Mobile Phone thread - please include links to good deals

[shaffy_oppa]

I think the 5C is better than the 5...

As much as I've always wanted a yellow iPhone I think I'll pass... maybe go for the 5S if I can find a decent trade deal with my 5 but for now PS4 is priority.

[speedlolita]

I like to laugh at people with outdated iPhones.

If you have an iPhone shouldn't you always be up to date?

Saw someone with a 3GS earlier. Hoo boy!

[SuperDanX]

I'm a sucker for apple stuff and I am not 100% convinced by the 5S but I will get the Gold one. The main thing I needed was a finger scanner as I had my iphone 5 nicked not too long ago and this Touch ID should deter the theiving basts...

Also, iphone 5 or 5C, which is suppose to be better??

Standby for the first news story on someone who had there 5s stolen and there finger cut off!

[Brad]

I only converted from an IP5 a few weeks ago... (Bought a Note 2 on a certain moderators advice)
I don't think I'll ever buy an iPhone or any phone without a stylus again

Whoever that mod is he's a fine chap because that was excellent advice!

[EvilBoris]

IOS requires the itunes account details for the account the phone was last registered on also. Don't go buying any 2nd hand Iphones in future.

[Neon Ignition]

The last iPhone I had a proper hands on time with was the 4S and it just felt massively behind the curve. As the last 2 years have passed it seems to get more and more the case, itunes in particular being Apples biggest stumbler. The number of friends and co-workers with iPads seems to have reached a plateau round our way as iPhone numbers slide and iPods nosedive. Galaxy definitely seems on the rise and I've woo'd a few peeps I know with the Xperia Z1 info and pics. They've traded off their name too much for too long now. I'm sure they don't care as they have more money than God currently but I feel sorry for the current head and chain of those who follow who will take the blame as Apples market share falls and warchest starts getting eaten into as the coming years pass.

Still, improvements are going to be easy to make. The 5S still has a lowly 8mp camera. Bump that upto 13mp with a tad more system power and boom iPhone 6. What's that? Screen still only 4 inch? Boom, 5 inch! That's iPhone 6S. You want more features and a better quality display? Boom! it's the iPhone Galaxy S4... I mean iPhone 7.

[MisterBubbles]

Starting at a meagre ?550 for an IPhone 5S sim free, the 5C (or cheap) is a paltry ?470

Yeah.... Er no thanks

You forgot to add, without a contract they cost ?549 for the 16GB, ?629 for the 32GB, and ?709 for the 64G

Taking the p1$$ or what.

[kryss]

So out of interest, how much is a sim-free Nexus 4 over there these days?
4.7" screen, 8MP camera, over 9 months old...

[Baseley09]

5C cost is total comedy.

Google Nexus is near half the price.

[speedlolita]

5C cost is total comedy.

Google Nexus is near half the price.

By that logic nobody would own iPhones.

[wakka]

?80 difference in price? Lol.

[kryss]

By that logic nobody would own iPhones.

There is no logic in having an iPhone. But then if people used logic, marketing wouldn't work.

[fishbowlhead]

There is no logic in having an iPhone. But then if people used logic, marketing wouldn't work.

IOS, android & WP8 are all great platforms which anyone can use, sure each has its pros an cons but theres nothing actually wrong with either of them. Hate for the sake of hate is very petty.


On another note, the iphone5s has a new m7 chip which handles accelerometer, gyroscope and compass separately now. Does anyone know if that includes the gps chip too? Would be handy to finally be able to use maps with the phone part switched off.

[VR46]

So out of interest, how much is a sim-free Nexus 4 over there these days?
4.7" screen, 8MP camera, over 9 months old...

nexus 4 was reduced to ?149 for 8gb and ?199 for 16gb last week

https://play.google.com/store/devices/details/Nexus_4_16_GB?id=nexus_4_16gb&hl=en_GB

[Baseley09]

By that logic nobody would own iPhones.

OK, in my opinion the 5C is seriously overpriced when it's meant to be a more budget phone, cost wise it cant possibly compete with a decent android device such as the Nexus, which offers better value for money.