Nokia N97, Samsung Omnia i8910 HD or HTC Hero?

Combat Fighter · 27 Jul 2009 at 18:57

Hunders said:
I'm on the verge of ordering a Hero...

There is a deal online for an Unlocked Hero on a Dolphin 40 package which includes 1200 minutes, unlimited texts and 500MB data for £30 a month BUT 9 months at £15 by redemption.

EDIT: Ordered. I just hope the supposed lag isn't very noticeable to me.

Is that a 24 month contract?

Skidder · 27 Jul 2009 at 19:01

Classic!

Hunders · 27 Jul 2009 at 19:05

Combat Fighter said:
Is that a 24 month contract?

Yeah. That's the only downside but if it's anything like my N95 then keeping it for that amount of time will be no problem. In fact, isn't it usually the case with two year contracts that you can upgrade eighteen months into it?

morkfromork · 27 Jul 2009 at 22:56

kam187 said:
Here's my opinion, and i'll add one more into the mix

Nokia N97 - A bit big, overpriced and resistive screen. Also its symbian, which isnt my number one choice. <-- Only if you're very used to the Nokia OS

Samsung Omnia i8910 HD - Resistive screen.and Windows Mobile - NO WAY! <-- rather use two cups and some string than use Windows Mobile again

HTC Hero - Looks pretty good. Android, Capacitive screen. Graphite (in Black) or Teflon (in Whte). <-- my second choice

Samsung Galaxy - Same as HTC Hero, but AMOLED screen, and few mm thinner. <-- my top choice

Omnia hd runs the same sybian software as the n97. I've had mine for 2 weeks and the phone is amazing. The screen is the best i've seen. Watched starwars on it yesterday and it was fantastic.

kam187 · 29 Jul 2009 at 15:29

Hunders said:
But the spelling mistake was funny. A Sybian looks very fun indeed

hehe yeah, it wasnt meant to be a cheap shot, i only said it because it was a *funny* mistake (because of what a sybian is!)

The Mad Rapper · 29 Jul 2009 at 15:32

Have you thought about the new Toshiba? That looks nice. It's the TG01 I think, on Orange.

kam187 · 29 Jul 2009 at 15:45

Someone I know abroad has that. He said its reallly nice (subjective of course) but its quite big because of the large screen, even tho it IS very very thin. I guess it depends if the trade off is worth it for you.

Psypher5 · 29 Jul 2009 at 17:15

Hunders said:
> Samsung Omnia i8910 HD - This phone is proving to be difficult to find a great deal about. One thing that puts me off the Omnia HD is the fact that my mate has an original Omnia and hates the bloody thing. He always complains about problems which include settings constantly changing or changing to their default value and touch screen issues. Have these problems been ironed out with the HD?

Sorry but, ignore your mates advice. He has a bad omnia clearly, mines PERFECTLY fine with no errors/problems whatso ever.

morkfromork · 29 Jul 2009 at 17:18

Agree with you Psypher5. No problems with mine either. Great phone. Screen is so clear and crisp. Runs smoothly. The camera is amazing as well takes good pictures.

alexthecheese · 29 Jul 2009 at 20:44

I've got the i8910 and it must be said the firmware/software/whatever on it is ropey as hell. Nothing ever feels that together, certainly not like the - duh duh duh! - iPhone.

The phone has potential, but the software, applications and niggles hold it up hugely. It's one that you'll only get a lot out of if you stick with it.... for months...

alexthecheese · 29 Jul 2009 at 20:45

Tunney said:
The Omnia and i8910 HD are nothing like each other. Different operating systems and developed by different teams within Samsung. The i8910 HD is a great phone, especially hardware-wise.

Que?

They are the same phone. :confused:

EDIT: Ah... not the Omnia Hd...

alexthecheese · 29 Jul 2009 at 20:47

Hunders said:
The MP3/video comes secondary to internet. If two phones have a similar internet experience then the MP3/video will come into play but I can't have good MP3/video and a bad browser.

I don't find the internet browser to be that great. Maybe I'm just hard to please though.