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Welp, high time for a smartphone.

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animagic4u:

--- Quote from: Naryoril on April 29, 2015, 09:13:24 am ---Since nobody mentioned it, there are also Windows phones, but personally i wouldn't touch them.

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I went to a Hackathon and a Microsoft representative there literally told us, "You know what the best part of having a Windows phone is? No one wants to steal it"
I am usually an Apple biased person for all things not Smartphone. Go Team Android!!

I highly recommend the Nexus line as well!

Scotty:

--- Quote from: animagic4u on April 29, 2015, 02:42:05 pm ---I highly recommend the Nexus line as well!

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Then go and get one and stop being a Droid fangirl, silly.

Eury:
I am gonna put my lot in with getting an unlocked android phone with a prepaid plan. Android phones play nice with most other electronics, can't say the same for Apple products in my experience.

I'm also not familiar with Canadian services, but I had Sprint for a while. I felt so liberated when I bought out of my contract with them. Don't get a contract phone unless you getting phones for your entire family, just not worth the heartache. I got a nice unlimited everything plan from T-Mobile coupled with Google Voice, it has been really pleasant.

Currently I'm rocking a Sony Xperia Z Ultra. DO NOT GET THIS PHONE, IT IS STUPID BIG. I have creepy long piano fingers so it worked out for me.

You don't have to get the highest end Android phone to get what you want out of it, but I suggest something with a snappy processor. Nothing is more unattractive than a clunky, sluggish Android interface. I believe that is what puts a lot of people off to them at first, they get a crappy one. Kinda like when people didn't like Windows Vista cause they bought a cheapo Acer netbook or Compaq desktop that couldn't handle the OS.

DeviantProtagonist:
Thanks for the share! Definitely a grand start to things~.

Deeming smartphones the modern smoke break suffices my point. That, and it'd be lovely to have multiple tools for everyday tasks. You're also right to say it's empowering, Scotty; from what times I borrowed someones' smartphone -- like to browse websites or play multimedia -- it was very, very satisfying to literally do this on hand. To be totally ham about it, it's like holding the power of the sun in the palm of my hand. Or something.

In regards to mobile plans, I'm teetering between Virgin and Fido. Here's the summary of both packages, as far as I know:

Virgin:
- 300 Minutes
- UNLIMITED Evening & Weekends from 5pm - 7am
- Canada-Wide Calling
- UNLIMITED Incoming Text
- UNLIMITED Text & Picture Messaging to Canada & US, plus International Text Messaging
- Voicemail & Call Display
- 300 MB

Fido:
- 250 weekday minutes (7am to 5pm)
- Unlimited Eve/Wknd minutes (Evenings Starting at 5 pm) Unlimited Canada-wide long distance
- Unlimited text, picture and video messages from Canada to canadian, U.S and international wireless numbers
- 250 MB Data
- Call Display
- Voicemail
- Unlimited Circle Calling
- Call Waiting
- Conference Call

Another trend I noticed is the possibility of your activation fee getting waived. Any tips I'll need knowing to capitalize on that? :3

Now by general consensus, Windows phones will be pruned. iPhone looks to be the same given Naryoril's assessment of their limitations, as I'm quite fond of third party, myself. Sure, there's jailbreaking, but that similarly looks more trouble than it's worth. Moreover to gripes, holy shit can these get expensive! To have subsequent Nexus and iPhone models cost above $700 already clobbers current-gen consoles. Genuine nope.avi material, so let's stick to cheap.

Drawing comparisons, the Moto G is looking to be our winner. Performance-wise, the Nexus 5 is well up there, but I'm not asking too much for it. To have SD support over the initial 16GB and 32GB packages of the Nexus 5 also has me sold. What the Moto G does lack is record quality, which is capped at 720p/30FPS to the Nexus 5's 1080p/30PFS. Hell, maybe I can compromise with a Moto X altogether? Yet provided the price bump isn't too substantial, though...

But finally, have no worries about a hijack; I mentioned you're free to discuss smartphone experiences so holler away. I ought of learn more about it. :3

SakuraMaxX:
I personally wouldn't go with a data package with less than 1GB or 2GB, but that's just me.  I eat through 300MB really quickly.

Also don't look into a Nexus 5 or Moto X if camera quality is a very high priority.  I'd go for a Sony phone (Xperia Z3 camera is pretty nice) or hell, even an iPhone since they use Sony imaging sensors too.  Otherwise the N5 and X are outstanding phones and you should consider sticking with those

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