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**eek** · 8 June 2014, 11:24

Originally posted by RetSet View Post

I've had my Blackbery 9300 for a number of years now, and have decided it's time to get a touchscreen thingly.

I'm currently toying with the idea of an S4 or S5. Now I know the S5 is newer model, but the upfront cost/ monthly premium over an S4 does seem rather steep.

I'm currently with T-Mobile. The deal on the table is: Free S4 (£6.00 p&p), Unlimited voice/ text, 10Gb data (4G where available) for £29.99 pcm.

Is this as good as it gets? How much more should I pay for an S5 with the equivalent service?

And, yes, I do know this is General...

How much does a sim only equivalent contract cost? From that you can work out how much you are paying for the phone...

**TykeMerc** · 8 June 2014, 12:29

Originally posted by RetSet View Post

I've had my Blackbery 9300 for a number of years now, and have decided it's time to get a touchscreen thingly.

I'm currently toying with the idea of an S4 or S5. Now I know the S5 is newer model, but the upfront cost/ monthly premium over an S4 does seem rather steep.

I'm currently with T-Mobile. The deal on the table is: Free S4 (£6.00 p&p), Unlimited voice/ text, 10Gb data (4G where available) for £29.99 pcm.

Is this as good as it gets? How much more should I pay for an S5 with the equivalent service?

And, yes, I do know this is General...

I'm paying a bit less (couple of quid I think, will have to check) for the same and I didn't pay for postage

I believe the S5 is the only just released one where the S4 has been out some months, I've damn all idea what their relative merits are mind you

**administrator** · 8 June 2014, 16:07

Phones aren't progressing much now. Bought Nexus 5 from Google and downgraded the business mobile to s SIM only contract. Get one of the residential deals and it is cheap as chips. I am office based and use Skype more than phone so did not make sense for me to have the £360 a year contract. Over £100 better off a year through doing that. Not a huge amount I know but better in my pocket than theirs

**BigTime** · 9 June 2014, 07:01

I bought the Moto G from Tesco for £100 when it came out. There's nothing the more expensive phones offer that would make me want to spend the money on them. A new model is coming out, Motorola Moto G 4G LTE | Release date, price and specs - PC Advisor

**The Spartan** · 9 June 2014, 07:23

The Moto G is a fantastic phone and really cheap the 4G version is due out soon if not already, other than that the Nexus 5 is a very good buy and is stock android so you get updates as soon as they're available. I myself have a Nexus 4 and it does everything I need it to and is even decent for games, I personally wouldn't lock myself into a contract or pay more than 200 quid for a phone these days.

**Scruff** · 9 June 2014, 07:27

Originally posted by administrator View Post

Phones aren't progressing much now. Bought Nexus 5 from Google and downgraded the business mobile to s SIM only contract. Get one of the residential deals and it is cheap as chips. I am office based and use Skype more than phone so did not make sense for me to have the £360 a year contract. Over £100 better off a year through doing that. Not a huge amount I know but better in my pocket than theirs

Ditto

Nexus 5 and GiffGaff £12pm

**CheeseSlice** · 9 June 2014, 08:13

Any recommendations for an Android with good battery life?
I've got the S3 which drinks battery too quickly. I make like one call per day, and browse web for about 1 hr in total. Also have all of the sync settings disabled.
I just want to have at least some battery left when I plug it in again for the night.

**original PM** · 9 June 2014, 08:47

sony experia T

James Bond used it in the most recent movie so it must be cool

has all the features of any smartphone really!

**The Spartan** · 9 June 2014, 09:06

Originally posted by CheeseSlice View Post

Any recommendations for an Android with good battery life?
I've got the S3 which drinks battery too quickly. I make like one call per day, and browse web for about 1 hr in total. Also have all of the sync settings disabled.
I just want to have at least some battery left when I plug it in again for the night.

The Moto G has a good battery life according to its users

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