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stickybuns · 06-16-2011, 05:13 PM

Anyone do any reading on it? How is it as a phone in general? What about as a "smart" phone?

T-mobile has a refurbished Samsung Galaxy S 4G on its prepaid phone page for $349. I only spend about $5-10 per month on calls/text messages, and I have access to enough wifi hotspots that I'm pretty sure I can get by with an occasional data "day pass" ($1.50 for 24 hours).

My current phone is a prepaid "dumb" phone. I also had--until my toddler decided to give it a bath--a 2nd generation iPod Touch that I was planning to replace until I saw the T-mobile deal.

So is the Galaxy worth an extra $120 vs. keeping my old phone and adding a new (or more likely refurbished) iPod Touch? Keep in mind that I have about $50 in apps (including several that are not available for android), and I have a MacBook (not sure if Android phones have any problems getting along with Apple computers).

06-16-2011, 05:13 PM	#1
stickybuns Evangelist Posts: 405 Karma: 479729 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3, Kindle Paperwhite 2	Opinions on the Samsung Galaxy S 4G? Anyone do any reading on it? How is it as a phone in general? What about as a "smart" phone? T-mobile has a refurbished Samsung Galaxy S 4G on its prepaid phone page for $349. I only spend about $5-10 per month on calls/text messages, and I have access to enough wifi hotspots that I'm pretty sure I can get by with an occasional data "day pass" ($1.50 for 24 hours). My current phone is a prepaid "dumb" phone. I also had--until my toddler decided to give it a bath--a 2nd generation iPod Touch that I was planning to replace until I saw the T-mobile deal. So is the Galaxy worth an extra $120 vs. keeping my old phone and adding a new (or more likely refurbished) iPod Touch? Keep in mind that I have about $50 in apps (including several that are not available for android), and I have a MacBook (not sure if Android phones have any problems getting along with Apple computers).