Mobile Phone Thread

[James.]

How's the barcode reader?

Gone.

[JoeyB]

Made a slightly spurious insurance claim yesterday and got a shiny new N96 out of it.

It's like the N95 but a bit better. Which is nice.

Tell me more..........

[Alexikokopops]

Gone.

I thought you said it was a bit better?!

[James.]

I thought you said it was a bit better?!

I lied.

Tell me more..........

It doesn't mater anymore JoeyB. I lied. It's a rubbish phone.

IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A FUCKING BARCODE READER!

[Alexikokopops]

I lied.

It doesn't mater anymore JoeyB. I lied. It's a rubbish phone.

IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A FUCKING BARCODE READER!

I... I can't believe it

[JoeyB]

I lied.

It doesn't mater anymore JoeyB. I lied. It's a rubbish phone.

IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A FUCKING BARCODE READER!

I'll give you £10 for it then?

[Unit]

I'm getting pissed off with the internet now, I want a nokia 3600, where's good to get it cheap on Pay as you go?

I don't care if it's second hand, refurbished, been shat on etc.... ebay has fook alL!!

[Sir Fynwy]

http://www.phone8.co.uk/payg.asp?contract=...=3600slideblack

Any good?

[cisono]

This Nokia 3600 PAYG deal is not bad (includes £10 airtime):

£ 89.95 includes £10 airtime * BUY

Also check:

clearance mobiles

Edited 10 March 2009 by cisono

[JakeShingler]

http://www.phone8.co.uk/payg.asp?contract=...=3600slideblack

Any good?

You are the Link Man.

[cisono]

You are the Link Man.

What about me?

[act smiley]

This mobile phone shopping malarkey seems a lot tougher than last time. Before, I just walked into each shop, looked at the cheapest 3G flip-up phone, checked the price of calls and bought it. Oh, for the heady days of 04? 05? I forget.

Anyway, my nigh-on indestructible Motorola V980 took a turn for the worse recently. While its still working fine despite most of the paint having chipped off from being in a pocket with my keys for over four years, the antenna thing has come off due to another minor high-speed collision with a brick wall, this time with some unfortunately positioned mortar that caught it and cracked it. I meant to fix it up with superglue and it would have been fine, but the bit it screws into has now snapped off and I've lost both that and the antenna itself, resulting in calls with a little more of the 'hello? HELLO? I'M ON THE TRAIN' than I'd like.

So the time has come to replace it, but nobody seems to do what I'm after, which is basically the same thing. I mean, the only things it lacks really are bluetooth and the camera is a bit useless.

Problem is I can't find anyone doing flip-up designs anymore except one Sony one that looks ridiculously fragile, which would defeat the point.

Basically - tough, decent amount of features (internetty 3g type stuff, mildly crap instead of near-useless camera), quite cheap? Ideas? I mean, ok, its doesn't look hard-wearing enough but I'd like one of them google ones, but its ridiculously pricey.

[The Reverend]

This mobile phone shopping malarkey seems a lot tougher than last time. Before, I just walked into each shop, looked at the cheapest 3G flip-up phone, checked the price of calls and bought it. Oh, for the heady days of 04? 05? I forget.

Anyway, my nigh-on indestructible Motorola V980 took a turn for the worse recently. While its still working fine despite most of the paint having chipped off from being in a pocket with my keys for over four years, the antenna thing has come off due to another minor high-speed collision with a brick wall, this time with some unfortunately positioned mortar that caught it and cracked it. I meant to fix it up with superglue and it would have been fine, but the bit it screws into has now snapped off and I've lost both that and the antenna itself, resulting in calls with a little more of the 'hello? HELLO? I'M ON THE TRAIN' than I'd like.

So the time has come to replace it, but nobody seems to do what I'm after, which is basically the same thing. I mean, the only things it lacks really are bluetooth and the camera is a bit useless.

Problem is I can't find anyone doing flip-up designs anymore except one Sony one that looks ridiculously fragile, which would defeat the point.

Basically - tough, decent amount of features (internetty 3g type stuff, mildly crap instead of near-useless camera), quite cheap? Ideas? I mean, ok, its doesn't look hard-wearing enough but I'd like one of them google ones, but its ridiculously pricey.

Very good choice sir - excellent phone.

Love mine.

[cisono]

This mobile phone shopping malarkey seems a lot tougher than last time. Before, I just walked into each shop, looked at the cheapest 3G flip-up phone, checked the price of calls and bought it. Oh, for the heady days of 04? 05? I forget.

...

So the time has come to replace it, but nobody seems to do what I'm after, which is basically the same thing. I mean, the only things it lacks really are bluetooth and the camera is a bit useless.

Problem is I can't find anyone doing flip-up designs anymore except one Sony one that looks ridiculously fragile, which would defeat the point.

Basically - tough, decent amount of features (internetty 3g type stuff, mildly crap instead of near-useless camera), quite cheap? Ideas? I mean, ok, its doesn't look hard-wearing enough but I'd like one of them google ones, but its ridiculously pricey.

I am having exactly the same problem. I am agonising over my choice.

Already gone for an HTC Touch HD, just to return it within the 7 days.

Then ordered the Pro version, and changed my mind (reviews) before I even got it (it was almost a week later anyway). Now I wonder... iphone or xperia x1? Or just bloody nothing and stay on pay as you go? Argh, so many (expensive) choices, and none of the phones what I want!

[Nick]

I am having exactly the same problem. I am agonising over my choice.

Already gone for an HTC Touch HD, just to return it within the 7 days.

Then ordered the Pro version, and changed my mind (reviews) before I even got it (it was almost a week later anyway). Now I wonder... iphone or xperia x1? Or just bloody nothing and stay on pay as you go? Argh, so many (expensive) choices, and none of the phones what I want!

iphone.

[Daggers]

Lee Jobber.

[Ric Flair]

I'm selling my N96, it's a piece of shit. I can get £300 for it on ebay. What phone shall I buy instead, I don't want to spend more than £200. Cheers

[Alexikokopops]

I am having exactly the same problem. I am agonising over my choice.

Already gone for an HTC Touch HD, just to return it within the 7 days.

Then ordered the Pro version, and changed my mind (reviews) before I even got it (it was almost a week later anyway). Now I wonder... iphone or xperia x1? Or just bloody nothing and stay on pay as you go? Argh, so many (expensive) choices, and none of the phones what I want!

At least change to Sim Only rather than stay on PAYG.

[Monk]

I am having exactly the same problem. I am agonising over my choice.

Already gone for an HTC Touch HD, just to return it within the 7 days.

Then ordered the Pro version, and changed my mind (reviews) before I even got it (it was almost a week later anyway). Now I wonder... iphone or xperia x1? Or just bloody nothing and stay on pay as you go? Argh, so many (expensive) choices, and none of the phones what I want!

Get an iphone, you will not regret it.

[James.]

I'm selling my N96, it's a piece of shit. I can get £300 for it on ebay. What phone shall I buy instead, I don't want to spend more than £200. Cheers

Why do you think it's shit?

I quite like mine.

[Bellend Sebastian]

Is there a smallish hi-spec phone that isn't one of those crappy slide out things or a flip phone, or a copy of a sodding iphone*? The Sony Ericsson C902 does what I want it to, but a mouse would struggle with the rubbish little buttons

*apologies to Apple loyalists

[Ric Flair]

Why do you think it's shit?

I quite like mine.

Battery life sickens me. It dies by about 11pm every night and thats not good when i'm out on the lash trying to secure boilers.

It also freezes and crashes a lot and is so slow.

[cisono]

Is there a smallish hi-spec phone that isn't one of those crappy slide out things or a flip phone, or a copy of a sodding iphone*? The Sony Ericsson C902 does what I want it to, but a mouse would struggle with the rubbish little buttons

I was looking at the C902 myself the other day. It looked so much like the kind of phone I wanted but yes the buttons are the main complaint about the phone. It seems to have a good balance of functions (in the small format) otherwise...

[cisono]

iphone.

Tested the iphone today at carphone warehouse. Could not find any applications to read Office documents.

I intend to buy the iphone but SIM free...

Main problems for me:

- lack of (proper) bluetooth,

- lack of copy and paste,

- cannot save downloads from safari (if I remember well)

[cisono]

Get an iphone, you will not regret it.

That is what I was trying to do today, until I found out that vodafone have stolen my number and I need to get it back so that I can port it / keep it!

mobile-less cisono.