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If you want an iPhone knock off then head over to the copycats at Samsung

They not only copied it, but they made it bigger, better, smarter, faster, and more user friendly.

They made it bigger alright! The thing is bloody huge!

From that, an Iphone would seem exactly right for a technophobe who likes: [illistening to music, sending the occasional text now and then and the odd phone call. I like the idea of being able to check the weather, bit of facebook, sports results...you know the sort of thing.[/i



I'm techy, but much prefer the ease of use and integration an Iphone gives.

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Any recent Android or iphone would do what you want. HTC, Samsung etc. make handsets that are at least as good as the iphone, and may well be cheaper for something comparable. This always comes down to a religious debate with the apple zealots versus the rest! Look at the features available on the phones in your price range, and choose one that matches your budget that appeals to you in its looks, weight, size etc. There are plenty of reviews online (look at amazon for example, even if you don't buy from them). As for price, look at www.moneysavingexpert.com for their tool for finding a good deal - you could well save a few quid on the tariff by finding one that matches your needs well at a low price, don't pay for stuff you don't need.

Any recent Android or iphone would do what you want. HTC, Samsung etc. make handsets that are at least as good as the iphone, and may well be cheaper for something comparable. This always comes down to a religious debate with the apple zealots versus the rest! Look at the features available on the phones in your price range, and choose one that matches your budget that appeals to you in its looks, weight, size etc. There are plenty of reviews online (look at amazon for example, even if you don't buy from them). As for price, look at www.moneysavingexpert.com for their tool for finding a good deal - you could well save a few quid on the tariff by finding one that matches your needs well at a low price, don't pay for stuff you don't need.

A not overly bright mate of mine, a Samsung owner, was wound up a bit by another mate of mine who told him that, as Apple had won the court case, all Samsungs are now legally considered to be 'fake iPhones' and that he would need to send his phone back to avoid being prosecuted for having illegal goods.



He believed him, too, until he rang O2 to ask!

Samsung Galaxy's are to fake iphones what Dysons are to fake Hoovers.

I work in a Three store and the best phone on the market is what's called the Samsung Galaxy S3. It's the most sophisticated phone to date and is the best selling phone to date. It will with ease allow you to do all the things you've mentioned. It has 16GB worth of internal memory so it can hold around 4 to 5000 songs and has an expandable memory of up to 64GB. It has many different playback features in the built in mp3 player with something called 'SoundAlive'. This allows you to experience songs to its custom genres such as dance, rock, jazz, pop, classic etc it has bass/treble boost etc as just an example of some of the features.



It has facebook pre-loaded with the phone (as most phones do now) and has a built in weather app on the homescreen which tells you the weather for your current location. With sports results you'll be able to download literally thousands of apps from what's called play store (preloaded with the phone) and you'd literally search 'football' or 'rugby league' or 'sky sports' and it will come up with all the many apps you can download.



In terms of texts, at Three all contract phones come with 5000 texts. We're the only company to offer what's called 'all you can eat data' as part of your tariff. These smartphones were built for the internet. And our networks 'niche' is being able to offer absolutely unlimited internet (no fair usage policy, no caps, literally as much data as you want). Your plan would be tailored therefore in terms of your minutes usage.



Three currently have an offer on at the moment for the Samsung Galaxy S3. It was £33 p/m with £29 paid for the handset but it has now come down to £31 p/m with £29 paid for the handset on what's called 'The One Plan' and with that you get:



AYCE data (unlimited internet)

2000 any network minutes

5000 Three to Three minutes

5000 Texts

And it can be used for Tethering.



This is the best deal on the market and I am not just saying that - feel free to shop around but you'd be wasting your time. I currently have the Samsung Galaxy S3 and I shopped around for it, I get no staff discounts whatsoever and Three offer the best deal. FWIW I got it at £33 p/m - gutted when it dropped to £31! For the best phone on the market that's worth £500 new it's a shrewd investment. Tip - um and ar a bit in the Store and they'll chuck in a free case!

Ask a different person and you'll get a different answer with that one. The Iphone 4S is a brilliant phone - the Samsung Galaxy S3 is the only credible alternative IMO and is currently the best phone on the market in terms of its capabilities and it is currently the best selling phone on the market.



The iphone 4S is the latest model out at the moment, but that literally is just for the moment. If you're thinking of an iPhone then wait!!The new iphone 5 is being launched this September (22nd... didn't hear that from me...

) and it MUST rise and surpass the Samsung Galaxy S3 because that is the pace setter at the moment.



How good will it be?

How much will it cost?

Will it be better than the Samsung S3?

What will it do?



No-one knows - for the technogeeks it's exciting times because we're expecting something big and Apple have to deliver!

Hence why I said that he wasn't overly bright

Samsung Galaxy Ace - is what its name says, Ace, yes its an iPhone 3 clone, I stood it next to my mates IP3 and we couldn't tell the difference at all, until I told him I was only paying £10 a month, he got a bit annoyed at that point