CVByrne Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Looks like a HTC One GE rumours are stronger now. I'd be surprised if we didn't get one now too. Still we need to see what the Stock Android does with the cameras. Both would be hobbled with stock app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Well I wasnt making the rumour up. What will be interesting is both phones are LTE and there is some suggestion in certain quarters about the radio drivers being an edition to Vanilla Android and how that then flows back upstream to the AOSP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Aren't Qualcomm very protective of their radio drivers though? Hasn't that been a sticking point with S3 & One X last year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 What's a decent spec back up phone? Was looking at the s3 mini but its so overpriced?! Any recommendations? Looking at £125 Max. All I really want is a semi decent screen, decent speed and expandable storage, gonna mainly be used as an mp3 player and then as a back up phone as and when needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meath_Villan Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 (edited) S3 back from the repair shop ...new motherboard girl in the shop says quite a few with the same problem lately but yet its still not a problem for Samsung to recognize officially anyway glad to have it back great phone bar the freezing etc Zte blade goes back into the press still a decent phone (rooted ginger stirfry) Edited May 28, 2013 by Meath_Villan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 White LG Nexus announced, same spec as original Black one. meh. LG not working on Nexus 5 either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Guys, HTC desire c or galaxy mini 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Sony Xperia E £108.00 from Ebuyer. Newer Software than the HTC and Samsung Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Really? Was looking at that as well but discounted it due to the screen. Can't seem to find many reviews on it either. Cheers for the reply though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 White LG Nexus announced, same spec as original Black one. meh. LG not working on Nexus 5 either... Google will never work with them again after the supply shortages. They had no such problems with Samsung. I think they'll stick with Motorola for next couple. Or Sony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted May 29, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted May 29, 2013 (edited) Another pet hate about my S3. You know when you hold down the home button to bring up your apps that are running so you can turn them off? Well more and more regularly this doesn't work on mine. I'll hold the home button and I can feel the haptic feedback after a second, but nothing comes up. A reboot fixes it, but yet another little bugbear. Happens probably once a week. Edited May 29, 2013 by Stevo985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Living with the S3 which is undoubtably a brilliant phone - its a glitchy little ****. I have the same issues...Stevo. I usually have to reboot every couple of days when it gets particularly laggy...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted May 29, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted May 29, 2013 Mine's only really laggy when it's plugged in, which is a bit weird. Unplugged it's more or less perfect. But once it's charging it can be a bit slow. but yeah I agree, it's pretty glitchy. Say what you want about the iPhone, but I reckon I could count the number of times I had to reboot mine on one hand, and I had it for 2 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted May 29, 2013 Administrator Share Posted May 29, 2013 I've not experienced this on my S3. I suspect something you've installed is causing it. Do you use the stock keyboard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 I don't no.... I use SwiftKey which brings its own annoyances....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted May 29, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted May 29, 2013 I use Swiftkey too. Hmmmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcarpet Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 So its time for a phone upgrade, what do you guys recommend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted May 29, 2013 Administrator Share Posted May 29, 2013 So its time for a phone upgrade, what do you guys recommend? On the basis of the information you've supplied and your likely use, I'd recommend... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted May 29, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted May 29, 2013 Nokia 3210 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted May 29, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted May 29, 2013 I'll be upgrading from my S2 soon, got a Nexus 4 on the way. I'm also shifting from Orange to giffgaff, finally. Somehow I'm not looking forward to the cancelling-can-i-have-my-pac-code conversation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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