New Phone

demon8991 · 6 Jan 2010 at 11:33

I am thinking of getting a new phone I would like one with 3G and wifi what are my options I was thinking the Samsung Jet what are your thoughts on this phone i'd like to avoid the Iphone because i cant justify the price/contract?

Christo · 6 Jan 2010 at 12:29

Most, if not all smartphones have both 3g and wifi. What are you looking for in a phone? decent camera? Internet surfing? touchscreen??

demon8991 · 6 Jan 2010 at 12:31

Christo said:
Most, if not all smartphones have both 3g and wifi. What are you looking for in a phone? decent camera? Internet surfing? touchscreen??

I'm not too fussed about a camera just want a sub £200 phone with decent features, internet surfing would be usful and i dont mind a touch screen or not.

jonemere · 6 Jan 2010 at 12:59

Hi guys,
I am also want to purchase new phone but I can't take decision what is the best one. I want decent camera, Internet facilities, touch-screen, FM all in my new phone. Can anyone help me? which is the best for me.

Robbo · 6 Jan 2010 at 13:10

jonemere said:
Hi guys,
I am also want to purchase new phone but I can't take decision what is the best one. I want decent camera, Internet facilities, touch-screen, FM all in my new phone. Can anyone help me? which is the best for me.

Have a look at the nokia n900.

Demon · 6 Jan 2010 at 13:13

You can buy the HTC Tattoo (Android OS based phone) for just over £200 sim-free, this is also known as the T-Mobile Pulse (edit: no it's not, that's another cheap Android phone!)

It's running Android with HTC's Sense UI that makes it really slick and easy to use.

It basically has everything you could possibly want
GPS
FM Radio
WiFi
Bluetooth

The web-browser is first class, and you can get access to a raft of applications via the Google Market place..

And download Co-pilot live from the marketplace(£19.99) which is fully fledged sat-nav software!

http://www.htc.com/uk/product/tattoo/overview.html

Honestly for £200, it's a bit of a bargain...

demon8991 · 6 Jan 2010 at 13:48

Is the Samsung Jet any good?

Demon · 6 Jan 2010 at 14:03

demon8991 said:
Is the Samsung Jet any good?

I think it's quite middle of the road..

Here's one of a number of typical reviews

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/samsung-jet-611815/review?artc_pg=1

Seems OK, but not outstanding...

Depends on what you want from a phone I guess!

Janesy B · 6 Jan 2010 at 14:17

Demon said:
You can buy the HTC Tattoo (Android OS based phone) for just over £200 sim-free, this is also known as the T-Mobile Pulse.

It's running Android with HTC's Sense UI that makes it really slick and easy to use.

It basically has everything you could possibly want
GPS
FM Radio
WiFi
Bluetooth

The web-browser is first class, and you can get access to a raft of applications via the Google Market place..

And download Co-pilot live from the marketplace(£19.99) which is fully fledged sat-nav software!

http://www.htc.com/uk/product/tattoo/overview.html

Honestly for £200, it's a bit of a bargain...

http://www.htc.com/uploadedImages/Common/Shared_Image/Gallery/HTC_Tattoo/large1.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]

The Pulse is a Huawei U8220, nothing to do with HTC.....

Demon · 6 Jan 2010 at 14:35

Janesy B said:
The Pulse is a Huawei U8220, nothing to do with HTC.....

Oops.. not sure why I was thinking that!

The pulse is only £149.99 (includes £10 top-up)... I believe it same type of spec as the HTC Tattoo, but a bit cheaper, but locked to T-Mobile (can be unlocked, but that'll cost).. It also doesn't have an FM Radio IIRC...

Thanks for correcting that mistake!

Janesy B · 6 Jan 2010 at 14:55

Nope, no Radio. The T-Mobile look on the phone isn't that great and you'll need to root and change to ROM to get it looking nice. Very similar but the HTC runs on Android 1.6 and also has the Sense UI which is a nice feature.