Guest Toonie Posted October 1, 2005 Report Posted October 1, 2005 Hi all. This is my first post here after lurking for ages, so here goes. I used to own an Imate SP3, but after suffering the screen dust problem, then eventually having it pack up altogether on me, and having servicing problems, I got my money back. Now I'm finding I miss it badly, and I want to buy a new one. Over at Expansys, they have both the iMate SP3i and the Qtek 8020 for a very good price, but the only difference is the the Qtek has an EU charger, and the iMate has a UK one. Are there any other differences I should be aware of, and is one any better than the other? Or indeed better than the old SP3 which Expansys still sell? Also, is it safe to assume that the SP3i / 8020 don't suffer the the same dust issues as before ? One last thing, I only used my SP3 lightly for gaming, but is the joystick on the SP3i / 8020 better than the old joy-log thingy on the SP3 ? Any help on these issues would be gratefully received. Regards, Toonie.
Guest Paraklas Posted October 1, 2005 Report Posted October 1, 2005 Some SP3i's suffered from failing joystick after some use (including myself). Other than that it's a lovely phone.
Guest martin Posted October 1, 2005 Report Posted October 1, 2005 Have you also looked at the imate SP5/SP5m and QTEK 8300/8310 ? These phones are the latest models that are due to be released shortly?
Guest b0bby Posted October 1, 2005 Report Posted October 1, 2005 i want the SP5/8310 anyone know where we'll be able to get them from?
Guest Toonie Posted October 1, 2005 Report Posted October 1, 2005 Martin, I have looked at the specs of the SP5, but to be honest, I'd rather not spend too much on another HTC product given their perceived build quality. Also, the SP3 / SP3i / 8020 are fine for my needs. Paraklas, Out of interest, are you a heavy gamer on your SP3i ? And was your joystick problem easy to resolve? Thanks for the comments so far. Though any comments Re the differences between the 2 would be very helpful. One of my concerns after reading through these forums, is which would be better for ROM updates, and am I likely to have WMP10 preinstalled? Thanks again, Toon.
Guest Paraklas Posted October 1, 2005 Report Posted October 1, 2005 Nop I mainly ised the phone for sms, internet and running some applications like maps etc. cause I travel a lot. I was adviced by HTC-Europe to send the phone in for repair but having read all the negative comments about the repairs I decided to sell it. And don't tell me that I should had better repaired it because a $350 phone is not supposed to break within 1 week of use. Also repairing it doesn't make me feel so good because I'm wasting time, money, energy and brain cells (talking to i-mate).
Guest fluffcat1 Posted October 1, 2005 Report Posted October 1, 2005 Over at Expansys, they have both the iMate SP3i and the Qtek 8020 for a very good price, but the only difference is the the Qtek has an EU charger, and the iMate has a UK one. Are there any other differences I should be aware of, and is one any better than the other? Or indeed better than the old SP3 which Expansys still sell? imate have a service agent in the UK, Qtek do not AFAIK, so after the 12 months expires if you need repair you can't even pay to have a qtek fixed - imate's agent will not repair a qtek phone even though identical, and HTC will not repair either phone. Richard
Guest omardeneo Posted November 22, 2005 Report Posted November 22, 2005 i want the SP5/8310 anyone know where we'll be able to get them from? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I got it in 5 days from this web site
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