Gordon Bennett
Active member
- Sep 7, 2010
- 385
I think the starting point is asking yourself what you want the phone to do and from what you have said I guess any of the choices will do the job for you so there seems little point spending £00's on an iphone or high end Android at this stage. I am guessing you are on pay-as-you-go so for now it probably makes sense to go for a reasonable, cheap-ish phone so that you can get to see what sort of things it does etc and importantly how much you use the internet. You might find that you decide its cheaper to get a contact after you have had the phone a while anyway although there are plenty on here who would recommend a Giff Gaff sim card, but that's probably an issue for another thread/decade!?
You are probably going to want to make sure that whatever phone you choose has enough memory so that you can store app's/games and that it has a reasonable processor to allow you to surf the web and play games at a reasonable speed. I suspect that over time you will find more uses/apps for your phone than you originally thought so its a bit like buying a computer in that you should aim to get something that will give you at least a couple of years of faithful service before becoming too slow and bogged down with stuff!
I wouldn't worry too much about buying into either Android, Windows or iphone at this stage and being trapped, particularly if you don't plan on spending a fortune on either the phone and any apps or games. I've had an Android phone for a couple of years and its served me well but that doesn't mean I would rule out an iphone.
The difficulty is always making the first step as you don't want to make a huge error but everyone you ask has an opinion which is always slightly different from what the last person said. Plus there is always something new on the horizon or a better deal just around the corner. Take the plunge as its really only after you have done it that you'll really know what you want/need and whether what you bought was a huge error!!
You are probably going to want to make sure that whatever phone you choose has enough memory so that you can store app's/games and that it has a reasonable processor to allow you to surf the web and play games at a reasonable speed. I suspect that over time you will find more uses/apps for your phone than you originally thought so its a bit like buying a computer in that you should aim to get something that will give you at least a couple of years of faithful service before becoming too slow and bogged down with stuff!
I wouldn't worry too much about buying into either Android, Windows or iphone at this stage and being trapped, particularly if you don't plan on spending a fortune on either the phone and any apps or games. I've had an Android phone for a couple of years and its served me well but that doesn't mean I would rule out an iphone.
The difficulty is always making the first step as you don't want to make a huge error but everyone you ask has an opinion which is always slightly different from what the last person said. Plus there is always something new on the horizon or a better deal just around the corner. Take the plunge as its really only after you have done it that you'll really know what you want/need and whether what you bought was a huge error!!
