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[M J W J]

As soon as I read the first post about suggesting a new phone I was going to suggest 3310. I'm glad others have beaten me to it. Everytime someone mentions a nokia 3310 this pops to mind

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(it makes me laugh)

My Sony ericsson cybershot has survived numerous drops and has a decent camera built in. Better still they are cheaper than an iphone by a lot, smaller so fit in your pocket easier, non touch screen so your not bothered about using it with greasy or dirty hands and no-one is going to bother to nick it.

[JustSteve]

is the Sony xperia t any good?

Edited by JustSteve, 07 October 2012 - 11:02 PM.

[Brad_Raybould]

The phone I have now is a HTC One X and it is seriously a great phone for the price. Runs so smoothly and fast. Even the apps that require a lot of processing power like high res 3D games for example the ROC game thanks to the quad core processor and 1 GB of RAM. If you want to wait though, the One X+ is due to be released soon with more power but I'm extremely happy with the normal one.

[MR J]

+1 for a HTC One X, great smartphone and can be had for a lot less than an iphone. It makes me mad sometimes when i hear iphone this and iphone that when there are so many other great devices available, but that's a totally different thread topic!!

[AVV IT]

I went through the same process a few weeks back and started a similar thread here: http://www.theminifo...21#entry2592321.

I was a bit sceptical about iphone and concerned that I would just be jumping on the Apple bandwagon and paying out for nothing more than branding. But in the end when the iphone 5 came out, it was all the great deals available on the iphone 4s that was actually the deciding factor for me.

I'm now completely sold on iphone, I think that you may well get more for your money with other smartphones out there, but once you get used to how Apple devices and applications operate, you soon start to dislike anything windows based. I'm now a complete Apple convert, I've got an ipad on order, and when my PC eventually gives up i'll be going down the apple route there too. As it was explained to me, "You either love or hate Apple, but it tends to be those people that have an Apple device that love them and those that don't who hate them!!"

As for protection, the Griffin Survivor case is what you need. I'm a clumsy accident prone oaf, and this thing has saved my iphone a number of times already. It's actually designed for military use and whilst it doesn't' make your phone completely indestructible it's as close to indestructible as your gonna get, when you drop your phone with the case on it just seems to bounce and whilst it isn't actually waterproof, it certainly is pretty water resistant.

Edited by AVV IT, 14 October 2012 - 10:19 AM.

[se_juggles]

Don't get an I phone if your this clumsy... it will last one faceplant to the floor.

[MR J]

<sup>I think iphones are really good cause I can make some money changing screens on them after they've had the slightest knock.

By the way, if anyone in the Doncaster area wants their iphone screen replacing give me a pm</sup>

[Alex_B]

My iPhone has survived being dropped a lot, including me stacking It while skating and it was in my hand and flew about 15 ft so they're not as fragile as made out to be!

[megamini_jb]

I'm always dropping my iPhone and it never does anything to it. Plus just this morning my iPhone was on charge in the kitchen with hard tiles and I caught the cable and the iPhone went flying off the table, when I heard it I thought damn that didn't sound good lol and it slid across the floor, but not even a mark on it.
You should of saw the state of my old iPhone 3g, yet the screen only had a few little marks on it. That was one hell of a strong and reliable phone.

[littlemissmagic]

I'm not really sold on the iphones.... had one for a while and just didnt really get on with it. And my bf has the 4s which I also don't think much of......
He dropped it from a low height getting into a car and the screen smashed to pieces. I dropped my samsung galaxy s from alot higher, several times and not even a scratch

For me its all about the Samsung galaxy's. S3 is an amazing phone. I just think personally that the iphones are too much about the hype and branding when there are better phones out there.
Also you have to pay for alot of the apps and stuff which i can't stand.




No one has suggested Blackberry's? My dad has one and thats a great phone as well. Especially as it has the touchscreen and slide out keyboard.

Edited by littlemissmagic, 14 October 2012 - 12:51 PM.