Violent Badger wrote:I've decided now is the time to climb aboard the smartphone train. The question is...which is the best one...and with the myriad of deals around can anyone recommend a good one?
Basically I only really use my phone for listening to music, sending the occasional text now and then and the odd phone call. I like the idea of being able to check the weather, bit of facebook, sports results...you know the sort of thing.
Most people think 'iPhone' ...but are they the best?
Any help gratefully received
I work in a Three store and the best phone on the market is what's called the Samsung Galaxy S3. It's the most sophisticated phone to date and is the best selling phone to date. It will with ease allow you to do all the things you've mentioned. It has 16GB worth of internal memory so it can hold around 4 to 5000 songs and has an expandable memory of up to 64GB. It has many different playback features in the built in mp3 player with something called 'SoundAlive'. This allows you to experience songs to its custom genres such as dance, rock, jazz, pop, classic etc it has bass/treble boost etc as just an example of some of the features.
It has facebook pre-loaded with the phone (as most phones do now) and has a built in weather app on the homescreen which tells you the weather for your current location. With sports results you'll be able to download literally thousands of apps from what's called play store (preloaded with the phone) and you'd literally search 'football' or 'rugby league' or 'sky sports' and it will come up with all the many apps you can download.
In terms of texts, at Three all contract phones come with 5000 texts. We're the only company to offer what's called 'all you can eat data' as part of your tariff. These smartphones were built for the internet. And our networks 'niche' is being able to offer absolutely unlimited internet (no fair usage policy, no caps, literally as much data as you want). Your plan would be tailored therefore in terms of your minutes usage.
Three currently have an offer on at the moment for the Samsung Galaxy S3. It was £33 p/m with £29 paid for the handset but it has now come down to £31 p/m with £29 paid for the handset on what's called 'The One Plan' and with that you get:
AYCE data (unlimited internet)
2000 any network minutes
5000 Three to Three minutes
5000 Texts
And it can be used for Tethering.
This is the best deal on the market and I am not just saying that - feel free to shop around but you'd be wasting your time. I currently have the Samsung Galaxy S3 and I shopped around for it, I get no staff discounts whatsoever and Three offer the best deal. FWIW I got it at £33 p/m - gutted when it dropped to £31! For the best phone on the market that's worth £500 new it's a shrewd investment. Tip - um and ar a bit in the Store and they'll chuck in a free case!
) and it MUST rise and surpass the Samsung Galaxy S3 because that is the pace setter at the moment. 
