Which android phone is equivalent performance to iPhone 3G?

GogCymru

I'm resonably tech minded (up to basic web design) but have got by with a Nokia 6300 for 3 years on a cheap tariff, due in part to an excellent Acer netbook which travels most places with me.

However, I decided yesterday that I needed a smartphone for outdoor and foreign travel - compass / gps / sat nav / wifi / plus basic web use. I worked down from the excessive £1,000 top end stuff and stopped at the specification for the HTC Wildfire. I then started to shop around but also contacted T-Mobile (my network) to give the 30 day notice required to end on my current phone deal.

They transferred me to their loyalty / retentions people who said they would send me a free Wildfire if I just continued my existing plan. I pay £10 a month as I'm a low phone / text user but need the unlimited internet. The only catch is a 24 month contact instead of my current rolling 30 day status.

I'm a bit of a cynic with anything that sounds too good to be true, but I've ordered the Wildfire from T-Mobile and from Thursday will have 7 days to decide. Weekend in Snowdonia where it will be tested to the hilt and I'll report back here on the performance.

GogCymru

GogCymru wrote: »

I'm resonably tech minded (up to basic web design) but have got by with a Nokia 6300 for 3 years on a cheap tariff, due in part to an excellent Acer netbook which travels most places with me.

However, I decided yesterday that I needed a smartphone for outdoor and foreign travel - compass / gps / sat nav / wifi / plus basic web use. I worked down from the excessive £1,000 top end stuff and stopped at the specification for the HTC Wildfire. I then started to shop around but also contacted T-Mobile (my network) to give the 30 day notice required to end on my current phone deal.

They transferred me to their loyalty / retentions people who said they would send me a free Wildfire if I just continued my existing plan. I pay £10 a month as I'm a low phone / text user but need the unlimited internet. The only catch is a 24 month contact instead of my current rolling 30 day status.

I'm a bit of a cynic with anything that sounds too good to be true, but I've ordered the Wildfire from T-Mobile and from Thursday will have 7 days to decide. Weekend in Snowdonia where it will be tested to the hilt and I'll report back here on the performance.

Good weekend with a great phone. Had just a day to work through the user guide and download as many relevant apps as possible before hitting the mountains - obviously my viewpoint is biased towards the outdoors than multimedia entertainment stuff. The compass was a priority, just get an app that doesn't involve GPS as you'll need it most in places without network coverage. Battery life wasn't too good so you need to get genned up on minimising power use and maybe get a some solar power help.

I'll need more than a weekend to fully judge the Wildfire but overall it's a superb piece of kit for my level and use. Don't know the iPhone3G well enough to compare, but I think the £hundreds I've now saved will be better spent on several long weekends.

bubblesmoney

LydiaJ

this thread might suit your requirements for a monthly rolling contract for 10£ with data included (500mb hard cap limit from what i gathered, charges might be a lot if you exceed limits, so need to be careful about not exceeding limits for data) https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/36220607#Comment_36220607

"£10 - 500mins Unlimited Internet and texts
£15 - 750mins Unlimited Internet and texts
£30 - Unlimited everything" available in many tesco stores or over the phone but not yet on their website. this deal runs out somewhere in october i think.

get the deal in store at tesco or call 0800 814 9002 and get the same deal on the phone (i got the number from hotukdeals website). might be better getting the deal on the phone instead of instore if you think you may cancel the deal if reception is poor for tesco (O2) network in your area of use for the phone.

but be careful about exceeding 500mb data limit on that deal as extra data is 4£ per mb after 500mb!!! so an extra 500mb would mean 2000£ bill. :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: