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A Smartphone To Buy

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I am currently in the process of purchasing a phone, and I wanted to buy HTC One V, which would slightly exceed my budget, but the purchase would be manageable. However, my cousin told me to buy Sony Xperia U instead, that I will get that one for less money and it is better than HTC V. From the information that I have gathered he's quite correct, as he usually is, but I would like to hear some of your opinions on the matter. Which one of these two would you buy?
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I would get the HTC based on my knowledge that most people I know who don't have an iPhone have an HTC. I don't know anything about Sony phones though.

I just watched a YouTube comparison video and the Sony Xperia U does sound better than the HTC.
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I'd say Sony just because they are underrated.
I haven't had any bad experiences with Sony but not many experiences at all anyway so..
My opinion about HTC is that they look quite bad, but they might be powerful phones.

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With a thread like this you'd know this was coming. Classic!
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I had an HTC Legend. It was a terrible phone. i'll never buy another HTC again.
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If I left iPhone I'd get an HTC. They have the best UI out of any smartphone. I'd never go to Sony or Samsung.
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Jeremy Kill wrote:With a thread like this you'd know this was coming. Classic!
HAHA, I've seen this years ago, it's brilliant ! Thanks for your post, I totally forgot to check youtube comparisons and reviews, it helped me a lot in the process of choosing Sony Xperia U.
TheWatchmaker wrote:I had an HTC Legend. It was a terrible phone. i'll never buy another HTC again.
Well, my cousin had that one as his first smartphone ever, and he was kinda satisfied with it. And he is one of them guys who understand SW and HW and all the technical parameters. But I guess that when he was reviewing it to me he was considering the money that he spent on it, the amount wasn't big at all.
Gregorovich wrote:If I left iPhone I'd get an HTC. They have the best UI out of any smartphone. I'd never go to Sony or Samsung.
I have been love with Sony devices ever since I experienced working with them. You have to consider my budget too, I can't just buy any HTC that I want to. And everybody is saying that Xperia U exceeds HTC One V in quality, and these two phones are affordable for me, but I will save 50 Euros buying the Sony one, which is according to the majority of users, a better phone.
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TheWatchmaker wrote:I had an HTC Legend. It was a terrible phone. i'll never buy another HTC again.
Well, my cousin had that one as his first smartphone ever, and he was kinda satisfied with it. And he is one of them guys who understand SW and HW and all the technical parameters. But I guess that when he was reviewing it to me he was considering the money that he spent on it, the amount wasn't big at all.
it was semi cheap when i bought it and that was about the only good thing about it. the apps selection was terrible at the time, the touch display was awkward and the music transfer was a complete headache since i have a mac. i had to manually pick the songs and put it on to an SD card only to find out certain types of files didn't work!!

i am much happier with my iphone 4s.
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But seriously, I don't see why people keep bashing iPhone. I've heard the maps are awful, but that's a problem of iOS 6. I use iOS 5 with iPhone 3GS, and I've got no complains from the past 3 years I've had it.

Yeah, I haven't tried the other smartphones so I can't really say if they are better than iPhone. But what I do know is that iPhone is not a bad one, maybe not as good as others, but definitely a decent choice for me.

Samsung's layout seems cool, while Nokia's Windows 8 phones seems awful to me. That's all I know about them.
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My GF has a Sony Xperia U and it's a pretty phone. Only sad thing is that the screen is not really big.

I have a samung Galaxy ace 2. Really great midrange phone. 786mb, 800mhz dualcore, 3,8inch screen. Only sad thing is that it's with android 2.3. Rumours are that 4.1 will be released this month or next month..
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TomiT14 wrote:But seriously, I don't see why people keep bashing iPhone. I've heard the maps are awful, but that's a problem of iOS 6. I use iOS 5 with iPhone 3GS, and I've got no complains from the past 3 years I've had it.

Yeah, I haven't tried the other smartphones so I can't really say if they are better than iPhone. But what I do know is that iPhone is not a bad one, maybe not as good as others, but definitely a decent choice for me.

Samsung's layout seems cool, while Nokia's Windows 8 phones seems awful to me. That's all I know about them.
Agreed. Just because somebody likes an iPhone doesn't make them a dribbling consumer sheep.
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Gregorovich wrote:
TomiT14 wrote:But seriously, I don't see why people keep bashing iPhone. I've heard the maps are awful, but that's a problem of iOS 6. I use iOS 5 with iPhone 3GS, and I've got no complains from the past 3 years I've had it.

Yeah, I haven't tried the other smartphones so I can't really say if they are better than iPhone. But what I do know is that iPhone is not a bad one, maybe not as good as others, but definitely a decent choice for me.

Samsung's layout seems cool, while Nokia's Windows 8 phones seems awful to me. That's all I know about them.
Agreed. Just because somebody likes an iPhone doesn't make them a dribbling consumer sheep.
Some people really are though. They're probably the same people that bought an iPad Mini. I have an iPhone 5 and it's great, I love it. I don't think I would get any other smartphone for the simple reason that the touch screen on the iPhone is probably the best there is.
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Stef wrote:My GF has a Sony Xperia U and it's a pretty phone. Only sad thing is that the screen is not really big.

I have a samung Galaxy ace 2. Really great midrange phone. 786mb, 800mhz dualcore, 3,8inch screen. Only sad thing is that it's with android 2.3. Rumours are that 4.1 will be released this month or next month..
Well, that's a plus for me, as I was gunning for a smaller phone.
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FuckT41182 wrote:
Stef wrote:My GF has a Sony Xperia U and it's a pretty phone. Only sad thing is that the screen is not really big.

I have a samung Galaxy ace 2. Really great midrange phone. 786mb, 800mhz dualcore, 3,8inch screen. Only sad thing is that it's with android 2.3. Rumours are that 4.1 will be released this month or next month..
Well, that's a plus for me, as I was gunning for a smaller phone.
Then it's the phone you need.. 1ghz Dualcore, 512mb, 4GB ROM,..

Sad thing is that it doesn't has an microsd slot
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Stef wrote:
FuckT41182 wrote:
Stef wrote:My GF has a Sony Xperia U and it's a pretty phone. Only sad thing is that the screen is not really big.

I have a samung Galaxy ace 2. Really great midrange phone. 786mb, 800mhz dualcore, 3,8inch screen. Only sad thing is that it's with android 2.3. Rumours are that 4.1 will be released this month or next month..
Well, that's a plus for me, as I was gunning for a smaller phone.
Then it's the phone you need.. 1ghz Dualcore, 512mb, 4GB ROM,..

Sad thing is that it doesn't has an microsd slot
Yeah, I was thinking about that too, but I kinda don't mind it, I have 40 GB of music on my MP3 player that I carry with me everywhere I go. For pictures I have my camera. So I don't need any more than 4 GB on my phone, hopefully I won't in the future as well.
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