Touch screen phones.

[blue-eye-boy]

My wife can upgrade her handset January at mtn. She had the Nokia c5-03, but what a disgrace of touch screen phone. I have the nokia n8, and with a lovely touch screen. Now what makes the n8't touch screen better than the c5-03? I see the c5-03 has a "TFT resistive touchscreen,", and my n8 a "AMOLED capacitive touchscreen". Now how will I know when I choose a new phone for her, that she will be happy with the touch screen? It was really a pain in the butt to type even the shortest thing on the phone.

I thought of getting her the sony xperia go, or nokia asha 311. Sony has a better cam, so maybe that will be the choice. I'm also upgrading March, and this touch screen thing will bother me when I upgrade too.

Thanks

 

[Lupus]

Capacitive is the one you only need your finger for, the two phones you mentioned both have that as far as I know.

 

[Mr Big T]

I have used www.compare-cellphones.org when I buy a new phone or want to compare 2 phones. It explains in very simple terms what the difference btween 2 phones are. I have a Nokia 5230 with a touchscreen for approximately 3 years. Never had a problem with the touchscreen. It worked very well

 

[ClintZA]

My understanding is that capacitive is activated by an "electric charge" in the human finger. A light touch will get you a response. Resistive is activated by pressure. One layer pushes into another completing the circuit. From this explanation alone you can see how the former will be far more pleasant to use. A light touch of the latter will not register the keypress.

My opinion, and generally accepted one, is that the latter is crap. The former is the way to go. Not sure many still use resistive as I see even low end Android tablets coming out with capacitive now.

 

[HapticSimian]

I see the c5-03 has a "TFT resistive touchscreen,"...

There's your problem; resistive screens are of the devil. Don't worry too much about LCD vs AMOLED vs SuperLCD vs whatever else... unless you're after the best of the best it likely won't matter much to you. Just make sure you're buying phones with capacitive screens. Resistive screens utilise an older technology - it is cheaper, but it's largely fallen out of favour.

 

[blue-eye-boy]

Okay this makes perfect sense, no wonder we battled with her nokia. It was stolen September, and we both weren't sad about it. Now I know what to choose. Thanks

 

[louisek]

Right. I have a Nokia C5-03 and it is the best phone I have had. Excellent voice quality, answers itself when on bluetooth and a full qwerty keyboard when you turn it horizontally. It also has WhatsApp and I could not wish for anything more (at the moment)

 

[blue-eye-boy]

Right. I have a Nokia C5-03 and it is the best phone I have had. Excellent voice quality, answers itself when on bluetooth and a full qwerty keyboard when you turn it horizontally. It also has WhatsApp and I could not wish for anything more (at the moment)

Okay right, but you maybe dont have something better to compare it too. Imagine me having a n8, and occasionally trying to type something on my wife's phone. Let me promise you, there are better phones out there.

 

[FreeStanler]

Really think of going for an Android phone. You get so much more, and it needn't be expensive.

It is just as easy to use (if not easier) than any other phone, but you have the option of using really cool apps and other functionalities.

 

[Aharon]

Once you've used a capacitative screen you will always struggle on the resistive. Also had a 5230- hated it after trying a capacitative. All semi semi-decent androids are capacitive though and range from about 1.5k up (decent).