Best cell phone?

[moneymaker]

Ok I hear iphone5 is coming out this fall. Still have not gone to the smart phone platform yet. My wife’s contract is up in November and son is going to college, so I’m thinking family plan. I would like 4G, GPS, voice recognition. Anything else I should be looking for? Does anybody know if iphone5 will have 4G capability (i.e.LTE) Am tempted to go Galaxy S 3 from Costco, but before locking into a contract just wanted to know if maybe I should wait for the iphone5.

[mike92104]

Do you use other Apple products?

[moneymaker]

I’ve got an iPOD, wife has an apple laptop.

[all]

The rumor is iPhone 5 (and iPad mini, 13” macbook pro with retina display, Apple TV with live streaming and second coming of Steve J.) will be announced on 09/12 with support for LTE.

[Hatfield]

If your home computer is a Mac, getting an iPhone is a no-brainer. There’s just no beating the seamless integration with MacOS and iOS. But If you use a PC, the story gets a lot less compelling. You could make pretty a pretty good argument for it being a tossup between the iPhone and the new Galaxy.

All sources seem to indicate that the iPhone 5 will have an LTE chipset. it’s inconceivable that it wouldn’t.

[CDMA ENG]

There is no real evidence that it will be the iPhone 5 yet. As far as I know there has not been anything released to the patent office. This is usually the first evidence of a phone release. Remember this could be the announcement of the mini ipad as well.

The real change to the iPhone 5 is the addition of an LTE radio. The networks have been bracing for this release but it is unclear to anyone, except maybe the top brass, when this will happen.

Not crazy about the phone… definetly won’t catch me in a queue waiting 36 hours for its Release. Have fun piggs.

CE

[spdrun]

Android. Unlike iOS, it doesn’t come crippled out of the box, and you don’t have some prudish f*cks in Palo Alto telling you what apps you’re allowed to install on your own damn device.

Steve Jobs = inventor of computing as a prison, glad he’s gone. (to quote Stallman)

[Coronita]

In your situation, I’d wait for an iphone5

[evolusd]

[quote=spdrun]Android. Unlike iOS, it doesn’t come crippled out of the box, and you don’t have some prudish f*cks in Palo Alto telling you what apps you’re allowed to install on your own damn device.

Steve Jobs = inventor of computing as a prison, glad he’s gone. (to quote Stallman)[/quote]

‘Glad he’s gone’ – What an a-hole you are. You reiterate a hateful message about Jobs and how you’re glad he’s dead, a guy who designed something that appeals to the masses due to its efficiency and stability, yet you hate it because you’re some techie nerd that spends hours by yourself hacking and ‘customizing’.

In my opinion, the iPhone is the perfect choice for someone that has never had a smartphone before. Simple, intuitive, does what you want it to do every time.

I’m fairly technically savvy, and regret the day I switched from iPhone to Android. Will be going back when iPhone 5 comes out.

[mike92104]

[quote=Hatfield]If your home computer is a Mac, getting an iPhone is a no-brainer. There’s just no beating the seamless integration with MacOS and iOS. But If you use a PC, the story gets a lot less compelling. You could make pretty a pretty good argument for it being a tossup between the iPhone and the new Galaxy.

All sources seem to indicate that the iPhone 5 will have an LTE chipset. it’s inconceivable that it wouldn’t.[/quote]

This is what I was getting at when I asked about other apple products. With your setup, I would just go android, and save some money.

[newcomer]

IPhone is excellent in all other functions, but not as cell phone. Basically Steve attached a cell phone function to an iPad touch, as a secondary function not an integrated solution. It does not have some essential cell phone functions, as obviously as lacking of low battery alert, and even worse when you run out your battery, it’d take you several min before you could turn on your phone to resume your voice conversion, not to mention other cell phone functions/performance…

If you don’t spend too much time in cell phone conversation, iPhone is the great option. It’d be a huge surprise if iPhone 5 does not have LTE.

[sdduuuude]

I would buy a $30 phone on ebay and bring it into the store to have it activated.

[joec]

We just upgraded to smartphones as well. It sounds like you have 3 people you need to upgrade for so why not get a mix depending on what people want? I’ve noticed for women, they seem to LOVE the iPhone more as a status/fashion symbol and because everyone else they know has one. I would recommend you watch these series of videos to get an idea of what iOS and Android can do. My wife went with the iPhone and I went with Android and feel like I can do a ton more than what she is using.

It’s sorta like the PC vs Mac debate. If you are pretty tech oriented, you probably would like Android more being a more customizable option.

If your wife is happy with iPad/mac, then maybe she will be happier with that than forcing her to use Android.

Costco doesn’t sell iPhones anymore so you would first need to decide on provider, then go from there…

[afx114]

You mean people still use their cellphones for talking?

[livinincali]

I’ve used android phones and iPhones. I think both are good products and both have some strengths and weakness. It really depends on how you want to use the device. If you’re a casual user who wants to fit in with the crowd and not really worry about your phone, iPhone is probably the way to go. If you want a lot of customization and want to use your phone as a mobile computer you’re probably better off with an Android like Galaxy S3. The biggest thing for me is probably the screen size. iPhone feels really small when you go back to it from your typical android device.

I think the biggest direction in phones/manufactures is the tightly integrated environments their trying to lock you into. Based on the direction Apple is going with iOS6 you might not want to go with Apple if you love Google. I don’t think Apple with replace Google search anytime soon but they did replace Google maps with their own mapping solution that isn’t quite as refined. Full control of the eco-system means everything will probably work together right but it will probably slow down innovation.

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