Returning a phone on the basis that it's parp

alexthecheese

alexthecheese

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I got a Samsung i8910 after recommendations by a mate, and I'm sorely disappointed with it TBH. Crap operating software, no applications, unreliable, and poor battery.

I'm coming up to about 3 months down the line of signing it up.

Would there be any chance of me arguing that it's rubbish and I don't want it? It really is poor compared to the iPhone - and pretty much any other phone tbh. :(
 
alexthecheese said:
Would there be any chance of me arguing that it's rubbish and I don't want it? It really is poor compared to the iPhone - and pretty much any other phone tbh. :(
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Even if there was a policy for this, you wouldnt be able to argue that case against it, because it isnt true.
It wastes the Iphone at every turn when it comes to the main features, such as call quality, screen, features, camera, battery life etc etc.
What it doesnt do as well as the iphone is have as many tip calculators and the light saber noise apps.
But if thats your main reason for wanting a phone, then you have gone wrong somewhere.
 
Just sell up and get something else mate

no way you can take it back at this stage

battery life is poor granted but the phone itself is pretty impressive (a lot of apps available too)
 
Where are the apps everyone talks about? Seriously, I'd like to know. :confused:

Main gripe is that it's buggy, even with later firmwares. Doesn't even do what it's advertised to do - stuff with communities etc. just doesn't work.

The browser is poor. Takes ages to render and, again, is buggy. Scrolling with your finger isn't exactly slick.

The screen is best thing about it, admittedly. But then again in daylight you really can't see anything.

What are the features that it 'wastes' the iPhone over atpbx? There are loads of actually useful apps for the iPhone that don't just scream 'I've got an iPhone, look at me!!'.
 
Do a search for a symbian based forum, apps are everywhere, you just have to find them.

What bugs are there you're talking about? I find it to be pretty bug free, and everything it's advertised to do is there, besides the video editing app if you take early prototype information as adverts.

Admittedly the browser was sub-par on the orange firmware but with the newer ones I find it fine, obviously not as quick as opera mini, but what is?
 
DAnDan said:
Do a search for a symbian based forum, apps are everywhere, you just have to find them.

What bugs are there you're talking about? I find it to be pretty bug free, and everything it's advertised to do is there, besides the video editing app if you take early prototype information as adverts.

Admittedly the browser was sub-par on the orange firmware but with the newer ones I find it fine, obviously not as quick as opera mini, but what is?
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What about the signing and whatnot? A lot of apps I've seen on the internet require that they be signed by yours truly, and when you have to hack about and whatnot it's too much effort.

Any pointers for good forums? I get the response of google a symbian based forum every time I've asked this, but all I get is unsigned rubbish. It's probably just down to be being a bit special though. ;)
 
Yeah a fair amount of apps do have to be signed, but that's that fault of symbian. You can get a cert and key to sign apps from some websites, takes about a day for the key to come through, but then you can sign any app in a matter of seconds.

http://samsungi8910omnia.com/ Has a fair few apps on there, and links from members to other forums with more apps. I've not installed masses of apps though, as there's not really any others I need.
 
I just did that with the Nokia E52, returned it cos it is just...bad. Only had it for 2 weeks though so got the refund straight away.
 
alexthecheese said:
What are the features that it 'wastes' the iPhone over atpbx? There are loads of actually useful apps for the iPhone that don't just scream 'I've got an iPhone, look at me!!'.
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I've told you already?

It has a better screen, more memory, better camera, longer battery life, better call quality, what else do you need?

Its a better phone by miles, what you are complaining about is that it doesnt have a load of pointless crap to shove on it, which is true, it doesnt, but nobody ever said it would have a million one applications to put on it, so whos fault is that?
 
alexthecheese said:
What about the signing and whatnot? A lot of apps I've seen on the internet require that they be signed by yours truly, and when you have to hack about and whatnot it's too much effort.

Any pointers for good forums? I get the response of google a symbian based forum every time I've asked this, but all I get is unsigned rubbish. It's probably just down to be being a bit special though. ;)
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You're concerned about app signing and yet you'd get an Iphone? :confused:
 
DAnDan said:
Entirely different phones, the only thing they share is the name.
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Obviously.

What i meant was that Samsung's first effort was appalling, so i could see this phone following in its footsteps. As Samsung aren't typically renowned for their groundbreaking Iphone alternatives.
 
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