xwhaler
Active member
Hi Everyone,
Hoping some of the techie fans on here could lend me a hand.
I'm in the market for a new smartphone as my Droid Bionic is slowly dying on the vine (major lag time) and I'm eligible for an upgrade.
Quickly about me:
-Non power user...really I'm a very basic smartphone user. Use it for weather/email/text/apps (AZ, Fantasy Sports, netflix, etc.)
-No gaming and hardly any video playback.
-A decent camera is nice but I know almost all new phones have good cameras for the majority of things.
-Am currently bundled in with my wife whom we just re-upped into a 2 yr contract. Believe that also means I need to stay in the contract which I guess I'm ok with. My wife and I average only 1.2MB data/month between the 2 of us.
-I prefer larger screens. My Bionic is 4.3" and I'd like at least that big or bigger.
-Cost: Because I don't use smartphones to even 5% of its capability I don't need to spend more than $50 or $100 on this phone. In fact the free w/ contract phones have come so far I'm really looking at those as my best option.
-Battery Life: Not so important since I can charge at work or in the car when I'm away from home.
So here are the options I was looking at. Anyone have anything good/bad to say about them? Or other options?
I'm committed to sticking with Android O/S as I'm familiar with it and I likely would not benefit from any of Apple's cool features.
-Pantech Perception...old operating system which may not bother me, is Pantech any good? Screen seems nice. FREE
-LG Lucid 2-My wife has this phone. It seems leaps and bounds better than my Bionic so I'd be happy with it but may want something different than the wife just because! FREE
-Droid DNA-The 5" screen appeals to me. $49.99
-Samsung Galaxy S3-Co worker has this and loves it....gets good reviews. $49.99
-LG Spectrum 2-Nice 4.7" screen, FREE
-Droid RAZR HD, $49.99
Thanks much for any guidance,
-Chris
Hoping some of the techie fans on here could lend me a hand.
I'm in the market for a new smartphone as my Droid Bionic is slowly dying on the vine (major lag time) and I'm eligible for an upgrade.
Quickly about me:
-Non power user...really I'm a very basic smartphone user. Use it for weather/email/text/apps (AZ, Fantasy Sports, netflix, etc.)
-No gaming and hardly any video playback.
-A decent camera is nice but I know almost all new phones have good cameras for the majority of things.
-Am currently bundled in with my wife whom we just re-upped into a 2 yr contract. Believe that also means I need to stay in the contract which I guess I'm ok with. My wife and I average only 1.2MB data/month between the 2 of us.
-I prefer larger screens. My Bionic is 4.3" and I'd like at least that big or bigger.
-Cost: Because I don't use smartphones to even 5% of its capability I don't need to spend more than $50 or $100 on this phone. In fact the free w/ contract phones have come so far I'm really looking at those as my best option.
-Battery Life: Not so important since I can charge at work or in the car when I'm away from home.
So here are the options I was looking at. Anyone have anything good/bad to say about them? Or other options?
I'm committed to sticking with Android O/S as I'm familiar with it and I likely would not benefit from any of Apple's cool features.
-Pantech Perception...old operating system which may not bother me, is Pantech any good? Screen seems nice. FREE
-LG Lucid 2-My wife has this phone. It seems leaps and bounds better than my Bionic so I'd be happy with it but may want something different than the wife just because! FREE
-Droid DNA-The 5" screen appeals to me. $49.99
-Samsung Galaxy S3-Co worker has this and loves it....gets good reviews. $49.99
-LG Spectrum 2-Nice 4.7" screen, FREE
-Droid RAZR HD, $49.99
Thanks much for any guidance,
-Chris