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Since the Samsung Galaxy S3 has been out there for $269.99 @ Best Buy without a contract on Verizon's 3G network, does that price justify buying it over something such as a Motorola Moto G, which can be had for less than $100, and also uses that same Verizon network?
It really depends on what you expect from the phone, what the service will provide, and what you plan to pay. You could ask a hundred different people about those comparisons and get two hundred sets of differing responses.
Get the phone you like and jump in. If you can get a thirty day satisfaction return, all the better.
Benefit of 4G/LTE over 3G+HSPA: Not so much speed, but the former has much shorter ping time. This helps a lot to give better load speeds when using site-fragmented and poorly coded web pages that refer to objects on differing web servers; as well as enabling VoIP with less echo and delay problems.
Thank you for this big picture perspective - best post of the thread.
The only thing better than a slow smartphone is NO smart phone.
WAY too little work is generally spent into designing services in such a way that they are useful without having high bandwidth at hand. I believe a friendly and humane goal would be to design services in such a way that they at the very least are useful and not frustratingly slow with an average 10-year old device and connection - unless the new technology is obviously required to deliver the service; for instance - you cannot run YouTube on a GPRS connection.
I have a faint memory of Swedish web designer & self proclaimed philosopher who called the phenomenon of designing for slow connections "deep band". And thinking about this these days seems more important than ever. Loading a couple of timetables and travel plans from my local commuter rail company draws nearly 250 kB of data. It's just getting ridiculous!
Since the Samsung Galaxy S3 has been out there for $269.99 @ Best Buy without a contract on Verizon's 3G network, does that price justify buying it over something such as a Motorola Moto G, which can be had for less than $100, and also uses that same Verizon network?
Not really since neither will get LTE. The Moto G runs a newer version of Android and is a lot cheaper so I'd go with that one.
That's what I'm leaning towards; a buyers guide recently published in the WSJ gave that Moto G a standout recommendation being that it's less than $100.00, and is currently $69.99 @ either Best Buy or Radio Shack.
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