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Guest simonbratt99
Posted

hi

Ive have smartphones from way back when the E100 was cool.

My C600 is fine, but my 18month contract is up and i fancy a change.

Id love a FM radio in a phone and WiFi woud be great, am i just wantng too much?

Anyone have any suggestions on a phone?

Thanks alot

simon

Guest Paul (MVP)
Posted

Which network do you want to be on?

Do you want Smartphone or is PPC an option too?

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Guest simonbratt99
Posted

hi paul,

Im on orange of course now, not bothered about network, my orange signals usually rubbish where i go, so maybe something else would be better?

Smartphone are great PPC's are a bit to big really.

My c600 is heavy enough really 110g, no heavier. To be honest i cant see a better phone out there, maybe i should just hang on longer till the summer?

Is WiFi actually practical? is it actually useful?

i think im looking for a new phone because i love gadgets and want something new, (having had this c600 for 18 months, its a life time)

Im getting new phone withdrawal symptoms!!!

Thanks for helping.

simon

Guest Jamma14
Posted

Well it depends if you are gonna use the wifi or not, I have a T-Mobile Dash (HTC Excalibur) and find it useful (and quite cool) but it isn't essential. If you want wifi I would say get the excalibur or wait for the o2 graphite, if not there are lots of other good options too, like the strtrk, lobstr and i320. I went for the Dash and I think it's awesome but depends what you're looking for.

James

Guest Paul (MVP)
Posted

Is GPS of interest to you as a feature?

My missus uses the T-Mobile MDA Compact III which is small, light, has an FM radio and a GPS built in...flat rate data too on the right tariff. No WiFi, but do you really need it if you have flat rate? Depends on your usage of the device.

It's only 127g in the hand, and does a shed load more than a C600... the downside (for some people) is you lose the number pad, but you gain the big touchscreen.

It's the MoDaCo shop 'deal of the week' device at the moment (see here), but that's not why i'm mentioning it!

The M700 will be out on Orange soon, but their data tariffs suck bad nowadays... aside from that there's not much confirmed atm!

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Guest simonbratt99
Posted

Gps would be great, if never owned any form of gps and keep meaning to. Wifi... hmm it sounds tempting but i have a PSP :-) thats got Wifi if i need to use it.

FM Radio defo would be good, touch screen is fine by me. ill check that out.

Thanks for comments so far.

Guest simonbratt99
Posted

the compact III thing looks ok.

1. is it free to use the GPS or is it pay per use? ie is there download cost to use the GPS each time?

2. is there an acurate way of seeing if in postcode locations some provides give a petter coverage than others. Cos my orange signal in two of the main places in my life is one bar, and a lean out the window!!!!

3. Games.... i love!! Virtual pool on my c600, what are games like on other phones? any good? and how about the Compact III for games?

Thanks greatly.

Simon

Posted

QTEK 8310/IMATE SP5 all the way..

1.3mp camera

wi-fi

good looking

windows mobile 5.0

Guest mikeeey
Posted (edited)
QTEK 8310/IMATE SP5 all the way..

1.3mp camera

wi-fi

good looking

windows mobile 5.0

the features of the 8310 are exactly the same as the C600 i think. the phones are nearly the same. i think he was lookin for a big change.

i would say the htc hermes (cingular 8525) myself, but it doesnt have fm radio tho, no gps either. it does have 3g tho =) and many more great features. to many to name

Edited by mikeeey
Posted
the features of the 8310 are exactly the same as the C600 i think. the phones are nearly the same. i think he was lookin for a big change.

i would say the htc hermes (cingular 8525) myself, but it doesnt have fm radio tho, no gps either. it does have 3g tho =) and many more great features. to many to name

qtek 8310 has wifi which c600 dosnt

Guest mikeeey
Posted
qtek 8310 has wifi which c600 dosnt

i. well besides that its pretty much the same phone.

Posted

i had a choice, i went for qtek 8310.. in my eyes.. its the best looking sp..! :)

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