diferent smart phones

Have both Android and Apple products.

I have a Android Samsung Galaxy 2 as a business phone for a company I work for and absolutely hate it. It is terrible as a phone and only mediocre for ease of use and compatibility. Maybe the 3 and ups are better or better products out there but not a fan of android at this time.

I bought my first apple product, Iphone 4S for personal use in December on the same carrier. All I can say is WOW what a difference in ease of use and functions. The phone IMHO is 10x better then the Samsung 2 from an ability to make a call standpoint. Less dropped calls and the speaker phone is night and day better then the Samsung.

I also have a touch pad with Android 4.2 that my wife uses and not overly happy with. Personally I find it ok but it does lose connection a fair bit but not sure if thats the OS or a weak wireless in the device itself

I purchased and Ipad 4 in February and again have no issues with it.

Never owned an Apple product until I got my IPhone 3GS. Had been in the computer systems and services for over 25 years mostly with IBM and Microsoft. Had tried a couple of Android products and found them hard to setup, confusing interfaces, and could not get them to do what I needed done. I suspect many improvements have been made in the last couple of years. I've also had Palm based phones and several other "smart" phones from Motorola, Samsung, and a few more; all just didn't work well. The IPhone was a snap to setup, connect to my Windows laptop (to sync contacts, backup, download iTunes stuff), get email from multiple sources, combine and display multiple calendars. It is not perfect, but has been the most solid and stable smart phone I've ever owned. Waiting to see what the next iteration is, but plan on sticking with IPhones. And yes it is more expensive unless you get a generation back. I upgraded my old phone to my 3GS for a penny.

I have Verizon and an iPhone 4s now, but my next phone will be a Samsung Note 3 projected to be available in October 2013. My co-worker friend has a Note 2 and I love that huge screen and the native hotspot capability.

My wife has an Iphone 5 with verizon. This is a very high quality very good phone. It will not be obsoleted quickly. I have had a Motorola Droid Razr since they came out with them 18 months ago. The Motorola Droid Razr is the top rated phone by Consumer Reports magazine. My Motorola phone is very well made. Extremely sturdy and works as well today as the day I got it. In no way is my current phone out of date as far as operating speed or features. I have looked at the Samsung phones. When you hold one it is obvious that the Iphone or Motorola are made out of better quality stuff. However, I admire well built things and everyone has their own preferences.

If I were getting a phone tomorrow I would be very hard pressed to decide between Iphone and Motorola Droid Razr Maxx. I think I would stick with Motorola.

I don't think any of the major makers sell a bad phone today. They are all good. The Microsoft / Nokia is also supposed to be a very good phone.

Just a comment on the big screen phones. If you want to one hand the phone like I do all the time, too big makes that hard to do.

I also really like the camera in my Motorola. Google owns Motorola these days.

Apple iPhones are great for all their apps, even Android lovers have to acknowledge that there are more apps for the iPhone but Android is catching up and has more than you could ever use.

Androids are usually cheaper than Apple. Apple is user friendly. I bought my 75 year old mom an iPhone due to her near blindness. She can use Siri to do everything from opening apps to reading and sending text messages and calling people. She loves it and is not techie at all! That's the best thing I ever got her.

Go to the store and play with them. I personally would recommend Apple but somebody else will recommend Android so it comes down to your preference.

As far as gb go, 2 should be plenty. I have a 10 GB family share plan for 5 iPhones. Two of the users are my 20 and 24 year old daughters and we never go much over 5 GB. But we do switch to wifi at home which helps.

samsung galaxy on verizon
had a Thunderbolt until i spilled coffee on it
a lot people have the Droid Razor

We went with the Droid when it came out and was very disappointed. Went back to dumb phones for awhile. Now thinking about going back with a "dumb" smart phone and have been doing lots of research. After talking to many techs and users, NOT involved with selling phones, I have come to 2 conclusions. First is the apparently best on the market for a smart phone is an Apple I-Phone, but still has a steep learning curve and second, the best dumb phone for MS PC users is one with windows 8 phone OS. We are going back with smart phones next week and have decided on the Nokia 822 with the Windows 8 OS for us dummies. This is the one most techs recommended, as easy to learn and use, is rugged and an excellent buy today.

Samsung Galaxy III!. Just understand that whatever you buy will quickly become the red-headed step child to the phone released the following week.
I would stick with the Android format (vs. Apple) and the Galaxy III is currently the leader in that market. However, the G IV will be out by Summer!

Being practical if you like Apple computers get iphone. If you like PCs get Android. I like my Galaxy s3. s4 is now out. We had 2 gb for the 2 of us. no problem. Never usd it all. However, we have ATT Sierra with 5gb for home computer internet. We ran over updating our Garmin GPS software. We changed our ATT plan. Now share 6gb among both smart phones & Sierra internet. We'll adjust as necessary. We can call & change our plan anytime. Assume Verizon is the same. JMHO. We don't like to do banking on wifi or smart phone so we use home computer for that stuff with more security.

My wife just purchased an LG Optimus L9 that uses the Android "Jelly Bean" OS and it is very easy to use and works well so far