What cell phone do you own?

I have people who swear by Sprint and other people who have to have land lines specifically because Sprint doesn’t work in their homes (which seems to make the value moot).

Almost all phones now are world phones though, so it’s not like the old days where you couldn’t travel with a CDMA phone. But the bigger issue is that if you get a carrier locked phone then you will not be able to put a new SIM card in it once you leave the country. I keep an old unlocked iphone around for when I travel internationally.

Sprint is the worst. Dropped calls constantly, and our corporate account was hacked recently. Someone bought 20 iphone 6 pluses to the tune of $10K. Shut down our entire account for use over the thanksgiving weekend. Super fun.

I was recently on Sprint and it was bad. Dropped calls, and the ‘4g’ was useless. I always ran speedtest, and would have roughly 100-400 kb download speeds. Granted, it will work better in larger cities, but unless you are right on top of a tower, it was bad.

Decided to suck it up and switched to Verizon. Now running an HTC one M8. Design and build is very good. All metal casing gives it a good solid feel unlike my wifes Galaxy S5. I just wish the camera was a bit better on it. Still not bad, but it does lack compared to the galaxy

I updated from a Galaxy S2 to a Moto G (1st gen 4G model) a few months back.
Prior, I was looking at flagships almost exclusively, but then started thinking critically. Do I really want to pay 600-700$ for a phone? Yes, I do occasionally browse the web, check mails etc. but the Moto G handles these easily and it’s 200$. Very good value. Sprayproofing is a bonus. Camera is shit, but I use a compact for taking photos.
For me it’s all about value. Also I don’t like big phones.

Moto G rocks. I’ve owned mine for almost a year, thinking about upgrading to the 2nd gen. Moto G although I’d have to switch carriers since the new one is only available in GSM.

Just don’t drop it. =) Can’t beat the polycarbonate unibody of the Lumias–a material actually fits the use case!

+1 on the shout out to Lumia unibody construction, I’ve dropped my Lumia so many times I’ve lost count. My older Lumia was a matte finish grey but my latest is a polished white and I like it much better, grease & grime don’t stick to it and it has that “makes me cooler” look. :stuck_out_tongue:

Here is the future for us Lumia fans. It’s amazing how much difference a logo makes:/

Although the full logo/wordmark is not quite as nice, I think that is more the Halloween contrast instead of the logo Ray. They just need to make it grape-fruity again like Nokia has been doing. Voila:

Picked up an iPhone 6 a few weeks ago. Love it. I’m intrigued by Windows 10 though…

Just got me the samsung Alpha “samsung s6” “iphone 5 killer” and am loving it.

https://www.google.com/search?q=samsung+alpha&biw=1920&bih=979&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ei=98vDVI6dKMHAggTvioSoCg&ved=0CAkQ_AUoBA

I have Samsung galaxy phone from one year. And this is nice phone about all angle.

I ve got a
iPhone 6 and
i’m really happy!

The choices for no-contract phones have been getting really good lately;

Kyocera Hydro Wave ($39-$149):

  • waterproof.
  • 5-inch display, unfortunately resolution is only qHD (960 X 540, 220 ppi pixel density)
  • 5MP rear-facing camera, 2MP front-facing

Microsoft Lumia 640 ($39 -$79):

  • 5-inch display, 720p resolution (1280 X 720, 294 ppi pixel density)
  • 8MP rear-facing camera, 1MP front-facing
  • NFC support
  • XL version (5.7-inch screen size) available for $250.
  • unfortunately it only runs Windows. :cry:

2015 Motorola Moto G ($179):

  • waterproof
  • 5-inch display (720p resolution, 1280 X 720, 294 ppi pixel density)
  • 13MP rear-facing camera, 5MP front-facing
  • front-facing speakers (why don’t more companies make them like that?!)
  • I want me one of them!

Dang Motorola went big time on the camera resolution.

It seems like waterproof phones are becoming more common, great must-have feature. I remember even the current iPhone was rumored to be waterproof before it came out.

It’s funny how everyone in the new Mission: Impossible movie uses Nokia Windows phones, hardly anyone I know does.

And by the way, the Microsoft 640 XL also upgrades the resolutions to 13 and 5 MP for rear and front cameras respectively.

What’s “Sumsung”? Is that one of those Chinese knockoffs? :laughing:

I’m still using Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE but I’m going to change it in a few months.

I’ve been using the MS Lumia 640 for about a month. Absolutely love it. The MS stuff is great: Office, email, OneDrive integration, the music app, the MS News and Sports apps, the phone app. However, the app store for 3rd parties is a graveyard.

It’s sad because I think that with Windows 10, Office 365 and the Surface tablets/Lumia phones, Microsoft has really reset the high water mark for usability and just desirable GUI and hardware.