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Nokia E71, Samsung Galaxy Spica or other?

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  • 14-01-2010 12:47pm
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    athtrasna
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    Am currently with Meteor but considering porting to O2 when my contract expires tomorrow. Even if I stay I'm due an upgrade so have been looking at phones.

    The two that seem most attractive at the moment are the E71 or the Galaxy Spica.

    Am a huge texter, do some browsing, tweeting etc. I do a lot of travel and battery life is important, which is why I'm slightly more inclined not to go for a touch screen.

    Any thoughts?


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    jamesd
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    Battery life on the e71 is great - I get about 2 days and maybe 3 at time with average usage of web but alot of texts.


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    strecker
    Registered Users Posts: 1,509 ✭✭✭strecker


    i used a spica for about 2 weeks around xmas - o2's signal's just not good enough in my area to make full use of it. It's a great phone for its price says this samsung-hater!

    battery life certainly beats the iPhone, but if you're out and about a LOT and test/surf a lot, go for the e71. It's very good. I had mine for over a year, and I work a lot online via phone (4-7 hrs/day easily)...2 days easy! When I limit use to checking emails etc I got 3-4 days out of a charge.

    Reliable, sturdy!


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    athtrasna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,420 ✭✭✭✭athtrasna


    In the end I got a Nokia 5800, stayed with Meteor. First Nokia in about 6 years!


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    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 28,238 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    athtrasna wrote: »
    In the end I got a Nokia 5800, stayed with Meteor. First Nokia in about 6 years!

    Use nokia software updater to update to the latest phone software, it should iron out a few bugs, you can get it here https://europe.nokia.com/support/download-software/device-software-update make sure and back up everything using nokia pc suite first, your phone will thank you ;)


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    BROWNE51
    Registered Users Posts: 90 ✭✭BROWNE51


    Had a Spica for the last few months.Great little phone for the price,even better if you are a gmail user,works out of the box easily.Mediocre camera & video,very poor pc software(never got it to function properly on xp or win7)screen ok though,gps not bad,even more flexible if you root it.


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    BROWNE51
    Registered Users Posts: 90 ✭✭BROWNE51


    oh forgot to say,battery life not very good if you are a heavy user.Blootooth and/or regular email downloading combined with a healthy daily call time mean you should never be too far from a charger.


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