Should I buy a Smartphone Or Laptop

JacobGreen · Mar 15, 2012

There is a question trouble me for a long time. Should I buy a smartphone or laptop. The fact is within my budget, i just can buy one of them. I want to buy a smartphone for a longtime. The question is my laptop just broken down these days. My parents think i should buy a new laptop instead. I think smartphone is more convenient than a laptop.

This is really hard to decided.

mistaliu · Mar 15, 2012

Depends what you need it for. If you just check emails, surf the net, Facebook, twitter, etc then a smartphone is all you need. A smartphone / tablet right now can't replace a computer but it is close.

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boborone · Mar 15, 2012

Did you join just to ask this question?

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DexterMorganNL · Mar 15, 2012

I think you better buy the notebook. Just image that you need to work all day on a smartphone because you have no computer.

soulvayne · Mar 15, 2012

Depends if you already have a desktop computer, and where you want to use your laptop for. If it is for work/school i would buy a laptop since it is better to work on all day, if it is just to browse and play games if your bored pick a smartphone if you already have a desktop computer.

coolsandie · Mar 15, 2012

JacobGreen said:
There is a question trouble me for a long time. Should I buy a smartphone or laptop. The fact is within my budget, i just can buy one of them. I want to buy a smartphone for a longtime. The question is my laptop just broken down these days. My parents think i should buy a new laptop instead. I think smartphone is more convenient than a laptop.

This is really hard to decided.

I'd suggest to go with your parent's decision. If I'm at this option I'll definitely chose Laptop. You could get bored with Smartphone after long use. But using computer, there is nothing called boring.
And finally if the budget matters, still you could get a decent smartphone with budget price. There are pretty low cost budget Android phones.

DexterMorganNL · Mar 15, 2012

You can better get an good notebook, instead buying an cheap one. Because you will be sorry for that and same goes for smartphones, buy you are more lucky anno 2012 as the old high end devices like HTC Desire HD, HTC Sensation ( XE, XL ), HTC Evo 3D sell much cheaper now and also Samsung iGalaxy S2 sells cheaper now.

So when it comes down to smartphones it can be worth to wait awhile and buy when the prices drop, as they will in certain countries and right now in certain countries you have the luck off obtaining an really good smartphone for less then € 300 ( HTC Evo 3D ).

When it comes down to notebooks, waiting awhile doesn't change the price so much at least that's mine observation. Yes you might find an Q4 2011 notebook cheaper then an Q1 2012 notebook, mine notebook was from November 2011 and I bought it new in Januari 2012 with an great discount promotion.

For the amount what an iSuck 4S cost you get an good notebook, okay no SSD but you might be lucky to find an quad core notebook ( I did found an quad core I7 notebook for that amount ).

Cheapest best bang for bucks is right now HTC Evo 3D if you ask me.

lamborg · Mar 15, 2012

yes, as said it depends on your needs.

You can make project reports, presentations on a laptop or netbook but on a smartphone how long can you work without a stop?

Babydollll · Mar 15, 2012

Both?

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Pbwizkid · Mar 15, 2012

Again i will agree it depends on what your doing if you need it for school or work go notebook. if your just looking for somehting to mess around on, kill time, and have fun. then smart phone. benefits of a good smart phone is it can be a hand held gameing device, internet on the go, social media made easy, and many other things. but if you ever have to write a paper or report on a smart phone your gunna hate your self quick!

Bun-G · Mar 15, 2012

I had the same question at the back of my mind a couple of months ago. Get a galaxy s2 that i've wanted for ages or get a new laptop as my pc is buggered.

As you can see I got the smartphone, and havent used my pc hardly at all.

Like a previous poster said, it all depends what you need the laptop for, but the galaxy s2 is one off the smartest purchases i've made in a while

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LukinM26 · Mar 15, 2012

You should think about tablet. Something between both devices

Bun-G · Mar 16, 2012

LukinM26 said:
You should think about tablet. Something between both devices

Like say a galaxy note?

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Felimenta97 · Mar 16, 2012

Bun-G said:
Like say a galaxy note?

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No. A Tablet. It's is between Notebook and Phone.

JacobGreen · Apr 25, 2012

DexterMorganNL said:
I think you better buy the notebook. Just image that you need to work all day on a smartphone because you have no computer.

Yeah, this is a good advice. I think notebook maybe have more useful than amartphone.

Thank you !

JacobGreen · Apr 25, 2012

coolsandie said:
If I'm at this option I'll definitely chose Laptop. You could get bored with Smartphone after long use. But using computer, there is nothing called boring.

Compared with laptop, smartphone is more convenient. In fact, laptop is more useful, we can do much work.

JacobGreen · Apr 25, 2012

Thanks a lot to you guys. I am so sorry i came back too late.
Your warm-hearted suggestion will take into consideration. Thanks.....

greeky510 · Apr 25, 2012

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I would get a smartphone. If you are into trying different roms and stuff you won't get bored with it for a long long time. Also you can use is as an mp3 player, play games, etc. Do you currently own a cellphone?

Deleted member 4571279 · Apr 25, 2012

well if you are going to school then definetly you should buy a laptop.

ROFLkopter · Apr 25, 2012

Get a phone on contract where you get a laptop as a gift... My girlfriend's dad did it. He got a crap phone on contract (from Carphone Warehouse, UK) and got a pretty decent laptop free with it. Two birds, one stone!

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