Not sure this is a lounge issue but anyway: Samsung

[dulwichgirl2]

Does anyone have a Samsung phone? How do you find it? Which model is the best value and do you find them user friendly? In short, are they any good? I dislike a product lacking competition - eg microsoft, iPhones, Tesco mozzarella etc. - and would love to give Samsung some Apple business if I could. Thanks for any info.

[jimmah]

I got the S2 and love it, seemed a lot more user friendly than the Iphones that colleagues had and few of them have come over too. My boyfriend has the S3 now but to my mind it doesn't seem to offer anything that my S2 doesn't have.

The clincher for me when I was upgrading was that Iphones had more expensive deals because the phones were so desirable, with the samsung you could still access cheap priceplans.

[dulwichgirl2]

Many thanks. I got a v cheap plan from iPhone as I was quoted it in error and they had to stick to it. Or so they said - maybe they tell everyone that to make people think it is a fab deal. When I renew though it will be painful hence the looking around. How do your colleagues find it? Unfortunately apple is quite good at what it does and I am not yet convinced Samsung is quite there yet.

[aquarius moon]

I have the Samsung Galaxy S2 & It's the best phone I've ever had.

Think I'm actually in love with it as we are inseparable!

[woodrot]

blates anything that doesnt give any more money to the steve jobs nazi death cult is totes a good thing

[Undisputedtruth]

dulwichgirl2 Wrote:

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> Unfortunately apple is quite good at what it does

> and I am not yet convinced Samsung is quite there

> yet.

Apple has a better eco system but no longer a top dog in handsets. Expect Android handsets to take a stride in performance over Apple in the near future. Sadly, people are bamboozled by marketing and this is reflected in Apple's sales figures and market share.

[KalamityKel]

I have a galaxy S2 and Galaxy mini - much prefer the latter as the touch screen is more responsive and the layout it very slightly easier to navigate (believe it or not!).

I'm a Samsung fan, have tried other fones over the course of time but always come back to Samsung. I kinda see Samsung as Nokia when they were good. Many will disagree on that one but tis my own opinion :D

[Otta]

My wife just got the Galaxy S3, and it is very good. Very fast, lovely responsive screen, and it's nice and thin.

[Annette Curtain]

I prefer Sainsbury's (there's an app for them) mozzarella myself

(if that helps)

Nette

[Voyageur]

Not a phone as such (although you can make calls on it, preferably by bluetooth otherwise you look a bit of a twonk with it held up to your ear) by I have a Galaxy Tab and it is fabulous - ultra reliable, great apps and takes great photos.

[dulwichgirl2]

Thank you very much everyone, some interesting ideas there to digest.

[suniil]

Best value for money at the moment is Samsung Galaxy SII. Once you done with it, you can upgrade to S3 or better ones, as not many good apps are there to benefit from quad core processing power.

Also I prefer the design of SII compare to S3 or HTC one X

Still if you need to keep up-to-date with Android, embrace the Google Nexus products

[Undisputedtruth]

Fully agree on quad cores. The Samsung SIII has a Japanese version featuring a duo core and more RAM. I'd certainly choose the Japanese version over the UK model. But I also like the fact that the SIII has Gorilla glass 2 and Bluetooth 4 which is excellent for power management.

eta: This is mainly for the don't know betters who indulges in playground logic. Reason for choosing a dual core is better power management. Software also runs better on more RAM.