Poll discussion - What's the first thing you look for when getting a phone?

[JD]

Hi all

We've just added the poll:

What's the first thing you look for when getting a phone?

- Camera

- Battery

- Price

- OS (Apple iOS, Google Android, Microsoft, etc)

Personally, the OS (Operating System) is most important to me as I have a lot of apps and have been using the same OS for about 6 years. 

How about you; let me know below

[Lt_Uhura]

I do have a case for it as I don't want it to get damaged (my brother scratched the screen on his mobile by his keys). I've also downloaded the Google keyboard as I like to use gesture typing/swipe typing/continuous input, whatever you'd like to call it. I found the Xperia keyboard far too sensitive! Apart from that, so far so good.

[Shelke]

Operating system hands down.

Specifically because of how different ones patch differently. When Apple release a fix, it is world widely available for everyone, no additional waits involved. I always go for Apple phones because of this. They also support their devices for a lot longer than Android phone makers do.

Where as if it were a Android (I would never buy an Android phone), Google don't even make the patches usually, they ask the bug reporter to make the patch, who send it in to Google along with the report, who then send the patch they never made to the hardware providers. From there it spends months to a year in in the network providers queue going through "branding" testing. And if your Android phone is less than a year old, you'll be lucky enough to get the patch after running an insecure device for a extremely long time. There's just way too much wrong with the Android platform, from Google, through the hardware maker who should not legally be allowed to control the software side, to the network provider who then massively delay and limit patch roll out even further still.

[SimonWilding]

Well I only ever have Android so although that's number one it's a forgone conclusion so I'll ignore that. Secondly it's almost certianly going to be a Samsung so again that can be ignored.

For me the screen size and display quality is number one as I do a lot of surfing and watching downloaded TV.

I know roughly what I want to spend each month so usually get the best Samsung I can for the money, mst recently the Note 4

[thesoupdragon]

I find that my biggest concern these days when choosing a phone is a good quality Camera.

Having Raw capability or at least very good manual settings are a must for me.
Apart from social media messaging, I would say the camera is the most used feature of the phone.
Actually traditional voice calls are probably the least used function of my phone.

TSD 😉

[Paultuk5668]

Used to be the style /security /speed of the phone...however now obviously need account for poor signal and awful service ? 🙂