Fries. Wedges. Crisps? wrote:Wrathy wrote:The iPhone SE is cracking in terms of bang for buck, but to me it feels far too small for a 2017 phone. Ultimately it depends on how much you're willing to spend.
I'm not bothered about it being small (unless we're talking Game Boy Micro small). Would you recommend it ahead of the 5s?
In hardware terms it's effectively two years ahead of the 5S, which is due to be unsupported (ie rendered obsolete) by Apple and app developers in the near future. It's the clear choice to make if you're looking for an iPhone.
more heat than light wrote:The A series Samsungs are perfectly fine, by the way. Yes you pay a premium for the Samsung name, but they're absolutely decent mid-tier phones. The number after the A refers to the size, with the 3 being the smallest and the 7 being the larger model.
Yeah to be fair the a5 2017 isn't bad, but you do need to watch the year of manufacture as there are some pretty hefty spec difference between them. I find android struggles on anything that doesn't have a pretty big punch under it (e.g. my old work phone slowed down inexplicably after 18 decent months) so I'm of the mindset that paying more (or researching carefully) for something a bit beefier is money well spent. I'm an extreme case who uses the phone for about 8h a day though. (Camera, MP3, satnav, etc - it all adds up)