Upgrade Due - What should I get?

Zoom7000

I'm due an upgrade on my mobile phone contract in 2 days time. I'm currently on O2 and my tariff is as follows:

600 mins
500 texts
Unlimited Web Bolt On (200Mb/Month FUP)
£25/month for the duration of the contract (£35/month normally)

Now, reading up on here and other forums, including O2's own forum. It is not a good time to be on O2. This doesn't bode well for my current deal. Add to the fact that I want a nice new phone as my N82 is starting to play up. I was initially hoping for an N97, but think it might not be the right time for it with the software problems and also the poor resistive touch screen. The iPhone 3GS will be way out of my budget.

So, I'm either looking at the Nokia E71 or I'm starting to get more inclined towards the Blackberry Bold. The best deal I've seen so far is on 3:

500 mins
Unlimited texts
£30/month (18 Month Contract)
Quidco - £62.50 (£25 Texter Tariff)

Vodafone offering N97:
600 mins
3000 texts
£30/month (but 24 month contract!) :mad:
No Internet Package Either!
Quidco - £30

Or should I go for a different phone altogether? I would love the iPhone, but it is WAY out of my price range. Ideally I don't want to pay more than £30/month. Also, I'd rather not have the 5800 as my wife already has one and I'd like something different. But I'd like a nice screen for easy (and preferably free!) Internet browsing. So something like the E75 is ruled out there.

Any opinions on what I should go for? Should I go for the Nokia N97/E71 or Blackberry? Or should I look elsewhere?

[Deleted User]

I like my E71, although i'm finding symbian a bit buggy (e.g. I'll be watching a video, my email will start to be retrieved because its 8am and the phone will crash - happens every morning on my train to work!)

I love the keyboard, the web-browser is reasonable. GPS is useful.

I got O2 to give me the E71 (600 mins, 1000 texts, unlimited web) AND free 02 home broadband for 12 months (already an existing customer out of contract) for £20 a month.

If you are looking for a reasonable little phone on a cheap tariff - this is a good one. Oh, and buy yourself a 2.5mm to 3.5mm phone adaptor (£5 from carphone warehouse) and it's actually quite good for mp3s and video (free BBC iPlayer downloads over wifi!)

OneADay

E71 similar deal with three for £20 a month - 200 mins though, unlimited texts, internet and email

[Deleted User]

OneADay wrote: »

E71 similar deal with three for £20 a month - 200 mins though, unlimited texts, internet and email

Plus you get your phone full of three stuff that's rather hard to remove.. If he/she's an existing customer of O2, it's a little pointless to move.

Zoom7000

200 mins is too less for me. I'd rather go for 500 mins +

Fork86

I chose the htc hero after ruling out the n97, iPhone 3gs and blackberrys... haven't looked back since. I'm typing from it now. Its slick, refined and well built. Loads of Dev support. Dialaphone have the best deal at the moment with Orange. 1200 mins, unltd texts and 500 MB data for 35 ppm, plus 105 pound cashback as well as 50 fepm quidco. 18 months, phones free!

Don't get on tmob as the phone doesn't have the teflon backing.

Zoom7000

What is the HTC Touch Pro2 like in terms of additional software? Can I for example get Turn by Turn GPS software, like TomTom or Garmin on the Touch Pro 2?

Also, the same question for the HTC Hero? What is additional software like for the Android OS and can I also get Turn by Turn GPS on Android?

Also, is online community support (3rd party developement) good for the above 2?

barrybarryr

I'm in the same position as the op. I have 5 days before my upgrade is due.

I have been trying to decide what to do and I have decided to get 30 day simplicity 600 mins, 1200 texts and unlimited internet for £20 a month and am going to buy a 3GS (or maybe wait a year for the next one).

I like the look of the Hero but to me none of them appear as good as the Iphone.

meinnit

Get an Android phone

Zoom7000

meinnit wrote: »

Get an Android phone

Do you have any experience with an Android phone? What is it like to use? Is there much software available? In relation to the Apple AppStore?

Snakeeyes21

Fork86 wrote: »

I chose the htc hero after ruling out the n97, iPhone 3gs and blackberrys... haven't looked back since. I'm typing from it now. Its slick, refined and well built. Loads of Dev support. Dialaphone have the best deal at the moment with Orange. 1200 mins, unltd texts and 500 MB data for 35 ppm, plus 105 pound cashback as well as 50 fepm quidco. 18 months, phones free!

Don't get on tmob as the phone doesn't have the teflon backing.

Why do you need teflon backing on a phone? Do you plan on cooking eggs on it when it overheats which it does.