New phones

[Drift]

My contract is due up in January and I will be due for and upgrade, I currently run a HTC Desire HD on Android and I would like to stay with Android.

I am torn between the Samsung S3 or the HTC One X.
I have noticed the cost on the deals for the Samsung have increased over the last few weeks which puts me off as they where better just 3 weeks ago, I thought they may drop with the iphone 5 arriving?

The other thing is I may be wanting three of the same phone for me the Mrs and the lad, would this give me any better bargaining power?

I am currently on Tesco mobile and for obvious reasons would like all the phones on the same network.

So, who has what and who do you guys think would offer the best deal.

This is only between the Samsung and HTC as I am not interested in other phones

[Drift]

The sister in law has the Samsung S3 and the battery seems comparable to the HTC, I think its horses for courses in the smartphone world regarding battery though mine goes on charge next to the bed every night anyway and all the cars have chargers in them

[bobbinsjob]

Maria has just had the S2 and seems to like it. I'll be getting the S3 in January on my orange contract, 600 minutes, unlimited text, 1Gb data, £25 a month. I'm having it because of the screen size and rez for mapping etc, the 8mp camera, and because this windows phone is pants and wont run MM

[Gazeddy]

ive had the s3 since release day and am made up with it. just make sure you get a decent case for it the front even though its made of gorilla glass isnt as tough as i expected

[BadBoy]

S3
Wouldn't touch Apple with a barge pole. Software is too restricted.

[PaulHooligan]

I have a Motorola razr maxx and to be honest it is a very underrated phone and an iphone killer

[bhcalcutta]

Choice between the 2? Go for the samsung.

Wish I had, instead of this Sony

[reecee]

I too own a desire hd, contract up next month but gonna keep the phone cos its still really good and just get a contract sim card

[jimmybhoy]

Hey Ste,
I just had the same dilema, the Mrs has just got the S3 & its an amazing phone. She switched on the navigation & was showing off, i told her if it works in dismal cloudy weather i will also be having 1, it worked a treat. However, Ive had HTC for years & cannot fault them. So that was my dilema. I checked out all the tech reviews & comparisons on U tube etc. Everyone says you cannot split them, i opted for the 1X. Just decided to stick with what i know. The in car mode is superb (S3 doesnt have it) Beats audio (s3 doesnt have it). We have the 2 phones & i think the 1X just edges it ...hope that helps

[hipo1024]

I have the samsung galaxy nexus which is more or less the same as the S3 (just about 6months older) and Its brillient, my brother has the S3 and thats also brillient! the massive screen makes browsing FOG really easy and MM can be used in the car on it too....albeit slightly laggy....so Im going to put my old HTC HD2 (WinMo 6.5) in the car with MM on it as it runs silky smooth - plus its the proper MM not MM Tracker. But I think the lag is MM Tracker more than the phone.

Also funny to think that im only 22 and my current phone is more powerful than my 1st PC was....good old days of 386's and windows 3.11

[PaulHooligan]

Uphill paper round was it hipo?? I don't think in todays market there is much to choose between any of them I guess its all down to brand snobbery and which manufacturer youre comfortable with. Iforone would not buy an iPhone (see what I did there clever eh ) or anything iRelated due to the constraints imposed by apple they really are a classic case of form over function.. Some people I know who have S3's have complained about the size but I guess it's horses for courses.

[carlisletiger]

i would definitely check out different service providers if you want 3 phones. we are with orange ,3 phones, all in a group which gives us free calls between all 3 ,so lets you use your minutes for other calls. you can have magic numbers - free calls to other orange phones and of course orange wednesdays ( cheap dates )
and hipo my first computer was 48k and it was amazing. the things you could do with it . i dont know of any phone that you could program :
10 print " FOG"
20 goto 10
and then print a whole screen of FOG . computer programming genius' us 40 yr olds

[snapper]

For what it's worth I'm with Orange, have been for years. Used to have four phones with them but dropped one when the eldest took over her own contract and have always had a good deal.

We currently have 2 N8's and the youngest a blackberry (don't know the model though) for me the N8 does everything I want it to do, VERY good camera at 12meg I can snap a pic or thirty out on site and by the time I have got back to the office they are sat in the email box ready to go in the report, simples. I run an old Orange contract from way back that Orange was trialing with early N95 users that gives me unlimited data (and I mean unlimited, sans sensible user policy too.... Never had an extra charge from it, ever and I chuck some data down it as well. That said, they have tried more than once to get me to change it... Anyway, I degress...

I only go into the orange shop to look at a handset, I would NEVER start a contract from one. Always use the direct talky down the phone route and then the 'I want to leave Orange / Vodaphone / etc' dept as they are empowered to do better deals and if you are signing up more than one phone then just tell them that they will lose all if they don't roll over and do a market busting deal THEN. If they don't then change providers, the dept manager will normally be on the phone in nano-seconds...

[Mr Mud]

Same as me, I've been with Orange pay as you go for about eight years and I've also got a Nokia N8 and a Nokia 5230, the N8 is good but I still like my old 5230 I find it's just easier to use with a stylus

[Rich]

simple one steve samsung s3

[Drift]

Thanks guys, looking at both phone but the HTC seems a bit more robust than the S3 as it will take a beating at work even with a cover on it.

[jimmybhoy]

Just a quick note to say the One X works with a micro sim, just incase you think you can just change sim over, you cant. If your keeping your number.
Ive been walking around like a drug dealer for 2 months now with 2 phones waithing on 3 getting their act together & transfering my number over.

[Wilberforce]

Chase them on this, it should not take that long.

[Gazeddy]

ste get an otter box for whatever you decide toughest feeling case ive ever used not had to try it yet though

[geeks]

S3 all the way, i have one its an excellent phone, its tougher than it looks as well, mine is in a cheap ebay silicone cover thing and it takes a battering and hasnt skipped a beet, i know of 3 One X owners who have returned them due to battery issues and regular crashes, all now have S3's! It does have a very good driving mode courtesy of Vlingo (read emails and texts to you etc and does dictation) and beats audio isnt as good as everyone makes it outto be plus its documented to drain battery life far more than a standard player. I had a HTC Desire and a Galaxy S2 and the S3 is just that much better...