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Right i am considering getting a swanky new phone and i would like some advice please guys.

I would like a phone that has internet, good music player, touch screen. I would also like a contract that is under £40 (inc Insurance)

I am considering the following phones and would like some pros and cons if you have one....

Blackberry Storm 9500

I like the look of this one but i dont like deals available on Vodafone. Do you get unlimited internet included in their contracts?

What is the battery life like, what are the features like to use, any niggles?

T-Mobile G1 Black

I like this phone and i also like the deal that T-Mobile are offering ( UNLIMITED internet, UNLIMITED texts, 800 minutes)

What is the battery life like, what are the features like to use, any niggles?

Also when you are accepted for a contract i got told you pay your first bill after 14 days then another bill after another 30 days? Why is this? And is it easy to transfer your number over?

iPhone 3G

I am currently on O2 and i like this network. I like the iPhone but i heard you cant send or receive video messages. Any other problems? I like the £35 contract (£34.26 a month / 24 months 600 mins, 500 texts, Unlimited Data and WiFi)

Again What is the battery life like, what are the features like to use, any niggles? What will be the major difference between 8GB and 16GB? Apps, Do you pay on your bill or via the internet like iTunes?

So any advice would be helpful cheers!!

You can with an MMS application, but start of June the OS will be upgraded to 3.0 . MMS is a feature, in fact everything bar flash player will be included.
Apps are paid for via itunes
Battery life is shit if you have 3g and location switched On, and use it a lot. But if you switch them off till needed I can get 3 days use with about 1 hours worth of talk. Leave them on and probably get 8 hours max.
Only niggle is waiting for Junes update, apart from that I love it!!

The major difference between between 8gig and 16 gig is 8 gig :) depends how much music you have, would recommend 16gig if lots

So if i buy now then there will be an upgrade in June? Is this done via iTunes?

Has iPhone got sat nav or does that require an app? How much are apps? Any useful ones?

I will only have 500 songs max so would you recomend the 8 gig?

I don't think you'll go wrong with any of them. I have the G1 and think it'as brilliant.  The battery life isn't great though. but I don't know what the others are like.

If you are a geek, and want additional features such as wireless tethering, seemless google account integration, and a hardware keyboard as well as the touch screen, then the G1 is an excellent choice.

Im not a geek lol

Whats tethering?

balckberry 8900 curve, its the absolute nuts. It defo beats the G1 (sorry kin)

Cheers

Whats the sat nav like on the G1 kin?


Dont like look of this one and dont think its touch screen is it?

Its not touch screen. The sat nav on the g1 is the same as the curve if you get google maps, which is awesome

Tis a hard choice! They are all good but all have some faults either way!

hehe - no it doesn't.  Sorry fella.

You get your internet access via the phone and then it acts as a wireless router and any number of computers can then access the internet via this.  Useful in emergencies or when you're out and about with a laptop and want to connect to the internet.

:)up

Does any of these have a really really good camera?

Yea meant to include this in my OP

Camera with flash is prefered!

iphone is 2 meg camera which is a shame, has night mode but no flash, it is a good 2 meg camera however but for todays technology would expect at least 5 meg

So is the Tocco an option then?

http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/t-mobile-g1-black/4505-6452_7-33283585.html
"It is awkward to use the keyboard and phone at the same time" (sigh)

Why do they make phones with slide-out keyboards? All the other input methods on the touchscreen phones are faster and less fiddly, like Block-recognizer and Transcriber and even the onscreen keyboards. If I could pull it out of my HTC and bin it I would.

G1 camera isn't great either!

I think it's excellent.  Leaves the whole of the screen for display, and you can type much more quickly and accurately on a hardware keyboard than a soft-keyboard.  You can always use a soft-keyboard on the G1 if you really want to as well.

Oh and a lot of those reviews are incorrect.  The G1 does support Microsoft Exchange for one.

"The bigger issue is that the bottom section of the G1 makes it awkward to hold the phone when typing messages, since your right hand doesn't quite have the full range of motion. It definitely affected the speed and accuracy of typing."

Does the reviewer have only one hand?  Did Abu Hamza write that review?

I have the G1 and its a fantastic phone.  I have T-Mobile contract where I have always on Internet and the texts n calls allowance every month.

Everything Kin has said pretty much sums it up (see other mobile phone post somewhere) the battery life isnt excellent, but I have an in car charger so just charge as I go if I am out and about.  I paid my 1st bill about 14 days after my contact started and was able to transfer my existing mobile phone number by requesting my pac code from previous provider and gave it to t-mobile and they had me up n running on my existing number within 48 hours.

I just love this phone its amazing it does everything but wash the dishes for me.

BLACKBERRY ANYDAY MATE!!!!!!!!!!

Also, where the G1 is behind in terms of applications or any short-comings of the OS, this will be rectified as the open-source nature of the software and the might of Google behind it means that it's going to be continuously improving.  They announced today an imminent update of the OS with lots of new features. 

If all you want is to listen to music, watch some videos as well as text and talk, then I wouldn't recommend the G1. 

Work gives us a mobile and this year it is a Blackberry. I also have the G1 which is my personal phone. The Berry I have is no where near as good as the G1 from my personal experience.

I have the Samsung Pixon. Music player can be better but plays AVI videos you can transfer from your comp and an 8 megapixel camera with flash. Internet browser is pretty crap though.

look dan how many times blackberry blackerry blackberry

you can watch high stakes poker while play if you wanted to

Im not keen on the contract!

But im gonna condider it!

PS you left your hat at Gala! Gonna come down and play tonight?

Samsung Omnia is a Damn fine device, includes SatNav built in and newer version apparently records near HD video.

Vodafone include unlimited internet.

shit don't let john nick it he was looking at it all night can you leave it some where and i will be in soon to get it

o2 shop currently advertising £30 a month for unlimited texts, unlimited o2 to o2 calls, 500 mins and unlimited data and e-mail on the Blackberry 8900.

How long is the contract?


If you go with Android OS are you still gonna get tons of free mobile tools for it?

I running Windows Mobile 6 and my phone crammified full of stuff

www.freewarepocketpc.net

The Omnia runs Windows Mobile Pro 6.

Any of this gear work on a 8g N95?

I think it runs on Symbian Operating System, so no, but you can try here

http://www.symbian-freeware.com/

Im throwing the LG Arena (KM900) into the mixer!

All this talk has made me check when I last upgraded my handset.

2005!!!  ;gobsmacked;


So what handset would people recommend if you mainly just want to listen to music and browse the internet on it.

Because I have a worrying feeling that the iPhone works quite well for these criteria but I really don't want to be tied to iTunes.

The G1 looks gay, nothing else construtive to say srry.

Is it best to go into a store and are you likely to negotiate the right deal for you or wont they budge? I like a phone but not the price plan or i like the price plan but then have to pay quite a lump for the handset. Are the stores likely to tailor a deal to suit you?