My iPhone 4 just got out of contract and I was looking at the iPhone 5, Note 2 and Lumia 920. I think I will go with the Note 2 as I want something with a larger screen and the the stylus/handwriting support is very interesting.
No NFC should not be a deal breaker as i am yet to see any practical implementation in real world scenario (at least in India). And don't talk about future proof as nothing is. Tech is evolving and this S3 will also be soon outdated mostly by CES next year when probably they will show off S4 or something. So buy what fulfills your needs.
There is nothing like Best Phone and not every phones suits everyone's needs.
sunny27
A lighter S3 is raved like anything on this forum while a lighter iPhone is bashed. Speechless.
I do think NFC payment is kind of useless right now, but I have been thinking/reading up on this. I think I have found one way it will be very useful for me. I plan to buy a few NFC stickers and using the NFC Task Launcher+Tasker, set up a few profiles at work, home, car, etc.
1) Profile at work - Silence phone, stop checking for work email, drop personal mail checks to once every 3 hours.
2) Profile in car - Turn off Wi-Fi, turn on bluetooth, sync with car bluetooth adapter, launch music app
3) Profile at home - Turn off work e-mail check after 7:00 PM, set personal mail checks to push, turn off silent mode,
4) Profile next to bed - Silence every thing, turn off all mail checks, turn on 2 morning alarms.