upgrade to smartphone help -No mac products!

[postal]

Help please,

I need a new phone, and want to move to a smartphone.

I'm with sprint. As a former computer techie, I hate apple and microsoft. I dont want to support either brand. (I also hate google with a passion)

Since I refuse to support apple, no iphone. ever.

What are the best options out there that are not ridiculous expensive?

I dont need to impress people with the fancy latest/greatest product around.

What say you?

Samsung galaxy 3?

HTC one?

I'm not on the phone a lot. Battery life is good, but not critical for me.
What would be a better choice?
Or what would you recommend instead?

Thanks
Postal

[slaphappy]

Galaxy S4 is released next week. I think that and the HTC one are the best things going. I'm going to get the Galaxy S4.

[2DoorImpala]

You hate all those companies? Then you dont really have a choice for smart phones

[DiscoBayJoe]

If you hate GOogle, Apple, and Microsoft, your only option is a Blackberry. Good luck with that.

Get over yourself and buy an iPhone.

[Merc1138]

So you want a smartphone but hate all 3 major companies in the market that produce an OS for the things...

Go get a blackberry then.

[billofrights]

The HTC and Samsung Galaxy 3 are pretty nice. I've had a Blackberry z10 for about 2 weeks now and really like it. Gestures are different than other OS phones/ tablets but I'm used to them now. App store is a little thin still, and sideloading is a pain in the butt.

[ocabj]

I guess you can wait for the Ubuntu Touch capable smartphones.

I could swear you sound like a guy in my office. Total Slackware advocate. He hates everything else (Windows, Mac OS, *BSD, Solaris). That guy is total anti-gun, though.

[postal]

HAHAHA!!!!

Red hat maybe?

I worked on MS products yrs ago. Any phone from them only needs three keys... Cntrl-Alt-Del.

I refuse to support mac overpriced proprietary nazi company.

Google chrome really tweaked me on my laptap which is why I hate them, but android it is.....

Probably pick up a galaxy sIII this evening.

Thanks all.

[postal]

I picked up a galaxy s3 last night.

Been messing with it setting it up. headphone jack has a bad connection, and I have to take it back.

Seems pretty cool. Just a pain I need to have it replaced for a bad jack connection, so I cant keep playing with it getting it setup, if they're just going to swap it out.

[NoSpam]

Galaxy S3 is a great phone. Give it a few weeks and you'll be hooked.

[omalley72]

I picked up a galaxy s3 last night.

Been messing with it setting it up. headphone jack has a bad connection, and I have to take it back.

Seems pretty cool. Just a pain I need to have it replaced for a bad jack connection, so I cant keep playing with it getting it setup, if they're just going to swap it out.

should have bought an iPhone

[sd_shooter]

HTC One or Galaxy S4

There are now two contenders for the top cell phone in the world: HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4, both just became available. Both have a Full HD screen @ 1920x1080 (it will be years before iphone catches up.)

I'll be going with the HTC One due to the superior screen and speakers. The silver one can be ordered now, the black one in a few weeks.

HTC One


Galaxy S4

[BajaJames83]

Get the galaxy.
I just canned my blackberry for the S3 didnt want to wait for the 4 no need for me....
The S3 is an awesome phone as is...

[superbarnie]

Well, I would recommend you get one of those old flip phones or some sort of smart phone with it's own proprietary OS, because you can't buy iOS, Android(Google), or Windows.

[slo5oh]

Google geek a phone, compare and decide yourself.