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Samsung galaxy s3

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  • owen1978
    owen1978 Posts: 162 Forumite
    Guys_Dad wrote: »
    £ 500 for a mobile phone that will be yesterday's newspaper in a year's time.

    Words fail me.

    I'm one of these people who buys the best model from the previous year.

    Got the HTC Desire last Jan2011 for £190
    Will hopefully pick the Galaxy S2 for about £200ish once the S3 is out & sell my Desire for about £90 so my total upgrade cost will be about £110.

    Rinse & repeat
  • Guys_Dad
    Guys_Dad Posts: 11,025 Forumite
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    owen1978 wrote: »
    I'm one of these people who buys the best model from the previous year.

    Got the HTC Desire last Jan2011 for £190
    Will hopefully pick the Galaxy S2 for about £200ish once the S3 is out & sell my Desire for about £90 so my total upgrade cost will be about £110.

    Rinse & repeat


    At £200, the S2 would be a good deal, but fear that it will not be that price for a while.

    However, I applaud your sensible approach to replacement technology.
  • owen1978
    owen1978 Posts: 162 Forumite
    Guys_Dad wrote: »
    At £200, the S2 would be a good deal, but fear that it will not be that price for a while.

    However, I applaud your sensible approach to replacement technology.

    You can pick one up for 250 at the moment from sites like gumtree etc...
  • Fifer
    Fifer Posts: 59,413 Forumite
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    discplayer wrote: »
    At least some, if not all, of the Xperia range does take MicroSD cards.
    Not one with a higher resolution that 800x400.
    There's love in this world for everyone. Every rascal and son of a gun.
    It's for the many and not the few. Be sure it's out there looking for you.
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    Wth every precious smile you make. And every act of kindness.
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  • Fifer
    Fifer Posts: 59,413 Forumite
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    owen1978 wrote: »
    I'm one of these people who buys the best model from the previous year.

    Got the HTC Desire last Jan2011 for £190

    I bought the Desire for £189 the month it was launched, on a £10 a month, 24 month, 3GB contract, which wasn't bad for state of the art technology.
    There's love in this world for everyone. Every rascal and son of a gun.
    It's for the many and not the few. Be sure it's out there looking for you.
    In every town, in every state. In every house and every gate.
    Wth every precious smile you make. And every act of kindness.
    Micheal Marra, 1952 - 2012
  • Fifer
    Fifer Posts: 59,413 Forumite
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    Guys_Dad wrote: »
    £ 500 for a mobile phone that will be yesterday's newspaper in a year's time.

    Words fail me.

    £500 is pretty reasonable for mobile computing technology which outperforms laptops costing twice that only a few years ago (and it makes phone calls too).
    There's love in this world for everyone. Every rascal and son of a gun.
    It's for the many and not the few. Be sure it's out there looking for you.
    In every town, in every state. In every house and every gate.
    Wth every precious smile you make. And every act of kindness.
    Micheal Marra, 1952 - 2012
  • musehead
    musehead Posts: 389 Forumite
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    owen1978 wrote: »
    I'm one of these people who buys the best model from the previous year.

    Got the HTC Desire last Jan2011 for £190
    Will hopefully pick the Galaxy S2 for about £200ish once the S3 is out & sell my Desire for about £90 so my total upgrade cost will be about £110.

    Rinse & repeat

    Same here - bought the Desire end of 2010 for £200-ish.

    Just signed a contract 18 months total cost £270 for the S2, and will sell the Desire for £80-90.

    There's no real need to go for the latest technology in most cases. The original Desire is still a fantastic phone and was rated higher than the iPhone 4 in some reviews.
  • adamc260
    adamc260 Posts: 2,055 Forumite
    musehead wrote: »
    There's no real need to go for the latest technology in most cases. .

    I agree but who doesn't like having the latest gadget! I'm a real sucker for it but it costs a fortune to try keep up with the latest tech.

    I have a galaxy s2 that i'll be putting onto sim only when my contract is up because I don't really need anything more than it does.. as much as I'd like a new phone, i'd play with it for a few days and then it'll just be a phone then!
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