Samsung SIII VS NEXUS 4 ??
 

New phone time from virgin so which do i choose ?

The SIII is £49 or £19 with all packages and the Nexus is free ,both have similar specs but the Nexus has a more updated Android version so at the moment i'm leaning towards the Nexus but may be able to get the SIII handset free with the loyalty discounts i have

So which should i go for ?

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Nexus 4..if you like vanilla operating system..and regular updates to latest system

I have it..and like it lots

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haven't used any android phone before so not really sure what to look for.

Thought vanilla was a type of ice cream ;)

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the s3 can take sd cards. virgin is getting the s4 from launch

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will i need an sd card there seems to be plenty of storage on board

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so is chocolate :)

I mean you don't get all the crap from telephone makers and providers on the system

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Do you find you have enough storage without the sd card

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Why not get a Nexus 4 from Google Play for 249 pounds (or 30 pounds more for extra memory) and get a VM sim card on a 30 day contract priced from 5 pounds per month? When I ordered a Nexus 4 it arrived the next day. My lad has hammered it 18 hours a day and it has stood up to it well. Battery lasts much better than previous HTCs

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Yes, though I don't play music much

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that would be an option if i had £249 to spend ;)

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I find lack of money to be a good reason not to spend

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Wait for the s4 which is out fairly soon?

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Usually takes a while after a phone is released before virgin offer it and I doubt it will be cheap.

Seasoned android phone veterans who have spent lots of time fiddling with phones to the point well beyond what the average user would do, would go for the Nexus. The S3 on the other hand is a good phone to break someone in gently to the android super phone club. Saying that, using the nexus should be just as easy.


Hardware wise they are pretty similar although I wasn't aware the nexus had no SD card slot. As to if you need more space depends on how you use the phone. If you plan on taking a lot of HD video and keep it on the phone to show others, then you will need the extra space a SD card gives. Otherwise probably not for the normal user.

Android phones get operating system updates in a similar way to windows and there is often a visual difference to notice between versions. At some point manufacturers stop sending the new version to their older phones but Samsung have a brilliant track record for supporting their phones for longer. Nexus will be the same as Google make it but also will have the benefit of getting the updates sooner.

Either phone will be future proof to well beyond a 2 year contract in my opinion. I can only recommend the S3 as it is the only one I have used extensively. Have no complaints with mine and this post was written on it :)

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Virgin actually have the S4 available to order on the website so they should be getting it pretty much at launch. Same as the have done with previous Galaxy S phones.

http://customer.virginmedia.com/forms/samsung

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Spoke to Virgin yesterday and she says they will be getting the S4 in the next few weeks (don't know if correct or not only a sales persons word on that;))
but the cost will be prohibitive so i will probably go for the nexus if the S III still has an up front charge for the phone after the release of the S4

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I have both and prefer nexus 4 for pure Google, but replaceable battery and memory expansion is a nice thing in S3

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Does the standard Nexus only have 8GB of storage and is that enough?

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It's 16GB on VM's site which would be plenty for me

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Yeah 16GB is brilliant. if it was the 8GB model I would be wary of not being able to upgrade it with an SD card.

Was wondering if people with 8GB phones find they are often out of memory or not. Have the 16GB S3 here with an additional 32GB class 10 UHS sd card and im using half of the sd card already. Hard to think about average users needs when you are a memory addict :D

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Shouldn't the question be...what are you using the space for...not..what are we not using it for :)

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Nandroid backups which are a backup of your entire phone are fairly big. If you are a tinkerer and like flashing alternative roms, these all take up a lot of space. Titanium backup also does a backup of my apps to the card every night as well as uploading a copy to dropbox. Two copies is better than one right? :D

Also have a few different versions of linux running on my phone. They work a bit like vmware/virtual box type images so take up a fair amount of space.

Also log network traffic with the phone (wireshark) and over time the logs can take up space too.

Oh and there is some videos and piccys on there too!

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any room left for a phone book to call people on :D

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lol.. i was thinking same thing

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lol. People, friends, what are those? :D

Was never like this with phones before getting the S3...so be careful, you may get the bug too!

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Just done the deal with VM and managed to get the essentials deal on the Nexus 4 ,600mins,unlimited texts,1gb mobile web,which normally is £36 but with my loyalty discounts i can get it for £19 p/m and no up front costs for the handset so i am well happy :D:D:D:D:D:D

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Can you get it for family too? i am looking to be adopted :D

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LOL Family is already used up mate ;)