Mobile phones & tablets thread

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Originally Posted by Dave B

With the caveat that the article is based on rumours, this could be the first time I've upgraded before my contract runs out. I'm finding that I'm already pushing my S3 to its limit and beginning to find its limitations - you don't realise that you'll use some features until you get the phone in your hand. I'm actually quite excited about the idea of a full-HD screen: I'm shooting videos of the little'un in 1080 and editing them on the handset, which is pushing the screen and the processor quite a bit, not to mention the potential for taking on the likes of the Wii U for portable gamine. I can't see the point of a projector, the ones built into other phones are utterly useless and the handset can already "talk" to projectors via HDMI or DNLA.

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I'll be honest I haven't done any video editing on the S3 yet. I'm more comfortable with Adobe Premiere on the PC for that. But I can see your point. The thing is for an octo core chip + a 5 inch 1080p screen, the battery would have to be gigantic, even bigger than the one Motorola crammed into their phone. Still I don't see it lasting very long.

I cycle around 10 of my favorite 720p movies + music on my 64 gig card, and some top of the line games installed on the phone memory, for a nice little entertainment unit during commute or just relaxing. Some games like Dead Trigger on full graphics do push the S3 to its limits, but apart from that it seems to handle things fine, and I doubt I'll be upgrading to the S4. BUT only time will tell. :p

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Originally Posted by henners88

It would have been but the iPhone 5 is a nicer looking phone and I wanted the most up to date iPhone.

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So, you did buy the phone for more than just basic smartphone functions. Same way, some people buy other flagships because it offers kickass hardware for things they wanna do on top of basic smartphone functions. There's a market for both types of consumers, and whether the S4 will blow the current flagships out of the water is relevant to lots of folks.

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Originally Posted by henners88

I probably don't push the phone to its full capabilities but very few people I know do in reality. I don't play games on it, I certainly don't need it for video editing or designing anything on.

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You do realize that for the iPhone 5, Apple upped the hardware to appeal to handheld gamers and widened the screen to handle HD movies better, right?

For everything else, like I said, the older iPhone 4 is more than enough.

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Originally Posted by henners88

I am also aware of that too, I own one. It is nice to watch the odd video on, I wouldn't wish to watch a full movie on it though. I am aware some people use their phones for this purpose and that's all gravy.

The iPhone 4 does all the things I presently do on an iPhone and my old HTC did all the things I presently need it to do. I didn't see the point in upgrading to a phone older than my previous one when there is a brand new flagship of the brand out at the moment. I liked the iPhone so I bought it. I still like it and not only does it do all the things I am used to doing, but its also a lot more pleasurable to use. I haven't really needed to look back :)

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Then discussions around specs or performance really shouldn't bother you. ;)

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Originally Posted by henners88

They only bother me when I am told something I own is a load of crap based on something someone else feels is important.

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I don't think anybody here said the iPhone 5 is a piece of crap TBH.

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Originally Posted by henners88

A figure of speech. The general tone of this thread at times has not been very complimentary, so we can draw our own conclusions on that or apply our own takes on the terminology.

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I think Mark was only stating the S3 is ahead of the iPhone 5 in some ways, which is a fact. And the S4 will most likely blow all current flagships out of the water, very likely a fact. All purely based on hardware specs. Nobody disputed the usability or the aesthetics of any current smartphone.

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Originally Posted by henners88

The rest of my post stands though in relation to telling each other what should and not not bother us.

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Great! Now we're in the same boat! :p

OT, but a recent annoyance. Apple sell their Quicktime Pro media player for $30 and it doesn't have a freaking playlist feature.

VLC player gives it for free.

Bloody crooks Apple are. :mad:

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Originally Posted by henners88

I don't use Quicktime as I've always thought it was crap. I've used VLC since the early part of last decade.

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I use VLC for everything else myself.

I was trying to play some .MOV videos, which were encoded weirdly and getting stuck in VLC, so I thought Quicktime would play it better. These are small 2-3 minutes videos (tutorials for a software I'm learning) I'm watching on my TV through the PC, and lots of them, and so I have to get up every few minutes to open a new one.

I thought maybe pro would have a playlist feature, but a quick Google search said otherwise. Thank goodness I didn't fall for that trap.

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Originally Posted by CaptainRaiden

I don't think anybody here said the iPhone 5 is a piece of crap TBH.

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My boss says that it is cos he's got one.

I'm sort of considering getting new hardware and I'm not sure where to go. I'm tempted to get a stupidly expensive big screen phone to replace my trusty old Nokia. Or I keep the thing for when outside the house and get a 7" tablet for indoor use.

A question to those who have used these things, what kind of usage do you get with these devices? Especially comparing big phone vs small tablet?

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Originally Posted by janneppi

A question to those who have used these things, what kind of usage do you get with these devices? Especially comparing big phone vs small tablet?

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As someone with a 4.8" phone screen and a 7" tablet, I can tell you that in my case the tablet tends to sit gathering dust while the phone gets a right hammering. For anything vaguely productive I use a laptop as you simply can't beat a proper keyboard for typing, but the phone gets used for casual gaming, social media, 80% of my browsing, a huge amount of pics and video, and for adding things to my shopping order as and when I think of them. It's always on me, so becomes my go-to device for most tasks.

Personally I'd get the biggest screen phone you feel comfortable with and forget a tablet, but as ever only you can make that decision. Some people can't get on with huge touchscreens, others find the tiny-weeny iPhone style screens a bit quaint. If I was buying a phone today I'd probably go for a Galaxy Note 2 or a Nexus 4.

As ever, go and play with then in stores or borrow your friends' devices, and make your own decision based on your needs :)