HTC Phones?

[Robert]

I'm due an upgrade in a few months and I have been considering the N95 8gb or N82. Now I've seen the HTC phones...do they challenge the N series? Things I need:

Good browser
Good battery
Good for text
Slick menu system
Good call quality

I popped in to orange and saw my friend...he said the tytn "wasn't a good normal phone"...?

[Flibster]

Which HTC phone?

The HTC Kaiser is very good indeed. Depends which phone you are looking at though.

[Mark]

As above, depends, but in my case - Browser, yes. Battery, seems so, though 3G sucks the life out. Text - definitely. I've sent more texts in the 7 months I've had my TYTN than the sum total sent on all previous phones I've ever owned. Menu - I'm stuck on WM5 - newer phones are better.

[Robert]

Which HTC phone?

The HTC Kaiser is very good indeed. Depends which phone you are looking at though.

Is it called the Kaiser or the Tytn 2 or what?

[Flibster]

Known as the HTC Kaiser, HTC TyTN II, XDA Stella, MDA Vairo III amongst many others.

[Mark]

TyTN II and Kaiser appear to be used interchangeably. Like most HTC phones they have numerous names and versions.

And yes, that one is very good. It's the upgrade from what I've got. :)

[Robert]

So if this really is better than the N95...what would be the best network to have it on? :)

[Mark]

Just to be clear on my views, I didn't say it was better. I have zero experience of the N95 so can't make a comparison.

[Flibster]

Not used a Nokia since the 3310....

Always been using PDA phone since then. However, apart from the HTC Universal *which is pretty big* the Kaiser is imho the best they do.

[Robert]

Now...the only issue I have is size and how it compares to the N95 8gb.

[Flibster]

Kaiser
Weight: 190g
Dimensions: 112 x 59 x 19 mm
7 hours talktime
365 hours standby

N95
Weight: 120g
Dimensions: 99 x 53 x 21 mm
4 hours talktime
225 hours standby

Quick google done. ;)

[Robert]

Not that different then...hm...

[Will]

I have the M700 - it's fantastic. Battery lasts a good couple of days even up to 4 I've had with little use. Great music player, good enough camera. Nice screen, and decent size for what it does. It has built in GPS receiver which is REALLY useful. Also, all the usual tricks like 3G, Wifi etc... Obviously windows mobile too. Really satisfied with it. Browser is very good, works on every site I've used and I use it a lot. Call quality is great, even the speaker phone's clear as a bell. The interface is easy and there are a million ways to use the menus, scroll wheel, directional buttons, touch screen. It's quite quick too, and doesn't seem to gobble to much memory either. :)

[LeperousDust]

Hmmmmm, i still think if you want to use phones primarily as phones, then the symbianOS is much better designed and more stable. For the extra PDA features WM5/6 helps but at the price of speed and general overall usability... I've used a HTC Universal which in its day was the fastest WM5 phone out there and it still chugged at times doing very little. The phone application can be an annoyance sometimes.

Summing up:
SymbianOS Phone first, but does PDA stuff admirably
WM5/6 PDA first, but feels like phone is a tacked on app WM7 may change all this though, it looks like a big step in the right direction for MS touchscreen phones...

[Desmo]

I agree with Lep, and it's one reason I've always steered clear of PDA style phones. A symbian based phone does everything I need and there are plenty of apps out there to do all sorts of things if you want to, but it's a phone first. Out of the two you're looking at, I prefer the N82.