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Three contract has expired where to go now...?
Hello all,
Driving myself crazy sifting through the latests phones. I want to spend £15-25 a month on a phone ideally, but that said I really want an iPhone 3g s or something similar, specification wise. The iPhone is sadly out of my budget right now. However, I love gadgets!
I thought i'd post here to see if anyone has any suggestions as to a phone that can be purchased for around that much money a month but has similar features to the iPhone. The HTC touch looks to be the next nearest contender for me but I'm thinking of maybe just keeping my £15 a month three deal going until I find a reasonable deal on one of those.
Lost count of the hours I've spent on mobile phone review websites and onecompare this week! :eek: Any suggestions you guys can throw my way would be fab :j
Driving myself crazy sifting through the latests phones. I want to spend £15-25 a month on a phone ideally, but that said I really want an iPhone 3g s or something similar, specification wise. The iPhone is sadly out of my budget right now. However, I love gadgets!
I thought i'd post here to see if anyone has any suggestions as to a phone that can be purchased for around that much money a month but has similar features to the iPhone. The HTC touch looks to be the next nearest contender for me but I'm thinking of maybe just keeping my £15 a month three deal going until I find a reasonable deal on one of those.
Lost count of the hours I've spent on mobile phone review websites and onecompare this week! :eek: Any suggestions you guys can throw my way would be fab :j
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Nearest to IPhone probably is the Android phones, like HTC Hero, Magic etc. Although Nokia do have the 5800 which i went for.Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced.
There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies0 -
DarkConvict wrote: »Nearest to IPhone probably is the Android phones, like HTC Hero, Magic etc. Although Nokia do have the 5800 which i went for.
So how long have you had the 5800 and would you recommend it? Thanks0 -
It arrived on 10th September this year.
For a 3.2 MP camera the quality seems good, and i am happy with the touch screen. Note the screen is optimised for stylus/finder nail use instead of fingers. So if your after the IPhone feel more i would go for the Hero/Magic.
Applications are limited but after the N95 8GB i gave up with them mostly, whilst there are a few on the Nokia IVO store (check it out if you like), once again the Hero/Magic phones is better for the amount of applications too.
Texting on a touch screen for me is quicker than a keypad, which was a concern when i brought it but I found it fine.
Reason why i went for the 5800 over Hero/Magic. Personally i feel the android phones are too big & heavy, and i don't get on well with slide out keyboards either, i have big fingers. I also got better value for money on the Nokia 5800 from orange.
For the true test of the phone, do what i did go into your local shops and ask to try them out.Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced.
There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies0
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