Hi guys, just a quick question please. It looks like my old friend - my 3 year old Iphone 4s is about to bite the dust (battery is only lasting a few hours and it keeps locking up and re-booting itself as well as the well documented sticky home button). Shame really as it was a really good reliable phone, and much better than the entry level HTC crap my company gave me (it's basically a works mobile - but they own the Sim, I own the handset). I'm not an Apple fanboy, so quite happy to look at alternatives. We are on the Orange/EE network.
That being the case, I'm currently looking at alternatives both Apple and Android (which I've never used before). One of the little things that does bug me about the Iphone, is that on my lovely Discover Nav Pro head unit, it only shows place holders for contacts and not the photos. There used to be a list that VW did (think it's probably out of date now), that listed which phones were compatible with certain options in the Golf. Please bear in mind, whilst I have the Discover Nav Pro, I don't have Advanced Phone package installed (just standard bluetooth).
That being the case, anyone any recommendations for a good solid phone to pair with the GTD ? My phone requirements are (in no particular order - some of which the 4s isn't great at anyway).
Good sharp clear Screen.
Must work seamlessly with Microsoft Outlook Exchange (a must for work emails).
Must have GPS facility.
A decent camera (as when on site I use the phone for images all the time - but so long as it's as good as the 4s, anything better would be a bonus).
I do use the 4s quite a bit as my music jukebox when cycling and travelling, so a good music player would be a bonus.
Decent Battery life (by decent I don't mean a week, just at least a full day maybe two - again, as good as the 4s was)
I have quite a few movies on the 4s for when I'm travelling (again) so would be nice to have a decent movie player built in.
Standard 3.5mm Headphone socket (I have my own favourite in ear headphones that cost me a fortune).
Storage - My 4s is 64GB and it's normally about 80% full (photos, music, movies, apps etc), so the replacement must either be at least this size, or be user expandable via something like Micro SDXC cards to at least 64gb (if beyond then the more the better).
And obviously, must work with the MK7, and preferably show contact pictures (might as well if I'm changing).
Whilst I'm asking, as an Android virgin, would I actually miss anything going over to this platform from IOS ? Obviously I know I couldn't access e.g. Itunes, but I assume Android has it's own music and movie download app ? I don't want something the size of a mini tablet. Ideally something about the same size (or a little larger) than the 4s would be preferable, however I understand the Galaxy 5 is pretty much state of the art but much bigger ? Would I actually get used to this form factor or is it a pain to carry about ?
Thanks in advance.