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Need a new cell phone. They make a few different models, right?
Okay, so my phone is starting to fade. It's a Droid 3, so it's not THAT old, but honestly I was never happy with it and now the physical keyboard doesn't work. I LOVE physical keyboards on phones, but it seems like they're on their way out, so I will probably have to get with the times. Trouble is, I don't know anything about any phones now because after I got this one I stopped caring. I don't know what's good or bad.
I don't live attached to my phone. It's really just to text people and take calls from whoever is silly enough to want to talk to me. Oh, and little games, of course, but I imagine every phone these days is fine for that. So far I'm looking at a Samsung S4, but to be honest I don't know what else to even consider.
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Hella battery, 2012 specs: Droid Razr Maxx HD
Latest Android, high end specs: Galaxy S4
Giant screen of Doom: Galaxy Note 2
iPhone: iPhone 5
I think the Droid 4 is their only remaining hardware keyboard phone, but it is pretty dated by modern standards.
So any recommendations that would convince me to upgrade? Don't really care for the super huge screens and I suppose I can live with using touch screens if keyboards are being phased now. Just want a nice little phone that fits well in my front pocket.
If you want a phone with a touch screen and don't mind one that is older and slower and probably quite cheap at this point, the HTC Inspire is what we just upgraded from. Honestly it could do pretty much everything my current phone can do, it was just a little slower and couldn't do the faster connections, which you probably don't need if all you do is send some messages. It was a great phone though, and I loved it.
I recently tried an iPhone hand-me-down for a few months as well... would not buy. As a huge fan of OSX as it was 7 or 8 years ago I was sure I would love it, but I'm used to being able to being able to customize my phone in certain ways and use it certain ways that the iPhone just doesn't allow, and the Apple Store being my only option for apps was not so great for me either.
Both are super amazing flagships and a lot of my descision came down to personal preference. On paper the S4 is slightly better, but I would never use the hand waving or scrolling features and the pictures I take are usually when I'm out with friends, so the low light performance on the HTC was ideal.
After playing around in store with both for a bit I also vastly preferred the build quality and screen/interface on the HTC over the S4. Has a nice heft to it and feels really nicely machined and put together. I've also never used an SD card or replacement battery in any phone I've had so that also wasn't an issue.
Like I said this is just my opinion and you'll find amazing reviews for both, but although this sounds super patronising and weird the HTC just felt a bit more "grown up". It's an odd way to describe a several hundred £/$ phone over another but it's the easiest way I've found to articulate my experience with both to people.
It should be noted that any and all Android phones can do this with SwiftKey or Swype.
OP's current phone is a Droid 3, which means Verizon, who doesn't have the One. Otherwise I would recommend it.
It's also a matter of personal preference. I personally hate that method of typing.
Generally,
Since you're describing yourself as a non-power user, I think you'd be happy with the flagship from any of those three, or as ceres said even maybe taking a step back and getting the S3 since it's a bit cheaper.
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iPhone and Samsung Galaxy are the ones you should shoot for "best in show." Biggest thing is to figure out what you want from your phone, I was once like you. I figured "man I will never use my smart phone." But once I got it man... my whole word fucking changed.
Imagine being able to get movie times, check bank balances, browse a menu of nearby restaurants whenever you're out. They're fucking amazing once you relinquish the fact that you have a computer in your pocket.
Now that that's out of the way, figure out if you want the Android or iOS platforms. Each are good and bad at some things. Android tends to be cheaper, iOS tends to be more rounded and gets the first flagstone apps to the market (like your bank's mobile app or something). Both all do the same things.
Then there's microsoft's smartphone, but, I don't really know much about them.
Aha I see, not too familiar with the US networks.
That's...not really true.
I've had Blackberries for the past 6 years or so and I can't let go of the hardware keyboards.
I also have had an iPod touch for a while and do a good amount of typing on it and it just doesn't work for me.
There are definitely pros to hardware keyboards, if they're done right.
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I don't really recommend anyone get them. Not unless ultra exchange synchronization is a thing. Key to typing on smartphones is to turn them sideways and not try to type like it's a blackberry holding it like a vertical smart phone. Not trying to be a smart ass. Different mechanics and all that.
Still $299 from Google Play. When/if they release a 32GB version, they will almost certainly discontinue the 8GB model entirely, just as they did with the Nexus 7.
I am pretty sure the 8GB Nexus 4 is basically just a loss leader anyway.