Help me pick a phone

sandmanm34 said:
If there is a single chink in the iPhones armour it has to the battery yes.
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I consider vodacom and their data rates to be the bigget chink. Safari is hungry when it comes to data, as are the maps.
 
Fortunately, at home or at work, I am never too far away from a wireless network.

But I agree 3G prices are prohibitive.
 
sandmanm34 said:
Fortunately, at home or at work, I am never too far away from a wireless network.

But I agree 3G prices are prohibitive.
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Fair enough but at work and at home I don't often need my iphone - I've got netbooks, notebooks and desktops to browse with.
 
I will reiterate sandmanm34's endorsement.

I have an iPhone 3G and absolutely LOVE it.... the K/B was a bit problematic to start with but now it just seems so natural that I battle with the old T9 type things.....

I'm getting an upgrade soon enough, and I'm prob gonna get an iPhone 3GS...
 
bwana said:
Fair enough but at work and at home I don't often need my iphone - I've got netbooks, notebooks and desktops to browse with.
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Well then, for complete mobility you are at the mercy of the wolves. Isn't it odd how just about every ISP has lowered bandwidth fees other than the ones charging the most for it?
 
sandmanm34 said:
Well then, for complete mobility you are at the mercy of the wolves. Isn't it odd how just about every ISP has lowered bandwidth fees other than the ones charging the most for it?
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True but I've also got the bold and I can browse with impunity.

Edit. As much as it would please me if the op became a gushing fanboi I'm not sure he will enjoy a virtual keyboard when the blackberry qwerty vexed him so.
 
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bwana said:
True but I've also got the bold and I can browse with impunity.

Edit. As much as it would please me if the op became a gushing fanboi I'm not sure he will enjoy a virtual keyboard when the blackberry qwerty vexed him so.
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LOL, it did not vex me. The keys were too small which meant I was way faster with my SE's normal T9...:)
 
This is the thing with the iPhone. All it takes is a week with it and the user will be hooked.

I'm so confident of this I'm considering loaning Lancelot mine for the week:p
 
From gsmarena June 2009
And the stuff iPhone OS failed to deliver
No Flash support in the web browser
Still no file manager (or any other way to see all your files in one place)
Still no vibration feedback when touching the screen
No Bluetooth file transfers between mobile devices (you cannot send a photo to another phone or even iPhone and you can't receive one as well)
Contacts lack a swipe-to-delete or mass delete feature (but you can swipe-to-delete individual phone numbers)
Lacking SMS/MMS features: No msg character counting, no delivery notifications
Lacking email features: no bulk "mark as read", no ZIP or RAR support in mail, mail search doesn't search in email body
No smart dialing (but Spotlight is a good substitute)
No TO-DO app (but can be installed additionally)
No turn-to-mute feature (though that's more of a gimmick)
The Lock screen could have accommodate some info plug-ins such as upcoming appointments and events, weather, stocks, news, RSS feeds, etc.
A Wireless manager would have made turning on/off 3G, GPS, Wi-Fi, Airplane mode, and Bluetooth much more user-friendly
Still no true multitasking support (but perhaps for the better, having in mind the already poor battery life)
The system-wide search Spotlight is often too slow to launch iPod tracks
You can't use the iPhone massive storage as a removable USB drive under Windows
The whole iPhone is too dependent on iTunes - you cannot upload one type of content (video, photos, apps) from two computers, iTunes behaves fairly poorly under Windows, a regular file management interface would have been much better
Still no DivX or XviD video support and no official third-party application to play that
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These all still true?
 
How about the BlackBerry Storm 2 then that's just been released?

All the multimedia functions you'd expect. It does what BlackBerry does best ... email (new threaded SMS is sweet) and although the Standard Browser is lacking, Opera Mini 5 or Bolt easily fill the that void. The single rate charge for Browsing and Email doesnt doesnt hurt either :) What I wish the Storm has would be the ton of Apps that is available for the Iphone, but maybe that will change now that there is a BlackBerry App Store.

PS. The above is all applicable to the BlackBerry Bold (9000) in case the Storm is not an option :)
 
I went from an E51 to an E71 to a BB 9000. The BB is really fantastic. If you do lots of messaging it's the way to go. I do lots of email from my phone which is why I didn't go the touch screen route. Changing to the qwerty keyboard only takes a day or two. It also has predictive text AND spell-check. Mine came with GPS and Navigation included (not sure if that is standard but the phone has GPS built in so I assume so).

The E71 has MUCH better battery life than the BB. I tend to leave the BB plugged in whenever it's on my desk. BB charges from PC USB. E71 does not unless you buy a connector/adapter.

The screen on the BB is incredible. Makes the E71 look 10 years older once you try go back to the E71.
 
Hmmm, some conflicting opinions here now...

Anyone know any more about those MacOS faults with the iPhone?
 
+1 for iPhone. I have an iPhone 2G and find it amazing, a 3GS with double the CPU speed and double the RAM :D

All off the accusations are true, although some of them are just nit-picking, and many can be fixed by jail-breaking.

No phone today has Flash - so why does everyone complain about the iPhone lacking Flash?

If you Jailbreak you can get a very nice Wireless manager, transfer bluetooth files, navigate the file system, modify the lock screen and add themes, and.... multitask like a mofo with Backgrounder!
 
Synaesthesia said:
+1 for iPhone. I have an iPhone 2G and find it amazing, a 3GS with double the CPU speed and double the RAM :D

All off the accusations are true, although some of them are just nit-picking, and many can be fixed by jail-breaking.

No phone today has Flash - so why does everyone complain about the iPhone lacking Flash?

If you Jailbreak you can get a very nice Wireless manager, transfer bluetooth files, navigate the file system, modify the lock screen and add themes, and.... multitask like a mofo with Backgrounder!
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Haha, fair enough.

Flash as in a flash video maybe, but an LED flash for the camera would not hurt :)
 
And the stuff iPhone OS failed to deliver
No Flash support in the web browser
Still no file manager (or any other way to see all your files in one place)
Still no vibration feedback when touching the screen
No Bluetooth file transfers between mobile devices (you cannot send a photo to another phone or even iPhone and you can't receive one as well)
Contacts lack a swipe-to-delete or mass delete feature (but you can swipe-to-delete individual phone numbers)
Lacking SMS/MMS features: No msg character counting, no delivery notifications
Lacking email features: no bulk "mark as read", no ZIP or RAR support in mail, mail search doesn't search in email body
No smart dialing (but Spotlight is a good substitute)
No TO-DO app (but can be installed additionally)
No turn-to-mute feature (though that's more of a gimmick)
The Lock screen could have accommodate some info plug-ins such as upcoming appointments and events, weather, stocks, news, RSS feeds, etc.
A Wireless manager would have made turning on/off 3G, GPS, Wi-Fi, Airplane mode, and Bluetooth much more user-friendly
Still no true multitasking support (but perhaps for the better, having in mind the already poor battery life)
The system-wide search Spotlight is often too slow to launch iPod tracks
You can't use the iPhone massive storage as a removable USB drive under Windows
The whole iPhone is too dependent on iTunes - you cannot upload one type of content (video, photos, apps) from two computers, iTunes behaves fairly poorly under Windows, a regular file management interface would have been much better
Still no DivX or XviD video support and no official third-party application to play that
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Yes most of the above is true, however, however a jailbroken iPhone has a multitude of possibilities as far as 3rd party apps are concerned.

The process of jailbreaking is a simple one and the process of downloading and installing said 3rd party apps is also a simple one.

Bite sms is an app that allows character counting and delivery reports and the iPhone supports mms out the box.

editing email is a really simple procedure. I don't see the need for a bulk editing feature but I can see how some might.

File share is another 3rd party app that allows file transfer from or to the iPhone over a wireless network.

I have an app installed on my iPhone that allows me to remotely connect to my desktop or laptop over a wireless network which is handy when I'm not in front of the PC.

Backrounder is an app that supports multi tasking...

There is literally an app for everything on this device... and then some...
 
hj2k_x said:
So work are giving me a phone in Jan - need to pick one from this list.

Nokia E52
Nokia E71
Blackberry Bold 9000
Blackberry Curve 8900
iPhone 3GS 16GB

Which should I choose?

I am leaning towards the iPhone surprisingly. What will it need to do? Well, internet connectivity is key, opening documents and such and messaging - I send a LOT of sms's.

Other than that, I would like a decent camera ( I know the iPhone doesn't even have a flash...) and for it not to be too big and bulky. (Though I think none of these phones is exactly slim and trim:o)

Any comments/experiences much appreciated.

I have already read the reviews on gsmarena which always guide me in my choices - but they all seem to be pretty equally spec'd.

Cheers

H
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iPhone 3GS 16GB

Simply because its different than the other phones.
 
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