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Recommend me a phone?
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25-10-2009 6:36pm#1
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I would recommend the Sony Ericsson C905
It has wifi and gps not sure if you can get it on vodafone prepay do. Buts its a cracking phone !!:D
If your looking for something a bit cheaper how about this
:http://www.vodafone.ie/df/shop/ProductDetails.shtml?handsetselected=306035&offerSelected=prepaynew&action=view
Or If Your Not a sony fan ? how bouts this :
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I can admit to Apple being cnuts to certain things and being a bit stingy too, but they revolutionised most types of mobile phones today and I think credits due when deserved
Apple have given us
Permanent batteries - because most people change their phone at least every 2 years does *not* mean 2+ year old phones should be reduced to worthless paperweights
Useless multi-touch animated effects - serves no purpose at all, the only people who benefit from this are those who never used a phone or any sort of user interface at all
'Closed' app stores and DRM - actually this is just the start. words dont begin to explain how crippled the thing is. which wouldnt be so bad, if some no name manufacturer released it nobody would look at it twice but since its Apple it's now cool to be crippled. and yet people go on about how great the app store is because they are newbs who don't know how to find and install a .jar file on a phone.
Perma-locked phones - if Apple had their way an iPhone would never leave the network it was "on". i cringe each time i hear someone say "ohh I got an iPhone so i'm obviously on Ohtue!" the way they package this is as if the phone actually belongs to o2. people are switching to more expensive networks so they can buy this worthless disposable piece of ****e. 3G and GSM are great standards because of how easy it is to switch phone/sim card and use your phone on any network but Apple want to make it more proprietary - each phone for and by the network.
Touch screens on phones - alright these have been around since the early 90's but I never liked them. Suddenly now every phone needs to have a touch screen. I hate them, i can type on my E63 without looking but any touch screen virtual keyboard makes me want to hop the thing off the nearest brick wall
Horrible user interface - way too oversimplifed, typical of Steve Job's "less features = better" attitude and "my way or the highway" looks ****ing childish too unless you feel like going for a jailbreaking session so you can change the theme on your own ****ing phone. Now every manufacturer is trying to copy them as usual and everyone seems to hate symbian for some reason
Symbian isn't perfect but the UI is one they got (almost) right. it has some fairly nasty DRM ****e in it too but if you don't buy paid apps and load only free/torrented stuff you remain blissfully unaffected. With Apple you still need an app store account and if Steve decides he doesn't like an app in the morning he can disable it remotely.
I really wouldn't mind if people wanted to buy this piece of crap with their own money but with the way everyone is trying to copy them it definitely makes finding a decent phone for myself much harder.0 -
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Permanent batteries - because most people change their phone at least every 2 years does *not* mean 2+ year old phones should be reduced to worthless paperweights
That true mate, thought techinically you can change the battery in the phone should it go dead. I agree its a nasty point but make the phones design more compact so it isnt <i>that</i> bad IMOUseless multi-touch animated effects - serves no purpose at all, the only people who benefit from this are those who never used a phone or any sort of user interface at all
I seriously don't know what your talking about here, complete rubbish tbh! Multi-touch has revolutionised phones, easier to use a GPS etc its perfect. Pinching, swiping, stretching whatever you want to call it - makes the phone more fun and easier to use.'Closed' app stores and DRM - actually this is just the start. words dont begin to explain how crippled the thing is. which wouldnt be so bad, if some no name manufacturer released it nobody would look at it twice but since its Apple it's now cool to be crippled. and yet people go on about how great the app store is because they are newbs who don't know how to find and install a .jar file on a phone.
Not too sure what you mean by this? When I had my iPhone the app store was perfect and could get onto it via my iPhone and download straight off. Plenty of amazing free applications, never once had trouble with them.Perma-locked phones - if Apple had their way an iPhone would never leave the network it was "on". i cringe each time i hear someone say "ohh I got an iPhone so i'm obviously on Ohtue!" the way they package this is as if the phone actually belongs to o2. people are switching to more expensive networks so they can buy this worthless disposable piece of ****e. 3G and GSM are great standards because of how easy it is to switch phone/sim card and use your phone on any network but Apple want to make it more proprietary - each phone for and by the network.
I understand. But hey they're easily unlockable + free, plus you can buy a factory unlocked iPhone (basically simfree) so that point of yours isn't valid at all ( iknow what your going to go on about now... factory unlocked prices, i agree its very expensive but hey, im just proving you wrong :rolleyes::cool: )
Well its obvious isn't it. Apple obviously planned to iPhone near perfect. They obviously wanted people to buy it and make money, why shouldn't they, they're just like any other company, need the figures to go up & the money will too! Of course the iPhone and brought more people to use touchscreen phones. It was a huge step up from those 1990's phones I can tell you that :P Also - thats your own opinion on touchscreen phones.Touch screens on phones - alright these have been around since the early 90's but I never liked them. Suddenly now every phone needs to have a touch screen. I hate them, i can type on my E63 without looking but any touch screen virtual keyboard makes me want to hop the thing off the nearest brick wall
Just perfect don't you mean? Ah Symbian lets go to settings > connectivity > Bluetooth settings > bluetooth> onHorrible user interface - way too oversimplifed, typical of Steve Job's "less features = better" attitude and "my way or the highway" looks ****ing childish too unless you feel like going for a jailbreaking session so you can change the theme on your own ****ing phone. Now every manufacturer is trying to copy them as usual and everyone seems to hate symbian for some reason
Apple - Bluetooth on straight away
( i know, jailbreaking it etc etc :rolleyes:)
Symbian isn't perfect but the UI is one they got (almost) right. it has some fairly nasty DRM ****e in it too but if you don't buy paid apps and load only free/torrented stuff you remain blissfully unaffected. With Apple you still need an app store account and if Steve decides he doesn't like an app in the morning he can disable it remotely.
Symbian is on a rapid downfall at the moment. Apple is simpler to use, plus Androids going to rape it over the coming years! Believe me, i'm a huge symbian freak but I think its near the end of an era unless they produce somthing special!
Not starting a rant here, i'm giving the facts mate, Apple isn't some piece of junk that people say it is. People complain about jailbreaking - so what? Android handsets do it too! Apple have set a bar, and the next iPhone will be a force to be reckoned with
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That true mate, thought techinically you can change the battery in the phone should it go dead. I agree its a nasty point but make the phones design more compact so it isnt <i>that</i> bad IMO
I seriously don't know what your talking about here, complete rubbish tbh! Multi-touch has revolutionised phones, easier to use a GPS etc its perfect. Pinching, swiping, stretching whatever you want to call it - makes the phone more fun and easier to use.
Not too sure what you mean by this? When I had my iPhone the app store was perfect and could get onto it via my iPhone and download straight off. Plenty of amazing free applications, never once had trouble with them.
I understand. But hey they're easily unlockable + free, plus you can buy a factory unlocked iPhone (basically simfree) so that point of yours isn't valid at all ( iknow what your going to go on about now... factory unlocked prices, i agree its very expensive but hey, im just proving you wrong :rolleyes::cool: )
Well its obvious isn't it. Apple obviously planned to iPhone near perfect. They obviously wanted people to buy it and make money, why shouldn't they, they're just like any other company, need the figures to go up & the money will too! Of course the iPhone and brought more people to use touchscreen phones. It was a huge step up from those 1990's phones I can tell you that :P Also - thats your own opinion on touchscreen phones.
Just perfect don't you mean? Ah Symbian lets go to settings > connectivity > Bluetooth settings > bluetooth> on
Apple - Bluetooth on straight away ( i know, jailbreaking it etc etc :rolleyes:)
Symbian is on a rapid downfall at the moment. Apple is simpler to use, plus Androids going to rape it over the coming years! Believe me, i'm a huge symbian freak but I think its near the end of an era unless they produce somthing special!
Not starting a rant here, i'm giving the facts mate, Apple isn't some piece of junk that people say it is. People complain about jailbreaking - so what? Android handsets do it too! Apple have set a bar, and the next iPhone will be a force to be reckoned with
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That true mate, thought techinically you can change the battery in the phone should it go dead. I agree its a nasty point but make the phones design more compact so it isnt <i>that</i> bad IMO
I seriously don't know what your talking about here, complete rubbish tbh! Multi-touch has revolutionised phones, easier to use a GPS etc its perfect. Pinching, swiping, stretching whatever you want to call it - makes the phone more fun and easier to use.
Not too sure what you mean by this? When I had my iPhone the app store was perfect and could get onto it via my iPhone and download straight off. Plenty of amazing free applications, never once had trouble with them.
I understand. But hey they're easily unlockable + free, plus you can buy a factory unlocked iPhone (basically simfree) so that point of yours isn't valid at all ( iknow what your going to go on about now... factory unlocked prices, i agree its very expensive but hey, im just proving you wrong :rolleyes::cool: )
Well its obvious isn't it. Apple obviously planned to iPhone near perfect. They obviously wanted people to buy it and make money, why shouldn't they, they're just like any other company, need the figures to go up & the money will too! Of course the iPhone and brought more people to use touchscreen phones. It was a huge step up from those 1990's phones I can tell you that :P Also - thats your own opinion on touchscreen phones.
Just perfect don't you mean? Ah Symbian lets go to settings > connectivity > Bluetooth settings > bluetooth> on
Apple - Bluetooth on straight away ( i know, jailbreaking it etc etc :rolleyes:)
Symbian is on a rapid downfall at the moment. Apple is simpler to use, plus Androids going to rape it over the coming years! Believe me, i'm a huge symbian freak but I think its near the end of an era unless they produce somthing special!
Not starting a rant here, i'm giving the facts mate, Apple isn't some piece of junk that people say it is. People complain about jailbreaking - so what? Android handsets do it too! Apple have set a bar, and the next iPhone will be a force to be reckoned with
More compact is overrated. I used to carry a Nokia 9500 around, didnt bother me at all
Multi touch isn't anything to write home about, i used to have an iphone and i'd say it only slowed me down. Also when I push a button whatever function is behind it should already have executed. No "slide" or "swoosh" or expanding popup window or "fade in" and "fade out". A decent BackBlerry style trackball or roller at the side is as fast or better than this touch screen stuff
SIM free iphones only exist because someone told Apple they had to sell them. They usually have to be obtained from Australia or Belgium first where the rules are a bit different. If Apple had their way 'twould be like a Satellite Phone - built from the ground up for one network but without the whole trouble of designing one's own air interface, protocol and the rest. Much easier to use an open standard and put a few technical restrictions on it, cripple it a bit
Unless you jailbreak you are limited to the app store and I'm sure some lad is working hard to make it harder to unlock/break the 4G or 3GSS or whatever so he can impress Mr. Jobs and even now when you have a jailbroken iPhone you could be excommunicated from the Church of Apple any day. I noticed that the apps from Cydia were always much cooler than the ones from the app store, in fact the app store seems kind of bland compared to the other stuff out there.
Maemo and the Linux OS on the Neo1973 are the only new phone OS that don't have this jailbreaking ****e and thats a good thing. Maemo is a bit childish "Web 2.0" looking for now but you can customise it to do whatever you want, its perfect for hackers. not people who just sold their souls to O2 and have no idea what to use their expensive phones for0 -
More compact is overrated. I used to carry a Nokia 9500 around, didnt bother me at all
It's still a positive imo.If the back cover came off there might have been creaks or issue with it so yeah, it does make it more compact, a lot smoother, and adds to its wonderful design.Multi touch isn't anything to write home about, i used to have an iphone and i'd say it only slowed me down. Also when I push a button whatever function is behind it should already have executed. No "slide" or "swoosh" or expanding popup window or "fade in" and "fade out". A decent BackBlerry style trackball or roller at the side is as fast or better than this touch screen stuff
Well it is if your using Google maps or taking pictures a lot. You obviously didn't take in the full experience of multi-touch.SIM free iphones only exist because someone told Apple they had to sell them. They usually have to be obtained from Australia or Belgium first where the rules are a bit different. If Apple had their way 'twould be like a Satellite Phone - built from the ground up for one network but without the whole trouble of designing one's own air interface, protocol and the rest. Much easier to use an open standard and put a few technical restrictions on it, cripple it a bit
But of course mate, they have to sell sim free iPhones, plus it makes them more money so why shouldn't they, enough people are buying the sim free phones so why not?Unless you jailbreak you are limited to the app store and I'm sure some lad is working hard to make it harder to unlock/break the 4G or 3GSS or whatever so he can impress Mr. Jobs and even now when you have a jailbroken iPhone you could be excommunicated from the Church of Apple any day. I noticed that the apps from Cydia were always much cooler than the ones from the app store, in fact the app store seems kind of bland compared to the other stuff out there.
It will be called the Apple ''x'' (as in the NAME of something, no numbers) or the Apple 4G. I'm a good guesser (thats the only piece of info thats not fact yet )
Second of all,the application store is excellent IMO. Sure you gotta pay for a few apps but i never did, I used the free ones and they gave me the full iPhone experience was brilliant what it can do (games etc) Sure Cydia adds to it but thats only for knock-off things like Themes etc, the standard one is so attractive i found most of them to be ****e on Cydia + Ice! Millions of people own iPhones. Do you think ALL iPhone owners have their phones jailbroken? I wouldn't expect even half of them to, most wouldn't know how or wouldn't bother as it's perfect by itself!
I'd just like to say I never said th eiPhones perfect in anyway, the most customisable phone, the best at anything in particular. I do think it was/is a step forward in mobile phones though 0 -
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