iphone ? or no

jayme1

depending what the OP is looking for I have just found this in response to another thread http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/mobiles/mobile-phones/SONY-ERIC-XPERIA-MINI/HANDSET

it is £170 sim free, it has a modern CPU (same one as the xperia ray) it is getting updated to ICS next year, it can do flash in the browser (which I know is a mute point cause HTML5 is the winner now)

me personally unless someone cannot afford the £170 the xperia mini is the lowest spec android phone I would suggest at this time, it is certainly the minimum I would go to is someone is looking for an iPhone type device.

Ady87

It's probably already been said, but i don't have time to read the above posts:

Have you not gone down the T-Mobile Retention route? Surely the best deal is to be had there?

grumbler

The Mini is not everyone's cup of tea because of too small (for a smartphone) screen.

pingu

SE arc S @ph4u and Nokia N8 @amazon are £200 at the mo
people in the know which one would you go for?

just to add i have iphone4 which my son wants as part of his Xmas present

Humphrey10

DUTR wrote: »

However on my ipod touch, I have to log into itunes store, click that I don't want the latest version , get the app (pay for it if required) then dock the unit and wait for the sync to complete

What's wrong with your iPod Touch? I installed apps on two new iPods for relatives at Christmas, they both worked exactly the same way as my iPhone and iPad, no syncing required.

DUTR

Humphrey10 wrote: »

What's wrong with your iPod Touch? I installed apps on two new iPods for relatives at Christmas, they both worked exactly the same way as my iPhone and iPad, no syncing required.

I have an ipod touch, nowt wrong with it, nowt brilliant about it either
Just commented on how I have to load apps compared to an android device, I also notice since an update the dock says not suitable for charging now
screen res, yes it has a higher resolution than my xperia ray, can the difference be observed to the eye? No

anon_ymous

From what I remember, the Xperia play *just about* beats the iPhone 4 - bearing in mind that the Xperia play costs around £155-£180 new and the iPhone 4 costs around £270-£300 used. It seems like a no brainer really.

Though if you dont like the look of the play, then there is always the ray. The Samsung Galaxy S II is probably the best phone in the market (who Apple will probably try and get off from the market)

Here's another reason why I dont really like Apple:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidcoursey/2011/10/28/happy-birthday-bill-gates-youve-changed-our-world-way-more-than-that-jobs-guy/

And this:
http://www.itknowledge24.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/billgates_stevejobs.png

cubegame

jayme1 wrote: »

suggesting a £70 android phone seriously? I hate to think what the user experience would be using a simple app like angry birds on it and how it will run it. specs are seriously not everything.

Considering that the previous phone in the series, the ZTE Blade (aka Orange San Francisco) can still run nearly everything available on the android market I wouldn't imagine the Vivacity will perform worse.