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Discussions / Help me choose a smartphone!
« on: July 18, 2012, 03:15:42 PM »
Hey all, going away to college in a month or so and looking to upgrade to a smartphone to help me out. The choices are restricted to U.S. Cellular's lineup, so if you want to suggest something, there's your list.
I've narrowed it down to two Android phones (without looking at Blackberry; feel free to convince me of my erroneous ways): the HTC One V and the Galaxy Samsung S-II.
They are both $130, but with a bit of a difference of technical specs.
The SII boasts the following impressive hardware:
AndroidTM 2.3 (Gingerbread)
4.52" Super AMOLED Plus Touchscreen (480 x 800)
1.2 GHz Dual Core Processor
8 MP Camera with LED Flash
Wi-Fi Capable
3G Capable
2 MP Front-facing Camera
Full HTML Browser with Adobe Flash support
16GB of Internal Memory
but lacks the modern OS of the HTC One V:
AndroidTM 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) with HTC SenseTM
3.7" WVGA Super LCD2
Touchscreen (480 x 800)
1 GHz QualcommTM Snapdragon S2 Processor
5 MP Camera with Back-illuminated Sensor and f/2.0 Aperture 28mm Lens
Camera also features advanced low light capture, continuous shooting functionality, panorama mode and High Dynamic Range (HDR)
Full HTML Browser with Adobe Flash support
Wi-Fi Capable
4 GB, 512 RAM, microSDTM expandable to 32 GB and 25GB Dropbox* - free for 2 years
Additional considerations: the HTC One also features Beats Audio; along with the free Dropbox storage, they're enticing features. (Does that work through the sound card or the speakers? If the latter, not as enticing - pretty much all phone speakers suck in my experience, regardless of how advanced it may be. If I can still experience it through headphones, definitely a plus.)
I don't plan on playing many games or surfing too much - ideal data plan for my budget is 2GB. Therefore the extra computing hardware of the S-II isn't that big of a deal to me - I'm mostly interested in the advanced 8MP camera and 1080p video recording. Battery life is a major concern - the SII has a pretty bad rep for that, while the HTC One has had reviews claiming quite long battery life, lasts all day, etc.
Convince me one way or the other, or dazzle another phone in my eyes!
I've narrowed it down to two Android phones (without looking at Blackberry; feel free to convince me of my erroneous ways): the HTC One V and the Galaxy Samsung S-II.
They are both $130, but with a bit of a difference of technical specs.
The SII boasts the following impressive hardware:
AndroidTM 2.3 (Gingerbread)
4.52" Super AMOLED Plus Touchscreen (480 x 800)
1.2 GHz Dual Core Processor
8 MP Camera with LED Flash
Wi-Fi Capable
3G Capable
2 MP Front-facing Camera
Full HTML Browser with Adobe Flash support
16GB of Internal Memory
but lacks the modern OS of the HTC One V:
AndroidTM 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) with HTC SenseTM
3.7" WVGA Super LCD2
Touchscreen (480 x 800)
1 GHz QualcommTM Snapdragon S2 Processor
5 MP Camera with Back-illuminated Sensor and f/2.0 Aperture 28mm Lens
Camera also features advanced low light capture, continuous shooting functionality, panorama mode and High Dynamic Range (HDR)
Full HTML Browser with Adobe Flash support
Wi-Fi Capable
4 GB, 512 RAM, microSDTM expandable to 32 GB and 25GB Dropbox* - free for 2 years
Additional considerations: the HTC One also features Beats Audio; along with the free Dropbox storage, they're enticing features. (Does that work through the sound card or the speakers? If the latter, not as enticing - pretty much all phone speakers suck in my experience, regardless of how advanced it may be. If I can still experience it through headphones, definitely a plus.)
I don't plan on playing many games or surfing too much - ideal data plan for my budget is 2GB. Therefore the extra computing hardware of the S-II isn't that big of a deal to me - I'm mostly interested in the advanced 8MP camera and 1080p video recording. Battery life is a major concern - the SII has a pretty bad rep for that, while the HTC One has had reviews claiming quite long battery life, lasts all day, etc.
Convince me one way or the other, or dazzle another phone in my eyes!