Phone for £180?

loltim · 19 Jul 2011 at 21:12

divaboy said:
San Fran and pocket the change if you really do just want a "phone" its an option to consider

Poor suggestion if its just a "phone". Get a Nokia 6730 or something, the san fran's laggyness will drive you mad.

Psycho Sonny · 19 Jul 2011 at 21:25

Robbo said:
He might find the software a bit horrible compared to his iPhone though, but he's been relatively vague so I don't know.

Just how good is the sat nav anyway? I need one and I was thinking to maybe get an N8 so I have the decent camera as a bonus, and I have a strange itch to try one out properly, I always have

its just as good as a tom tom.

i have both tom tom for iphone/ipod and n8 and both do a very good job, plus all maps can be stored to hard drive so no need for internet either

Andybtsn · 19 Jul 2011 at 22:02

Guys, just in regards to selling my iPhone. If I go into an O2 shop would they be able to give me a normal sim if I hand in my mini one? How do I go about getting it changed?

Cheers

Raikiri · 19 Jul 2011 at 22:29

Andybtsn said:
Guys, just in regards to selling my iPhone. If I go into an O2 shop would they be able to give me a normal sim if I hand in my mini one? How do I go about getting it changed?

Cheers

http://www.virtualvillage.co.uk/mic....html?utm_source=googlebase&utm_medium=shcomp

Chillimonster · 19 Jul 2011 at 22:35

Andybtsn said:
Guys, just in regards to selling my iPhone. If I go into an O2 shop would they be able to give me a normal sim if I hand in my mini one? How do I go about getting it changed?

Cheers

Cal into an O2 store and ask them for a Microsim adapter - they give em out for free

Jimbeam3678 · 19 Jul 2011 at 22:55

loltim said:
Poor suggestion if its just a "phone". Get a Nokia 6730 or something, the san fran's laggyness will drive you mad.

Genuine question does 6730 do Sat Nav ? I thought San Fran was pretty much OK with the correct ROM on it :confused:

sanaxe1 · 19 Jul 2011 at 22:55

HTC 7 Mozart can be had in mint condition for £180 or a LG optimous 7 can be had brandnew for around £150 both really good phones imo.

El Jimben · 19 Jul 2011 at 23:14

2nd hand Desire maybe?

Andybtsn · 20 Jul 2011 at 01:41

Thanks for the suggestions, I think I'm going to go for the HTC Desire HD. Above my budget slightly and obviously second hand. Will keep an eye out on one selling.

Robbo · 20 Jul 2011 at 01:46

So nobody suggests the Desire HD and you've gone for that?

Why!

Andybtsn · 20 Jul 2011 at 01:50

Robbo said:
So nobody suggests the Desire HD and you've gone for that?

Why!

I presumed because it was out of my budget maybe?

I've been reading lots of reviews and not really many things wrong with it? You suggested the Desire, surely the HD is better?

Jimbeam3678 · 20 Jul 2011 at 07:06

The battery life on that thing is appalling just so you know

Robbo · 20 Jul 2011 at 10:22

Andybtsn said:
I presumed because it was out of my budget maybe?

I've been reading lots of reviews and not really many things wrong with it? You suggested the Desire, surely the HD is better?

Well -

Software wise it's good, easy to update and modify if that interests you (probably not )
It's got a fairly poor battery, you'll likely have to charge it every day unless you barely use it, if you do use it a lot in one day, it'll go flat quite fast
The camera performance, while not too bad, isn't really very good
It's quite big and poorly constructed/designed

Other than that, it's not bad. I'd really only recommend one (on a budget) if you like to browse the web a lot though, that is really where it stands out.