Moving into the 21st Century. Which smartphone?

[edgascoigne]

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).

[Graham C]

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

[kinboshi]

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 for me (I have one, and don't know how to use it).

FYP

[The Camel]

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

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.

[kinboshi]

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.)

[edgascoigne]

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 for me (I have one, and don't know how to use it).

FYP

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?

[kinboshi]

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 for me (I have one, and don't know how to use it).

FYP

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?

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

[youthnkzR]

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.

[The Camel]

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

Of 1gb, how much would that use?

[The Camel]

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?

[AndrewT]

+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.

[AndrewT]

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.

[mulhuzz]

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

Of 1gb, how much would that use?

so small as to be (almost) completely unnoticable

less than one drop from a pint glass.

[kinboshi]

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

Of 1gb, how much would that use?

so small as to be (almost) completely unnoticable

less than one drop from a pint glass.

Using terms that Keith understands

[LonOhRay]

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?

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