Spec me a... walkman

Inazuma · 20 Mar 2008 at 18:06

Hey all
My iPod recently died on me and my current mobile phone is getting dated. So I'm looking for a 2-in-1: A phone that is good to use as an mp3 player (ie. good interface and sound quality).
My budget is around £100. It needs to be thin and I only need it for phoning, texting and some camera use. Any suggestions?

VonClinkerhofen · 20 Mar 2008 at 19:05

w910i does me fine, can get about 190 songs on the standard 1 gb card.

Gezzard · 20 Mar 2008 at 20:19

For £100 you can get one of these:-

http://shop.orange.co.uk/shop/show/handset/sony_ericsson_w880i/detail/pay_as_you_go

Good mp3 functionality, good camera, and very thin.

chiggz · 20 Mar 2008 at 21:06

Any newish N-series phone has a good decent music player..

i use my n81-8gb for like a everythingyoucanpossiblethinkof-in-1..

however, i think the default music player is absolutely *********. well, if you're into having your music sorted by id3 tags, playlists, etc then its very useful.. however i like choosing my albums by folder.. and its something the music player does not support - so i have create new playlists for any album i up to the phone.

semi-pro waster · 20 Mar 2008 at 22:05

Gezzard said:
For £100 you can get one of these:-

http://shop.orange.co.uk/shop/show/handset/sony_ericsson_w880i/detail/pay_as_you_go

Good mp3 functionality, good camera, and very thin.

That gets my vote, it is a great little phone and one of the few that I've had in the past few years that actually makes me think "wow". The camera isn't that great and it doesn't have a flash but for everything else it is just about perfect and I haven't broken the keys yet so something is going right.

ryder · 21 Mar 2008 at 10:15

^What he said! It really does have to be the W880i.
Can't go wrong. It's hard to think of anything else that fits your requirements so well.

Inazuma · 21 Mar 2008 at 10:33

Thanks for the suggestions. w880i looks great. I'm going to be using the phone with an O2 pay-as-you-go sim, so is there any where I can buy the phone without a contract and without a logo?

mrochester · 21 Mar 2008 at 14:07

Check out the Nokia 5310 too, which is around the same price, and has a 3.5mm headphone jack.

Nate--IRL-- · 22 Mar 2008 at 11:09

mrochester said:
Check out the Nokia 5310 too, which is around the same price, and has a 3.5mm headphone jack.

Just got one of these the other day, and I am very very pleased with it, definitely check it out. Very sleek Phone.

Nate

Oliet_No1 · 22 Mar 2008 at 13:13

chiggz said:
Any newish N-series phone has a good decent music player..

i use my n81-8gb for like a everythingyoucanpossiblethinkof-in-1..

however, i think the default music player is absolutely *********. well, if you're into having your music sorted by id3 tags, playlists, etc then its very useful.. however i like choosing my albums by folder.. and its something the music player does not support - so i have create new playlists for any album i up to the phone.

What player would you reccomend for the N series?

Tute · 23 Mar 2008 at 02:43

Although i've had my problems with it in the past, I have to say i'm very happy with my 5310 now.

It's a great looking phone, nice to use, good battery life. The MP3 player's music quality is really good, this aspect of it really took me by surprise. The headphone jack saves a lot of hassle too.

Oh, and there's a 2GB MicroSD card in the box.

What I must add is that it's essential you flash it to the latest (3.63 I think) firmware as soon as you take it out of the box. I had no end of problems, but a quick flash later and the phone is working well.

Inazuma · 23 Mar 2008 at 18:12

How is the 5310's interface? Is it responsive and intuitive?

Tute · 23 Mar 2008 at 18:21

Inazuma said:
How is the 5310's interface? Is it responsive and intuitive?

Well it's certainly a phone you can pick up and learn to use quite quickly - then again i've found that to be the case with most Nokia phones.

Nate--IRL-- · 23 Mar 2008 at 18:22

Certainly responsive, and I found it very intuitive, but then I've always had a nokia.

A decent review.. http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_5310_xpressmusic-review-203.php

Nate

Inazuma · 23 Mar 2008 at 18:31

Thanks. Does anyone here have the 5610? What do you think of it? Seems to have some extra features like camera flash and 3G.. although I don't particularly need those things.

Edit: I'd also like to know how the sound quality of the Nokia 6300 compares to the 5310?

chiggz · 24 Mar 2008 at 11:06

Oliet_No1 said:
What player would you reccomend for the N series?

on my old n80 i used lcg-jukebox - it doesnt look very good, but it did exactly as i wanted, it could also gather album art of the net i believe - however the program is not free.

i currently use the default music player on my n81.. simply because then i can use the media keys on the keypad to change track, and the program cannot be turned off.

Psypher5 · 24 Mar 2008 at 13:19

the walkman on my w580i is decent

nice interface and use-ability. Not sure if thats the kinda thing your after though, just thought id stick my boot in

thinish/slider/2mp cam/also does phone calls and texting too.

semi-pro waster · 24 Mar 2008 at 15:15

The W580i/S500i is a nice phone (W version has better mp3 capabilities and a pedometer, S is the more stylish of the two) however I managed to crack the keypads on 3 or 4 in a row so that is why I wouldn't recommend them as such. If you are less heavy handed than me or they've fixed what was a noted problem then they ought to fill the requirements as well, albeit not quite as light or as slim as the W880i.