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renoir or omnia

  • 14-11-2008 6:43pm
    #1
    metalfest
    Registered Users Posts: 1,016 ✭✭✭


    hi, meteor contract up
    i think i'm gonna go to vodafone and get the omnia or 3 and get the renoir,
    anyone have either ?
    if so what's your general impression/battery life/quality of the actual phone ie screen scratches etc?
    thanks


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  • #2
    cojomo2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,216 ✭✭✭cojomo2


    i have an lg viewty...

    but have seen the renoir and omnia..

    omnia wins hands down..but vodafone is a rip off..3 is the best value in my humble opinion


  • #3
    metalfest
    Registered Users Posts: 1,016 ✭✭✭metalfest


    hmm....
    only thing that bothers me about the renoir is the battery, its crazy, all the improvements in phones yet battery life is getting worse..
    why do you think the omnia is so much better?
    has anyone got either?


  • #4
    jimmycrackcorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,339 ✭✭✭✭jimmycrackcorm


    Omnia being a windows mobile will allow a lot of software to be installed. E.g while the Renoir has gps also you can only use google maps and no navigation.


  • #5
    metalfest
    Registered Users Posts: 1,016 ✭✭✭metalfest


    hmm.......
    went into vodafone today and your man had like a drawer of phones.............
    took out the omnia and showed it, :eek: 379 :(


  • #6
    Lunabu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 437 ✭✭Lunabu


    Hiya, got my LG Renoir yesterday. Check out this thread:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055411054&highlight=renoir


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  • #7
    moneyman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,337 ✭✭✭moneyman


    metalfest wrote: »
    hmm.......
    went into vodafone today and your man had like a drawer of phones.............
    took out the omnia and showed it, :eek: 379 :(


    Is that on bill pay?? Seems very cheap if it's PAYG.


  • #8
    Pikasso
    Registered Users Posts: 403 ✭✭Pikasso


    I did an awful lot of research before I finally settled on a Nokia E71.
    The Omnia would definitely have been my next choice though. Got a demonstration of the Renoir and wasn't very impressed.


  • #9
    metalfest
    Registered Users Posts: 1,016 ✭✭✭metalfest


    moneyman wrote: »
    Is that on bill pay?? Seems very cheap if it's PAYG.

    yep bill pay.....


    it was really interesting, there was a drawer that had loads of phones in it, samples maybe?
    lol they didn't even have it in stock when i checked


  • #10
    weekends
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭weekends


    The Omnia is the worst phone I have ever used. I got it a couple of weeks ago and had to bring it back after a few days - the internet access and email are great (windows) but the text and basic making a call functionality are terrible - takes ages to bring up the key pad to dial number and texting is impossible - I reckon Vodafone have tonnes of returns on this one


  • #11
    strecker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,509 ✭✭✭strecker


    weekends wrote: »
    The Omnia is the worst phone I have ever used. I got it a couple of weeks ago and had to bring it back after a few days - the internet access and email are great (windows) but the text and basic making a call functionality are terrible - takes ages to bring up the key pad to dial number and texting is impossible - I reckon Vodafone have tonnes of returns on this one

    As in 'impossible'?
    Was it you first wm device?


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  • #12
    weekends
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭weekends


    first WM but the windows element was fine - its the basics that are counter intuitive


  • #13
    strecker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,509 ✭✭✭strecker


    Bought an omnia for my brother on sat... Returned it on sunday!

    Was the vodafone one, and it leaked memory. After an idle hour with no apps running, the cam and other apps wouldn't start due to lack of minimum memory! After a few hours date and time reset to factory state. So I did a hard reset of the phone memory which shouldn't affect the mass storage. But bang, some songs and other files disappeared from mass storage as well... Very bad!

    But hey, a lemon... Can happen. The hour it was working, it seemed like a good phone. Liked the onscreen keyboard. However: if you're desperate for a wm touchscreen device on vodafone, I'd rather recommend the v1520 aka Asus P550. Much sturdier, faster, and it's very stable!!! Yes, it's also a gigantic ugly slab, but I love it!!!
    Well, anyway...my brother's not getting an omnia for xmas - that's for sure ;)


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