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So I have finally given in to modern technology and decided to get a smartphone.

O2 have offered me a free upgrade to an Iphone 4 or a Samsung Galaxy Ace 2.

With the iPhone I would get 250 minutes of free calls, free texting, free wifi and 1gb of internet usage for £32 per month

With the Samsung unlimited free calls, free texts and 1gb of internet for £20 month.

I will be using it to check football scores, tweet, check email, bet and that's about it.

Also hopefully use it abroad.

Which should I go for and why?

Is 1gb per month a lot or a little?

How much internet does clicking refresh on Betfair use?

Everyone who has an iphone will say iphone and everyone who has the ace 2 will say the Samsung.

Personally I think you'll be happy with either as they're both brill.

Obvious choice is the Samsung as it's cheaper. Ignore the free wifi bit with the iphone. That's the same for both phones.

1Gb is loads as long as you're not downloading stuff or watching bbc iplayer type things. I have 750MB and I never get near that just browsing, checking emails placing a few bets etc.

Don't use it abroad unless you're connected to wifi. You'll cry when you get the bill.

this, both of them do what you want so I'd have thought the unlimited calls with less cost would be a better option.

Doesn't O2 have a day-use thing for data when you're abroad (in Europe), which is about £5 a day?

Will the app things work on all phones?

Yes

You could buy a I phone 4 or ace 2 and get the 02 simplicity unlimited everything for £21 a month

The iPhone will probably be a bit easier for a luddite.  If you go the iPhone route make sure they give you the iPhone 4S and not the older iPhone 4.

My Mum's got the Galaxy Ace 2 and hasn't got a clue what to do with smart phones, but it isn't really an issue.

Maybe it could be a problem for other handsets, but it definitely isn't for that one.

Both seem more than ideal. For sheer ease of use, especially if its your first one, I think the iPhone is a bit better if you don't mind the price difference.

This particular debate often gets as angry and polorised as the Thatcher debate. I know so many people who get really angry when other people choose the brand they don't.

Id get the iphone based purely on the likelyhood of you finding an emergency charger when your battery is low in pubs, restaurants, round friends etc. Cant overstate how important that turns out to be, most pubs in London will have 1 behind the bar or find one for you

Depends what you want from it Keith. If it's just browsing the web, checking your email, watching the odd video, arguing about Thatcher on here, and placing some bets - then either will be adequate.

It's only if you have specific needs that one might out-perform the other.  In fact, I'm a big fan of android, but most people I see with android phones aren't getting half the functionality out of them and they could do just as well (if not better) with an iphone, as Bazza said, they're probably more intuitive for a luddite...

I only prefer android phones because they're more flexible and allow you to tweak and fiddle with them.  

Basically, if you struggle with technology at all, then iphone is probably the better option for you.

Actually this

Modern technology is amazing but there still isnt a smartphone which has a battery to sustain the amount of use most people give it. If you are browsing the interweb a lot, the battery will get used up quite fast

If you go the Samsung Galaxy route as it is on Android you will be able to use Zoombet - great little app for betting through BF and quick even when signal is poor owing to the low data usage. I swear by it.

That said, the phone itself is pretty rubbish (I have one).

Also ask them if that's the very best deal.   You can get a new iphone contract on the 4s for £22.50 pm or even a Samsung S3 from £17.50 from the various phone sites, ask if they'll give a better deal to match them.   (from dialaphone fwiw)

FYP

This is a really good point, which I certainly haven't considered.

I will get back to them and ask if they can go slightly lower on the iPhone contract.

Also worth remembering that the iphone doesn't have a swappable battery, the Samsung does.  So for less than a fiver you can get a second battery, or even get a couple of them - as well as desktop charger.  That way you don't have to worry about it running out of charge when you're away for a weekend, etc.

(This is my biggest hate with the HTC One X which is otherwise a cracking phone.  If the Samsung Galaxy III had been out when I got the One X, I would have gone for the Samsung just for this reason - as they are very similar phones otherwise.  So I had to get one of these:  http://www.amazon.co.uk/EasyAcc-Portable-Universal-External-Blackberry/dp/B006FRD8QU/ref=as_li_wdgt_ex?&linkCode=wsw&tag=blondepoker-21  which will work with the iphone as well.)

Almost certainly fair - though how is one supposed to know when one doesn't know how to use something, if one feels able to use said item?

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Yeah, that's like me thinking I can play poker.

I've had a lot of different phones from more or less every major manufacturer in the past but I've never been as happy with any of them as i am with my iPhone. Can't see me leaving the apple bandwagon anytime soon.

Can someone answer my "refresh odds on betfair site" question?

Of 1gb, how much would that use?

Also, when it says free wifi, does that mean if I'm using wifi I won't be using a portion of my internet usage?

Sorry for being dim, but I actually don't know how these things work.. if there is no wifi I can get internet from regular phone signal? Amirite?

+1 on the charger thing - I have an iPhone and it sucks up the juice super quick when you do anything with it.

Also, as a geek, the reason I held off on iPhones (and all Apple products) for so long was that I was a big tweaker and fiddler. After popping my iCherry that isn't a concern any more - these things just work and you don't need to faff about with them.

Betfair refresh uses teeny tiny internet amounts.

Wifi is entirely separate from the phone usage - that refers to you using the internet via your phone connection. You can switch off the phone connection and just use wifi - I did this when I was in the US to avoid big bills. I just connected up to the free wifi in Starbucks if I needed the internet.

so small as to be (almost) completely unnoticable :)

less than one drop from a pint glass.

Using terms that Keith understands :)

Correct about the wifi, all casinos will have free wifi and other places the like but often not the most reliable.
Shouldn't have a problem using 1GB worth but if you switch your '3G' settings off when in casinos and at home (use home wifi connection) you won't use any of the allowance there.

One massive negative I have found with all my IPhones is battery life after ~12 months of constant use the battery just goes. I can't leave the house at 8 and expect to call a taxi at 3am as it will be dead, certainly can't play a tournament with it and update from 12-11 whilst texting because it will be long dead. - this is after a years constant use though and I never have a problem the first 10 months or so. - Always carry a charger in the car.

24 month contracts not the best for the above reason but other than that I can't live without an iPhone anymore

So I went with the iPhone.

Amazingly it has arrived within 24 hours!

First problem has arrived within seconds.

They said I could use my old Sim card, but a new one has arrived with the phone.

Can I put the old one in to download contacts and then put the new one in.. or is the phone linked to one sim card only?

Iphones use smaller simcards so I would have thought you will need the new one.

The iPhone can sync with your contacts list on your email client on your pc. Did your old phone do the same?

English only in the cardroom please.

It has linked to Hotmail contacts which is nothing like my phone contacts unfortunately.

Next problem, I am getting on the internet fine.

But every time I try to make a phone call it says call failed.

Any clues?

Have you tried switching it off and on?

I was tempted to quote Andrews post earlier  and say - apart from all the times when they don't but I thought it wasn't being very constructive.

This still isn't being constructive, just thought it was apt.

It could be that the sim isn't activated yet.  My Mum had a new phone recently and had to wait a day or so for it to activate.

Do I have to do anything to activate it?

Sorry for being such a thickie, I understand as much about technology as Margaret Thatcher knew about compassion.

Yes you do - you need to contact your phone company and get them to activate your new sim (to essentially switch your phone number from the old sim to the new one)

Despite my 'they just work' post of earlier, this was the one hiccup I ran into with mine as this wasn't explaiined anywhere and I only discovered it by googling.

Boom! Thanks Dr Marbles.

Last question (probably)

So now I can make phonecalls.. Hurrah!

But when I switched the wifi off, the iphone won't get onto the internet.

Help appreciated.

Are you related to tikay?

What network are you on?

For my mum's phone who's on giffgaff I had to go through this procedure to sort the same problem:

STOLEN FROM GIFFGAFF website......

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From your iPhone home screen, click on the icon "Settings" > click "General" > click "Network" > click "Mobile Data Network" > tap on the words next to "APN" and you'll then be able to edit the settings

 

    APN -  giffgaff.com
    Username -  vertigo

    Password - password (This is the word "password" not your giffgaff password)

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Her APN was set to O2.com so I just changed it and it was job done.

If yours doesn't look similar to whatever network you're with then I'd guess you need to find out what it needs to be and change it as well.

Good luck.

Useful link with some APN settings. Pretty sure yours will be amongst these somewhere.

http://www.modaco.com/topic/318970-access-point-name-apn-settings-for-uk-mobile-network-providers/

Thanks Matt.

The iPhone is officially the best thing in the world ever.

Haha, in before the Android firm send the boys round :D

I love the iPhone for it's ease of use and time-wasting potential, but I find the call quality pretty bad and texting's difficult and fraught with typos (must get used to turning it sideways). But my main gripe is that you can't feel the thing vibrate in your pocket, and the ringer isn't loud enough to compensate when you're in a noisy setting   :-/

Get Swiftkey. You'll never go back.

Is this an App?

Yes Keith. It's a paid app that costs about £3.

When you first install it it asks what sort of typist you are, precise or sloppy. I said sloppy because my sausage fingers keep hitting the wrong keys.

Now as I type it learns which mistakes a commonly make, and also which words I use most, then it corrects and anticipates as I go.

I'll give it a spin, the typing is one of the few negs I've found.

Just got this from playstore. First use just now and already I love it. It's going to save me literally seconds every day!!

Thanks Tom.

The more you use it, the better it gets, and you get better at using it too by pressing the space or punctuation keys and moving of the the next word as soon as it's guessed the current one.

Is there a welsh version?

Just take take the battery cover off your phone, fill it up with saliva, and Bob's eich ewythr.

Uncle Bob say's no then ;thankyou;

How do I post a picture from my iphone on blonde?

Get the photobucket app, upload to there then click on the img code which will auto copy, then paste here.

A type on typing - if you type with your right finger aim for the left edge of the letter you want to type.  This will greatly reduce typeing errors.

Looks like it's working a charm   ;whistle;