Bonney
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Its that time of upgrading my phone and am stuck with what to go for.
It's between the iphone5 and the galaxy s3.
Which is the better to go for, I'm swaying towards the s3 but ive had samsungs in the past and they have been made poorly so i moved away from them, Are they still the same?
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Toby
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Wait a month or so for the latest Samsung galaxy and HTC one and add them to the mix.
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sc0ott
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Eyephone 5.
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John
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Nexus 4
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Jas
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HTC One... out on the 13th mate.
going to be a great phone by looks of things
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Russ
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S4 Xperia z or HTC one or iPhone 5
Anybody who says nexus is trying to convince theirselves they didn't make a mistake
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IvIarkgraham
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just been looking at the HTC one myself, looks impressive. I might be tempted by it myself in a few months
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Bonney
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Already have a HTC desire hd. Been pretty good just the battery is terrible. Starting to slow down now and faults are appearing on it every day.
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ljames555
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Nought 2
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John
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quote:
Originally posted by Russ
S4 Xperia z or HTC one or iPhone 5
Anybody who says nexus is trying to convince theirselves they didn't make a mistake
I bought a 4S new 18 months ago, I've since spent £0 to have an S3 then a Nexus 4. If something better comes out in a couple of months the Nexus will still be worth something and I'll reason with myself that it's time for an upgrade anyway. No loyalty here if it's not the best anymore 
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A2H GO
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quote:
Originally posted by John
Nexus 4
Not if you're bothered about having LTE anytime in the future.
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evilrob
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Go on, dearie... take one...
[Edited on 07-03-2013 by evilrob]
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by A2H GO
quote:
Originally posted by John
Nexus 4
Not if you're bothered about having LTE anytime in the future.
Going to be a while before you'll get decent coverage (apparently i won't see it at home for 2-4 years) and it doesn't cost a premium, so it's a non-issue at the moment.
Bonney - If purchasing now then Nexus 4 otherwise hold off a few months for the S4.
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Balling
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iPhone 4S.
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Whittie
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I wouldn't buy a product that you're going to be stuck with for 18mnths - 2 years that is about to become unavailable.
I'd go with the Galaxy s3 or wait for their new one.
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Jas
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I've just ordered the xperia z..
was going to go HTC. but I couldn't be arsed to wait a week lol
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evilrob
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Nice one - I reckon the Xperia Z is probably the best smartphone out there today. Certainly looks the part.
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Russ
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Looks stunning. I'm probably going android in may.
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evilrob
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quote:
Originally posted by Russ
Looks stunning. I'm probably going android in may.
Not so fast...
Security threats (malware etc) in 2012 by platform according to security firm F-Secure:
From the just-published report by security firm F-Secure:
http://www.f-secure.com/static/doc/labs_global/Research/Mobile%20Threat%20Report%20Q4%202012.pdf
[Edited on 07-03-2013 by evilrob]
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andy_mk3
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The Samsung S IV is being announced a week tomorrow, hold out for that
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Dom
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Interesting stat that Rob, especially given it's from a company that produces Anti-Virus software for Android  Although it does make you think about iOS jailbreaking, you know, where they exploit vulnerables in operating system to allow them to execute injected code 
Shall i get you your coat? 
[Edited on 07-03-2013 by Dom]
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Cavey
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Also take market share into it, their obviously going to target the widest audience.
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evilrob
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quote:
Originally posted by Dom
Interesting stat that Rob, especially given it's from a company that produces Anti-Virus software for Android Although it does make you think about iOS jailbreaking, you know, where they exploit vulnerables in operating system to allow them to execute injected code
Dom, you work in IT - you know that no digital system is ever fully secure. You'll also know that it took 5 months to find and exploit the latest jailbreaking vulnerability in iOS.
I've no doubt F-Secure would also produce antivirus software for other platforms if the potential threat was demonstrably high enough.
quote:
Originally posted by Dom
Shall i get you your coat?
Yes, you've flirted with me long enough - stick it in me, big boy. x
[Edited on 07-03-2013 by evilrob]
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Dom
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If you actually read the report then you'd realise it is far from scientific and is actually pretty weak and extremely flawed in supporting their statement that Android is some infested operating system. They don't comment on tested OS versions (although the screenshots suggest their using early versions, 1.5-2.2, which all have well known holes and exploits), the term 'malware' is used very loosely were they've managed to include legitimate apps like PEN testing tools and security patches in the 'malware' term, they don't provide sources to the original data (like you'd find on a reputable report) and if this 'security' report was worth its weight then why wasn't it (also) publish to security journals, blogs, sites rather than sticking it on their site?
Considering it was an AV company that published this, it just screams of a marketing ploy - create a statically inflated report to scare people into purchasing their product.
I'm not saying Android is free from malicious apps or malware, we all know that's not true just like iOS/OSX/Windows/Nix isn't but this report is laughable and unfortunately people are reading it at face value (aka looking at the pretty graphs without actually thinking) which is making them look rather silly 
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CorsAsh
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I have a Motorola RAZR i. LOVE it. It's very fast, nice weight and feel to it, good quality, and the back is carbon fucking fibre! 
The S3 just beats it in most tests, but I went for this as the Samsung felt too plasticky and I loathe all Apple products. 
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