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Wanting a New Phone

My current phone, a Samsung Galaxy S4 [1], is now almost 2 years old (just a week shy).

For the last six to nine month, battery life has been pretty horrible, and the USB connector also doesn’t work all the time anymore either. It’s definitely time for a new phone. But which one?

Here are things I like:

Unfortunately, here are the candidates:

Of course, I have never since my Palm Treo 755p replaced the battery. And I’ve never replaced the SD card I put in. But I do have a 64 GB card in there, plus 16 GB in the phone, and I’m using about 60 GB of the 80 GB. So for the Galaxy S6, I would have to go for the 128 GB model, and even that isn’t really future-proof.

CategorySamsung Galaxy S6LG G4
Battery2550 mAh, not replaceable (-)3000 mAh, replaceable (+)
Storage128 GB, not replaceable (-)32 GB + SD card (+)
Size5" (+)5.5" (-)
WaterproofNo (but lasts over 10 minutes)No (but supposedly lasts 2 hours)
UII know it, and I like it (+)Seemed shrill and gimmicky in the store
Button placementSides (+)Next to camera (-)
Sum2x (-) 3x (+) = +12x (-) 2x (+) = 0


So what am I going to do? I don’t know yet… But I think I’m leaning towards getting the 128 GB version of the Galaxy S6, even if the battery and storage aren’t replaceable.

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