Up for a new mobile - I'm with 3, so choice is limited to their offers.
Looking at ( in no order ) :
1. Nokia N8
2. Samsung Galaxy S
3. HTC Desire HD
Criteria ....
Reliability
Battery life
Not fragile ( I drop my phone occasionally )
I don't do games
Must Bluetooth to Lancer !!
And before you ask .....
I don't want an Iphone !!
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Which Phone ??
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Last edited by WTR on Sun Dec 05, 2010 7:52 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Avoid the N8. Nokia's Symbian Series60 platform is a let down, and the new version hasn't improved enough to compete.
I was a huge S60 fan (owned 10+ handsets) and thought it was the best thing around, but then using an iPhone 4 I have seen the light.
The N8 may do well in hardware specs and on paper, but the interface is what lets it down.
That being said it still has more features than the iPhone out of the box (e.g. a way to view calendar on your home page) and you don't need "apps" to do a lot of features... but then the downside is it's poorly implemented and not very well linked together.
Nokia also has a bad history of relying on firmware updates later on in the life cycle to iron out bugs... which would be fine if only firmware updates could be applied universally to all phones of the same model. For my N97 Mini, I had to reflash mine to a different country's model so that I could get the latest update to fix critical bugs affecting usability (e.g. camera not working, email not updating) because the model I had was bought from a telco which had not yet agreed to release the firmware update.
Everyone hates Apple's stranglehold on a closed system, but at least things work.
I was a huge S60 fan (owned 10+ handsets) and thought it was the best thing around, but then using an iPhone 4 I have seen the light.
The N8 may do well in hardware specs and on paper, but the interface is what lets it down.
That being said it still has more features than the iPhone out of the box (e.g. a way to view calendar on your home page) and you don't need "apps" to do a lot of features... but then the downside is it's poorly implemented and not very well linked together.
Nokia also has a bad history of relying on firmware updates later on in the life cycle to iron out bugs... which would be fine if only firmware updates could be applied universally to all phones of the same model. For my N97 Mini, I had to reflash mine to a different country's model so that I could get the latest update to fix critical bugs affecting usability (e.g. camera not working, email not updating) because the model I had was bought from a telco which had not yet agreed to release the firmware update.
Everyone hates Apple's stranglehold on a closed system, but at least things work.
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I've for year's had the Nokia S60 series software. However the last 2 Nokia phones in the last 2-3 years have been really uninspiring. Great battery life and it was familiarity and brand loyalty that drew me to them. to the point i just got jack of Nokia stupid limited OS.
so i made the jump to Android. I got myself a HTC Desire (not the HD).
I love the android OS. It's fantastic.
However if it's batter life you are after, the Desire HD is not it. Heard many stories that's it's a battery pig due to it's large screen.
The Galaxy S, is much like my HTC Desire. Same screen size. However I must admit the Galaxy S feels a bit "plastic" and cheap.
I don't game, but if you put the propostion of HTC Desire (not the HD) and the Galaxy, I'd say go the Desire hands down.
However if it's between the HTC Desire HD and Galaxy, being that battery life is your criteria, I'd be more inclined to suggest the Galaxy.
Best of luck.
so i made the jump to Android. I got myself a HTC Desire (not the HD).
I love the android OS. It's fantastic.
However if it's batter life you are after, the Desire HD is not it. Heard many stories that's it's a battery pig due to it's large screen.
The Galaxy S, is much like my HTC Desire. Same screen size. However I must admit the Galaxy S feels a bit "plastic" and cheap.
I don't game, but if you put the propostion of HTC Desire (not the HD) and the Galaxy, I'd say go the Desire hands down.
However if it's between the HTC Desire HD and Galaxy, being that battery life is your criteria, I'd be more inclined to suggest the Galaxy.
Best of luck.
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What are you looking for in a mobile?
If you're after something that works straight out the box and already has a well established collection of apps with sleek looks to boot then get an iPhone4.
As for the HTC having all that info shown on the home screen is all good and all but to be brutally honest I actually only look at the calendar once a day - I don't need to have it cluttering my home screen
If you're after something that works straight out the box and already has a well established collection of apps with sleek looks to boot then get an iPhone4.
As for the HTC having all that info shown on the home screen is all good and all but to be brutally honest I actually only look at the calendar once a day - I don't need to have it cluttering my home screen
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customundo wrote:What are you looking for in a mobile?
If you're after something that works straight out the box and already has a well established collection of apps with sleek looks to boot then get an iPhone4.
As for the HTC having all that info shown on the home screen is all good and all but to be brutally honest I actually only look at the calendar once a day - I don't need to have it cluttering my home screen
Ummm seven home screens thank you vey much. and you can move the widgets around. Also you can change the profile so you have multiple different desktop styles based on your current "mode", if you're at work you switch to your "work" profile which has the work related home screens, if you're out and about and being social, you can have all your 4square, facebook, twitter widgets, etc.
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I've got a jailbroken iPhone 4, and that's pretty awesome as it's pretty much my tech hub beyond the home PC.
That said, I would look at getting one of the HTC Android phones. The HTC Desire is pretty nice, but the way technology comes out, it's probably going to be yesterday's news in a couple of months. Out of your listed phones, I'd go for the Desire HD, but the battery life is so so.
Nokia's Symbian isn't very smooth or intuitive in my opinion, and the Galaxy S isn't as responsive as the equivalent HTC Desire.
That said, I would look at getting one of the HTC Android phones. The HTC Desire is pretty nice, but the way technology comes out, it's probably going to be yesterday's news in a couple of months. Out of your listed phones, I'd go for the Desire HD, but the battery life is so so.
Nokia's Symbian isn't very smooth or intuitive in my opinion, and the Galaxy S isn't as responsive as the equivalent HTC Desire.
I think the OP should clarify what they want out of their phone, and if they have any experience with the various smartphone OS's.
I personally feel that Android is too complex/heavy and reminds me of WIndows, Windows Mobile felt unintuitive and still a bit lifeless, which leaves iOS for me... but then I'm a sucker for advertising, I like to download lots of apps, and I like the security of being able to conduct business and also check emails on the iPhone. Only downside is it's difficult to easily see at a glance my calendar but I definitely appreciate the fact that both the calendar and email sync actually works (compared to my very iffy Nokia N97 Mini).
I personally feel that Android is too complex/heavy and reminds me of WIndows, Windows Mobile felt unintuitive and still a bit lifeless, which leaves iOS for me... but then I'm a sucker for advertising, I like to download lots of apps, and I like the security of being able to conduct business and also check emails on the iPhone. Only downside is it's difficult to easily see at a glance my calendar but I definitely appreciate the fact that both the calendar and email sync actually works (compared to my very iffy Nokia N97 Mini).
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I had an Omnia, it drove me insane with the small keypad for texting. I have the HTC Desire now and I love it. I couldn't bring myself to be an iSheep or an iTard, and the HTC's are way more 'tolerant' in terms that they can and do play any format for movies and music, they have an expandable memory and if the battery goes cactus you can replace it 
WTR wrote:@ JaCe - no experience with current models ( N95 8gb atm)
So ... required features are ...... web / gps / tough / battery life / bluetooth /
ability to see screen in full sun ...
I'll think of more ....
Do you text a lot?
I agree that the screen visibility in the sun is important; most new phones AFAIK are fine for viewing outside.
On another note, the N95 was probably the last 'half decent phone' Nokia produced. To Nokia's credit, they usually have kickass keypads though. It took me a while to get used to the full touch screen on the iPhone but now that I am used to it, trying to go back to my N97 Mini (even the touchscreen keypad OR the physical keypad) is tough. I liked my E71 keypad best though.
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