The iPhone 5 has been in the spotlight for quite a while now. On the close of 2012, it was voted by some as the best phone of the year, outclassing every offering every other manufacturer had. While this winning sentiment might not be echoed by everybody, it does attest to just how complete the iPhone 5 is. It offers bigger screen estate, has a 326ppi density, which makes for one very stunning display. It’s thin and light, and is powerful enough to challenge all other quad-cores in the market.

Perhaps all this attention has dampened the view that people had on the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S. The screen size difference is the most notable disparity, with the performance coming in second. Consequently, because more people are more interested in this latest release, the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S have little to fight for. Noting this trend, carriers have decided to offer more attractive contract deals, in the hope of keeping the sales of these predecessors alive.

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If the time has come to ditch your old phone and move on to one of the most wanted Smartphone’s on the market, it would be best to take a look at the latest offers from Orange, T-Mobile, or Virgin Mobile. These operators have picked some of the top devices and customised a series of special deals to meet most people’s everyday needs on a budget. With these budget pay monthly phones you can watch the price of your monthly phone bill drop down while keeping up with the latest technology. Here are three of the top phones available and some tempting contract deals to with them.

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Text messaging has already made history, but also contributed to ruining the way we communicate one with another. However, the involved companies’ worries point to a different direction. The short message service or SMS helped companies make billions, but nowadays it is showing a negative trend. Could the service released in December 1992 have gone past its peak already?

The 20 years of texting may be a time long enough to lead to a downfall. After all, we are talking about the technology and communications world, where an innovation is quickly replaced with a new version of it. The new generation of users is less interested in the SMS and more into free data services like the BlackBerry Messenger or WhatsApp. Many such services are out there, gathering millions of users.

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Each and every year phone companies offer their customers the chance to upgrade their phones for free or at a discounted price if you are continuing a contract with them which leave you with your old phones just sitting in the dark in your homes. The number of abandoned phones sitting in homes is estimated to be around eighty million if not more. However, there is a solution to get rid of your unneeded phone as well as to make some cash in the process. This solution is to recycle your phone. The good news is there are various sites available throughout the web who will buy your old phone for up to £400 if not more. Not to mention the fact that if you compare the prices with comparison tools online you are sure to be able to get the most money possible for your headset.

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Smartphone’s are very popular among mobile phone users this day in time. However, all Smartphone do not run on the same operating system. Some Smartphone run on Android while other run on Windows, Apple or Blackberry. With so many options available it can make it very hard to determine what the best operating system for Smartphones is. So, what we are going to do is compare a few of the different types of Smartphone options to determine which operating systems for a Smartphone can be considered the best. You are restricted to what operating system you can run on which ever phone you have decide to buy. So you really need to work out which operating system you want to use before you choice a mobile contract deal.

Currently, the top three operating systems for Smartphones are Apple, Windows, and Android. When it comes to customer satisfaction Apple and Windows are both tied at 8.7 with Android ranking in right behind them at 7.9. However, when it comes to reliability, text messaging, web browsing, and gaming Windows is in the lead. Then, Apple is ahead of Windows when it comes to the amount of apps that they have available as well as the music tracks available through itunes.

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