Phone contracts

[Haly]

That's good then I don't know anything about it besides the basics so good to hear the quality's meant to be better!

[LeperousDust]

Yeah the OS on that is strange, its built on the back of something strange and programed in flash if my memory serves me right. Seems nice, but i just love the versatility of smartphones Apart from when i went made and bought the bloody HTC universal, my smartphone history has been very pocketable - its the first thing i look for!

For small brilliance: 6120 classic, or E51 both superb and the smallest smartphones on the market.

Hope the touch does you well, i just know it would do my head in Looks very nice though!

[Matblack]

Hmmmmmmmmmm, thats all I have to say about the Viewty.

My opinion my be shadowed by the use of Windows Mobile units for so long but this phone seems a bit, well, clunky and not very satisfying. That said I can see it being very good for someone who wants a good camera phone but the email isn't very good and the internet browseing is a bit shakey and these are things that bother me most. I'll see how it syncroises with Outlook tonight but if that sucks then its going back and I'll getting a Touch Dual.

MB

[Admiral Huddy]

My O2 contract ran out this month. I was charged £35 this monh for 500mins/500 texts, for which I was paying £19.50.

I called them today to see what deal they can do as I would like to keep my k800i. They offered me £15 for 200mins/500 texts or £20 for 400min/1,000 texts both on a month-to-month contract. Doesn't sound too bad so I've taken the £15 offer for now. They don't do R/O minutes now which is a shame.

[Matblack]

Right its going back

MB

[Daz]

What was the proverbial straw dude?

[LeperousDust]

MB get the N95 8GB or at least try it, i think you'll be very impressed, i'd say get the n82 but you'd have to wiat since tis not really available right now...

Huddy, IMHO i don't think thats that great if your keeping your phone... As stated above i pushed and used the i'm not get a subsidised phone off you guys line, managed £5 per month for 340 texts or 170 minutes or mixture of the two; 1 min = 2 texts etc...

For £12.5 i could have got 900 texts or 450 mins or mixture of the two.

And finally for 16.25 i could get 1800 tetxs or 900 mins or a mix per month.

Thats with flext so it generally works out slightly worse than fixed tarriffs, but i get more flexibility. If you push i can see why you can get what you've got for £15 for £10 a month.... I'm not about the value of o2's tarriffs anymore i remember when i was with them for £10 a month a few years back with 200 mins and 500 texts or something like that i'm sure! (albeit i think the mins may have been off peak).

[Matblack]

To be honest it was just clunky and totally un-modable, the camera wasn't all that great out of the box either despite being 5mp :/

It picked up my email but it wasn't very readable and I know that if I go with the Dual I will definately be able to read emails and integrate with Outlook without any issues.

I will look at the N95 Alex but I don't need a media phone really and have hardly used any of the functions on the m3100, I'm really for a PDA style phone which is also compact and bijou.

MB

[LeperousDust]

N95 maybe a media phone but its also a very capable smartphone, the only reason its got all the media features is to attract a larger market (i don't really like them, the 5mp camera isn't my thing). But what else it does is fabulous. Its small(er than most), has wi-fi and 3g, and a some pretty decent software + OS to boot. Yes its got GPS but i dont really see that as a selling point again myself, but its handy to have maybe sometimes... I think you'll be suprised by the N95 8Gb the only reason i mention the 8GB (ie probably trying to be a media phone) is becuase they've totally updated the N95, its got a half decent battery life, its MUCH quicker, and its built a lot better. Otherwise look at the E51/N82 reviews...