Hello everyone, I currently have Samsung Stratosphere 2 with Android Jellybeen OS and im ready to throw this phone in the garbage. It has too much bloatware, barely functional (it literally slows down and almost freezes when i am typing a simple text message). It has a 16GB MicroSD card, but somehow all the pictures and music are saved to the onboard storage instead of the MicroSD card. It cant even pull pictures from the picture gallery because there is not enough freespace or memory for the phone to display it. The S Voice thing is useless, it can barely understand me. The apps take forever to load. I have Verizon as my carrier and im ready for an upgrade. So I am now deciding between 3 phones: Nokia Lumia Icon, Samsung Galaxy Note 4, and Iphone 6/6+
Nokia Lumia Icon: Looking at Verizons plan, the $99 upgrade for me is pretty affordable versus 199/299 For Iphone 6/6+ and Samsung Galaxy Note 4. It has 1080p full HD display with OLED, and i know the picture quality is going to be superb. I used MS word, Note, and Powerpoint along with outlook so i know its going to be easy to use on the OS. The OS is also very fluid and buttery smooth versus the current phone i have stutters a lot and feels rigid and slow. The Camera is also amazing to me and its able to save RAW files, which is unheard of. I love photography, and this is a definite plus for me. I also like panoramic shots so the camera is very powerful. The new updates from Nokia also allows you to record 4K video which I did not expect at all. I am not really big on apps or games. Main ones I use is: Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, PicsArt for photoediting, generic music download app, web browsing, gmail (since i use android), skype. The windows phone has all of that and more so i am not too worried. The Cortona Voice also seems to be more intuitive, smarter and responsive then S voice and Siri so thats a great plus too. With the windows phone i know its going to be seemless with my windows 8.1 pro tablet, and windows 7 desktop (im going to get windows 10 upgrade when it comes out next year for both my tablet and desktop) The only downside to the phone is that I wish it had a stylus pen like microsoft surface pro and galaxy note. I am an artist, and i would love to use a pen to draw on the phone or play games, or even write on onenote. If there is a stylus pen i can use, then this is a solid 100% purchase for me. Also i am wondering if Nokia is going to release a more powerful windows phone next year with a stylus pen included with UHD display, beefed up specs and windows 10 OS.
Samsung Galaxy Note 4: Despite the Jelly Been clunky OS on my current phone, this phone supports UHD with AMOLED display, and reading the previews/reviews its the best most beautiful screen quality on a phone. I would love to watch movies, see pictures, and web browsing on the phone. The stylus pen is a huge plus for me because i would love to doodle, play games (i dont play games but using the pen to play games would be awesome), and write notes on the phone. All of MS office stuff can be purchased for android. It currently has Kit Kat Android OS, but the new 5.0 Lollipop OS is going to be the biggest overhaul and i hope its going to make the OS buttery or silky smooth like windows phone OS and iOS8. It just depends on how long Samsung is going to take to release the new OS to the system, and knowing Samsung i dont want to wait that long. The downside is 299.99 is a lot to spend on the phone, and the camera despite imporovements from the predecessor is still not as good as Nokia Lumia and is not able to save RAW files. I dont know how the S voice is on kit kat and i dont know how S voice is going to improve on Lollipop. The phone has very nice beefy specs. Will Android phones use Octacore ARM based processors next year with 4 Gigs of RAM?
Iphone 6/6+: I have never owned an iphone or a windows phone, but despite its low specs (it finally has 1080p display) with only 1 GIG of RAM, it has a solid camera (better than Galaxy Note 4), lots of apps, buttery smooth OS, all of MS office stuff. Im not a fan of itunes, 199/299 is a lot to ask for an upgrade, no stylus pen. Solid quality phone, solid OS, just never found Iphone/Ipad products that appealing to me.
So which phone should i buy? Should i wait longer for a better phone? Will Nokia or another windows phone manufacturer come out with a better Windows phone with better specs soon? Thanks for your input in advance.
Nokia Lumia Icon: Looking at Verizons plan, the $99 upgrade for me is pretty affordable versus 199/299 For Iphone 6/6+ and Samsung Galaxy Note 4. It has 1080p full HD display with OLED, and i know the picture quality is going to be superb. I used MS word, Note, and Powerpoint along with outlook so i know its going to be easy to use on the OS. The OS is also very fluid and buttery smooth versus the current phone i have stutters a lot and feels rigid and slow. The Camera is also amazing to me and its able to save RAW files, which is unheard of. I love photography, and this is a definite plus for me. I also like panoramic shots so the camera is very powerful. The new updates from Nokia also allows you to record 4K video which I did not expect at all. I am not really big on apps or games. Main ones I use is: Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, PicsArt for photoediting, generic music download app, web browsing, gmail (since i use android), skype. The windows phone has all of that and more so i am not too worried. The Cortona Voice also seems to be more intuitive, smarter and responsive then S voice and Siri so thats a great plus too. With the windows phone i know its going to be seemless with my windows 8.1 pro tablet, and windows 7 desktop (im going to get windows 10 upgrade when it comes out next year for both my tablet and desktop) The only downside to the phone is that I wish it had a stylus pen like microsoft surface pro and galaxy note. I am an artist, and i would love to use a pen to draw on the phone or play games, or even write on onenote. If there is a stylus pen i can use, then this is a solid 100% purchase for me. Also i am wondering if Nokia is going to release a more powerful windows phone next year with a stylus pen included with UHD display, beefed up specs and windows 10 OS.
Samsung Galaxy Note 4: Despite the Jelly Been clunky OS on my current phone, this phone supports UHD with AMOLED display, and reading the previews/reviews its the best most beautiful screen quality on a phone. I would love to watch movies, see pictures, and web browsing on the phone. The stylus pen is a huge plus for me because i would love to doodle, play games (i dont play games but using the pen to play games would be awesome), and write notes on the phone. All of MS office stuff can be purchased for android. It currently has Kit Kat Android OS, but the new 5.0 Lollipop OS is going to be the biggest overhaul and i hope its going to make the OS buttery or silky smooth like windows phone OS and iOS8. It just depends on how long Samsung is going to take to release the new OS to the system, and knowing Samsung i dont want to wait that long. The downside is 299.99 is a lot to spend on the phone, and the camera despite imporovements from the predecessor is still not as good as Nokia Lumia and is not able to save RAW files. I dont know how the S voice is on kit kat and i dont know how S voice is going to improve on Lollipop. The phone has very nice beefy specs. Will Android phones use Octacore ARM based processors next year with 4 Gigs of RAM?
Iphone 6/6+: I have never owned an iphone or a windows phone, but despite its low specs (it finally has 1080p display) with only 1 GIG of RAM, it has a solid camera (better than Galaxy Note 4), lots of apps, buttery smooth OS, all of MS office stuff. Im not a fan of itunes, 199/299 is a lot to ask for an upgrade, no stylus pen. Solid quality phone, solid OS, just never found Iphone/Ipad products that appealing to me.
So which phone should i buy? Should i wait longer for a better phone? Will Nokia or another windows phone manufacturer come out with a better Windows phone with better specs soon? Thanks for your input in advance.
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