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General => General discussion => Topic started by: Dave_IOW on 16 June 2011, 18:54
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Ok, so looks like im getting a contract for the first time, appeal of the new phone mostly and not having to top up all the time.
Limit is roughly £30 pound a month tops and must be on O2.
Been looking at the HTC Desire S,
thats £27 a month, 300 mins (will never use all them), unlimited texts and 500MB internetz :wink:
Is this a good choice, does anyone have one they would like to share their views on, or would anyone suggest an alternative, if so, please explain why :smiley:
The iPhone 3gs 8mb is only just outside the £30 barrier at £32 a month but not sure if that would be any better than the HTC.
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ihone4 all the way, but youd need to pay upfront for the phone :undecided:
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i wouldnt have an i phone full stop, but certainly not a 3g's. obviously a few years back it was sh!t hot, now its just sh!t. the 4 is a waste of money. HTC value for money is qualitly my brother and sister have HTC phones both spot on between £20-30 a month.
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why does it have to be o2? if youve been with them for a long time then ring them up and see if they have any loyalty offers on.
do you not know anyone who works for a phone place that can get you a friends and family contract? i get 300 mins, unlimited txts and internet for 14 quid a month on orange
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i wouldnt have an i phone full stop, but certainly not a 3g's. obviously a few years back it was sh!t hot, now its just sh!t. the 4 is a waste of money. HTC value for money is qualitly my brother and sister have HTC phones both spot on between £20-30 a month.
I disagree , my mates have got HTC's and they say there pile of crap , nice for a couple weeks but after that they just fail :evil:
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all my mates / family / girlfriend are on o2 and get free phone calls between us and texts, pointless me going elsewhere...
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I have a 4 pay £29 a month 1000 mIns 1gb browsing but do live in Newbury home of Voda so get a good deal :)
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i wouldnt have an i phone full stop, but certainly not a 3g's. obviously a few years back it was sh!t hot, now its just sh!t. the 4 is a waste of money. HTC value for money is qualitly my brother and sister have HTC phones both spot on between £20-30 a month.
I disagree , my mates have got HTC's and they say there pile of crap , nice for a couple weeks but after that they just fail :evil:
you need to take your apple blinkers off :lipsrsealed:
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i wouldnt have an i phone full stop, but certainly not a 3g's. obviously a few years back it was sh!t hot, now its just sh!t. the 4 is a waste of money. HTC value for money is qualitly my brother and sister have HTC phones both spot on between £20-30 a month.
I disagree , my mates have got HTC's and they say there pile of crap , nice for a couple weeks but after that they just fail :evil:
you need to take your apple blinkers off :lipsrsealed:
Wearing a nice pair of shades reading this on my iphone very nice :grin:
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all my mates / family / girlfriend are on o2 and get free phone calls between us and texts, pointless me going elsewhere...
then why not just see how much to just buy the phone your after? pointless getting a contract if its gonna work out cheaper on pay as you go, only benefit would be the internet, which you WILL need if you get an android phone.
if you can afford it get an iphone (3gs, much cheaper, just missing the video of the iphone 4, but maybe you can get an app for that now) but im more than happy with my x10i, a lot better than most android phones ive used, and the 2.3.3 update comes out soon, and because the arc is out now the x10 has come right down in price.
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HTC are lovely phones, and if you didn't intend on spending more than £30 a month in the first place, don't be tempted to spend more simply because the iPhone 4 is on offer. for starters, the 5 is out in a couple of months... and you need to pay for it up front.
Android is imo a better operating system all round anyways.
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OP, use price comparison websites. You can get some cracking deals on them, compare different handsets, get free gifts etc
I have a 4 pay £29 a month 1000 mIns 1gb browsing but do live in Newbury home of Voda so get a good deal :)
I think the signal on their home turf is crap :grin: My sister used to live in Cromwell Road and it was BAD probs why you get a discount :laugh:
i wouldnt have an i phone full stop, but certainly not a 3g's. obviously a few years back it was sh!t hot, now its just sh!t. the 4 is a waste of money. HTC value for money is qualitly my brother and sister have HTC phones both spot on between £20-30 a month.
I disagree , my mates have got HTC's and they say there pile of crap , nice for a couple weeks but after that they just fail :evil:
Then why is my boss who swore by his ip4 when he first got it now looing at HTC Windows Phone 7 devices ? :lipsrsealed: Rose tinted glasses fell off after I showed him up a few times with my 'ancient' HTC methinks :grin:
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Jay get an iphone FFS , you know it makes sense :grin:
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OP, use price comparison websites. You can get some cracking deals on them, compare different handsets, get free gifts etc
I have a 4 pay £29 a month 1000 mIns 1gb browsing but do live in Newbury home of Voda so get a good deal :)
I think the signal on their home turf is crap :grin: My sister used to live in Cromwell Road and it was BAD probs why you get a discount :laugh:
i wouldnt have an i phone full stop, but certainly not a 3g's. obviously a few years back it was sh!t hot, now its just sh!t. the 4 is a waste of money. HTC value for money is qualitly my brother and sister have HTC phones both spot on between £20-30 a month.
I disagree , my mates have got HTC's and they say there pile of crap , nice for a couple weeks but after that they just fail :evil:
Then why is my boss who swore by his ip4 when he first got it now looing at HTC Windows Phone 7 devices ? :lipsrsealed: Rose tinted glasses fell off after I showed him up a few times with my 'ancient' HTC methinks :grin:
then why arent htc updating there desire, saying it cant handle 2.3+ when other phones with the same spec are managing it fine? id be worried there newer phones would suffer the same fate soon
http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_desire_will_not_be_updated_to_gingerbread-news-2779.php
iphones are the best, no doubt about it, but there pricing and marketing appeals to gadget snobs and earns them a reputation, androids good but its still a free os, not designed to run on a specific unit and it suffers for it
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OP, use price comparison websites. You can get some cracking deals on them, compare different handsets, get free gifts etc
I have a 4 pay £29 a month 1000 mIns 1gb browsing but do live in Newbury home of Voda so get a good deal :)
I think the signal on their home turf is crap :grin: My sister used to live in Cromwell Road and it was BAD probs why you get a discount :laugh:
i wouldnt have an i phone full stop, but certainly not a 3g's. obviously a few years back it was sh!t hot, now its just sh!t. the 4 is a waste of money. HTC value for money is qualitly my brother and sister have HTC phones both spot on between £20-30 a month.
I disagree , my mates have got HTC's and they say there pile of crap , nice for a couple weeks but after that they just fail :evil:
Then why is my boss who swore by his ip4 when he first got it now looing at HTC Windows Phone 7 devices ? :lipsrsealed: Rose tinted glasses fell off after I showed him up a few times with my 'ancient' HTC methinks :grin:
then why arent htc updating there desire, saying it cant handle 2.3+ when other phones with the same spec are managing it fine? id be worried there newer phones would suffer the same fate soon
http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_desire_will_not_be_updated_to_gingerbread-news-2779.php
iphones are the best, no doubt about it, but there pricing and marketing appeals to gadget snobs and earns them a reputation, androids good but its still a free os, not designed to run on a specific unit and it suffers for it
OMFG
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
They ARE updating the desire to 2.3 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
FAIL
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/06/htc-desire-will-get-gingerbread-upgrade-once-htc-shrinks-bloated-sense-ui.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss
What a load of sh!t, my 'OLD' HTC Legend that runs a 600Mhz CPU (400Mhz slower than the desire) can run 2.3.3 just fine, in fact it's faster than 2.1 or 2.2 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Thanks for the MEGALOLZ
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my desire is already running 2.3 and has done for months
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OP, use price comparison websites. You can get some cracking deals on them, compare different handsets, get free gifts etc
I have a 4 pay £29 a month 1000 mIns 1gb browsing but do live in Newbury home of Voda so get a good deal :)
I think the signal on their home turf is crap :grin: My sister used to live in Cromwell Road and it was BAD probs why you get a discount :laugh:
i wouldnt have an i phone full stop, but certainly not a 3g's. obviously a few years back it was sh!t hot, now its just sh!t. the 4 is a waste of money. HTC value for money is qualitly my brother and sister have HTC phones both spot on between £20-30 a month.
I disagree , my mates have got HTC's and they say there pile of crap , nice for a couple weeks but after that they just fail :evil:
Then why is my boss who swore by his ip4 when he first got it now looing at HTC Windows Phone 7 devices ? :lipsrsealed: Rose tinted glasses fell off after I showed him up a few times with my 'ancient' HTC methinks :grin:
then why arent htc updating there desire, saying it cant handle 2.3+ when other phones with the same spec are managing it fine? id be worried there newer phones would suffer the same fate soon
http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_desire_will_not_be_updated_to_gingerbread-news-2779.php
iphones are the best, no doubt about it, but there pricing and marketing appeals to gadget snobs and earns them a reputation, androids good but its still a free os, not designed to run on a specific unit and it suffers for it
OMFG
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
They ARE updating the desire to 2.3 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
FAIL
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/06/htc-desire-will-get-gingerbread-upgrade-once-htc-shrinks-bloated-sense-ui.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss
What a load of sh!t, my 'OLD' HTC Legend that runs a 600Mhz CPU (400Mhz slower than the desire) can run 2.3.3 just fine, in fact it's faster than 2.1 or 2.2 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Thanks for the MEGALOLZ
megalolz? are you a 12 year old or summit? i dont own a desire, i own an x10, so summit thats only been announced on wednesday wouldnt instantly be news to me. anyway, reading that link youve posted there cutting a lot out of the ui, so is that an admission thats its bloated?
also its not the speed of the processor they were on about, its the memory, if they put 2.3 on it then it would only have been able to run about 2 or 3 apps before it was full, and not all apps support running from sd
ps, im an android user, my x10 is still stuck on 2.1 till there update cos i hate running cf, imo sony and htc pale in comparison to samsung, even though i hate there ui
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Root it and upload a custom ROM. job done :wink:
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HTC build quality is one of the best, their UI is great. Sony's UI is pants and their phones aren't the best design, my sister in laws x10 mini is so thick,they should have called it the SAF (short and fat). Samsung have a decent UI, quite like stock Android/ADW Launcher, I've heard lots of people moaning about their build too.
They're having to cut back on the Desire because the Desire has a 512Mb capacity rom. If it gets the new Sense, it'll be worth any cut backs imo. Root the X10 and get rid of the fugly UI by installing a different rom.
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HTC build quality is one of the best, their UI is great. Sony's UI is pants and their phones aren't the best design, my sister in laws x10 mini is so thick,they should have called it the SAF (short and fat). Samsung have a decent UI, quite like stock Android/ADW Launcher, I've heard lots of people moaning about their build too.
They're having to cut back on the Desire because the Desire has a 512Mb capacity rom. If it gets the new Sense, it'll be worth any cut backs imo. Root the X10 and get rid of the fugly UI by installing a different rom.
the x10 mini is a joke and cant be compared to an x10, its like comparing the wildfire to the sense, half the phone, the x10i is a very well built and good looking phone, there ui in this one isnt as bad as old ones but the mediascape and timescape crap does piss me off, besides this i really do think that if theyd updated it when it was released instead of keeping it on 1.6 then it would have sold a lot better and scored higher in people estimation.
ive already rooted the x10, i would have a different rom on but the camera sucks on all them, vga at best and lose video completely, once the newest update is out i will defintely be upgrading
i used a workmates galaxy for a short while and got wound up quite quickly, i seem to get this on all samsung phones, he managed to snap his phone in half when he sat on it so build quality definately an issue, but there way ahead when it comes to development of android, theve released a free sg2 to developers to see what they can do with it, quite cool i reckon
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Yeah Sammy gave one of the CM dev's a free SG2 and said make CM run on it :shocked: Maybe they're going to use CM on future phones :grin:
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hmm all getting a bit technical here, didnt want a apple vs android thread but should have guessed i suppose :grin:
so all in all, the Desire S isnt that bad right?
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ive got the sony erricsson play and i love it just had the update of 2.3.3 and its really quick i have had a iphone 3gs and i think the android is better
my mate has the drsire never let him down and theres also other phones i seen in the paper that the galaxy s is coming down in price due to the second one coming out now
cheers
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Galaxy S2 on 3, job done :smiley:
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Galaxy S2 on 3, job done :smiley:
on 3? seriously? ive never used the network but everyone i know has said the signal is terrible
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over here the signal is spot on. I'll be switching once my contract runs out
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Right so think ive decided on a HTC, never had one before and they look pretty cool tbh.
Im a little confused to which is the best/newest model, if you could have one, which would it be?
Desire
Desire HD
Desire S
Desire Z
HD7
All are within reach i think, which one will be the most updatable and stay newish for longest :smiley:
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Desire S is the newest, it's great but I'd be tempted for the Desire HD for the 4.3" screen :drool: :drool:
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does it have the same features then just a bigger screen?
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Pretty much, but the HD has more internal storage space and better camera. Probably a few more differences too.
http://www.htc.com/uk/product/desirehd/specification.html
http://www.htc.com/uk/product/desires/specification.html
HTC Sense:
http://www.htc.com/uk/htcsense/index.html
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isn't the htc sensation the one to go for?
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Definately, but from that list he can upgrade to it's either the Desire S or HD.
Oh forgot the S has a front facing camera too and a Mirror App :grin: Perfect for the Laydeees on here :kiss:
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have a look at the size of them in the shop, bigger screen sounds great till you realise it wont fit in your work shirt (yes i fell for it, my fault, should have checked)
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work shirt?? I wear a hoody, jeans and some steel toe cap boots mate :wink:
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You've probably got some big pockets, possibly cargo trousers? big pockets, big screen, big phone :evil:
Definitely compare the specs and look at them in person and have a few mins play on each to get the feel for them.
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yeah, off phone shopping tomorrow.. thanks for help in deciding, definately going with HTC something :grin:
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yeah, off phone shopping tomorrow.. thanks for help in deciding, definately going with HTC something :grin:
Lets hope you dont regret it ??? :grin:
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im sure the £100's savings for no loss of features will stop the regret :wink: :drool:
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yeah, off phone shopping tomorrow.. thanks for help in deciding, definately going with HTC something :grin:
So it'll be another forum member battling the apple company, look forward to hearing you slate any i product in future threads, lol
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yeah, off phone shopping tomorrow.. thanks for help in deciding, definately going with HTC something :grin:
So it'll be another forum member battling the apple company, look forward to hearing you slate any i product in future threads, lol
Nah mate, not like that (yet anyway :grin:) i like the look of the iPhones etc, theres just no way im paying that much for one :wink:
Im a builder, not an office man so its probably only going to last 6month - 1year max anyway, phones dont like cement/dust/bricks :smiley:
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yeah, off phone shopping tomorrow.. thanks for help in deciding, definately going with HTC something :grin:
So it'll be another forum member battling the apple company, look forward to hearing you slate any i product in future threads, lol
Nah mate, not like that (yet anyway :grin:) i like the look of the iPhones etc, theres just no way im paying that much for one :wink:
Im a builder, not an office man so its probably only going to last 6month - 1year max anyway, phones dont like cement/dust/bricks :smiley:
touch screen, id say 3 month, thats how long mine lasted working in garage. they hate oil even more than dust, lol
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We will see, claim on insurance if it breaks i suppose.
Now the proud owner of HTC Desire S :smiley:
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We will see, claim on insurance if it breaks i suppose.
Now the proud owner of HTC Desire S :smiley:
well done, get yourself on xda developers forum and learn up the things you can do with them, android really is good to fiddle with
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so far in the 2 hours all i have done with it is installed angry birds and played that :huh:
must learn how to use it :grin: