Re: Mobile Phones : Sun Mar 14, 2010 1:16 pm  

PTB wrote: Spec wise they look almost identical. I guess the big decision is - do you want a physical keyboard or not? To me the whole point of a Blackberry is that it is a great messaging device and the big selling point is the keyboard. Even though the screen is bigger on the Storm, resolutions are the same, but because the Bold's screen is physically smaller the pixel density is higher and therefore is many cases the quality will look better. Differences: Slight differences in audio/video format support. They both support the main formats (AAC, MP3, H.264 etc.) + for Storm Enhanced (and faster) Bluetooth capabilities (may not be important) 8x more on board memory (2GB vs 256MB) + for Bold Thinner and lighter 6 days extra quoted standby time (21 days vs 15 on the Storm) Thanks for that. I think I like the Storm a little more because of it's similarity to the iphone and therefore it's bigger screen. I do however like the full keyboard! Choices!

PTB wrote: Spec wise they look almost identical. I guess the big decision is - do you want a physical keyboard or not? To me the whole point of a Blackberry is that it is a great messaging device and the big selling point is the keyboard. Even though the screen is bigger on the Storm, resolutions are the same, but because the Bold's screen is physically smaller the pixel density is higher and therefore is many cases the quality will look better. Differences: Slight differences in audio/video format support. They both support the main formats (AAC, MP3, H.264 etc.) + for Storm Enhanced (and faster) Bluetooth capabilities (may not be important) 8x more on board memory (2GB vs 256MB) + for Bold Thinner and lighter 6 days extra quoted standby time (21 days vs 15 on the Storm) Thanks for that. I think I like the Storm a little more because of it's similarity to the iphone and therefore it's bigger screen. I do however like the full keyboard! Choices!

Re: Mobile Phones : Mon Mar 15, 2010 9:06 am  

AdmiralHanson wrote:

Clearly you've never used a Nokia N96 ?

A phone that happily reboots itself at the drop of a hat, call or no call.

To be fair, most Blackberry's do that too

I'm considering the Nokia N97 Mini when i can upgrade in May

Anyone have one? or any reviews? hoping that because it has Symbian i can get a lot of Apps for it

Re: Mobile Phones : Tue Mar 23, 2010 8:45 am  

Iv just got myself a Blackberry bold 9700 and I must say im very impressed.
Not a big fan of touch screens but didn’t know how I would fair with the small keypad as im all fingers and thumbs. But its truly amazing.

Even better when only a week ago, 02 were going to charge me £100 for the handset to go on there 300 tariff at £25per month plus the additional £7.50 per month internet bolt on.

A week later I get’s the handset for free for the same tariff plus £180 credit to cover the cost of the internet bolt on.
Plus 25% off the Blackberry Bluetooth visor kit.

Re: Mobile Phones : Tue Mar 23, 2010 9:31 am  

FC ben wrote:

Hey guys, my contract with three is up for renewal at the min, been tryin to sort my deal out but they don't seem to reward customers for staying with them, infact u seem to get a better deal on their websites but its a must thaqt i keep my phone number, has anyone got any tips on how to get a better phone out of them. i'm on a mix an match plan were i get 500 mins or txts an 300 3-3 mins and some other extras for £18 but u only get a crappy phone. cheers

My son has the I-phone and was recently given the Nokia N-900 when he extended his contract, he kept his I-phone, kept the same number and I flogged his N-900 on e-bay for £380 (minus paypal, e-bay fees etc). They seem to be giving away some nice kit to tempt people to sign up, some are even giving away D telly's.

Re: Mobile Phones : Tue Mar 23, 2010 10:13 am  

rover49 wrote:

My son has the I-phone and was recently given the Nokia N-900 when he extended his contract, he kept his I-phone, kept the same number and I flogged his N-900 on e-bay for £380 (minus paypal, e-bay fees etc). They seem to be giving away some nice kit to tempt people to sign up, some are even giving away D telly's.

I'm in the same boat as your son. My Iphone contract expires in a 6 weeks. At present I am looking at taking a sim only deal on month by month until the new Iphone is released. This would be £20 per month.

The problem I have is that the new Iphone is rumoured to be April next year which means I have a whole 12 months to wait. Do I sign up for a 12 month deal and get the same deal for £15 per month or do I get a new phone and ebay it? Decisions, decisions, decisions. Then the Wife's iphone deal expires a month later!

Re: Mobile Phones : Tue Mar 23, 2010 10:47 am  

I'm due for renewal shortly and an upgrade. As most of you are aware i took on the C905 and had many faults, until in the end, my aunty offered me her upgrade and she kept the same phone. Now i was wondering if i should keep my Satio and flog the upgrade, or shall i flog the Satio? Anything coming out that'll better it?

Re: Mobile Phones : Tue Mar 23, 2010 11:04 am  

Sam Buca wrote:

I'm due for renewal shortly and an upgrade. As most of you are aware i took on the C905 and had many faults, until in the end, my aunty offered me her upgrade and she kept the same phone. Now i was wondering if i should keep my Satio and flog the upgrade, or shall i flog the Satio? Anything coming out that'll better it?

Offer the upgrade to your Auntie in the first instance mate. If she wants a new phone you keep the Satio.

Re: Mobile Phones : Tue Mar 23, 2010 11:11 am  

Wadski wrote:

Offer the upgrade to your Auntie in the first instance mate. If she wants a new phone you keep the Satio.

I have done, dont think she wants one tbh. I think we're going to go halves on what ever we end up selling anyhow.

Re: Mobile Phones : Wed Mar 24, 2010 2:30 pm  

My contract is coming to an end pretty shortly and i'm looking to pay no more than £15 a month. For this i can get a few decent phones (Getting 100 minutes and unlimited text messages). I have narrowed it down to just 2 phones, i'm stuck between the Nokia X6 or the Samsung Jet, anyone got either of these? Any ideas?

Re: Mobile Phones : Wed Mar 24, 2010 2:59 pm  

Both are rated 4/5 on Amazon.

X6 has 4 reviews of which the worst is 2/5 and criticises it for being clunky and having poor performance.

Jet has 7 reviews of which the worst is 1/5 and criticises it for very short battery life

otoh, they both have several 5/5s

That probably didn't help much but it filled out 5 mins of my day