The Glade 4.0

Battery life is less than two hours, almost lives on the charger.
iPhone 3GS, better than my old 3G but finally dying.

What is the best bang for the buck out there right now that an old fogey with fat fingers can find. I swing between iPhone 4S, iPhone5, Samsung s3, and am not looking forward to making this decision.

Convince me.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

iPhone 4S. If your contract is expired, you can pick one up for a dollar. It's got a retina display, more power than you'd need, and all of your current app purchases will work on it.

I <3 my SGS3, but since you're already in the Apple Apposphere, the 4s is the next step.

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Holy shitsnacks!

I can't imagine ever enjoying an iPhone with fat fingers. Even the iPhone 5 is frustrating to use with my skinny fingers.

I suggest something in the 4+ inch range. Look into the Galaxy series if you're interested in Android, or look into the Nokia Lumia 920 if you're interested in Windows (and simplicity).

You'd have to repurchase any apps if you switched to Windows or Android. That may or may not be an issue. I don't know what all you have. It would still make the iPhone 4S the most cost-effective phone. Using Siri will alleviate a lot of fat-finger problems.

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Thank you all, points well made. I will almost certainly avoid the bells and whistles and go with the 4s sometime this weekend.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

Thread title made me think of:

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i have a 5. In many ways the 4s is a nicer phone - the 5 is taller (which is nice) and thinner/lighter, which is a matter of preference; some find it feels a little too insubstantial.

But most importantly - in use it feels no faster than the 4s, and it genuinely is made of much much worse materials. The 4s has a very sturdy steel surround; the 5 is anodised aluminium, which looks and feels beautiful, but is too fragile for a phone.

I love my 5. But a 4s would have been as good, cheaper, and more robust.

Thank you SuiNeko, that makes me feel even better. I went and purchased my 4s last night. Finished transferring from my old phone this morning. Now trying to decide what apps I want to get for it that I couldn't have on the 3GS. Any suggestions?

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

I have and regularly use:

Skype
Tweetbot
Beejive
Google maps
Tapatalk 2
Reeder
Instapaper
Bbc news
Radio box
Fantastical
Convertbot
Cobook
Deezer (euro spotify)
Sonos
Mule radio
Ebay
Amazon
Check the weather
1password
Flashlight
Netflix
TED
Flightboard
The new yorker
The magazine
The awl
Mcsweeneys
Gmail (better search than built in mal client/ otherwise ****)
Remote
Comic zeal
Comixology comics
Marvel unlimited
Kindle
Dark horse comics
Flixster
Kingdom rush
Ticket to ride
Chicktionary
Canabalt
Plague inc
Tilt to live
Plants vs zombies
Mew mew tower
Galcon
Pages
Numbers
Talking carl
Flickr
Icabmobile
Linkinus
Tomtom satnav
Strava cycling
Hundreds
Thx tune up

Enough?

My standard list:

Skype
Dropbox
Spotify
Facebook
Facebook Messenger
Twitter
iBooks
Deliveries (for tracking packages)
Articles (Wikipedia reader)
Amazon
Tapatalk (for Glade-ery)
Pocket (article reader)
YouTube
Snapseed (great photo editor)
Trailers (for finding out movie times near me)
Tumblr
Mailbox (best alt mail app out there)
Speedtest (always handy to have)
Netflix
Hulu Plus
Pages (best word processor)
IMDb
Flipboard
Dungeon Hunter 4 (great Diablo clone)
Puzzle Quest 2 (fun fantasy/RPG match-three)

I've a lot more (I shudder to think how much I've spent on apps), but these seem the most universally useful.

Wow, thanks, and I have only couple of those. I'll be trying out a whole bunch of them.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

I use Pages and Numbers a lot on my iPad, but I don't know that they'd be all that great on a phone.

I have on my iPod Touch:

imo
Facebook
Pages
Numbers
Idea Sketch
Google +
Google Earth
Gmail
Google Drive
Wolfram Alpha
iCircuit
Agilent Engineering Calculator
Ohm Work
Transformer Calculator
BJT DC Biasing
Fourier Trainer
NEMA Guide
Mirriam-Webster
Dicenomicon
Hex Map
Life
iTrip

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Buckle your pants or they might fall down.