I think I may have been swayed by the s4. Trouble is I think it's a case of "new and shiney", I don't need it. However my phone has gotten laggy as it's no longer supported, and the deal looked reasonable. £36 pm for 500 minutes, 5000 texts, unlimited data, a Bluetooth speaker, and no upfront cost on the phone, all supplied by the 3 network.

Talk me out of it. Provide feedback on 3/ galaxy s4. Alternatives?

My current deal is roughly the same, except for 500mb data limit.

Be prepared to wait for it.Both the local Vodafone and O2 stores are awaiting delivery from Samsung. ...2 days behind the release date....Allegedly Samsung didn't think to build enough units to meet demand.

There are also a couple of better deals on tariffs according to the girlfriend.I shall have a look and share a bit later..

Yeah I heard that. I was in car phone warehouse today and they say a week on Monday for delivery if I pre order now. Not sure what to make of it.

My wife has the current S3 model which is fantastic. Go for it.

Vodafone tariffs...
http://m.vodafone.co.uk/mobile/phones_and_plans/plan/GALAXY-S4-WHITE-PAYM
And O2...
https://www.o2.co.uk/shop/tariffs/samsung/galaxy-s4-white-frost/?

O2 also offer 12 month tariffs if you're an existing customer.They only shared them with me in store.They also have another scheme which is a 24 month contract but effectively your tariff breaks down into two parts.First portion being for the tariff itself and the second towards the cost of the phone.The benefit is, should you wish to change your phone at any point, you can, except you have to settle the difference of the cost on the handset...

Do you want to look like Dom Jolly on Trigger Happy TV when you are talking on your phablet? If not, steer clear of nonsensically huge phones! There, did that talk you out of it?

Jon13, thank you. I'll look into those tariffs.

Jim, a valiant effort. Unfortunately I'm a reasonably big guy with quite large hands so a large screen is a must. That and I like trigger happy tv . But seriously I had thought that. Not sure which pocket it'd fit in either.

No worries.Just trying to figure out which I'd be happy to go with!
As for a case just get youself a good old fashioned phone case with a belt clip!

I'm with Jim of the Clennell variety. When I first got one of these mobile thingies I went smaller and smaller every upgrade until I ended up with a Samsung A800. From then every phone I upgraded to has got bigger rather than smaller until last year. This time last year I looked at the various flagship options (at that time S3 or OneX) and just went smaller (and cheaper) instead.

Similar deal here on T mobile which works out cheaper.

£26 a month + £99 upfront for the handset
500 mins
Unlimited data (no data cap)
Unlimited texts


http://www.affordablemobiles.co.uk/contr...mp;siteid=20363

I've had a galaxy S3 on three for a while now. It's a great phone but the touch sensitive back button is annoying. The S4 has the same arrangement. I'm forever touching it by mistake. Other than that it's been great and three has been fantastic in my area. I get between 12-18meg speeds on 3G. I could never go on a tariff which didn't include unlimited data now. I use the sky go and sopcast apps on my S3 to watch football which is around 700mb of data per match. I'm tempted to get an S4 but it's very similar to the S3 and I'm undecided if it's worth it.

I looked at both the S3 and HTC One X when launched, and although I knew the S3 was the technically better phone, I went with the One X.

The look of the S3 does nothing for me. As Coupe owners, we know a little about style I think

I'm now in the same predicament over the S4 and the HTC One.