I want a really GOOD phone, not necessarily the latest one

Spartan

It isn't an upgrade, but I will pay a good price if the phone is good, so even the most up-to-date model is a possibility...

Thanks for your suggestions, the LG looks pretty cool, if only because no one I know has one! lol (Rubbish reason I know!)

niceguyrichy

Spartan wrote: »

Thanks for your suggestions, the LG looks pretty cool

just a btw, something I forgot to mention. the specs on the viewty tell you it takes 2GB max mem card, but in actuality you put as big a card as you want in and just load it up on your comp first. so long as you leave <2GB free space on it, the phone 'see's' a 2gig card, but you can still access everything you loaded onto it

superjaggybunnet

I recommend the Nokia 6233.

Nice phone with camera, video, radio and musioc player.

A very reliable phone which you can probably now pick up pretty cheap.

superjaggybunnet

I recommend the Nokia 6233.

Nice phone with camera, video, radio and musioc player.

A very reliable phone which you can probably now pick up pretty cheap.

superjaggybunnet

It is so good I recommended it twice! Lol

geordie458

Nokia 6300. Decent camera, radio, takes upto 2GB cards, slim and thin candy bar format, good screen, mp3 player, games (you can download more) and reasonably cheap. If you are an O2 payg customer and buy it from an O2 shop you should get a £20 trade in any old phone plus a discount based on any top ups you made in the past.

Ianh82

i would recommend the K800i. great phone and excellent radio etc.

and great pictures to.

and cheap on p&g to

Leopard

Of the Sony Ericsson 'phones mentioned:

The K750i has a 2MP camera, not a 3MP camera, as suggested. It is not 3G but it has a great FM radio and excellent MP3 music facility.

The K800i and K810i (only effective difference is cosmetic) do have 3G and also a far better camera - 3.2MP and with usefully more camera facilities (including a Xenon flash). It's a proper camera. The K750i's is far more rudimentary and 2MP doesn't cut it, for me. The radio and MP3 on the K800i/K810i is just as good as the K750i's, if not better. So, all things considered, the K800i/K810i a far more desirable device, for about the same sort of price. Of the two, I prefer the keypad on the K800i.

The K850i succeeded these, upgrading to a 5MP camera and HSPDA. The early ones were badly received and were buggy in operation and software. This has (supposedly) been fixed in the current and presumably final version.

My companion has a K750i, I have a K800i and I was recently given a latest-version black K850i as a free upgrade from O2. It took a bit of getting used to but now I really like it and have had no problems with it, so far.

So, I speak from experience of all three! I did examine the pictures and specifications of the new C902 but, having done so, decided not to wait for one. I don't really like a slide-out camera.

You can put memory cards of larger than specified capacity in all of them but this does tend to slow them down. I'd say the maximum for practicality is 2GB for the K750i, 4GB for the K800i/K810i and 8GB for the K850i (mine came with an 8GB M2 card as a free extra!).

From what you say you want in a 'phone, I'd definitely recommend the K800i. They are a great little 'phone, reliable and very well specced, and since they are now "pbsolete" you can get them quite cheaply. I would very strongly commend it over the K750i - mostly because of its much better camera but also for its general feel and speed. The K750i is now looking a bit primitive, in comparison.

Since, moreover, the K800i is officially "obsolete" they can now be obtained quite cheaply. Be sure to get an unlocked one, though. They were designed to be unlockable except by the network and unlocking a locked one can be a hassle.


The Viewty is a very nice, advanced 'phone and it also has an optical zoom but, given the option by O2, I chose the K850i, myself, after playing with them both in the hand (actual 'phones, not dummy) in the O2 shop. The Viewty is bulkier and much heavier. Others may differ and prefer the Viewty, nevertheless. It's a very personal thing, which is why there are so many different 'phones on offer!


My neighbour chose a Nokia 6300 (in black) for his free upgrade. It was what he wanted and he is delighted with it. It certainly looks nice, to me.


I'd choose the 6300 above the K750i but, to me, the K800i outstrips them both, for what you want, by quite a long way. It's a marvellous little 'phone.

littleredcorvette

geordie458 wrote: »

Nokia 6300. Decent camera, radio, takes upto 2GB cards, slim and thin candy bar format, good screen, mp3 player, games (you can download more) and reasonably cheap.

Another vote for the Nokia 6300 (in black) for exactly the same reasons as above!

foreversomeday

Leopard wrote: »

The K750i has a 2MP camera, not a 3MP camera, as suggested. It is not 3G but it has a great FM radio and excellent MP3 music facility.

Oops, you're right, my mistake! My OH has the K800i and I prefer the K750i - because the lens cover is too easy to slip off on the 800 (meaning battery life is reduced) and the light for the camera on the 750 can be turned on and off at will, making it very useful as an emergency torch! I have actually used it as a torch loads. Also I think that the pictures I have taken with it are good enough quality - but all of these are down to personal preference, and the 800 does look more slick than the 750. I also find on the 800 that when I am texting with one hand I press the camera shutter button by mistake and it interrupts the text, which is annoying. The shutter button on the 750 does not do anything unless you are in camera mode.