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Why did you choose your phone?
htc Desire S.
I thought it was the perfect size, good build, wasn't glossy, spec'd to more than meet my needs and already had Gingerbread. I liked the call quality on the previous HTC I had too... |
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HTC Trophy 7, liked the UI, still do and the rest, no regrets
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For me I needed to move beyond symbian - email and good browsing were my priorities. I genuinely considered all platforms except blackberry which I thought didn't have a good enough browsing experience. For a long time I was torn between iPhone4 (purely because everyone else said it was good even though I didn't enjoy it when I tried it), Android phones like the Google Nexus S and others.
Tech-side: Eventually, what drew me was the UI philosophy, Zune across three screens, xbox live gaming and Office. All reviews I'd read also said fragmentation of Android would be avoided, was slick with high-powered phones, browsing speed was at least competitive with the rest if not better on video comparisons, software keyboard was excellent and I like the portrait qwerty slider on the dell venue pro. Price-side: Of course, cost mattered a great deal to me too. I was keen to go payg - fed up of contracts and at that point only Giffgaff had true unlimited data and good deals for voice minutes too. Range of phones at a decent price on payg was limited. Ultimately, getting the HTC HD7 for £390 from O2 combined with a £10pm cost on giffgaff meant I had no contract and enough mins etc for me at a total cost over two years of £630. It was the cheapest option at the time, nothing else came close. |
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iPhone 3GS
Never had a smartphone before and had seen demos from friend's iPhone. Took the plunge and 12 months later I am as satisfied with it as I was when I first had it. I don't get frustrated by it, it does exactly what I want it to do. My wife saw what the iPhone could do compared to her Nokia W91 and when her contract expired got an iPhone 4, and now she loves it too. Just simple to use and never had any problems. |
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Samsung Galaxy S2
Being delivered tom. Chose as its awesome!!! |
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HTC Wildfire. Friend had one and I wanted one after seeing it.
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Tesco LG. It was the first one I saw in my price range. Wasnt bothered about features, just wanted something basic that I could make and receive calls on.
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Iphone4 as for me personally , it was the best mobile on the market and it does everything i need it to do and its so simple to use.
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HTC Desire HD.
My previous phone was a Nokia, but their O/S is dying, and before that an SE, who are already dead to me. I avoid Apple for political reasons, and wouldn't touch Windows on a phone. Hence Android. I wanted a high-end smart phone with a radio, SD slot and a few other features that got me a short-list. Initially I wanted a physical keyboard, but when I tried the Desire Z in a shop it seemed too heavy and dense. I picked the HD because the engineering seemed more elegant, and I hoped the larger screen would make up for not having a keyboard. |
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iPhone 4. I didn't really want it but then I had a vision with Steve jobs telling me that I had to buy it or risk a certain death, so after the vision I rushed into town and bought it, I haven't died yet so seems it was a good buy.
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Orange San Francisco
I'm a programmer. So you're offering me a computer ten times as powerful as any computer I had owned before 2000, at a ridiculously low price, and you're bundling in all kinds of cool stuff. And the operating system is open source. Plus, it fits in my pocket. I'm from the 1960s so of course I ask the obvious questions like "Why doesn't it understand me when I talk to it?" and "Where is my fllying car?" But seriously, this is a good computer. Er telephone, whatever that means. |
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HTC Desire HD.
and wouldn't touch Windows on a phone. You're on these boards a fair bit so you must be at least aware it's new. There's plenty of reasons not to go for it, but I would have hoped you at least touched a demo phone in a shop or read a review before thinking eww windows. |
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iPhone 4.
Because.... it's an iPhone. |
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iPhone 4.
Because.... it's an iPhone. I think I'll answer it by saying you probably wanted the latest iteration but what was your previous experience of iPhones to buy into the brand? |
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iPhone 4. I didn't really want it but then I had a vision with Steve jobs telling me that I had to buy it or risk a certain death, so after the vision I rushed into town and bought it, I haven't died yet so seems it was a good buy.
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Orange San Francisco
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Samsung Galaxy S2
Being delivered tom. Chose as its awesome!!! |
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A Benq E72 cos it was cheap (£50) and im tight
![]() http://www.amazon.co.uk/BENQ-E72/dp/...5848381&sr=1-1 I do however want something better..... http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-I910...5848516&sr=1-1 |
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iPhone 4.
Because.... it's an iPhone. The White iPhone is out if you want to stay remotely trendy. Otherwise you should book yourself into the Apple store for an immediate makeover Read about the iPhone 6 here: http://www.ismashphone.com/2011/04/t...e-6-rumor.html |
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BlackBerry Bold 9700
Because it's THE best phone. Ever. Didn't wanna be a sheep and get an i phone...
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Desire HD, Basically sick of apple and Blackberry and the screen is massive. Next one will probably be the Dell streak unless something else comes out with a 5inch screen!!
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Tocco lite
I bought it to make phone calls
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Desire HD, Basically sick of apple and Blackberry and the screen is massive. Next one will probably be the Dell streak unless something else comes out with a 5inch screen!!
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BlackBerry Bold 9700
Because it's THE best phone. Ever. Didn't wanna be a sheep and get an i phone... ![]() ![]() You still stuck with fruits.... at least get some Gingerbread to be truly different! /joking. |
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HTC Willdfire. i just wanted to see what this Smart phone was about and if it was worth all the fuss. the wildfire is cheap and it works.
Is it worth the fuss? being able to access email and facebook is useful and being able to get the news, but that is about it. Will I get another smart phone? I will keep this phone for as long as it keeps going and downgrade my contract after the 2 years |
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