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  • 04-10-2012 9:21pm
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    seven_eleven
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    Hi all, Im usually into fairly into my pc tech and the like, but the one thing I have avoided for a long time is smartphones/touch screen. Im still using a 10 year old nokia phone for its reliability and easiness.

    Lately Ive been thinking of getting a new phone. I got a cheap LTE (or something) touch screen phone for christmas last year and it was absolutely terrible, constantly freezing, hard to use, slow, etc. I think it was about €30, and I quickly stopped using it.

    Things Im looking for/important features

    Nice sized screen buttons for texting: I absolutely cant stand how small they make the buttons on most touch screen phones and how many mistakes I make because my fingers are too fat (Im not even fat).
    One reason why I still have the nokia is that I can text without even looking at the phone.

    Something with good calender/alarm system: I like setting lots of alarms every work night. Maybe 20+ alarms. I know it weird but I often oversleep them/cancel them without realizing it. With my current phone I can do it in a few seconds. It seemed very hard to do it with that old touch screen.

    Able to run a good IRC client: Meh, I presume thats not going to be a problem for nearly any smartphone these days.

    Supports FLAC audio files: A long shot maybe? I hate not being able to transfer the majority of my music onto devices because they dont accept flac


    My budget is a bit small and maybe Im asking for too much, but I dont think Id like to spend more than €130-ish

    Im willing to change networks, but I dont use much credit, maybe €10 a month so pay as you go is fine. Im currently with Meteor.

    Some phones that caught my eye were the Samsung Galaxy Y, the Sony Experia T (really liked the android version on this), and finall Ive seen the Huawei Ascend G300 posted around quite a bit. Touch screen isnt a necessity but they just seem a bit more functional these days with all the apps and what not.


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    #2
    seven_eleven
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    Just going to bump this once. Ive pretty much settled on the Sony Xperia T. There's time to persuade me otherwise or introduce a better phone to me ;)


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