サンフランシスコでスマホを買い換える

これまでサンフランシスコで2年間スマートフォン（以下、「スマホ」）を使ってきたが、契約期間の満了を機に買い換えることにした。今回は「4G LTE回線で快適に使える最新スマホをなるべく安く購入する」との方針で、スマホ選びを行うこととした。

The author has been using a smartphone in San Francisco for two years and decided to upgrade it as the contract reached fulfillment. Despite previous efforts to select the best smartphone based on research and analysis, the decision made two years ago could best be considered a failure. Primary reasons for this unsatisfactory result were: limited coverage of the network, and especially poor performance for data applications in the suburbs. Overall the upgrade could not be considered a user-friendly experience.