small, small phone

[magnus202]

I am looking for my first smart phone.
I am currently using a motorola krzr.
yep, I am a cheep-o

I would have to have a small phone.
something to fit in jeans pockets.

I am also thinking of the T-Mobile $30 prepay.
Since I am a cheap-o.

For smallish phone I found

Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos I589
Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 I8160
Samsung Galaxy mini 2 S6500
Samsung Galaxy Pocket plus S5301
Samsung B7722
HTC legend G6
SAMSUNG GALAXY POCKET S5300
Samsung Galaxy Fame S6810
Samsung Galaxy Young S6310
Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830


The plan gives 5GB of 4G data.
So I am wondering if these could handle 4G?

I am also wondering what the difference on Samsung phones
between S and I models?


If I was to narrow the selection it would be these.

Samsung Galaxy mini 2 S6500
Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830
HTC legend G6


Any thoughts on this?

thanks

 

[GuitarG20]

ALthough I'm not very knowledgable about the devices you are looking at, as far as understanding the alphanumeric codes that you are putting after the samsung models, I did find this webpage, which may help you figure out the meaning behind some of the codes.

Hopefully someone with more knowledge about these will chime in and tell you more details than I know to give you!

 

[Chiral]

I can't say enough good things about my Galaxy Victory.

It's essentially an S3 hardware kit with a 4" screen, with 4G LTE. Same krait CPU (capped @ 1.2 and half the L2 cache) and same Adreno GPU. I pay $35/mo for 300 minutes & unlimited data/MMS. $45 is 1200m and $55 is unlimited. Runs on sprint towers.

Easy to root, CM10 is a go, JerryScript has built a kernel that runs 1.8Ghz, and his stripped stock ROM out benches the S3 on Antutu 4.0. We're pulling ~18k on 4.0, and pushing 14k on 3.x.

Gunmetel gray pseudo carbon fiber looking shell, tough screen (might be Gorilla2, my pocket knife was too dull to scratch out the frontcamera), underclocked hardware and super cheap. It is pure sex.

Edit: just checked out the mini & ace. Victory trounces them in every category. Mine cost me $150 without any contract, buying phone outright. Those two compare to a 3 year old Opti. If they're more than $50 flat out, they're overpriced. The phones you're looking at are 2/3 the specs of current entry level phones. Do yourself a favor and buy something 1ghz+ dual core with 1gb RAM and 4g. You'll be replacing it in 3 months if you don't.

 

[dibblebill]

I'm with Chiral on this one. I've had a few different phones, so have my best friend, under VM.

We've had, between us:

Samsung Intercept
LG Optimus V (Both of us)
HTC Wildfire S
Kyocera Rise
Samsung Galaxy Reverb
Samsung Galaxy Victory

He has already expressed several times that he wished he got the Victory, not the Reverb. Chiral has already stated everything I'd state about it.