use at all), emphasis on it being future proof!

I've recently been amazed at the Samsung Galaxy S series, and after my parents ask me each year on my birthday what I want, and I simply end up saying I don't want anything, I think I could call in the favour this year.

I do really like the look and feel of the S series, having tried my brother's S2 and played around a bit on my friend's Note 1. I'm not sure about taking the few hundred quid plunge into getting the Note 2. Especially since 4G will be coming out late this year (apparently), I'm not sure how future proof this would be.

Money is obviously a factor regardless if my parents are paying, I don't want to bankrupt them, and I'm unsure about buying a phone from the site which cannot be named, (obviously they must have a few hundred rep, very high positive feedback etc etc) but what could I do if things do go pear-shaped in this case, and what other precautions should I take?

I really would love to have the Note 2 (especially having a history of pretty abysmal phones.. BB9000, k850i, xperia X2..), but I really don't know if i should buy a crap phone right now and wait until 4G is out and see how it fares, or take the plunge soon? And the price of it is also a bit steep, but it seems like a very good phone that can last for a long time. :(

Sorry for the long post!
 
Is a contract off the table? You can get some very reasonable deals on the Galaxy S3 at the minute, saves a huge one off cost.
 
Most likely not because the whole family is on three, and my sim only plan is perfectly fine for my needs (especially since it's at a reduced price because of my family and I basically get an extra gig of internet for free)
 
4G really isn't worth worrying about. Yes, it's good, but the plans tend to be more expensive and fast 3G is quick enough for almost everything at the moment.
 
your better off going the budget route, and just keep upgrading every 6-9 months.

my wife has went from zte blade > zte skate > g300 to her nexus 4. after using the blade, skate and g300 for a combined total of roughly 2 years, i sold them all on ebay for just over what i paid for them brand new, due to them being "modded" with custom roms and special firmwares, etc and great phones.

so basically those 3 phones ended up costing nothing overall, and she got a new phone every let's say 8 months, which kept her happy. sold the G300 for roughly £103 iirc, which was then used towards the nexus 4, which also should keep it's value extremely well, but it is not my intention to sell it, until a month before the release of the next nexus phone however long that may take.

so i suggest go budget and upgrade for free, as soon as the next decent budget device comes out (max price of £100), or go nexus 4 for £239 when it comes back in stock.
 
Get a Nexus 4, I've always purchased OEM android phones had the Desire HD, Galaxy S2 and also One X, but now on a Nexus 4, the others have better cameras and such but the software is more important, Nexus devices will always have first dibs on new releases, and I've learned to appreciate stock android now. I know I'll get key lime pie quicker than any other non Nexus handset. And the dev community is so vast. And the price its a steal.


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Had a look at the specs and reviews, but the rather limited capacity worries me, especially when I had a 32gb microSD card dedicated to music only for my previous phone. And no microsd cardslot :(

My father just muddled everything up for me now and said that he could get the LTE version of the Note 2 for £350, not even £100 more than the Nexus 4!
 
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If you Dad can get the Note 2 for £350, I think that's decision made ;) I am the same, I chose the S3 because I use a 64gb micro sd which holds all my music. I'm not a fan of cloud stuff, I've not embraced it yet :)
 
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