[Closed] htc or apple

i'd go HTC, for the bigger screen alone!

Would be comparing a S3 not a oneX, battery life is a bit poor on the oneX.

Though really, I'd wait a month. New iphone imminent...

One S maybe, less comedy-phone sized?

If you already have a Desire, and love it, then why would you be disappointed at not going for Apple?

i'd go HTC, for the bigger screen alone!

Personally the One X is a bit [i]too[/i] big for my liking.

+1 wait for iP5 release. Supposedly Sept (from tech media) even though carriers won't admit this. I'm out of contract with an iP4 and ticking over on a cheap monthly tariff whilst waiting to see. Can't see it being much of a leap forward mind. Will also most likely cost up front IRO of £100-£300 depending on storage/mins etc.

Can't see it being much of a leap forward mind.

Thinner and a bigger screen according to the latest leaks/rumours.
http://www.bgr.com/2012/08/18/iphone-5-photos-leak-front-panel/

Not sure if the bigger screen is a good thing to be honest, but thinner is always nice.

Flip a coin.
They're phones. I'm sure either will make you happy.

Regardless of if you get a iP5 (why 5 though, it's the 6th one! "New iPhone" I reckon ) or not, it'll affect the market and drive down the price a bit on a 4S.

Flip a coin.
They're phones. I'm sure either will make you happy.

Just like bikes...

I'd get the iphone for the screen size alone.

Just like bikes...

Except you can't ride a phone (obviously)

And you can't play Infinity Blade II on a bike...

(or post pointless comments on internet forums either!)

Infinity what?
Something's telling me I'm not fully utilising my smart phone....

Infinity what?

Just a game. Pretty and mildly diverting...

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Is it free? I like free I do.

Nope sorry. You'd have to fork out a mighty £2.
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/infinity-blade-ii/id447689011?mt=8

But it is a universal app, so you can play it on your iPhone and iPad.

But it is a universal app, so you can play it on your iPhone and iPad.

Only buying it once?
The Itunes is connected to the mrs bank account anyway 😈

HTC One S is excellent and plenty big. One X is too big and poor battery.

"[i]Not sure if the bigger screen is a good thing to be honest, but thinner is always nice.[/i]"

Not for me it's not - I hate thin phones; the thinner they are the harder it is to hold them with any degree of stability. My Desire is vastly ergonomically better with a Casemate tough case round it, and my Xperia Active is nice because it's slightly fat in the first place. It's not as if they don't fit in my pocket, either, so I can't see any disadvantage. Quite why no-one in the industry seems to have twigged that a fat phone is much easier to use and can have two or three times the battery capacity, I've no idea.

Only buying it once?
The Itunes is connected to the mrs bank account anyway

Yep, as long as they are both on the same iTunes account.

That goes for all apps. We buy once then we can use the app either of our iPhones or the iPad without paying again. One of the nice things about the Apple "ecosystem".

the thinner they are the harder it is to hold them with any degree of stability

I can hold a sheet of paper really well. When phones get thinner than that I'll start worrying 😀

"[i]We buy once then we can use the app either of our iPhones or the iPad without paying again. One of the nice things about the Apple "ecosystem".[/i]"

And equally true of the Android "ecosystem".

And equally true of the Android "ecosystem".

Is it? Cool. Wasn't intended as a slight at Android, I just mean it's one of the advantages of sticking with a single system, rather than say getting an Android phone and a Apple iPad (or vice-versa).

"[i]I can hold a sheet of paper really well.[/i]"

Chapeau. What was that remark you made about pointless comments? 😉

Yes, a really thin phone/tablet is fine if, like a piece of paper, you only physically interact with it when it's supported by something flat such a desk and you have something to prevent it sliding around whilst you do interact with it.

Actually that's probably where all this will [i]eventually[/i] lead. An ultra-thin display that folds up like a piece of paper.

But maybe not for a few years just yet.

Regardless of if you get a iP5 (why 5 though, it's the 6th one! "New iPhone" I reckon ) or not, it'll affect the market and drive down the price a bit on a 4S.

So fatboba. What did you plump up for, surprise us by taking a photo.on.you old htc 😉

I got the HTC in the end (can't take a piccy as I traded the old phone, it wasn't working anyway). Turns out once I spoke the to the guy in the shop again, he could do it for £10 cheaper a month than the iphone with the same minutes/texts/internet

Also it was the wife that put it in perspective over our coffee:

wife: "why do you want the iphone when you've just sat and gone on about how great Android is on the phone i've got? (she just bought a Sony Experia)"

me: "erm.....um, eh,etc."

wife: "yep, thought so, you want one because because someone else has got one or because it says Apple on it......just MTFU and get what [u]you[/u] want rather than what you think other people have got"

the missus has the level head in this relationship......and yes she did say MTFU (but the whole sentence!)

S3 - size is great 🙂

If the iphone-blah has a bigger screen it will just confuse all the app developers who believed Apple in the one screen size only guff.

why not to await for the new iphone?

Would we expect the new iPhone to affect HTC prices and deals?

"yep, thought so, you want one because because someone else has got one or because it says Apple on it......just MTFU and get what you want rather than what you think other people have got"

If I were you I'd keep a careful note of this argument for future use, particularly around the areas of shoes, handbags, and other must-haves 😀

I got the HTC One X for £18.41 a month on tmobile and free phone (mobiles.co.uk)

I got the HTC One X for £18.41 a month on tmobile and free phone (mobiles.co.uk)

Interesting *strokes beard*

I got the HTC One X for £18.41 a month

Yeah but you'll spend four times that having to buy new jeans and jackets with extra huge pockets 😉

Incidentally MoneySavingExpert have a nice iPhone contract comparison tool:
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/deals/cheap-iphone#compare

The cheapest iPhone 4s deal is apparently "free" 16GB phone and £26 a month (100mins/500txt/250MB)

So HTC is still the way to go if you favour cheapness.

Any storage experts here? I have an HTC Desire which I'm due to change in a couple of months. I will probably get an iPhone - the HTC has been fine but it was always running out of space (probably mainly down to Adobe Air). I have no idea what size it is and therefore I don't know what size iPhone I need. I don't store music on it but will probably take a few photos.

Certainly with the new HTC phones you tend to get some 'cloud' storage with the contract. 25gb of Dropbox I got.
It makes up for the fact that they somehow decided it would be a good idea to do away with an SD slot...

Wallop - I take it you kept getting low memory warnings? That is due to a known issue with the Desire not having enough memory for apps. Most (if not all) phones since don't have that problem. If you look at memory use in the settings you will probably find a lot of SD card space remaining, but not much phone memory.

I've had 'running low on space' warnings on my HTC Desire for a while now, but that's due to the measly 512MB of RAM on board the Desire. I know the HTC One X and One S come with 1GB of RAM so I'm hoping that addresses that particular problem. We put 16GB micro SD cards in ours when we first got them though, so that side of things has never been an issue.

Try downloading 'App 2 SD' app - it's free and tells you what apps are stored where (whether on your phone or on your SD card) and how much memory they're all using and how much space you have left.

Stumpy01, you are spot on, so would I be OK with a 16gb iPhone?

redwoods - my phone tells me where the apps are stored, but it doesn't give me the option to move them all.

you need to root it to get full apps2sd benefit

You need Froyo or higher for App2SD support, too.