Mobile Phone thread - please include links to good deals

[buster_broon]

so i was getting charged for every little thing i used my phone for and my priceplan, after 10 minutes speaking to a very helpful girl i was given a rebate of ?75, which brought it down to normal

seems i may have mis-judged Vodafone to get something right for a change

i was charged over ?60 which is ?40 more than the girl said, so i guess i will ahve to give them a phone

one day they will get something right

[SmokeMeAKipper]

Rang O2 about my broken C905 - the guy I spoke to knew straight away what model I had when I told him what the problem was! He said the fault is so common the phone has been recalled and O2 no longer stock it (and I believe Orange don't either) so they have offered me 4 alternatives:

Nokia N96
Sony Ericsson W995
Samsung Pixon
Samsung Tocca Ultra

Any suggestions? I'm tempted by either the W995 or the Pixon but will do some t'internet research before I make a decision. I did ask about getting an iPhone instead (a long shot I know!) and he said they couldn't do that without me paying up the rest of my contract which would be several hundred pounds. Oh well...

[Digfox]

Personally I would choose the N96.

[buster_broon]

cant you get a newer phone, but maybe pay a couple of quid difference

i think the C905 is better than all of those phones that have been mentioned

[smokedog]

i think the C905 is better than all of those phones that have been mentioned

Have you seen the return rate of the C905

http://www.slashgear.com/sony-ericsson-c905-hit-30-return-rate-1637804/

I use to work for SE, wouldn't buy another until they change their cost cutting ways.

Speaking of which, I just got a HTC Hero and it owns.

[buster_broon]

Have you seen the return rate of the C905

http://www.slashgear.com/sony-ericsson-c905-hit-30-return-rate-1637804/

nah i havent seen that, i've had mine since April and its fine and dandy </touch wood>

[Extra Terrestrial]

Speaking of which, I just got a HTC Hero and it owns.

Hey, I have been looking on the Orange website during the past week and I must say, the particular phone you have mentioned is perking my interest as my 18 months contract comes to an end on the 7th September.

Would you mind telling me a little bit about your (brief) experience with the Hero so far please. I have been looking forward to the Android OS for a while now hence the reason why I am interested.

Thank you.

[mt50]

Rang O2 about my broken C905 - the guy I spoke to knew straight away what model I had when I told him what the problem was! He said the fault is so common the phone has been recalled and O2 no longer stock it (and I believe Orange don't either) so they have offered me 4 alternatives:

Nokia N96
Sony Ericsson W995
Samsung Pixon
Samsung Tocca Ultra

Any suggestions? I'm tempted by either the W995 or the Pixon but will do some t'internet research before I make a decision. I did ask about getting an iPhone instead (a long shot I know!) and he said they couldn't do that without me paying up the rest of my contract which would be several hundred pounds. Oh well...

the W995 is basically the walkman version of the C905 i wouldn't touch SE with a barge pole now its all been downhill for them since the K800i imo.
N96 is ok had quite a few software problems though toco ultra or pixon i would say tbh.

[Keith]

Have you seen the return rate of the C905

http://www.slashgear.com/sony-ericsson-c905-hit-30-return-rate-1637804/

I use to work for SE, wouldn't buy another until they change their cost cutting ways.

Speaking of which, I just got a HTC Hero and it owns.

I just got one of these on Friday and I can't begin to explain how much I love it.

[RobDimmock]

I just got one of these on Friday and I can't begin to explain how much I love it.

Same here. It can slow down at times. But apart from that it is the best handset I have used. Well worth it.

[Pavey]

Anyone have a Nokia 5800? Opinion on it please?

Ta.

[Alastair]

Yeah, I do. I like it a lot. Anything in particular you're interested in that I can answer for you?

[Pavey]

Cool, thanks mate.

Always had Nokia's in the past, then a Blackberry that the charge socket went on, now i have an LG Arena (the iphone rip off). The thing drives me insane, so after 4 months with it T-Mobile have kindly said i can swap it. Gone for the 5800.

Just want to know really if it ever freezes on you, or switches itself off? General reliability really?

Is texting/emails ok with average sized fingers also? On the LG it's such a painful exercise

[Alastair]

Just want to know really if it ever freezes on you, or switches itself off? General reliability really?

Occasionally it will have a funny turn and lock up or crash completely but no more than any other phone I've ever had. I'm yet to find one where you can run lots of apps etc and the phone still works properly. Sometimes the apps I leave running in the background (twitter, podcasts, music player etc) will mysteriously close down and the phone will just be back to no apps. I can't work out what triggers that but it's not a problem as the phone keeps woirking all the time.

Is texting/emails ok with average sized fingers also? On the LG it's such a painful exercise

I don't use the stylus on mine at all and can text, write posts here, enter URL's etc no problems at all. It will take you a little bit of getting used to and I'd recommend setting the text entry to full size qwerty rather than mini but I can type just as fast (probably faster) than any other phone I've had.

Ask any more questions you have. I've had it for months now so know a lot about it I think. Hope that's helped.

[Pavey]

Has a lot mate, thanks a lot.

I get mine tomorrow, so may be back to rack your brains.

Thanks again