smart phone advice

[buzzer]

looks like its time i dragged myself out of the dark ages and got myself a phone that can do more than phone and text.

so i am looking for a smartphone, as i need to able to receive email on my phone.

i suppose if i am going to get a new phone, i will want it to do "stuff", what stuff i am not sure.

so any tips, pointers as to what i should be looking for?
is contract best or buy the phone use pay as you go?

not wanting to spend a fortune, so what would be a good phone/package for a beginner?

cheers all..

 

[NoodlesJoe]

How much do you want to spend tight arse?


Acer Liquid Metal i have and San Francisco also both very good
did have a Htc desire also good

you can use it like a pc mate to log into here or anywhere
send emails via hotmail/yahoo/Google etc etc


as for for pas ya go i say and just use your giffgaff sim

 

[buzzer]

as less as possible..

how much do they cost?

 

[NoodlesJoe]

as less as possible..

how much do they cost?

from £80 upto £599
im selling my acer if you would like a good deal

brand new in box and Rooted

 

[buzzer]

i like the l;ook of the other one, might opt for one of them..

how good is a good deal.. lol

 

[NoodlesJoe]

i like the l;ook of the other one, might opt for one of them..

how good is a good deal.. lol

Not that good pmsl

 

[NoodlesJoe]

cheap one here but screen not that good
screen is quite unresponsive
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[seanicca]

not got myself but support seems ok on modaco

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[NoodlesJoe]

some here but remember you get what you pay for


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[craigneuk]

cheap one here but screen not that good
screen is quite unresponsive
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i got one of these and i think they are ok. the only thing that lets it down for me is it doesn't send large amounts of texts

 

[oneman]

I wouldn't bother with long term contract, 30 day rolling always to change tariff or providers. Giffgaff (owned by O2) seems to be a favourite, £10 a month gets you 250minutes, unlimited text and unlimited (subject to fair use) data,

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As for handsets,

San Francisco is supposed to be a very good budget phone and has plenty of support. Around £70 or so unlocked new.

A HTC desire would be much better (fast CPU and higher resolution screen) and around £80 second hand. Easy to unlock, root and flash with a custom ROM. You can try it for 6 months and if you find that you want something better then you can flog it without losing much dosh.

What did you want to use it for aside e-mail ?

 

[NoodlesJoe]

Nice phone here Buzzer

HTC Desire C from £99.95 on Pay as you go | The Carphone Warehouse

 

[oneman]

Nice phone here Buzzer

HTC Desire C from £99.95 on Pay as you go | The Carphone Warehouse

The Desire C bears little resemblance to even a basic Desire and even has worse specs then wildfire. 600Mhz CPU is very underpowered for ICS, couple with lack of flash and a low resolution screen.

You are better off going for G300 which has virtually the same specification as original desire but with slight bigger screen however you lose HTC Sense interface, one of the best features of HTC.

 

[NoodlesJoe]

The Desire C bears little resemblance to even a basic Desire and even has worse specs then wildfire. 600Mhz CPU is very underpowered for ICS, couple with lack of flash and a low resolution screen.

You are better off going for G300 which has virtually the same specification as original desire but with slight bigger screen however you lose HTC Sense interface, one of the best features of HTC.

yes i know but buzzer is tight arse and wont fork out for a good phone
thats why i said in my early post you get what you pay for

 

[buzzer]

i don't know what phone i want or what i want it to do....

sort of going off the idea now lol....

 

[buzzer]

so this phone would be a good deal then?

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[NoodlesJoe]

so this phone would be a good deal then?

Huawei Ascend G300 Smartphone from Vodafone Very.co.uk

Yes i would say for you Yes

Or for a extra £40/£50 you can have mine

 

[oneman]

so this phone would be a good deal then?

Huawei Ascend G300 Smartphone from Vodafone Very.co.uk

Yeah, its probably as good as you going to get for a cheap new phone. There are cheaper options but they will be second hand.

 

[NoodlesJoe]

so what ya doing?
if your going for this try this code for new Bait only

23EPW

Opps
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expected delivery within 2 weeks

 

[NoodlesJoe]

Nice little phone here Buzzer,
If its anything like the 1st San Francisco then its good for your 1st android

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and Root it
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or this but i would say go for the 1st one mate ok

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