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Old 03-05-2011, 13:03
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My old dumb phone is on its last legs thinking of purchasing a HTC wildfire. Been ding some digging around seems like a good phone but I read that the screen Resolution: 240 x 320 QVGA is not all that good.I am not interested in social networking at all and if I do any surfing it will be mostly through
WiFi at home.I currently do prepaid now. with o2 in Germany.
Would any one that has the HTC Wildfire recamend this phone.
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Old 03-05-2011, 13:31
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Old 03-05-2011, 13:34
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I bought one recently and I love it! I've never noticed a problem with the resolution and I surf quite a lot on it. Would definitely recommend it!
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Old 03-05-2011, 13:42
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Thanks I donīt know much about android but will most likely purchase this mobile from amazon.de.
So the default language will be in German can the language be changed to English? Or would it make more sence to purchase the phone from the UK.
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Old 03-05-2011, 13:43
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My best mate and I have one. It is a great smart 'phone. Battery doesn't last five minutes but it does do a lot of work running all those great applications.
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Old 03-05-2011, 13:46
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Thanks I donīt know much about android but will most likely purchase this mobile from amazon.de.
So the default language will be in German can the language be changed to English?
You can change the language on mine to German. So I guess you can change it on the german ones.
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Old 03-05-2011, 13:47
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My best mate and I have one. It is a great smart 'phone. Battery doesn't last five minutes but it does do a lot of work running all those great applications.
I do shift work and can listen to an mp3 player on night shift would it run all night playing music and pod castīs ?
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Old 03-05-2011, 13:48
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You can change the language on mine to German. So I guess you can change it on the german ones.
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Old 03-05-2011, 13:50
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I do shift work and can listen to an mp3 player on night shift would it run all night playing music and pod castīs ?
No idea but you could take your charger with you?

Mine is charged twice a day and I don't play music all that often. I use the camera,use Kindle to read my books on the bus and a few apps which use GPS.
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Old 03-05-2011, 13:57
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No idea but you could take your charger with you?

Mine is charged twice a day and I don't play music all that often. I use the camera,use Kindle to read my books on the bus and a few apps which use GPS.
Thanks for the reply I am guessing then that the gps takes a lot of power and if it was mostly turned off the battery would last longer. On that note can the screen be turned off If I am listing to mp3 I don't need to see the screen while I am working.
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Old 03-05-2011, 14:00
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Thanks for the reply I am guessing then that the gps takes a lot of power and if it was mostly turned off the battery would last longer. On that note can the screen be turned off If I am listing to mp3 I don't need to see the screen while I am working.
Yes you can turn the screen off while listening to music. Also the battery isn't the best but like you said it's the GPS which drains it the most, it does however charge pretty quickly.
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Old 03-05-2011, 14:17
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Thanks for all your help guys. I haven't made my finale decision yet I will take a couple of more weeks most likely.
I think what ever phone I get it will be an android phone.
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Old 03-05-2011, 14:22
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I have just read that the wildfire is about to be replaced by the wildfire s with a much better screen

http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/smart...new-wildfire-s

maybe I should wait..It will be released on the 5 of may and cost around 60€ more
http://www.amazon.de/HTC-Wildfire-Sm...4429233&sr=8-3

it runs android 2.4
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Old 03-05-2011, 15:06
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The Wlidfire S is an improvement over the original but for that kind of money i would buy an HTC Desire bigger screen faster CPU and probably cheaper than the Wildfire S.

Wildfire S

HTC Desire
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Old 03-05-2011, 19:03
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Well one of the big selling points for this phone is that it is smaller it will fit in your pocket.

Wild fire s cost 274€
http://www.amazon.de/HTC-Wildfire-Sm...4445531&sr=8-3

HTC Desire the standard one (cheapest ) cost 350€

http://www.amazon.de/HTC-Desire-Smar...4445731&sr=8-1

The one thing I donīt know is if they keep the same battery with a higher resolution screen and a faster processor then the battery wonīt last at all
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Old 03-05-2011, 19:21
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I like my wildfire. Its a good phone, battery though is TERRIBLE
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Old 03-05-2011, 21:06
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Well one of the big selling points for this phone is that it is smaller it will fit in your pocket.
http://www.amazon.de/HTC-Desire-Smar...4445731&sr=8-1
Can you only buy from Germany ?

http://www.phones4u.co.uk/shop/shop_...ItemKey=483781
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Old 03-05-2011, 21:44
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Not sure if you can get it in Germany but the ZTE Blade has a much better screen (800x400) and better all round spec than the Wildfire for less money. It is very easy to customise as well. Camera is not very good though but you can't have everything. Also the Moto Defy is better than the Wildfire for only a little bit more. Just thought you might like some options.
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Old 03-05-2011, 23:31
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I have just read that the wildfire is about to be replaced by the wildfire s with a much better screen

http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/smart...new-wildfire-s

maybe I should wait..It will be released on the 5 of may and cost around 60€ more
http://www.amazon.de/HTC-Wildfire-Sm...4429233&sr=8-3

it runs android 2.4
Came in here to suggest the Wildfire S to you. My mum has a normal Wildfire and indeed the battery is terrible - it's a nice little phone, but in terms of tech it's getting pretty outdated.
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Old 04-05-2011, 05:54
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No but I live in Germany it just makes more sense for me.
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Old 04-05-2011, 05:58
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Not sure if you can get it in Germany but the ZTE Blade has a much better screen (800x400) and better all round spec than the Wildfire for less money. It is very easy to customise as well. Camera is not very good though but you can't have everything. Also the Moto Defy is better than the Wildfire for only a little bit more. Just thought you might like some options.
Thanks I will have a look I never heard of that one before.
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Old 04-05-2011, 06:38
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Old 04-05-2011, 10:39
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I used to have a Wildfire and the screen res drove me nuts. You can get a Desire on cheap contracts nowadays (as I did) so its probably worth keeping that in mind. The screen is bigger with a better res and the processor is much faster.
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