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Alternative to Iphone
Traynor
12-06-2010
One that has the apps like the iphone & perhaps handle Itunes

good size screen and more importantly price.

Thanks in advance.
prankz
12-06-2010
Three words. Android, HTC and Desire.
Traynor
12-06-2010
Originally Posted by prankz:
“Three words. Android, HTC and Desire.”

Forgot to say not on contract...........
prankz
12-06-2010
Originally Posted by Traynor:
“Forgot to say not on contract...........”

So SIM-free or PAYG?
Traynor
12-06-2010
Originally Posted by prankz:
“So SIM-free or PAYG?”

Sim free.........
prankz
12-06-2010
Three words then... Android, HTC and Desire

What's your budget anyway?
TheBigM
12-06-2010
These phones are generally going to be cheaper in contract than sim free plus payg. Especially as you can't always get good data allowances on payg.
wavejockglw
13-06-2010
Too many to mention...

Lots of smartphones from £80 on PAYG with Android.

Check the network sites for offers.
Traynor
13-06-2010
Thanks for the replies, I have a 12 months sims contract with 500mb/600 minutes allowance for £15,which suits me. I hate the idea of a 24 month contract.

I like the look of an Iphone, doe the Dell Streak also looks good.

price of the phone, not too much of an issue.
pi r squared
13-06-2010
Originally Posted by Traynor:
“I like the look of an Iphone, doe the Dell Streak also looks good.

price of the phone, not too much of an issue.”

But yet you mentioned price in your opening post?! Also, if you like the look of the iPhone, why not just get an iPhone?

If you really want an alternative, as others have mentioned you can't go wrong with the HTC Desire.
taurus_67
13-06-2010
At the moment the closest is probably the HTC Desire, but there are a couple of handsets due quite soon that might be interesting. The Samsung Galaxy S and the Nokia N8 both look to be promising quite a lot.
mikey86uk
13-06-2010
Originally Posted by prankz:
“Three words. Android, HTC and Desire.”

HTC isnt a word, its 3 letters
TelevisionUser
13-06-2010
Well, Traynor, there are a number of alternatives out there that you could consider. For example, the HTC Desire has been mentioned above and there's the Google Nexus One (also made by HTC) and the Dell Streak.

They have Android operating systems and also capacitative multi-touch screens just like the iPhone does. There's also the Palm Pre which has a capacitative touch screen as well. More info on how well the iPhone competitors did here http://www.edibleapple.com/in-contro...eigns-supreme/, here http://www.lightweightlaptops.co.uk/...ative-the-best and here http://cow.neondragon.net/index.php/...-to-the-iphone
dealwithme
13-06-2010
I would say get a nexus one. The HTC Sense aint special anymore the stock android does way better and is faster.

And as Android updates role out HTC is the slowest to come out with their updates. I am on Hero they have promised the update to 2.1 way back and they havent updated it yet.

HTC Sense had an advantage initially. It was really good. but you should really see how cool android 2.2 is .
legends wear 7
13-06-2010
+1 for nexus one. Love it
taurus_67
13-06-2010
Originally Posted by dealwithme:
“
And as Android updates role out HTC is the slowest to come out with their updates. I am on Hero they have promised the update to 2.1 way back and they havent updated it yet.

HTC Sense had an advantage initially. It was really good. but you should really see how cool android 2.2 is .”

Apart from the Nexus One, which I presume has 2.2 already, are there any other hansets out there that are already using Android 2.2?
sotek
13-06-2010
Originally Posted by taurus_67:
“Apart from the Nexus One, which I presume has 2.2 already, are there any other hansets out there that are already using Android 2.2?”

Believe it or not Google still hasn't officially released 2.2 so a standard Nexus is still running 2.1!

There is a beta available for installation but this is not the final code and I can't be bothered to switch to it in the meantime.
TelevisionUser
16-06-2010
Interestingly, only this very day there have been some articles published about Motorola's new Droid X mobile. It has a humongous screen for a mobile (reminds me a bit of an Archos) and there's more here:

http://www.trustedreviews.com/mobile...e-Confirmed/p1

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/3375...d-x-sneak-peak

It looks like it's Motorola's Android response to the latest iPhone and it'll be interesting to see how it does especially since so many customers are waiting for their iPhone.
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