New Phone help?

[Girgy85]

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!!

[dik9]

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?

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

[Girgy85]

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?

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?

[kinboshi]

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.

[Girgy85]

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?

[dik9]

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

Has iPhone got sat nav or does that require an app? How much are apps? Any useful ones? You will find an APP for nearly everything you can possibly do with a phone and then some, cost from Free to max £4 for the most popular games i.e. Metal Gear Solid I think is £3.49. At the moment 1st person sat nav is not possible i.e. TOM TOM but come June it is expected if they can sort out the legality of map ownership and software, they have been waiting for TOM TOM to release an APP and this tooo is expected in June I am led to believe.

I will only have 500 songs max so would you recomend the 8 gig? Easliy store 500 songs/Videos and Applications, if you get near the 2000 mark then a 16 gig would be optimum

[Linux]

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

[Girgy85]

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

Has iPhone got sat nav or does that require an app? How much are apps? Any useful ones? You will find an APP for nearly everything you can possibly do with a phone and then some, cost from Free to max £4 for the most popular games i.e. Metal Gear Solid I think is £3.49. At the moment 1st person sat nav is not possible i.e. TOM TOM but come June it is expected if they can sort out the legality of map ownership and software, they have been waiting for TOM TOM to release an APP and this tooo is expected in June I am led to believe.

I will only have 500 songs max so would you recomend the 8 gig? Easliy store 500 songs/Videos and Applications, if you get near the 2000 mark then a 16 gig would be optimum

Cheers

Whats the sat nav like on the G1 kin?

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

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

[Linux]

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

Has iPhone got sat nav or does that require an app? How much are apps? Any useful ones? You will find an APP for nearly everything you can possibly do with a phone and then some, cost from Free to max £4 for the most popular games i.e. Metal Gear Solid I think is £3.49. At the moment 1st person sat nav is not possible i.e. TOM TOM but come June it is expected if they can sort out the legality of map ownership and software, they have been waiting for TOM TOM to release an APP and this tooo is expected in June I am led to believe.

I will only have 500 songs max so would you recomend the 8 gig? Easliy store 500 songs/Videos and Applications, if you get near the 2000 mark then a 16 gig would be optimum

Cheers

Whats the sat nav like on the G1 kin?

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

[Girgy85]

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

[kinboshi]

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

hehe - no it doesn't.  Sorry fella.

[kinboshi]

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?

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.

[RED-DOG]

Does any of these have a really really good camera?

[Girgy85]

Does any of these have a really really good camera?

Yea meant to include this in my OP

Camera with flash is prefered!

[dik9]

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