I have an S4. Amazing phone. Lightning fast. Tons of apps. No controling apple crap. I say get an S4 and get an otterbox cover. http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/samsung-galaxy-s4-1137602/review http://ca.ign.com/articles/2013/05/17/samsung-galaxy-s4-review http://reviews.cnet.com/samsung-galaxy-s4/
The S4 announced an Active model which is waterproof. it will be out sometime this summer. Having dropped one phone in the gulf of mexico... and just shattering my S4 screen.. I'm waiting on that bad boy. http://www.phonearena.com/phones/Samsung-Galaxy-S4-Active_id7840
I'd say get a house phone (free through google voice +obi talk). In an emergency ask someone for their phone. Done it plenty of times, never had a contract for a phone, and don't get the draw tbh. Be different. Peace.
dayum this will fuel the "Marijuana makes you have short term memory loss" fire. That shit used to happen to me too. Now, if i smoke in public, I am always checking my pockets for wallet, phone, weed, camera etc. Like evey 5 mins i am conscious of it. Losing your wallet is a real bummer.
Don't bother wasting money on something that just came out. I got an galaxy 3 recently for like under a hundred (upgrade) and it's fine. Don't see myself playing an extra couple hundred for something that's not much different and will be outdated again in a month.
I would get the Galaxy 4. I have the Galaxy 2 and I love it and the 4 has a lot of awesome features. Plus they are way sleeker and lighter than the chunky bricks that are iphones.
If you get an iPhone, you need to make sure that if you drop it in the toilet, that you don't accidentally get any iPhone on your shit. You're welcome.