I've got an HTC 8X that I've had on Bell Mobile up here in Canada for two and a half years. It's still a reliable phone, but it's starting to show its age, and I'm thinking about upgrading.
My contract doesn't run out until September, but Bell said they can get me out early if I get a new phone with them. They're down to 2-year contracts, down from the 3-years they had back when I got this phone, and one of the phones they offer is the Nokia Lumia 830, which is a mighty tempting piece of kit.
However, with Windows 10 for phones just over the horizon, and some tantalizing unlocked phones being made available in the Canadian market, not the least of which includes the Blu Win HD LTE, the Yezz Billy 5S (possibly), and of course the Lumia 640 and maybe 640 XL, I'm debating about whether I should wait it out until September.
I'm thinking of going on a second-tier carrier as well, since they're cheaper and have more features than Bell ever offered me, and I might be moving around a lot in the next few years, possibly even to Europe, so having a phone where I can just cancel my service and pop in a local SIM card wherever I move to (especially a dual-SIM), might be more useful than having to buy out of a contract, or pass it off on someone else.
What do you think is the best option? Is the 640 a better potential choice than the 830? Are one of the other unlocked phones on the Microsoft Store a better option still?
My contract doesn't run out until September, but Bell said they can get me out early if I get a new phone with them. They're down to 2-year contracts, down from the 3-years they had back when I got this phone, and one of the phones they offer is the Nokia Lumia 830, which is a mighty tempting piece of kit.
However, with Windows 10 for phones just over the horizon, and some tantalizing unlocked phones being made available in the Canadian market, not the least of which includes the Blu Win HD LTE, the Yezz Billy 5S (possibly), and of course the Lumia 640 and maybe 640 XL, I'm debating about whether I should wait it out until September.
I'm thinking of going on a second-tier carrier as well, since they're cheaper and have more features than Bell ever offered me, and I might be moving around a lot in the next few years, possibly even to Europe, so having a phone where I can just cancel my service and pop in a local SIM card wherever I move to (especially a dual-SIM), might be more useful than having to buy out of a contract, or pass it off on someone else.
What do you think is the best option? Is the 640 a better potential choice than the 830? Are one of the other unlocked phones on the Microsoft Store a better option still?