Why not go on a light 1-month rolling contract while waiting? I mean even when it will eventually come out, it is likely to be rediculously expensive, but depends on the budget in the end of the day.
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Why not go on a light 1-month rolling contract while waiting? I mean even when it will eventually come out, it is likely to be rediculously expensive, but depends on the budget in the end of the day.
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Changed over to a pay as you go sim for the minute as I get unlimited txt and internet for £15 a month. Just irritating waiting for so long, and chances are it will be released and wont live upto its billing (again)
Well, I am basing my expectations purely on N810, which was everything but a phone, and it is one amazing piece of kit with only a handfull of faults. N900 seems to adress the low performance, battery life, built quality (Charger that n810 uses is horrible, and was badly designed, granted you shouldn't drop the device, but really if you do, charger unit breaks since its so feable and lack of usb charging renders the device useless without you having to go and buying a new charger. Usb charging is a really good bonus).
Software for 900, is going to be exactly the same as for 810, which I cannot complain about. It mostly works, OS it uses is as stable as my other linux box, ie far more stable then windows and certainly far more stable then my current phone, which is some old motorola one.
However you are absolutely right, when I got 810, it was I think £280 or somewhere around there, under £300. And I think it was reasonable price for what you get at the time, about one and a half years ago. However the RRP of £500, for the upgrades that Nokia is offering to me is day light robbery.
Noe 810 is about £130-£150 after a quick search, and I seriously cannot see how the hardware upgrades are worth as much as they are going for. Its what about 200mhz more, 3d chip, 3.5g phone chip, 32Gb flash instead of 2 inbuilt, 128mb more ram (the rest of the claimed 1gb is a swap file equivalent on the flash). Think that's about it for the upgrades from 810.
In terms of applications, just look at the 810 repository and you will see what is available. Granted not all will be ported straight away, but most popular ones will be.
As much as I love 810, I think £300-£350 is a far more reasonable price for the handset(N900). So personally I am only going to consider a deal that is about that much when I will be buying it. I think we should show the multi-national companies that ripping people off is bad. considering if they themselves offer £75-£50 off BEFORE the handset is even releassed, I think their margins will still be decent if they go a bit lower.
For £500, I would expect a battery life of a couple of days always in use, 1ghz cpu, and sex on demand or something.
So you're err... not buying any phone then, ever?
Now knock £200 off of that price and you will be closer.
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But Iphone is an apple product, you expect it to be rediculously overpriced and have bog standard hardware, in fact the new Iphone has pretty similar (but slightly worse) specs to N900, a crap screen, you then got to pay for applications as well and then no actual freedom. With N810, you can do anything you want, you got full root access without any jailbreaking, using custom software. In my opinion, the two devices are not really comparaeble(sp?) in that sense. They have two different expected audiences that do not really mix much. Well at least in my opinion.
Since I heard of N900, keept noseying about lots of mobile providers and seeing what delas are going on in todays market. But was genually shocked at the rediculos prices and lenghty contracts, for what essentially are just toys.
Also I am pretty sure, I seen the new Iphone for £550 somewhere. Unless you count £35 a month, 24 month contract or something. Even then with my expected price for N900, it is about equivalent to £30 a month, 12 month contract. Which perhaps isn't too bad, assuming you don't forget to cancel/move to a cheaper one after the term.
No i didnt say that...i should have said im not paying for a nokia phone that potentially will have bugs that will take ages for Nokia to rectify...i hope im wrong but the amount of nokia phones ive had in the past that have bug ridden...its put me off getting one straight away whereas before i would have jumped before seeing any real life opinions.
http://shop.o2.co.uk/update/paygo.html
* iPhone 3G 8GB - £342.50
* iPhone 3GS 16GB - £440.40
* iPhone 3GS 32GB - £538.30
This is on pay as you go, hand set only. Unless they cunningly hid £300 worth of charges, I am not sure I am following where the 800 comes from, while without a doubt some places may charge that much. Unless I am a bit confused with the iphone models there, which also can be the case, I thought 3GS is the new one?
They happen, but remember that the OS and there for all the applications are not based on any of their previous phones that you may have had. Like I said, my 810 is very stable, only had one application go a bit mental, but a reboot fixed that. Normally, it goes for months without any reboots.
* iPhone 3G 8GB - £342.50
* iPhone 3GS 16GB - £440.40
* iPhone 3GS 32GB - £538.30
This is on pay as you go, hand set only. Unless they cunningly hid £300 worth of charges, I am not sure I am following where the 800 comes from, while without a doubt some places may charge that much. Unless I am a bit confused with the iphone models there, which also can be the case, I thought 3GS is the new one?
They happen, but remember that the OS and there for all the applications are not based on any of their previous phones that you may have had. Like I said, my 810 is very stable, only had one application go a bit mental, but a reboot fixed that. Normally, it goes for months without any reboots.
No you're actually perfectly right, i've never bought a Nokia phone without bugs... they have all required 2 or 3 firmware updates to get them smooth. However SE are even worse, and most companies barring RIM have issues. Sadly, few phones exist that don't come with issues.
Oh i know SE are probably the worst out of the bunch...the only decent SE phone ive ever owned was the K800i and that worked like a dream...still does as my mum uses it now.
Also RIM aka Blackberry phones do have bugs, they arent perfect but the problem with BB's is that a lot of people want to see them overhaul their complete OS as its outdated ie in looks and style...whereas i dont see a problem with it as it works the way its supposed to work...plus BB's are built on security so i imagine its hard for them to make an OS that gives the security but then also gives users a stylish OS. I mean OS5 is a big leap for RIM and looks better so its a step in the right direction...my only niggle is the browser needs to be overhauled but again it works for me.
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For that one link, I could show you a dozen for £700+.
Personally, I wouldn't touch that place with a bargepole.
Great, Im looking forward to what people have to say about it before I get one.
Same. I will be able to buy it end of November so will keep an eye on what ppl have to say about it first.