3 is the cheapest, but is it best

gromituk

But you can do that with Three as well as far as I know - the only difference is that it must be a 3G phone (unlocked or locked to Three), because that is the technology Three uses. Can you really not use a Three SIM in any other phone?

squirrelcatcher

Not in another Nokia phone, it would appear. (The bloke in the store also told my wife that the card was none transferable).

S0litaire

squirrelcatcher wrote: »

Not in another Nokia phone, it would appear. (The bloke in the store also told my wife that the card was none transferable).

Think the Bloke was just trying to get her to buy another 3 Mobile.

The SIM will work in any unlocked mobile.

I use my 3 mobile SIM card in my phone and an old Vodafone Laptop Data Card for when i'm on the move and need Internet access.

Not had any problems!.

Pick up an old mobile get it unlocked and use that!

Renovatio

Agree fully with above comments.

I am using the 3 sim in an unlocked vodafone 3G phone :j since my 3 phone suffered water damage.

squirrelcatcher

Thanks all. I can't argue with your experiences, but the two unlocked phones I have tried so far have not accepted her 3 SIM.

rash.m2k

gromituk wrote: »

But you can do that with Three as well as far as I know - the only difference is that it must be a 3G phone (unlocked or locked to Three), because that is the technology Three uses. Can you really not use a Three SIM in any other phone?

That is completely UNTRUE!

Goto https://www.gsmarena.com,

search for a phone for example N95 and IF IT SAYS '3G Yes', then if that phone is unlocked THEN a 3 SIMCARD CAN BE USED!

leaston

Handset: Nokia E61 - This is a Symbian OS handset with a widescreen and full qwerty keyboard. I specifically wanted this device due to the incredible number of features and to replace my Palm PDA.
The handset is almost twice the width of most new phones, but the screen is also twice the size, but in landscape rather than portrait. This makes everything much nicer to look at. It's very thin, but made of aluminium, so quite sturdy. I bought a case as the problem with aluminium is that it easily slips through fingers. After the second drop on the floor, I bought a leather case!
The keypad is very responsive and having all the keys negates the need for predictive text entry. This may be good or bad depending on your view! I love it.
Symbian is a Java based operating system. Which in English means that it looks very much like Microsoft Windows in many ways. If you know your way around Windows, you'll probably manage Symbian. It's far more powerful than Nokia's own OS and as it's Java also means you can install a huge amount of software for it too.
I use this phone for the following, to give you an idea of how versatile it is: ebooks (will read and display almost any format!), mp3's (has RealPlayer installed by default), Office (full MS compatible Office apps), TomTom Navigator (full sat nav using a tiny external GPS reciever), WWW (full browsing capability with built-in browser and Opera), email (I can use it to check and send Yahoo, GMail, Hotmail and pretty much and ISP pop3 email account), games (there are endless games available for it) Etc. etc.

Most commonly used location: Home, work...everywhere really.

Ease and reliability and connection: If you expect this to be anything like the normal Nokia menu system, you're in for a shock. It's very intuitive and easy to use, but very different. The handset has been 100% reliable in the 10mths I've had it. The connection to 3 is excellent for the most part. The only downside is that Internet access can be quite patchy.
Text messages take an age to send on this phone and it tends to freeze momentarily while you wait for them to go.

Any other problems: None worth mentioning.

Overall service and rating (out of 10): The service from 3 has been fine, but I've rarely needed to speak to them. I'd say the contract terms, price and handset easily rate 10/10. I'd happily use 3 again.

ishish

rash.m2k wrote: »

That is completely UNTRUE!

Goto www.gsmarena.com,

search for a phone for example N95 and IF IT SAYS '3G Yes', then if that phone is unlocked THEN a 3 SIMCARD CAN BE USED!

Absolutely True.... The phone has to be 3G compatible to be able to function with the 3 Network - Some of the newer handsets are being released with this.......... although as rash mentions, it would need to be unlocked if locked onto any of the other networks - that's the difficulty! Unlocking the newer handsets can cost you £20 (or so) through your network.

Anyhow - the original problem was with using a temporary handset whilst the damaged handset is away - so getting the latest 3g compatible handset may not be an option - a very costly option in my opinion.

gromituk

rash.m2k wrote: »

gromituk wrote:

But you can do that with Three as well as far as I know - the only difference is that it must be a 3G phone (unlocked or locked to Three), because that is the technology Three uses. Can you really not use a Three SIM in any other phone?

That is completely UNTRUE!

Erm, but then you say:

search for a phone for example N95 and IF IT SAYS '3G Yes', then if that phone is unlocked THEN a 3 SIMCARD CAN BE USED!

So you agree with what I said.

arniel

leaston wrote: »

Symbian is a Java based operating system. Which in English means that it looks very much like Microsoft Windows in many ways. If you know your way around Windows, you'll probably manage Symbian. It's far more powerful than Nokia's own OS and as it's Java also means you can install a huge amount of software for it too.

Have to butt in here... I'm afraid this explanation appears to come from the Daily Express school of technical explanations!
Symbian is NOT Java-based. It's written in another language called C++, and this has no effect on how much it looks like Windows. Most Symbian programs are not written in Java either, but Symbian can run Java programs because it contains a subset of the Java language, just like Windows, Mac OSX etc. do.
Also, although it's not a Nokia OS, the bit you do see (that looks a bit like Windows does) was written, and exclusively used by, Nokia. It's called S60. The Nokia OS used on their other phones is called S40, and there are other variants used in their PDA products.
Hope that's cleared up a few misconceptions.