What phone should I get??

kinghen · July 17, 2009, 02:14:00 PM

Getting an upgrade today and basically I have one of 3 options:
-samsung "storm" think its the next up from "tocco"
-sony ericsson w995
- LG viewty

does anyone have/know about these phones and which would you suggest is best??

ziggysego · July 17, 2009, 02:17:31 PM

I'm currently using an iPhone 3G and have to say it's the best phone I've ever had. Need an O2 tariff though.

kinghen · July 17, 2009, 02:24:45 PM

can only get an i-phone on a 35quid contract, I'm only on £25 and i dont even use those minutes/texts......

ziggysego · July 17, 2009, 02:28:17 PM

£35 is the lowest they go unfortunately. There's a lot of iPhone-like phones coming onto the market. The closest being HTC, but I don't think it has been released yet.

illdecide · July 17, 2009, 02:41:39 PM

Quote from: kinghen on July 17, 2009, 02:24:45 PM
can only get an i-phone on a 35quid contract, I'm only on £25 and i dont even use those minutes/texts......

who is that with as o2 wouldn't give me the sony Ericsson 995 unless i paid up £45 a month so i told them to stick it up their asses

thewobbler · July 17, 2009, 03:13:57 PM

An iPhone is easily worth another £120 a year.

HTCs are probably a better tool overall, but if you are in any way fat fingered or a technophobe, the iPhone is so much easier to use that it's the better option.

thebigfella · July 17, 2009, 03:51:03 PM

Quote from: Mac Eoghain on July 17, 2009, 03:07:36 PM
Quote£35 is the lowest they go unfortunately. There's a lot of iPhone-like phones coming onto the market. The closest being HTC, but I don't think it has been released yet.

There is 2 people here in work on £30 a month contracts with new 3G iPhones - dealing with O2 direct.

Ziggy you couldnt be more wrong about the HTC phones. HTC have led the way on touch-screen technology for the past 5 or 6 years, it was Apple who came behind them with the iPhones. As I dont have an iPhone I couldnt tell you about ease of use but Im sure it is very strong considering it has came out of Apple camp. I have been using the HTC Touch Diamond for about 10 months now and using HTC phones for about 5 years. They have always run Windows Mobile x.x, at the minute I am up to WM 6.5. When I checked the iPhone it felt bulky compare to the Touch Diamond, and from what I could pick up it wasnt as easily hacked. With WM I download a complete modified system update every 2 months and wipe the phone, just sync with Outlook again and away I go - there are thousands of modders out there changing everything going, but mostly working on speed. The ability to work with my other Microsoft products such as Access, Excel & Outlook makes WM brilliant.

HTC wasn't first to market with a product if I can remember correctly, and their first one was not a very good at that. Apple had the hardware (in fact every other mobile phone manufacturer had) but they focused on the overall user experience instead of bundling it with a hacked together Symbian OS or MS mobile in the case of HTC.

I have never heard anyone call window mobile brilliant, in fact i've always found it slow and unresponsive.

Smokin Joe · July 17, 2009, 04:03:47 PM

Quote from: Mac Eoghain on July 17, 2009, 03:07:36 PM
Quote£35 is the lowest they go unfortunately. There's a lot of iPhone-like phones coming onto the market. The closest being HTC, but I don't think it has been released yet.

There is 2 people here in work on £30 a month contracts with new 3G iPhones - dealing with O2 direct.

I rang O2 direct just now and tried as hard as I could to get the tariff cost down. They wouldn't budge from £35 per month or £30per month if you paid close to £100.

Orior · July 17, 2009, 05:11:40 PM

Does anyone know if there is an online version of the iPhone game Wordwrap?

http://www.iphone1up.com/iPhone-3G-review/87/1/Word_Wrap.html

I like the game, but I'm too mean (and too skint) to buy an iPhone.

muppet · July 17, 2009, 05:52:20 PM

Quote from: Orior on July 17, 2009, 05:11:40 PM
Does anyone know if there is an online version of the iPhone game Wordwrap?

http://www.iphone1up.com/iPhone-3G-review/87/1/Word_Wrap.html

I like the game, but I'm too mean (and too skint) to buy an iPhone.

You are also not cool enough.

Trevor Hill · July 17, 2009, 07:31:46 PM

How much is an iphone on the £35 contract?

ziggysego · July 17, 2009, 07:34:28 PM

Quote from: Trevor Hill on July 17, 2009, 07:31:46 PM
How much is an iphone on the £35 contract?

Free

Trevor Hill · July 17, 2009, 08:10:45 PM

Quote from: ziggysego on July 17, 2009, 07:34:28 PM
Quote from: Trevor Hill on July 17, 2009, 07:31:46 PM
How much is an iphone on the £35 contract?

Free

So I can have the latest iphone on a 12 month contract foc?
Is the iphone anygood though? I need a new phone at the minute, but I prefer something a bit easier to use. I presume it has a touch screen and all that jazz.

ziggysego · July 17, 2009, 08:24:22 PM

Quote from: Trevor Hill on July 17, 2009, 08:10:45 PM
Quote from: ziggysego on July 17, 2009, 07:34:28 PM
Quote from: Trevor Hill on July 17, 2009, 07:31:46 PM
How much is an iphone on the £35 contract?

Free

So I can have the latest iphone on a 12 month contract foc?
Is the iphone anygood though? I need a new phone at the minute, but I prefer something a bit easier to use. I presume it has a touch screen and all that jazz.

Yeah, I got mine for £35 on a 12 month contract off the Carphone Warehouse. However, that was the iPhone 3G just before the ~~model was released. I find it very easy to use, but I know some people who can't get to grips with it. At the risk of sounding sexist... mostly women.~~

Trevor Hill · July 17, 2009, 08:47:36 PM

Is there a comparable Nokia, I always find Nokias easy to use and they will work with my bluetooth in the car.