CosmicFuzz wrote: Uh, I know  2 people in work got iPhones this week! Unfortunately I can't justify spending that kinda dosh on a phone, especially as I'm on pay as you go. |
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LockeTribal 4,740 posts
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CosmicFuzz 32,632 posts
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Registered 15 years agoLockeTribal wrote:
CosmicFuzz wrote:
But, the Elm isn't an iphone...
Uh, I know
2 people in work got iPhones this week! Unfortunately I can't justify spending that kinda dosh on a phone, especially as I'm on pay as you go.
Fair enough, the pay as you go price is disgusting. You need to scratch the screen of your colleague's phones, you'll feel better.gif)
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pistol 13,018 posts
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Registered 19 years agoDestria wrote:
Right. This seems like the thread.
I'm leaving work, so going to lose my work phone (a Blackberry). So it's time to actually get a personal phone+contract!
Any good recommendations? I'm thinking HTC Hero, or possibly the Google Nexus One.
And before anyone suggests an iPhone, my new corporate phone is going to be an iPhone so there's no point getting two
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Sorry, I was going to say Iphone as it's what I got when I lost my blackberry recently after changing jobs recently. 3G on Orange at £30.00 a month. -
LockeTribal 4,740 posts
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Registered 14 years agoCosmicFuzz wrote:
LockeTribal wrote:
CosmicFuzz wrote:
But, the Elm isn't an iphone...
Uh, I know 2 people in work got iPhones this week! Unfortunately I can't justify spending that kinda dosh on a phone, especially as I'm on pay as you go.
Fair enough, the pay as you go price is disgusting. You need to scratch the screen of your colleague's phones, you'll feel better
Hmmm
"Wow, an iPhone! Can I have a go? Ooops... Well it was gonna get scratched sooner or later"
Muahahahahaha! -
barrylyndon 163 posts
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Registered 14 years agoI was going to cancel my contract with 3 until they offered me an unlocked iphone 3gs 16gb for £19 a month 300 minutes with internet. No upfront fee for the iphone. They then send me the contract and it turns out I'm getting it for £16 a month. I wanted the htc desire but at that price I'm well happy. -
Thinking of freeing myself from the tyranny of contracts, and getting a basic smart phone type phone on PAYG. Would like something with wi-fi. Want to pay around £100. Like the look of the LG Pop but it doesn't have wi-fi. Anyone feel like making a recommendation? -
buggrit 5,178 posts
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Registered 14 years agogogobaka wrote:
Samsung Monte, but that will cost more - about £150 :/ I have one, and its OK - not an iPhone though, which is what I had before.
Thinking of freeing myself from the tyranny of contracts, and getting a basic smart phone type phone on PAYG. Would like something with wi-fi. Want to pay around £100. Like the look of the LG Pop but it doesn't have wi-fi. Anyone feel like making a recommendation? -
Hmm yeah I was looking at the Monte, but read a review saying the touch screen was annoying to use.
Iphone/Desire are tempting, but they seem like a lot of money, and I suspect after a month of excitedly fiddling around with gadgets I'd get bored and end up just using it as a standard phone. -
PearOfAnguish 7,573 posts
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Registered 17 years agogogobaka wrote:
Thinking of freeing myself from the tyranny of contracts, and getting a basic smart phone type phone on PAYG. Would like something with wi-fi. Want to pay around £100. Like the look of the LG Pop but it doesn't have wi-fi. Anyone feel like making a recommendation?
Nokia 5800 can be had for around £100 second-hand. -
Dante_Cubit 1,996 posts
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Registered 14 years agoI want the HTC Desire but the new iPhone will be out next month. I know that if I buy the HTC then then Apple will have included a feature that lets you cure cancer or something.
It would be particularly handy for Steve come to think of it... -
PrivateFloyd 5,464 posts
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Registered 14 years agoI have done some number crunching tonight which has sealed the deal for me for my next phone. Currently got an iphone 3G and was looking at upgrading to the HTC Desire.
Paying £48 per month atm including insurance. If i upgrade to the desire OR 3GS iphone it will be on a minimum term 24 months to get the handset free. £1152 for 24 months!!!!
Alternatively i can buy a Desire on o2 pay as u go for £400. Topping up £10 a month gives me 300 texts and unlimited web. Assuming a similar 24 month period will cost £640 in total. Kinda hoping the phone will last a long time too.
No Brainer really, saving of about £260 a year. -
buggrit 5,178 posts
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Registered 14 years agogogobaka wrote:
The touchscreen is the best bit of it, TBH. Silly design decisions are the annoying part, like not giving you a full onscreen keyboard - T9 fucking sucks after using an iPhone for two years!
Hmm yeah I was looking at the Monte, but read a review saying the touch screen was annoying to use.
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PearOfAnguish 7,573 posts
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Registered 17 years agoYou fussed about apps or anything like that? The HTC Wildfire and Orange San Francisco are decent Android handsets. -
CharlieStCloud 5,812 posts
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Registered 11 years agoBilly_sastard wrote:
*bump*
Thank you.
Nokia 5230 for £99 from Nokia online shop.
It does everything you seem to be looking for. It's a nice middle-of-the-road phone. -
PearOfAnguish 7,573 posts
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Registered 17 years agoYeah that Nokia is a decent cheap-o phone. The Orange San Francisco is £99, has expandable memory, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and the rest. It has a capacitive touchscreen too, which is better than the resistive normally found on budget handsets. -
The san francisco can be unlocked for less than two quid, though, and there's custom ROMS with all the Orange crap removed available here
It's a cracking phone, highly recommended. -
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mrpon 37,367 posts
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PatrickEwing 2,553 posts
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Registered 15 years agoAnyone got any input on the SE Elm? I want a PAYG phone, with good battery life, half decent camera and ability to use internet efficiently enough when on the out and about and this seems about right. -
CharlieStCloud 5,812 posts
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Registered 11 years agoPatrickEwing wrote:
Anyone got any input on the Sony Ericsson Elm?
This one here?
It's a great wee phone.
My Father who is Mr. Business Man has two phones; one for work and one for friends, family and home life. My Dad uses a Blackberry Bold for work and the Elm for home use. It's a decent camera phone too but most importantly, the phone calls sounds exceptionally good... the clarity is so, so much better than any other mobile phone I have used. I can't explain it - it just is!
It seems to last for days even after fairly heavy usage and is a lovely little phone that easily slips into your pocket.
In the world of iPhone's, the Elm stands out quite nicely and it's good for the little green planet too! -
Trying to decide what to recommend for my madam:
Galaxy S
Desire
Moto Desire
Nokia C7
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EddieBear 560 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI've had the HTC Desire for 6 months now. Absolutely love it. Best phone I've ever had. Great interface and dead easy to use. BUT its not without one or two minor niggles that could might put some people off. The main being the battery life which I gather is pretty typical of most smartphones but I'm lucky to get a day and a half out of mine. Less if I use it pretty intensively.
On the plus side: great screen, free sat nav, expandable memory (micro SD), decent camera, fast browser, flash support etc... -
Yeah, I don't think you can get around battery life as an issue. Just have to be schooled into taking a USB around with you!
What is the charging port like? I might have a spare charger sitting about. -
EddieBear 560 posts
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Registered 16 years agoPretty sure its a micro-usb effort which goes into the phone, than a normal usb at the other end which plugs into your UK 3-pin adapter (assuming you're in the UK). I bought an extra charger for work (for about a fiver I think) and that got round the problem. If she'll be driving a fair bit, worth having a car charger too as the sat nav will rinse the battery life (as you'll need the screen brightness on full and the volume all the way up).
Really can't recommend the phone enough though. Since I got mine, at least 6 of my close friends have also got them, partly due to me singing its praises. -
widge,
the galaxy s seems riddled with software issues - people have developed their own fixes for it. samsung's support seems to be useless.
the htc desire is generally a very good all-rounder, and should be cheaper on contract now, with its successor recently released. really, the only downside to the desire is the battery life, which is to be expected.
i think you mean the moto droid? motorola's support is terrible - worse than samsung's. i don't even think the droid (milestone in europe) has been upgraded to android 2.2.
don't know much about the c7, aside from the fact it runs on the outdated symbian, and its app store is beyond pitiful.
the desire's charging port is the same as most phones these days - it's either micro usb or mini usb, cannot remember which.
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