What Verizon retail phone to buy?

[Insomniator]

I currenty have a HTC Rezound that is a piece of garbage. I attempted to replace the digitizer myself and every since its been wonky. Now I have insurance on it, so I could pay the $100 deductible and get a new/refurb one.

Or I could buy a Galaxy S3 for ~$350. Saying it that way makes it hard for me to believe the S3 is worth $250 more than the Rezound though...

Is there anything else? Razr's? I just can't tell if there is a better deal out there than the $100 it would cost me to get a new Rezound through insurance... but I don't know if I just want the same phone that I already hate again.

Has to be off contract since I am on unlimited and therefore cannot upgrade.

 

[Wingznut]

I love my Droid DNA... Not sure how much they retail for, though.

 

[Chocu1a]

You can find the Note 2 for around 450. I just picked up a GS3 for 250 yesterday. The DNA can be found for around 350-400. These are Craigslist prices, mind you.
Just my personal opinion, but the Rezound is a pretty crappy phone. The Galaxy S3 is a much better phone. Thinner, lighter, faster, better battery life.

 

[Insomniator]

I think I'm going to stay away from HTC phones this time. A Galaxy S3 for $250 would be excellent.

I wish the Nexus 4 was verizon and had LTE.

 

[Red Storm]

Use insurance, sell the refurb Rezound they give you and put that money towards new phone?

 

[Chocu1a]

Use insurance, sell the refurb Rezound they give you and put that money towards new phone?

There is a 100 deductible, & you "might" get 175-200 for the Rezound. Locally, probably more like 150.
Right now in my area, there are 3 GS3 listed for 250 on CL. The one I bought also came with a Mophie battery case. Total score on my part.

 

[Insomniator]

Yeah selling the rezound is useless.

Its either buy a new phone now, or get a $100 rezound and wait for something better to come along.

 

[dbk]

I've seen used GS3 for $250 on ebay

 

[s44]

Saying it that way makes it hard for me to believe the S3 is worth $250 more than the Rezound though...

It's worth infinitely more than the Rezound since it's not, you know, a total outdated junker.

 

[Insomniator]

It's worth infinitely more than the Rezound since it's not, you know, a total outdated junker.

Haha yeah I guess... 720p and dual core 1.5ghz aint exactly a junker tho... if the phone actually worked.

 

[Chocu1a]

Haha yeah I guess... 720p and dual core 1.5ghz aint exactly a junker tho... if the phone actually worked.

It's weird, the GS3 & the Rezound aren't that different spec wise, but they perform like night & day. Maybe its Sense that is mucking up the Rezound, or the fact that the GS3 has 2gb ram & is running Jellybean 4.1.2(the Rezound will NEVER get Jellybean, & the GS3 is rumored to get 4.2.2)

 

[dguy6789]

Snapdragon S3(What is in the Rezound) vs S4(What is in the GS3) processors are massively different in performance even at the same clock speed.