I don't want an iPhone. Am I normal?

sdduk

To be honest i found the iPhone to be the best on the market and at the moment i wouldn't change to a different phone

I have had an android phone and didn't like it and some of them have memory problems were you can't install stuff on the memory card.

StevieJ

Rev wrote: »

I don't think £250 is expensive for two smart phones. I actualy got offered a great deal on the 4S by o2 but decided against it as it's not worth the upgrade from the 4. But if I did, I'd sell the 4, get the 4S on a deal from o2 and use the cash from the 4 to pay, and have some left over.

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What was the deal you were offered?

I_luv_cats

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-2059829/Apples-iPhone-4S-price-How-really-costs-make.html



I thought about buying one outright last year but purchased an Ipod touch instead.

Battery life / risk of theft / data charges / cost or long tariff, all put me off having an iphone.

hillendale

I_luv_cats wrote: »

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-2059829/Apples-iPhone-4S-price-How-really-costs-make.html



I thought about buying one outright last year but purchased an Ipod touch instead.

Battery life / risk of theft / data charges / cost or long tariff, all put me off having an iphone.

Only thing is if you buy an iphone 4s and look after it in 12 months time its still likely to be still worth 65-70% of the original purchase price (unlocked handset price)
would any other handset hold its price as well

chrispafc

Yes - Android 4.0 is coming out soon.

tigertail49_2

I have just got my first smartphone - a SE Xperia Mini Pro - not a major phone on the market but it has a fast processor, BBC I player and it is quite fast - no lag. It is small, so not good for dedicated internet use, but it has a clear screen. I love it. Though disappointed with the camera. But I still love it. However, I still hanker for an I Phone because I feel the apps are more organized, so in two years I may get one. Or a windows phone as I would like that.

Chomeur

Update. Phone stopped working after three months. Won't start up. Took it back to Argos under guarantee and they have now sat on it for four weeks. What a joke.

northernsaver

Can totally see where you're coming from - I wouldn't suggest buying an iPhone if you aren't going to 1) use the internet a lot 2) download apps 3) email. I seriously don't know how I managed before mine - well I do, I spent a lot more time on my PC finding things out, when now I can do so on my phone. For example.....when I work from a different place & have to check train times, I can do whilst walking to the station..... I now check my bank balance whenever, wherever..... I submit my British gas meter readings when I want to...... Sky+, I can record whilst out and about...... not having to print off maps anymore is brilliant! I use it as a Satnav too.

Unless the above gets you excited, an iPhone isn't for you :-) As suggested, there's loads of other great phones out there, possibly that can do the same as above!

grumbler

rachjenn wrote: »

...I wouldn't suggest buying an iPhone if you aren't going to 1) use the internet a lot 2) download apps 3) email....
Unless the above gets you excited, an iPhone isn't for you :-)

Maybe you mean a smartphone, not iPhone?

As suggested, there's loads of other great phones out there, possibly that can do the same as above!

Absolutely. And at far smaller cost.

As a side note, submitting British Gas meter reading is really very exciting. Wait... is it?

Chomeur

Just got a San Francisco II. Do all these same steps apply to that too?

Cash-Strapped.T32 wrote: »

Good choice - It's amazing how capable the phone is compared to those which cost 2x, 3x or 5x times as much.
Other than massively processor & GPU-intense 3D games I've not yet come across a single thing that the OSF can't do but more expensive phones can; And several which owners of massively more expensive phones have told me flat-out simply can't be done (like 2-way call recording for instance, I can't remember how many people say it's utterly impossible but I do it almost every day..)


As with most smartphones that come from a network operator (in this case Orange), they like to add a load of their own software on top of the basic Operating System, like how when you buy a PC from one of those ghastly PC-World type places it always comes pre-loaded with tonnes of cr** software you don't need & have to spend a morning un-installing.. :mad:

No different in this case, think of it as the "reasonably priced phone tax".

It's not new, it's a fairly cynical business decision in that "Get 'em young" mould, whereby they want people to think that everything good about their phone is due to Orange's sweetness & light & to build brand loyalty - There's most likely several "Orange Wednesdays" or "Orange Internet" apps on there which you would never want to use as well.



You've obviously figured out how to read the FAQs to get the phone unlocked, your next step would be to ditch the pre-loaded, Orange-Corp branded ROM, which is currently Android version 2.1, and replace it with a more up-to-date, and non-branded 2.2 or 2.3 version, all easily downloadable off the internet (Modaco is always a good source - Remember, outside the UK the OSF is known as the ZTE Blade, as long as English is supported no harm can come from using a ROM developed in the US or Europe, for example).


In PC terms, this would be the equivalent of re-installing from a proper Windows XP disk to give you a clean slate to work from, rather than the awful "recovery disk" CDs that come with pre-built machines & have all the aforementioned bumph-ware.

It sounds geeky but I assure you it's easy as pie & is extremely well documented by all the other "normal" people who have come before you & done the same thing. (myself included)
The "Mail" app you can see will be an Orange branded program, because I've just looked on my phone, and the basic, stock Android email client is simply called "email" (original, I know).

If you do not use GMail as your main email then yes, you would use this app just like a normal email client on your computer (Outlook, Lotus Notes, etc..), and you do not need to link it in some fashion to GMail or to forward all your emails - You will only have to use the GMail app, and the "Sync with GMail" options if you actually use GMail.
(I actually used GMail long before I had a smartphone so I do use it, but you don't have to, not by a long way.)

If it's coming back with an invalid number message, that might be because the phone's internet settings are not configured yet (try browsing to a web-page such as MSE and see if it loads - I would bet it doesn't).

This will proably be the reason you get an error, either that, or because it doesn't know what email account to try & access (if you have ever tired to access your home ISP's email through a program like MS Outlook and had to configure it you will know what I mean).

This will be something everyone faces if they move to a different carrier as you have done (the OSF is obviously pre-configured to Orange, but you're on Tesco).


Once you have got an up-to-date rom on there, that would be the time to go into;
Settings>Wireless & Network>Mobile Networks>GSM/UMTS>Access Point Names>
..and fromt here, simply type-in the network settings for Tesco Mobile.

Again I stress that this might sound like a mouthful, but in reality it's like 25 seconds out of your life, and the network settings are always, but always on the Operator's website (in fact they'll read them out over telephone for you too, and some Operators will send you a system update by text which auto-applies the settings for you.


Please don't think by the length of this reply that you need to spend hours jumping through hoops, (had you bought an iPhone you would be stuck with what you get & tough-tit if you require something different), but I simply wanted to be complete in my reply, and to work it in normal human language so that it makes sense on day-1, rather than that lightbulb moment of "oh, yeaah", about 2 days into owning it, by which time you've set up all your contacts, email addys & so-forth..

Best of luck matie.