Should choosing a new phone be difficult today?
Discussion
I'm pondering over a new phone.
I currently have a HTC One (m7) and while it has served me well for the last 10 months, I'd like something newer, though I'm not quite sure why.
It does everything I want in a phone, though I think it may suffer with reception issues from time to time, though that could be Orange's piss poor network as well.
I thought I was going to buy a Sony Xperia Z2, but was talked out of it by a chap selling phones at Tesco, suggesting I wait for the G3 to come out (which hasn't yet come out on Tesco), but having seen and used one, I don't like it.
Back to the Z2 then? Well no, as the Z3 is around the corner so buying a Z2 could be likened to buying the current rip snorter thrust Mark 5, when the Mark 6 is out in a few weeks, even though there Will be little difference, you know you will be using the older generation platform, and as Sony release a new phone every 6 months, within 2 years you're potentially using something that a T-Rex would find antiquated. I also don't know if I as a consumer like Sony's business model, it puts me off a bit. As Mr Sony, I'd be very happy, unless there were more like me and decided there was no point getting a new Sony phone as it would be the old phone 45 minutes later....... Or does this actually matter? It is unlikely that there will be many major new features as they all seem to be around anyway, other than QHD screens, more RAM, bigger screens, larger storage and faster processors, but then do I need my mobile telephone to be more powerful than my mobile computer?
Then there are the OnePlusOne, a phone you cannot buy unless you know the magic handshake, that on paper seems to be a very, very good phone, and the Oppo Find 7, which also seems to be a very, very good phone, if lacking the latest version of Android. The thing you get with these phones is a bit more exclusivity, something that an iPhone user will never have.
They're cheap which also helps, but do not look cheap. Stick a premium badge on them and you'd happily pay the premium price I am sure.
So after all that, I'm no closer. Think ill just buy a Nokia 3310 and have done with it.
I currently have a HTC One (m7) and while it has served me well for the last 10 months, I'd like something newer, though I'm not quite sure why.
It does everything I want in a phone, though I think it may suffer with reception issues from time to time, though that could be Orange's piss poor network as well.
I thought I was going to buy a Sony Xperia Z2, but was talked out of it by a chap selling phones at Tesco, suggesting I wait for the G3 to come out (which hasn't yet come out on Tesco), but having seen and used one, I don't like it.
Back to the Z2 then? Well no, as the Z3 is around the corner so buying a Z2 could be likened to buying the current rip snorter thrust Mark 5, when the Mark 6 is out in a few weeks, even though there Will be little difference, you know you will be using the older generation platform, and as Sony release a new phone every 6 months, within 2 years you're potentially using something that a T-Rex would find antiquated. I also don't know if I as a consumer like Sony's business model, it puts me off a bit. As Mr Sony, I'd be very happy, unless there were more like me and decided there was no point getting a new Sony phone as it would be the old phone 45 minutes later....... Or does this actually matter? It is unlikely that there will be many major new features as they all seem to be around anyway, other than QHD screens, more RAM, bigger screens, larger storage and faster processors, but then do I need my mobile telephone to be more powerful than my mobile computer?
Then there are the OnePlusOne, a phone you cannot buy unless you know the magic handshake, that on paper seems to be a very, very good phone, and the Oppo Find 7, which also seems to be a very, very good phone, if lacking the latest version of Android. The thing you get with these phones is a bit more exclusivity, something that an iPhone user will never have.
They're cheap which also helps, but do not look cheap. Stick a premium badge on them and you'd happily pay the premium price I am sure.
So after all that, I'm no closer. Think ill just buy a Nokia 3310 and have done with it.
Polarbert said:
I've had my HTC One for about the same length of time and I can kind of understand why you'd want to upgrade, but I'm more than happy to keep this thing.
The specifications of the phone are still near enough what has been released this year. Its been mentioned that it will have an update to Android 5.0 which is quite good, I just don't see why you want to spend all that money on a new device.
If I was going to get another phone, I'd say the HTC One M8, but then I don't really like the way they've removed the hardware buttons, and that it is slightly larger.
Taking away the buttons, I offered up my M7 to the gf's M8, and there was VERY little in the screen size.The specifications of the phone are still near enough what has been released this year. Its been mentioned that it will have an update to Android 5.0 which is quite good, I just don't see why you want to spend all that money on a new device.
If I was going to get another phone, I'd say the HTC One M8, but then I don't really like the way they've removed the hardware buttons, and that it is slightly larger.
Good news on Android L, though I'm not sure what different in it?
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