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what new smartphone to get?

  • 16-12-2006 2:40pm
    #1
    damo86
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,091 ✭✭✭


    hi all
    as in title I'm looking to get a new smartphone.
    My current phone is a v1240 wm5 smartphone and I'm very happy with it, the only niggles I have with is the fact that it doesnt have 3g and the camera is awful.
    I've breached into pocketpc in the form of a xda mini-s,a great device but very slow,processor isnt up for the job!loved the keyboard but I couldnt use it for one-handed usage so found it very frustrating,eg sending a quick text message etc, so I think ppc is a no,no.it doesnt suit my lifestyle!
    I've had a few nokia s60's (6600,6680,n70) but found them again a bit slow(not as bad as the xda) and a bit unstable, didnt like too many happening at once so it would lock up,quite a few random freezing aswell (yes,I did keep my devices up to date)...has this changed with the newer nokia s60 (os 9.1)?
    I was looking at the nokia e70,so any e70 users please speak up?
    Any other suggestions would be appreciated,
    my musts:wifi,decent camera(with good video),3g(maybe hspda) and one
    handed usage.

    cheers

    damo


Comments

  • #2
    Urban Weigl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,784 ✭✭✭Urban Weigl


    I don't think there are any phones available here with HSDPA yet really. The only one I know of is the V3xx from 3, which isn't really a smartphone. It does support 3.6 Mbps HSDPA, though, so it can be used as a high speed data modem.

    A colleague of mine has the E70, the one with the fold-out keyboard, and swears by it. I've used it once or twice and it seemed great, even has a really good web browser and VoIP client.


  • #3
    quintron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,201 ✭✭✭quintron


    my musts:wifi,decent camera(with good video),3g(maybe hspda) and one
    handed usage.

    Nokia N80? runs 9.1.
    Nokia E61 - has above but no cam, 2 hands...
    N95 (if you can wait) will have hspda.

    The current S60/9.1 symbian phones (imho) are much better multitaskers than comparative WM5 devices..


    .


  • #4
    damo86
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,091 ✭✭✭damo86


    cheers lads
    e70 has everything i need i'd say!
    n80 is quite big(thickness)and has terrible battery life.
    would like to stay with windows cos bought a fair amount of software for it (especially gps).


  • #5
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,158 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    Have an N80 myself, and battery life is rather poor. If you use the phone a lot, you'd need to recharge daily. Though apparently it's good to regularly charge Li-Ion batteries anyway, unlike Ni-MH.


  • #6
    damo86
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,091 ✭✭✭damo86


    still..its a pain in da arse to charge daily, your buggered if you forget to charge it!!

    so where can i get my hands on a e70?
    vodafone said they have it through business tariffs, but being on vodafone contract for 2 years now, im sick to death of them with overpriced tariffs etc etc etc(rant over!).

    i guess simfree is my only option?

    damo


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