People upgrading in 2014, what phone are you getting?

Samsung grand neo

 

I'm almost certain that I will switch to Z3 Compact. I'll give my Lumia 920 to my father or mother.

 

I love my HTC m8 so much that I could care less about any new phones and their specs

 

I here you on that just wish firewater would work on my version. So I could play around with some roms.

 

I'm not upgrading yet, happy enough with my galaxy s3, still has another year warranty anyway.

but got a OnePlus One ordered for my dad to replace his old S2, he's wanted a bigger phone for ages and this is great specs for the price. Got a sandstone black 64gb, it's at the local post office so will collect tomorrow or Saturday and report back!

 

Lumia 730 seems a nice phone
maybe i am a bit to old to take more "open source " from Android/Google

 

I'm disappointed about the size of the new Windows phones. I wonder why every damn phone must have 5" or larger screen... and if they don't they usually suck in specs.

 

I'm disappointed in the way MS has handled Windows Phone. My next upgrade won't come until after WP9 launches so hopefully MS will make actual improvements to the UI and Nokia won't release more fisher-price inspired phones..... I refuse to own a phone that looks like it was designed by a toy company and I'm pretty much done with Android phones.

 

Wait for galaxy note 4!!!!!!!!

 

went from iphone 4 to 4s....really cheap now

 

iam MORE interested ***351;wht fingerscanner phones. what r they. so far S5 and iphone 5s and 6 has it. HTC one m7 big has it .what else?

 

@sykozis: same here, I'll wait for WP9 devices, current high end lumias remind me of the L900 from 2011, underwhelming, but even worst that 930's fat plastic back panel looks pathetic, if only sony decided to port their Z3-Z3 compact to WP like htc did with their M8.. these phones look stunning and running best in class hardware with unique features

 

I almost bought a Lumia 635 but the fisher-price inspired plastic body just kills it. The hardware isn't "high-end" and the UI is rather dull and boring but Cortana (if the commercials are accurate) seems like a more useful feature than "Google Now". I also like that you can actually disable some of the tracking "features" in WP, unlike Android. I'm really growing to dislike how intrusive Google really is. Hopefully WP9 will be out by next summer cuz that's when I'll be looking to upgrade again.

 

Ok Im still thinking of getting a smart phone (not to expensive though), so far I narrowed down to these candidates..

Nokia Lumia 925 ~ 180€
Gigabyte Mika M2 ~ 170€
Sony Z1 ~ 288€
Samsung S4 Active ~288€

So far Im kinda leaning towards Sony Z1

Any recommendations?

 

As I recall the s4 active is a lcd screen rather than an oled, so I'm not sure the reason to get that over a z1, unless you prefer the interface. S4 will have slightly better media support, but those two are powerful enough to power through it in software mode

 

I see, although I think both are LCD, Lumia925 had infinite contrast and 3k under sunlight and that is OLED if Im not mistaken.


Yeah I really like Samsung GUI, but that Z1 has better camera, cpu and gpu under the hood.. And this is what kinda bugs me by S4, but then again I see S4 has 4hr longer endurance rating. :infinity:


I would mostly buy a smartphone for camera, wifi and music, don't do calls much.

 

Oneplus One easy, it really is a fantastic phone and considerably cheaper than anything else for the specs. It's got current flagship specs for about half the price. Battery is great as well. I really recommend it.

 

Hm interesting, I see it has great specifications, looks good too, but not available locally..
Just in some online store
http://oneplus.eu/


Although its kinda big 5.5" and 64gb a bit over my budget.. Will still keep an eye on it, thanks

 

That's not the real store, that website sells the Chinese version that doesn't support all EU mobile frequencies properly, and it doesn't even come with Android, they unofficially put it on themselves.

If you're in Europe I'd use the UK one, can get an invite or pre-order from next month.
Got my dad a 64GB Sandstone Black, very jealous of it, destroys my Galaxy S3, I want one!

http://oneplus.net/uk/one

 

Wait for the Z3 to launch in stores over there and the Z2 will plummet to current Z1 prices shortly. Z2 has a much better screen (IPS) and dual speakers (and 4K video if you care). I'm personally grabbing a Z3 from a Z, but I'm pretty much forced to due to moving to a different country where my old Z's bands are incompatible, and that the new copper color looks amazing.

With Sony phones, I think GSMArena doesn't test with Stamina mode on, enabling that and properly setting it up (with the apps you need) you can squeeze out a few more hours.