Little-Miss Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 Ok, i'm due an upgrade at the beginning of Feb. I'm with Voda. I currently have the Samsung Omnia and hate it. I did upgrade the firmware and what not, so it could be a dodgy phone but i have disliked it from the start. It's kinda put me off touch screen which is a problem because most phones these days have touch screen. I'm not completely adverse to having touch screen, i just want peoples opinions before i buy. Obviously, there is the iPhone, but i would like some other suggestions. Anyone got that Nokia N-something Mini? I dont really want a huge phone! I also dont care about cameras and MP3 players. 1
JOrdan01070 Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 (edited) The Nexus one is coming to Vodafone soon. Edited January 18, 2010 by JOrdan01070 spelling error 1
stevenlong1985 Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 I'm looking at the Iphone or the new blackberry Bold 9700, I think for me the blackberry is winning 1
Mako Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 Apart from the reference in the original post, I was going to say "The first person to mention the iPhone gets a custard pie in the face". You posted before I could get that out, stevenlong, but you redeemed yourself with the notion that you prefer the Blackberry... a narrow escape. I've heard good things about the Samsung Tocco... 2
AIT Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 (edited) HTC HD2. Its amazing! sorry i should have put slightly more.. but thats litrally all you need to say. quite brilliant.. (well after a rom update) Edited January 18, 2010 by AIT 1
mac_shinobi Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 Ok, i'm due an upgrade at the beginning of Feb. I'm with Voda. I currently have the Samsung Omnia and hate it. I did upgrade the firmware and what not, so it could be a dodgy phone but i have disliked it from the start. It's kinda put me off touch screen which is a problem because most phones these days have touch screen. I'm not completely adverse to having touch screen, i just want peoples opinions before i buy. Obviously, there is the iPhone, but i would like some other suggestions. Anyone got that Nokia N-something Mini? I dont really want a huge phone! I also dont care about cameras and MP3 players. Go to the vodafone store and try a bunch of phones out ie HTC, iphone etc etc and see what you think as at the end of the day its your cash you earned and its a phone you will have to use ( not any of us ) so you will obviously have to make sure that its a phone you can get on with 1
Dom_ Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 I'm going for the HTC HD2 next, someone here just got one and i love it compared with my iphone... 1
bossman Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 @stevenlong1985: I have the blackberry bold 9700 and can really recommend it, with the package I got from Vodaphone it costs me £35 PM and for that I get 600 mins to any network, unlimited txts to any network and unlimited data. battery life is more or less 2 days when using the full potential i.e. wifi, bluetooth and GPRS but obviously unlike the IPhone you can change the battery so carrying a fully charged spare is not a problem and most apps are free. 2
elsiegee40 Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 One of my teenagers has a Samsung Tocco, the other a Samsung Genio. I have tried both and prefer the Tocco. However, having had a fiddle in several phone stores, I've decided my next phone won't be touch screen... and I can't afford an iPhone anyway... as I prefer a 'real' keypad (but then my kids say I'm too old to cope with new technology! ) 1
machin05 Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 About 3 months ago, I too wanted to move away from touchscreen phones after suffering the LG Cookie for a few months. I wanted a QWERTY so went for a Nokia E71. I'm well chuffed with it and the deal I got. £30 a month on a 12 month unlimited txt, unlimited internet and 300 mins contract. Built in satnav, push email and an ever growing app store (Ovi). I think the E72 is now available which wasn't when I upgraded. My next move will hopefully be into the world of Android, having played around with my mates HTC Hero. However I don't want to be reliant on using a touchscreen and would ideally like a pop-out qwerty. But over the next 9 months I'm sure more and more Android phones will become available. My advice would be that once you've decided on a phone model or two, phone up and speak to Vodafone. That's what I did, and it's where you'll get the best deal (12 month contracts etc). If not, threaten to leave and they'll soon pull out all stops to keep you on their books.
mullet_man Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 iPhone all the way, best phone I have had.
stevenwba Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 HTC HD2. Its amazing! She did say something not to big? has a look at that phone yesterday and it is MASSIVE! i also get to renew on the 31st jan, so ive been wondering into the phone market again, i am feeling the urge for something with unlimited internet, so this is making me go for the google phone, as its whole design is for unlimited internet usage. For me though i have started to see why there is the hype surrounding the blackberry, but i just dont think i can get used to having an entire qwerty keyboard on my phone, and the buttons are so small, everyone i go for a letter i end up hitting 3 or 4 keys! As far as i can see nokia and sony erickson are lacking behind blackberry, htc, apple by a mile! god! take me back to the nokia 3310, hardly any phones to pick from, it was great! just the function to phone and text
PEO Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 Iphone all the way and now with the mobileme addon its freaking excellent
stevenlong1985 Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 I'm liking the blackberry at you can have up to 10 email accounts attached to the phone, you can get apps and you have the blackberry messenger which is free to all blackberry users
projector1 Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 HTC hero, fantastic device, was going to buy the :evil_twisted:Iphone:evil_twisted: but the hero did not win all those awards last year for nothing! nice contract too!
Guest richard_s Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 Like you I am with Voda and I can upgrade my phone at the end of the month. I have been looking at either an iPhone or one of their 360 phones but have as of yet not made my mind up.
crc-ict Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 My fiancee has got a Tocco Ultra, and it has some very annoying foibles. There is no way to remove words from the custom dictionary, typing anything with apostrophes is all but impossible, changing the days to ring on one alarm changes all the others, randomly turns vibration on and off for no apparent reason, touchscreen is not very responsive. Just odd, annoying things really. When she first got it, I fancied getting one, but now I've seen her using it, and the frustrations it causes, I'd never consider one! At risk of a custard pie, iPhone all the way for me!
broc Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 I went for a cheap & cheerful no frills Nokia E63 on Three... £15 a month with 70 mins calltime, unlimited texts, Skype, unlimited Internet access & email and it has a qwerty keyboard. Battery life is just under a week with light use
Edu-IT Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 I'm liking the blackberry at you can have up to 10 email accounts attached to the phone, you can get apps and you have the blackberry messenger which is free to all blackberry users Avoid the Storm2 like the plague. I'm an iPhone user so I'd recommend that. It does SOOO much! The 360 phone is very social networking based, looks more like a toy than a professional phone.
jedmondson Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 its the wrong network but i realy like my palm pre. Its so much better than my old xda steller.
jamin100 Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 I've got a blackbery curve 8900 Pay £20pm and get 600 mins, 600 txt's unlimited internet (Blackberry Bolt on) and best of all its only a 30 day contract yay! Emailing on the blackbery is fantastic... so if you email / txt alot then look into the latest blackberrys
broc Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 I think before choosing a new phone, you need to take a long hard look at what you want to do with it.... As a lifetime committed techno-geek I think smartphones are really great pieces of kit, they do all sorts of clever things, but everything they can do can be done better by dedicated products..... and in general they all suffer from one major drawback for me... really poor battery life. I use my phone to .... talk to people.... send text messages to people I cannot talk to.... and pick up my personal emails.... that's about it. It doesn't run my life, my employer makes no contribution to its upkeep so I don't use it for work. I love the iPhone, but when you look on the iPhone support pages, they are full of bright ideas about conserving battery life by turning off functions.... so what's the point? When I want to navigate in my car, I use my satnav which is far more sensitive than a mobile phone and I get map updates every 3 months for peanuts.... When I want to take photos, I use my digital SLR .... for videos, my HD-Camcorder.... I will confess to owning an iPod Touch... for music in our motorhome when abroad as it is easier than taking a library of CDs I realise I may be in a small minority about my attitude to smartphones here
Little-Miss Posted January 18, 2010 Author Posted January 18, 2010 Eugh, so much choice....starting to think i should try and find a basic phone...
mac_shinobi Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 I think before choosing a new phone, you need to take a long hard look at what you want to do with it.... As a lifetime committed techno-geek I think smartphones are really great pieces of kit, they do all sorts of clever things, but everything they can do can be done better by dedicated products..... and in general they all suffer from one major drawback for me... really poor battery life. I use my phone to .... talk to people.... send text messages to people I cannot talk to.... and pick up my personal emails.... that's about it. It doesn't run my life, my employer makes no contribution to its upkeep so I don't use it for work. I love the iPhone, but when you look on the iPhone support pages, they are full of bright ideas about conserving battery life by turning off functions.... so what's the point? When I want to navigate in my car, I use my satnav which is far more sensitive than a mobile phone and I get map updates every 3 months for peanuts.... When I want to take photos, I use my digital SLR .... for videos, my HD-Camcorder.... I will confess to owning an iPod Touch... for music in our motorhome when abroad as it is easier than taking a library of CDs I realise I may be in a small minority about my attitude to smartphones here I agree about the battery life - wish they would do something about that as its a pita - short of getting one of those phone case battery pack things juice air pack or w/e its called
Mako Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 Eugh, so much choice....starting to think i should try and find a basic phone... My current phone is a Samsung E900, which I've had for years. Does the job, works perfectly. Y'know what they say, "If it ain't broke... don't fix it", and mine won't need fixing for a while yet...
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