Guest dbiallos Posted March 26, 2003 Report Posted March 26, 2003 Hi All, Just wanted to know what your opinions were on the SPV, reading all the posts it sounds as if this phone is a real lemon? soooooo many problems with it???? Is it worth all the hassle (I am on the brink of purchasing one) Would love to hear all your comments Cheers
Guest Coolboy1982 Posted March 26, 2003 Report Posted March 26, 2003 Hi All, Just wanted to know what your opinions were on the SPV, reading all the posts it sounds as if this phone is a real lemon? soooooo many problems with it???? Is it worth all the hassle (I am on the brink of purchasing one) Would love to hear all your comments Cheers My first one had a problem, but was replaced quickly! My current one is perfect and I love it (had it for 2 months). Just get one! Most problems you might get can be sorted out by looking at this forum. And for serious bugs you'll get a replacement in 24 hours. Also: My Nokias all had bugs and problems, too.
Guest Monolithix [MVP] Posted March 26, 2003 Report Posted March 26, 2003 Don't be put off by the scare stories. Read some of the comments on apps such as GNUBoy/PocketMVP/All+Smart Explorer etc... Especially post update the phone really is a nice piece of kit and does its job very well.
Guest Hax Posted March 26, 2003 Report Posted March 26, 2003 Definitely *not* a lemon. This little phone really does have a lot of features and really is very good. Allows full e-mail support, web browsing (with the exception of sites with frames :( ), plays mp3's and movies (either wmv or DivX) and has *good* games and game emulators available - oh and it has this quaint little feature that lets you make telephone calls as well :lol: Yes sure, it does have a few problems, but most of these have been ironed out with the latest update (that's another plus point - you get software updates to fix problems - never got that with my Nokias!). The main problem I have with it at the moment is Orange seem to have done something in the last update (either intentionally or by accident) that limits the speed of the GPRS connection - too slow for streaming audio, never mind video! But when it did work, that was a fantastic feature in it's own right! One last feature - will make your mates green with envy ;) HTH, Hax
Guest midnight Posted March 26, 2003 Report Posted March 26, 2003 i dont think i have to say how much i like this phone (i wouldnt have an spv specific site otherwise), trust me, this phone is the mutts nuts, and the arguments that arise get fixed almost on a daily basis at the monet (picture to caller id being a fine example), half of the problems encountered are surprisingly simple to fix (many even include people not reading the manual, not that i have either, but thats another story) but seriously it rox, and the only people i originally saw complaining about it didnt even own the phone, or had only owned it for a few days and even then it was usually petty little arguments. Go and check one out for yourself at the local orange shop or somethin, but i highly recommend them.
Guest HelloDave Posted March 27, 2003 Report Posted March 27, 2003 Go and check one out for yourself at the local orange shop or somethin, but i highly recommend them. It's amusing really that the Orange shops have "out of the box" SPVs to demo; especially before the update that probably put a lot of people off becuase they were sloooow (O homescreen, button click sound on etc). Now what if they had fully MoDaCo'd SPVs to show off? With a built in gameboy, cool Smartphony homescreen (to appeal to the Nokia defectors :wink:) and talking keypad they'd fly off the shelves! Add changeable covers and Nokia would be worried :lol:
Guest midnight Posted March 27, 2003 Report Posted March 27, 2003 yeh, true, a boring standard spv cant compete with a fully customised version :wink:, its gadgets people like, and if thought had gone into it before release, more of these fatures may have come through as standard. Oh and whats with the standard orange skins? totally hopeless, when will companies learn that if something is skinnable then at least have a totally kick ass skin or skins and show the skins off on the website or something, its amazing how many people dont buy a phone for functionality but buy them simply for looks.
Guest abamara Posted March 27, 2003 Report Posted March 27, 2003 In all an excellent piece of kit! It does more than it says on the tin! Even without decert! ;-) PS I will decert........eventually!
Guest yatpeak Posted March 28, 2003 Report Posted March 28, 2003 Absolutely get one, if you read back, almost all bugs mentioned have been solved. Wyatt
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