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[General Topics] k4s:
As this price I prefer having a good mobile of the second hand before that a villain new mobile.

For cheap smartphones Zte and Huawei
[General Topics] moparty:
the OG DroidX has got to be the best cheap device. Ive moved one from it. But owned about 3 of em before switching to the Gnex. But the X is almost impossible to destroy. And everything on it has been hacked for themeing and flashing.
[General Topics] _Variable:
Wait for the Key Lime Pie Nexus phone.
[General Topics] Python.:
As others have said, it will be really hard to find a good phone at that price. If you are looking for a 24 month contract, this is the best I could find:

HTC Wildfire S [500MB data | 250 Minutes | 5000 Texts]

£7.50 monthly

£3.12 monthly with cashback

Hope that helped!
[General Topics] UndisputedGuy:
That's a great price!

Although, it is refurbished which doesn't bode well with the person I'm looking for the phone for
[General Topics] UndisputedGuy:
Is the droid x available in the UK?
[General Topics] Python.:
The Droid X will not work in the UK since it is a CDMA phone. You need a GSM phone for the UK and, afaik, there is no GSM version. I think you should go with the Wildfire S. Great phone for the price. Also, the contract is pretty good. But, if your friend does not want a refurbished phone then these are good options:

Samsung Galaxy Y [500MB data | 250 Minutes | 5000 Texts]

£7.50 monthly

Effectively £6.25 with offer of £30 Auto Cashback

HTC Desire C [500MB data | 250 Minutes | 5000 Texts ]

£19.99 upfront

£7.50 monthly

I would go with the Desire C if I were you. Hope these are better for your friend.
[General Topics] UndisputedGuy:
I was just browsing and was about to ask the question, which phone:

The Huawei ascend G300

The HTC desire C

The galaxy y

The galaxy S

BlackBerry curve 9320

Galaxy mini

And then see your post! Is the HTC The best of the bunch?
[General Topics] KidCarter93:
Maybe your friend shouldn't be so fussy ;)

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[General Topics] rosedog:
Reading the title I thought this was a poll and I was going vote for the HD2...
[General Topics] iDemonz:
You get what you pay for, and if you want an amazing phone, be prepared to be the price!
[General Topics] UndisputedGuy:
Any opinion on the best phone from the lot? It's actually for my mother so looking for a nice and simple phone for her that works well but isn't too expensive
[General Topics] nasen_baer_00:
I'm very happy with my HTC HD2.
[General Topics] UndisputedGuy:
Need a phone that works well stock though
[General Topics] tarakdave:
Smart phone

Actully user has to be smart to use smart phone.. phone can not be only smart... all depend who is using it...
[General Topics] KidCarter93:
I don't think that's necessarily true. From my point of view, we now have more and more smart phones but more dumb people. Kind of ironic really :rolleyes:

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[General Topics] UndisputedGuy:
Bumping this post
[General Topics] Python.:
I would go with the HTC. But, you could compare specs or demo the models in-store.
[General Topics] UndisputedGuy:
I was thinking that but I asked in another forum as well which told me the HTC wasn't actually that good?
[General Topics] Eddie Bombay:
At the moment galaxy nexus with JB
[General Topics] UndisputedGuy:
Nexus is way past the price range I'm looking at. Will the 600 mhz processor in the desire C work as well in the future? As the Huawei has a 1 Ghz processor.
[General Topics] Anon_1989:
Sgs3 is good, nexus 7 too & blackberry are kool too
[General Topics] I Am Marino:
Any phone that doesn't have at least 1gHz should be immediately thrown out of the argument especially if you're future proofing.
[General Topics] _Variable:
I agree, BTW, How can I overclock my CPU to 1 GHz?
[General Topics] saltmine:
You could this this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1648044

But it might not be such a good idea...
[General Topics] *mondman*:
S2

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[General Topics] UndisputedGuy:
Need a cheap phone that's new. Is the desire C out of the question with its 600 mhz processor?
[General Topics] Python.:
The posters above are giving you tips/suggestion that I think are out of your budget. In your budget the best phones are the Desire C and Samsung Y. The Samsung has a faster CPU but the HTC has a better OS, camera, screen, resolution, RAM and battery. So, in the end the HTC is the better option. I doubt you will get a 1GHz CPU in your budget without major sacrifices.
[General Topics] htcblack2:
samsung galaxy

Buy the samsung galax Y! In Germany it costs 100 Euro without freeminutes but without montly cost!

It is an easy Smartphone but it is ok for beginner and people, who do nt use it very often! My Sister like it!

:angel:
[General Topics] Python.:
But he can get the Desire C for the same price. And the Desire is a much better phone than the Samsung and has only been released this year so will be updated for longer. The specs are also much better.
[General Topics] Zedd247:
You idiot y is the worst phone ever made by samsung. The mini 2 costs only 30 euro more and it has much better hardware
[General Topics] UndisputedGuy:
What makes the Y so bad? Also, the Huawei G300 has a 1GHz processor, wouldn't that be the best?
[General Topics] orb3000:
Theres no such thing as best smartphone, what is best for me may not be for you, said that, thread closed
[Galaxy S III General] Joshua3109:
Hey everyone, first off I want to apologize for creating a topic like this. I have been reading up on both phones through website, reviews and topics here on XDA. I just cant seem to make up my mind.

The one X has no removable battery when the battery is 1800Mah which is pathetic considering I am running a 1900Mah in my outdated HTC Sensation. This is a big downside to me; the S3 has a 2100Mah battery which is removable which is a big plus. I was looking at both battery life threads for the international versions and both seem good though. Could you guys possibly comment on this?

The cpu and gpu's of both phones are also interesting. The Exynos seems better then the Tegra 3 and coming from a S3 powered Sensation I do not want another laggy phone.. Please comment on this, possibly a link to another topic if it was made before.

Memory is not a big issue for me, 32gb is plenty.

I heard that the screen on the One X is better and easier on battery life, is this true?

Last thing is development; I love flashing new Roms and have been spoiled with the Sensations awesome developers. Does the international S3 have great developers and if so which Roms are the most popular?

Thanks a ton guys!
[Galaxy S III General] freyria182:
Samsung galaxy s3 is the best phone
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
I heard that the screen on the One X is better and easier on battery life, is this true?

Should that not be asked in the One X forum

Does the international S3 have great developers and if so which Roms are the most popular?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1674286

jje
[Galaxy S III General] ratchetjaw:
Had US and international one x. Now have the international gs3. Aside from some camera features. The Gs3 is better. The multi taking issues on the One X kill that phone imho
[Galaxy S III General] Khy50:
I came from the one x international. SG3 is better, the battery on the one x was a huge deal breaker for me, was pretty bad.
[Galaxy S III General] jonathanyong:
If price isn't a concern, get the s3. Battery life is almost double that of the one x and the Cpu and gpu are faster. Combined with removable battery and sd card, it's a no brainer.

However if price is a concern, get the one x. It's about 20% cheaper. But it does have some serious problems with heat; the battery will frequently reach over 55 celcius and go into "overheat" status, potentially reducing the life of it.
[Galaxy S III General] Joshua3109:
Wow, that link has alleviated my fears of lackluster developer support thank you.

ratchetjaw you speak of multitasking, I understand that the S3 Lte has 2gb of ram, do you feel this is a necessary advantage? So much so that it is better to wait until the fall to purchase a new phone, when they have quad and 2gb?

Also, the lack of Lte on the international version; I myself never really cared for data speeds as 4g is fast enough for me. Do you deem the loss of this and a Gb of ram justifiable for the quad core Exynos?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] ammurad:
Ask the same question in the one X forum, you will get a different response.

They are both excellent phones.

Considering software issues and heat are now resolved with the new base, the battery is also much better on the new kernel.

Software can be changed, the only things you can't change are the screen and the looks.

One X wins on both counts in my opinion, and I own both phones!

Plus the tegra 3 processor has a dedicated gaming development and is gonna get play station games shortly.

The new Google nexus 7 tablet is a tegra 3 processor, which means more tegra games are coming for sure. Also there probably is a good reason why Google are releasing their flagship tablet with nvidia cpu, versus the exynos.

In summary both are excellent phones but it comes down to personal preference and what looks visually more pleasing to your eyes.
[Galaxy S III General] got-petrol:
Before the s3 got released I was going to get the one x but had a play with both phones in a shop and the s3 seamed to run better so got a s3
[Galaxy S III General] xN1CKYx:
Hi I had the HTC one x for about 2 months I fought it was I great phone till I started to use it. The battery last me 6 hrs. I changed from iphone 4 to it. It was such a let down. Sold It and got a s3 best phone out of the 2. My s3 battery last me 15hrs. I stream and surf the net a lot fans the s3 last me 15hrs or if I not stream or surf it can last me about 18 hrs.

So just go for the s3 DON'T BUY HTC ONE X
[Galaxy S III General] Joshua3109:
But what about bettery life? I also heard that the Exynos has better performance.
[Galaxy S III General] SlimJ87D:
If you cannot use the search function then don't get neither.
[Galaxy S III General] IamIrene:
just get s3, nothing

my friend last month bought htc one x and s3 already release in my country

he still gonna buy s3, and yesterday sold his one x and get s3

the main concern he said is battery drain very fast on one x and very hot
[Galaxy S III General] ammurad:
My battery lasts me 1.5 days on 3g and wifi with about 3.5 hours screen time. And that is also with gaming. I'm using stock kernel on viperx rom
[Galaxy S III General] maddler:
I had the One X for some time then moved to the SG3 and would never go back. SG3 is faster a bettery last longer.

My advice is to go for the SG3
[Galaxy S III General] ttav:
I have both phones.Since i bought my Galaxy S3 i`ve hardly touched my HOX.At this second in time the S3 is the best.....but things will change:D
[Galaxy S III General] ratchetjaw:
I haven't had any multi tasking issues with the 1gb Ram on my s3. Htc did something to the One X that causes the issues
[Galaxy S III General] rookverslaafde:
samsung galaxy s3 It works like a charm and my friend has the htc one x and it works good but the screen is very sensitive at the sides. So i have chosen for the s3 and till now i still dont have found a bug or something annoying at it
[Galaxy S III General] codlab:
Personnaly, the fact that the S3 has an external sdcard slot made almost the difference so I bought one. But I recently had to buy a one x to and it is much nicier than the s3.

Reviewing their battery life, they are almost equal, even while playing games.
[Galaxy S III General] MuertoKo:
He said he used search, but he still wanted to ask... this is not dev's thread or anything and he asked politely about personal opinions (as it's not correct to just start flaming other's devices, but personal opinions are always all right!) Don't be so rude.

About the phone matter, I was in the situation 3 weeks ago and finally got the S3 and now I'm really happy with it :) If you come from a Sensation like me you'll go mad with battery life of S3 :) And not the positive way trust me xD Let me explain to others, Sensation had a TERRIBLE battery indicator, 100% lasted for about 3 hours, then major drain until 70%... 2 hours... 50% in 20 minutes! and so on... good battery life, but horrible indications!

As soon as I got my S3 I was like, damn! this is draining like hell! (80% at 13:00 unpluged at 07:00 with maybe 35 minutes screen...) but if you do the numbers and extrapolate this to a hole day... it comes to 16h and 2.5h screen time even with the poor reception I had!

Good choice for me :)
[Galaxy S III General] aydc:
I was torn between these two phones too, but at the end, battery life and storage space were the decider.

One X doesn't have wake up lag and it has no physical home button like S3, so I actually wanted to buy it. However, SGS3's battery life runs rings around One X. One X can hardly do 3 hours of screen time while S3 can easily do 5 hours, usually more. One X having no sdcard slot was also a showstopper. I have 17 GB of mp3s that I enjoy carrying around with me.
[Galaxy S III General] Kflan22:
Listen the one x is awesome...the s3 is only a little better...the main thing for me id beats....but if you hack your phone you can put beats on the s3.... Id go s3 or wait for the note2
[Galaxy S III General] Joshua3109:
Yes, I've noticed that too, the Sensation is horrible for it! I do enjoy my 3 hours 100% very much though :)

Thanks for the opinion and standing up for me against that comment!:)

Guys, I think I'm leaning towards the S3 now, the removable battery is awesome with my Sensation and so I imagine it will be even better with the S3.
[Galaxy S III General] Michael_P:
They both fairly equal on almost everything and S3benchmark bragging rights really don't matter to the average person, but the One X really does have poor battery life, no replaceable battery and no memory slot, and the battery can be a serious problem if you planning on Rooting and using custom Roms because I've lost count of the times I've had to pull the battery cos phones have froze up, and it's always better to have external memory if no other reason than keeping stuff backed up.
[Galaxy S III General] Joshua3109:
I agree 100%, if I couldn't pull my battery my phone would still be stuck in boot-loops.

I am thinking that in the future it is not unreasonable for Anker to make close to 2500Mah batteries for the S3. Do you guys think this is likely, it would sure be awesome! :)
[Galaxy S III General] Joshua3109:
This was posted on the topic I have up on the One X forum; what do you guys think?

"Both phones have a quad core processors. Idk why anyone even says theres possible lag on quad core phones. The Samsung has an amoled screen which means any white pictures or anything white that pops up drains battery amazingly faster. Sense 4 is rock solid and just flows good. Touchwiz is all over the place with cool features that you'll probably forget you have eventually. I feel like the gs3 to the gs2 is like the iphone4s to the 4. Its just a better looking gs2 with more **** on there., but unorganized. The galaxy s 4 will definitely be amazing because Samsung vowed to work on their software more than anything.

Battery wise, the gs3 seems like it takes up more resources than the one x because the u.s version has an extra gig of ram. My friends gs3 from att has **** battery life compared to my one x variant.

HTC is also obviously the underdog in phone sales so it would make sense that they would put more effort in building a high quality phone, which they clearly did. Samsung knows there on top so they overly marketed their phone everywhere and now its really popular, still top notch, but it was released before it was perfected."
[Galaxy S III General] ethanfel:
that's what i think of his BS :) it's more a frustrated geek who dislike that samsung did a better job than HTC :)
[Galaxy S III General] nodstuff:
That's poop talk, poop talk coming out of his poop mouth....
[Galaxy S III General] Joshua3109:
Awesome reply, thanks a ton for commenting on that!:)
[Galaxy S III General] abubasim:
I picked the GS3 over the One X for ExFAT support and the scary poll (here) showing one out of three One X phones having some kind of defect.
[Galaxy S III General] Guest69:
If you cannot use the helping function, then don't bother posting!

I prefer the look and feel of the HTC, but the battery life swung me to the s3 & I'm very happy.
[Galaxy S III General] Michael_P:
No you got it the wrong way round, it says 31% have a defect and 69% don't, but still scary that almost a third of them found something wrong, but if you class no Mass storage mode and not being able to move Apps to external as defects then results would be at least the same on S3.
[Galaxy S III General] dr.m0x:
Hmm. Sounds like one of those guys who constantly has to find justification for making a bad purchasing decision. Obvious this guy hasn't even used an s3. I've yet to see this disorganised mess huge is referring to. I'm not sure how this guy can justify making all those negative comments about Touch Wiz when he hasn't even used it.

The iPhone analogy is an interesting one as well. One could just as easily argue that the one x is to the sensation what the iPhone 4 is to the 4s ... a harder upgrade with a few new software features here and there. In fact the analogy is more fitting for the one x considering it does not have a removable battery or a micro sd slot. I was turned off buying a one x for those reasons alone. It's a move backwards not forwards.

I'm not seeing any evidence this phone was released early either, nor any evidence of poor build quality. The phone was beast the day I got it, and build quality is seamless.

I''ll admit the one x does have a better display but only slightly. It's also true white drains battery more than black on amoleds but it's also true that amoleds use less power than lcd screens when displaying blacks. The white drain isn't as bad as this guy makes out either, I'm posting off a predominantly white screen right now and I would fall asleep if I were to stare at the battery meter waiting for it to drop a percent.

The one x is undoubtedly a good phone, it may bee the better option if to do a lot of mobile gaming, but beyond that it's hard to see what it can offer over the galaxy.
[Galaxy S III General] Joshua3109:
Somebody replied to my post on the One X forum with this: (This is a part of the entire post, he seemed nice and not a snobbish fanboy)

"At least to me, the One X's most outstanding feature is its display. I wasn't impressed with the SGS3's; especailly side-by-side. Displaymate is a professional display testing and evaluation company. They wrote up a review of the SGS3's display. It's not too flattering.

http://www.displaymate.com/OLED_Galaxy_S123_ShootOut_1.htm "

Is this something to worry about?
[Galaxy S III General] nodstuff:
Supercurio isn't a big fan of displaymates tests, first of all it doesn't say if its the us or intl variant (they are calibrated differently) I wouldn't read too much into it.

I think the screen is great, I used a hox and the screen in that is nice too but PERSONALLY I prefer the way the colours are on amoled.

AND!!!! Supercurio will be releasing display expert for the S3 so we can control the colours ourselves, the man is a magician!
[Galaxy S III General] dr.m0x:
I'd say not. Some people report burn in, I do not personally know anyone who has suffered the issue, and I know quite a few people with galaxy phones. They are very popular here in New Zealand. As for the life of the display and degradation, most people will have a new phone before the degradation becomes notable.

And yeah screens not the brightest but I can still read it in the sun. A matte screen protector such as the barely there ones helps a lot in this regard.
[Galaxy S III General] dezborders:
I have a One X with faulty GPS, faulty wi fi, overheating battery (cant use the phone for more than a few minutes if it's on charge).

Sent it to HTC for repair with promise of 5 day turnaround - got it back after 2 weeks and all they had done was flashed latest branded firmware for my network and it still have all the faults.

It's on its 2nd repair at HTC UK and when it comes back its going on eBay. (I ordered an SG3 today).

I have been a fan of HTC devices for about 4 years and the production faults, overheating, and sloppy repair centres have ruined my opinion of HTC.

Looking forward to my new SG3 ;)
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
I've had one x and I can't believe you can even compare that sh***y phone to gs3? Gs3 international is THE best phone out there.

The best part of gs3 is its display (sorry if that upsets some). I don't like how blacks appear on LCD display of hox.

☞ sent from GS3 or Nexus
[Galaxy S III General] barondebxl:
I had the One x before the S3, great phone with beautiful screen. But S3 is so much better. Much better battery life, much smoother, easier to root, great speaker volume, overall just a better experience in my opinion and definitely less frustrations if any..

Edit: both the S3 and One x have great development community, but the HOX is still waiting for S-off while the S3 is fully unlocked. Sense is definitely more attractive than touchwiz, let's say u get a galaxy s 3 well optimized with sense or one well optimized with touchwiz, I'll take the sense version. But unfortunately HTC is horrible at optimizing things and as a result the HOX stutters a lot, even just swiping through homescreens.
[Galaxy S III General] -josh-:
I had to make the same decision, I suppose so did everyone else in this forum.

They are both obviously great phones and have pros and cons on both sides.

Personally I read reviews and read up on both forums.

I think the one x is a good looking phone with better build quality and probably the better screen of 2 very good screens. But the good things people were saying about the s3 battery made up my mind and obviously the sd card slot like everyone has already stated.

But the main thing is I am very happy with my decision and that is what matters, I love this phone. The only disappointment being the state of play with android and sd card functionality but that's not Samsung's fault afaik. And I can live with using my sd card for mp3, video and fspe roms and my internal memory for apps and games.

Good luck to you whatever you choose ;-)

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[Galaxy S III General] jimbo77:
Thanks so much for this thread... I had the same dilemma but instead of the HOX it was the XS {Xperia S}.. Reading out the comments I'm now finally decided for the S3.. I'll get it by tomorrow at noon :D
[Galaxy S III General] dr.m0x:
Good choice, you won't regret it.
[Galaxy S III General] kulisap:
Even if i don't have a One X, I could tell S3 3 is not a bad choice. This is the best phone on the Galaxy series yet. :D
[Galaxy S III General] Michael_P:
I think the difference is that people with One X actually have real problems to complain about but the biggest problem with S3 is that it just isn't as good as people were expecting.
[Galaxy S III General] barondebxl:
speak for yourself, I had normal expectations and this exceeds it.
[Galaxy S III General] Michael_P:
Yeah but I had SGS1&2 and was expecting another game changer, but when you have to decide whether it's worth upgrading from S2 I just felt a bit disappointed it wasn't much better after all the rumours.
[Galaxy S III General] barondebxl:
I understand but the hype was too much, sometimes you have to come back to earth. This thing has 4 exynos processors, has a screen resolution of 1280x720, 2100 mah battery, 4"8 inch screen, ICS, performs like a champ in both battery and day to day use, all the nice feature introduced like smart alert, smart stay, s beam. Besides wanting a super amoled hd plus display what else would you want seriously?