A little help on choosing my new phone

[Guest Pabs(Sco)]

Ok so now I have read quite alot on this HTC Magician and I am versy interested.

Now there are many variants of this i-Mate Jam, Qtek S100, MDA Compact, XDA Mini & SPV M500.

Currently I am with Orange with the C500, I dont want to spend loads on a new phone (free is prefered :))

I see a few people getting free upgrade to the M500.

As there a many variants which one is the best?

what does each variant have thats different, ofcourse I can research this but mybe someone here already knows?

I dont mind what network I am on, as I have been on all of them at some point, and each one I get the same good reception and quality of service.

Edited August 16, 2005 by Pabs(Sco)

[Guest maxwell_hung]

Purely on looks alone I'd say the Orange M500 is the best looking. The darker casing makes it look less plasticy.

Well for me anyway.

[Guest Pabs(Sco)]

Thanks for that :)

Just thought of another question, the C500 charges via the USB cable (as well as the mains) does the M500 do the same?

[Guest chucky.egg]

Yep, the C500 chargers work in my M500 (haven't tried the car charger yet, but don't see why it wouldn't work)

As for variants - they're all about the same except some Jam's have 128Mb instead of 64Mb.

TBH, if you don't install all the Orange junk after a Hard Reset, you get plenty of memory for most things anyway, so I'm not sure there's much advantage

As for me, I like the looks of M500 a little better than the original JAM. It feels quite well put together, especially after a C500

[Guest Pabs(Sco)]

Looks like I will get the M500 then, first I will have to physically try it out at an orange shop just to be sure.

Anyway still 2 months left on my contract so its going to be a little wait.

Thanks for all your help !! :)