Tristan_Geoff

good. So hard to find people nowadays who don't think they need one. Honestly, I understand their use but people just act like they can't function as humans without them.

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Chula Vista

Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime owner. Love it. I've become a huge fan of the Chrome platform and now use it with everything. I set up my Chrome profile on any one of my 4 devices and it's instantly updated on all of them.

If you buy a Galaxy you need to get one of these right away.

Amazon.com: Body Glove Carrying Case for Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime - Retail Packaging - Black: Cell Phones & Accessories

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DwnWthVwls

64g Iphone 6.. hardly use the thing other than for playing music.

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Zer0

HTC One M8. I love this phone. It's fast, it's reliable, the display is crystal clear, music sounds great on it and it looks good. It's everything I need in a phone besides teleporting and a destructive laser beam.

Sony Xperia M2. Work phone. I only really need it if I'm on-call or if someone in work wants to contact me, otherwise I rarely use it. It's a decent enough phone but not one I'd have as a personal phone.

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Cuthbert

Do you have any specific questions or features you want to know about and is there any reason you're set on a Samsung? The main selling point of the Samsungs in past models was that they offered expendable memory and removable batteries. The current models bucked that trend so you may as well just get one of the Nexus devices because they offer stock Android which Samsung doesn't (no bloatware, faster, immediate updates). Suppose it depends if you're getting current or last gen and what your budget is.

I've had one Samsung (Galaxy S2 which was a flagship and shit hot for it's time). Battery performance wasn't great and the build quality wasn't either (they have sorted this out now) but other than that it was good, though once I moved onto a Nexus (4) I knew I wasn't going back to a Samsung. The only issue with the Nexus 4 was the screen size (I like large screens for video watching/easier to type/read) but I've got a 6 now and it's perfect, no complaints. Nexus phones are fucking rapid btw.

Camera might be slightly better on the current Samsungs but it's a non issue really, Nexus ones are still very good, slightly slow when it comes to focusing in low light. If you shop around you should be able to pick up a 64gb Nexus 6 for under £300. The 6p is £450+.

Pet_Sounds

I'm looking at Samsung because (a) I know I can get a good purchase plan on one from my carrier and (b) my dad and a couple of my friends have Samsungs, and I really like their look/feel. But I'll have to look into Nexus.

Feature-wise, my priorities are the basic call/text, music (Spotify, Last.fm, etc.), Kindle, email, web browser, and decent audio/video recording. Anything else is a bonus. But the more indestructible the better.

I've got about $200 Canadian to start with, but I'll probably be getting a job soon to add to that, plus my parents will be chipping in some.

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Chula Vista

Enjoy these times.

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on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

Cuthbert

Make sure you try using both options before you buy if you can. The Samsungs are good to use if you're going from a really old phone but if you get to compare the two you will notice a difference with the bloatware/TouchWiz vs the stock Android.

Also cos of the screen size, some people don't like anything over 5 inches. But there is the Nexus 5X as well which is 5 inch.

These ones here are down to what apps you'll use.

There are loads for music but I use Google Play Music at the moment because I have a three month trial, you can scrobble to Last.FM with the app. All of it is fine.

Media player - VLC
Email - Outlook app
Browser - Chrome

Re: build quality/looks, unless you're getting the Galaxy S6/S6 Edge/S6+ (so the current models basically) the Nexus will come out on top for this. The new Samsungs are probably nicer to look at but they have glass backs so RIP your phone if you drop it.

Should be able to get a flagship then if you save well

Trollheart

Be aware that if you get Spotify on a mobile it seems impossible to upgrade to Premium, even if you are already Premium: it doesn't recognise you. And then you are stuck with Shuffle Play all the time. Don't know how important that is to you, and I don't know if it's all phones, but my Galaxy S4 acts like this and forums I've checked all say Spotify couldn't give a **** and ignore all messages, so it's unlikely to be addressed.

Edit: glass back can be sorted by getting a hardcase cover. As for Google Play, it won't. Not on my phone, and I'm told Android in general has a problem with it.

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Cuthbert

To be fair I was going off the presumption that it would be inside a case. There were enough reports around the time of the Nexus 4 suggesting design issues with the glass back and I know someone who dropped one inside a case from waist height getting into a car (I never smashed mine tbf), but either way it's no surprise Google dropped glass backs after that and if you want something indestructible or as close to, it seems illogical to opt for glass over metal or plastic.

EDIT: + factory reset might solve your issues with Spotify/Google Play, or updating the apps if they aren't already. Is it running the latest available version of Android?