Why did you choose your phone?

MP34L1fe · 20-05-2011, 10:24

X10i I was looking forward to getting one as a few people I know had it and said it was goos, so got one...hated it so upgradrd the Android to 2.2 and got rid of the SE bloatware now twice as fast and reliable, I love it

clonmult · 20-05-2011, 10:35

N8

I'm happy with the functionality of Symbian, and having seen the reviews on the camera, that was the deciding factor.

I've used iOS and Android, and totally failed to see what all the fuss was about them - they're okay, but not obviously better than Symbian.

And the camera on the N8 really is head and shoulders above the rest, and having put Opera 10 on it, the browsing experience is pretty much equal to what I remember experiencing on iOS and Android.

noise747 · 20-05-2011, 10:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by clonmult

N8

I'm happy with the functionality of Symbian, and having seen the reviews on the camera, that was the deciding factor.

I've used iOS and Android, and totally failed to see what all the fuss was about them - they're okay, but not obviously better than Symbian.

And the camera on the N8 really is head and shoulders above the rest, and having put Opera 10 on it, the browsing experience is pretty much equal to what I remember experiencing on iOS and Android.

Sadly Symbian is at the end of it's life, if it ever had one. I remember a couple of years ago a mate of mine chucked his symbian phone across the room as he got so frustrated with it. I never known him get frustrated with any tech before.

i got a nice camera to take photos, sure if I see something and I don't have my camera on me the one on the phone is useful. Mine takes ok pictures.

ACU · 20-05-2011, 11:49

HTC Desire (HD)

I had never had a smartphone, so when deciding which one to get, it was either an iphone or the hero. My brother had an iphone, and a friend had the HTC hero and a work colleague had the Desire. I was wary of apple, from what I had read about its other hardware (ipods, macs). I didnt want to be constrained in how I used the phone. The fact that you can not simply change the battery just seemed so stupid to me. So decided to purchase the Hero.

Just before I was about to purchased it a work colleague also bought one, a few months earlier, but was now regretting it, as he wanted a Desire. So just to 'beat' him I bought the Desire.

Luckily Vodafone then changed their data policy, and I was able to get out of the contract.

When the Desire HD came out, I just wanted it...so purchased it. Cant say I am disappointed. The SG2 is very tempting, looks like an excellent phone.

1TrueNorth · 20-05-2011, 12:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Awshum-Yawn

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...

HTC TYTN 2 It was a gift and its lasted almost three years and i use it every day to browse the internet and do allsorts with so its turned out to be the best phone ever. The only thing i miss about my nokia is the TV OUT function i eve tried to give my HTC TV OUT compatability using a SPECTEC TV OUT SD CARD which is an adaptor for any phne that clips into the SD card port and connects to a TV via AV. But my HTC has a tint rubber door over the SD slot the door gets in the way so adaptor wont lock i could cut the rubber door off but it seems like a shame.
Iv dropped my phone on concrete, face down, iv dropped it in water

1TrueNorth · 20-05-2011, 12:09

Iv dropped my phone on concrete, face down, iv dropped it in water and snow and theres not a thing wrong with it the only damage is some wear and tear on the batery cover and a tiny chip in the pintwork on the front on the front which is so small you can barely see it so for me this phone is perfect it does everything and can take a few knocks and drops.

Wil be a sad day when it needs replaced.

tonysidaway · 20-05-2011, 13:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Awshum-Yawn

lol, the Orange branding on the case would annoy me, I'd happily have one branded as a ZTE Blade though.

It has a tiny Orange logo on the rear case, 8mm square. I'm told that on e-bay you can buy small Android stickers that would cover it.

The words "San Francisco" above the screen could be covered by black masking tape. They appear to be underneath the perspex cover of the screen.

Personally I don't care about the branding at all. I don't brandish it as a fashion accessory. I''m impressed by how little I got away with paying for a serious techie toy.

mb@2day · 20-05-2011, 13:31

Blackberry Bold 9700 .

It does everything I needed in terms of spec* I didn't want an iphone as I don't like Apple products and their price seemed excessive. HTC were unknown to me and no one was making any noise about them.

* apart from picking up alien space craft, I think newer modesl will be able to do that.

LostFool · 20-05-2011, 14:37

I have a Blackberry Torch as my work phone. I was asked which BB model I wanted so I chose the newest one. It's a fantastic phone with an excellent battery life.

I also have a HTC Widlfire as my personal phone. I just wanted a basic smartphone for evenings and weekends on a cheap sub-£20 a month contract. It does everything I need and is excellent value for money. It's just a shame the battery life is terrible.

clonmult · 20-05-2011, 14:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by noise747

Sadly Symbian is at the end of it's life, if it ever had one. I remember a couple of years ago a mate of mine chucked his symbian phone across the room as he got so frustrated with it. I never known him get frustrated with any tech before.

i got a nice camera to take photos, sure if I see something and I don't have my camera on me the one on the phone is useful. Mine takes ok pictures.

I don't think I've ever been frustrated with any Symbian phone, from the SX1 through to the N8. Thing is that the camera on the N8 is probably better than that in most dedicated cameras, and its definitely replaced my Panasonic FT1 for day to day snaps.

And the N8 is one of about 3 phones that can take decent pictures at night, in low light situations/nightclubs, etc.

You're just baiting when saying "if it ever had one" - it is still by far and away the most succesful smartphone platform by a huge margin - its going to take years for Android to being to equal the installed base of Symbian phones.

clonmult · 20-05-2011, 14:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by tonysidaway

It has a tiny Orange logo on the rear case, 8mm square. I'm told that on e-bay you can buy small Android stickers that would cover it.

The words "San Francisco" above the screen could be covered by black masking tape. They appear to be underneath the perspex cover of the screen.

Personally I don't care about the branding at all. I don't brandish it as a fashion accessory. I''m impressed by how little I got away with paying for a serious techie toy.

The SanFran was an interesting one - I put on one of the Modaco roms which made a massive difference, but I doubt I could ever have described it as a serious techie toy.

Apart from the browser, Android left me feeling a little confused. It was okay, but nothing about it jumped out as a reason for all the hype.

slackereconomy · 20-05-2011, 15:02

Orange San Francisco/ZTE blade

Silly spec for the money and an active modding community pushing out updates. really glad I looked into it when I was looking at the wildfire/ galaxy Europa

clonmult · 20-05-2011, 15:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by slackereconomy

Orange San Francisco/ZTE blade

Silly spec for the money and an active modding community pushing out updates. really glad I looked into it when I was looking at the wildfire/ galaxy Europa

Its way ahead of the wildfire; if the camera hadn't been completely useless I would have probably kept it.

The Modaco community are absolutely awesome, some truly stellar work by those guys.

grumpyoldbat · 20-05-2011, 15:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by clonmult

I don't think I've ever been frustrated with any Symbian phone, from the SX1 through to the N8. Thing is that the camera on the N8 is probably better than that in most dedicated cameras, and its definitely replaced my Panasonic FT1 for day to day snaps.

And the N8 is one of about 3 phones that can take decent pictures at night, in low light situations/nightclubs, etc.

You're just baiting when saying "if it ever had one" - it is still by far and away the most succesful smartphone platform by a huge margin - its going to take years for Android to being to equal the installed base of Symbian phones.

I've still got my special edition McLaren SX1 with Kimi and Coulthard screensavers!

I know what you mean about Nokia cameras. I had an N82 and some of the concert photos on my Flickr were taken with it, but I think you're overstating things a little to say it's better than most dedicated cameras. Cheaper low-end models maybe, but decent quality compacts and DSLRs will always be better than a phone camera, no matter how good it is.

rwould · 20-05-2011, 15:34

X10 Mini Pro

I wanted the functionality of a smart phone in a small packet, and having seen the screen decided with no stylus and my fat fingers the keyboard made a lot of sense.

Like it, but not convinced It's much better for me than a C905.

niloc · 20-05-2011, 17:02

Very Cheap

PAYG

plymouthbloke1974 · 20-05-2011, 19:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Awshum-Yawn

Kinda vague reason tbh, why not the 3GS for example?

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?

I was just saying it to be sarcastic

As in: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD-0pqZg

I had a 3GS but switched networks so got an iPhone 4 as I got a great trade in price for the 3GS. Reason I went to an iPhone 4? Because I'd spent loads on iTunes and the App Store to just chuck it all away. And the UI is neat

iHelix · 21-05-2011, 00:32

HTC Wildfire S

Does everything I need/want it to do and it does it well. Battery life could be better but I'm used to charging once a day anyway.

Axegrinder91 · 21-05-2011, 00:40

HTC HD2.

Due to the huge 4.3 inch screen and ability to load many different android ROMs on to it and get rid of the terrible windows mobile

Awshum-Yawn · 21-05-2011, 11:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by plymouthbloke1974

I was just saying it to be sarcastic

As in: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD-0pqZg

I had a 3GS but switched networks so got an iPhone 4 as I got a great trade in price for the 3GS. Reason I went to an iPhone 4? Because I'd spent loads on iTunes and the App Store to just chuck it all away. And the UI is neat

"I want the one with the bigger geebees." that's quite a funny dialogue.

clonmult · 22-05-2011, 22:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by grumpyoldbat

I've still got my special edition McLaren SX1 with Kimi and Coulthard screensavers!

I know what you mean about Nokia cameras. I had an N82 and some of the concert photos on my Flickr were taken with it, but I think you're overstating things a little to say it's better than most dedicated cameras. Cheaper low-end models maybe, but decent quality compacts and DSLRs will always be better than a phone camera, no matter how good it is.

The SX1 was awesome, although a bit too ... unique?

gsmarena did a blind test, and the public voted for which of the three unnamed cameras was best. The N8 romped ahead, and that was against a mid-range Sony (using a backlit sensor iirc).

The majority of compacts have acceptable lenses, but are normally using tiny sensors - the N8 sensor is apparently bigger than that in most dedicated compact cameras.

I've got a DSLR, a mid-range compact (Panasonic FT1) and the N8. I'll never even try to compare the N8 to the SLR, but it well and truly beats the Panasonic on both still image and video quality.

It won't be up to the level of bridge cameras, or the more expensive compacts, but then thats not surprising. But it really is a *very* good compact camera.

clonmult · 22-05-2011, 22:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by iHelix

HTC Wildfire S

Does everything I need/want it to do and it does it well. Battery life could be better but I'm used to charging once a day anyway.

Thats all that anyone could ask of a device - if it does what you want, then its perfect for the job.

flyingv · 23-05-2011, 12:29

hTc Desire

I'd had every version of the SPV, and then the hTc Touch Diamond (all Windows Mobile), and my brother who is an uber geek told me to back away from Windows, saying Android was the way to go. I listened to him. Never again. It's a gorgeous handset, as was the Touch Diamond, but it hates me. I backed up all my $hit last night, it's going on eBay in a few days and I am going to get an iPhone. He has now threatened to withdraw all technical support!

clonmult · 23-05-2011, 15:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by flyingv

hTc Desire

I'd had every version of the SPV, and then the hTc Touch Diamond (all Windows Mobile), and my brother who is an uber geek told me to back away from Windows, saying Android was the way to go. I listened to him. Never again. It's a gorgeous handset, as was the Touch Diamond, but it hates me. I backed up all my $hit last night, it's going on eBay in a few days and I am going to get an iPhone. He has now threatened to withdraw all technical support!

Whats wrong with it?

Most colleagues seem to be happy with their Desires/HDs, only one has moved to the iPhone, and that was really only for the keyboard.

flyingv · 23-05-2011, 16:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by clonmult

Whats wrong with it?

Most colleagues seem to be happy with their Desires/HDs, only one has moved to the iPhone, and that was really only for the keyboard.

I've no idea. It deletes stuff I'm not trying/don't want to delete, the internet connection is woeful at best, signal is rubbish, I could go on...everyone else I know who has one loves it. I think I've just been unlucky with tbh. I'll try an iPhone until my contract is up, and if I don't like that I'm going back to Windows Mobile.

20-05-2011, 10:24	#26
MP34L1fe Inactive Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Stalybridge Posts: 678	X10i I was looking forward to getting one as a few people I know had it and said it was goos, so got one...hated it so upgradrd the Android to 2.2 and got rid of the SE bloatware now twice as fast and reliable, I love it

20-05-2011, 10:35	#27
clonmult Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: UK Posts: 3,291	N8 I'm happy with the functionality of Symbian, and having seen the reviews on the camera, that was the deciding factor. I've used iOS and Android, and totally failed to see what all the fuss was about them - they're okay, but not obviously better than Symbian. And the camera on the N8 really is head and shoulders above the rest, and having put Opera 10 on it, the browsing experience is pretty much equal to what I remember experiencing on iOS and Android.

20-05-2011, 10:56	#28
noise747 Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Herefordshire Posts: 22,810	Quote: Originally Posted by clonmult N8 I'm happy with the functionality of Symbian, and having seen the reviews on the camera, that was the deciding factor. I've used iOS and Android, and totally failed to see what all the fuss was about them - they're okay, but not obviously better than Symbian. And the camera on the N8 really is head and shoulders above the rest, and having put Opera 10 on it, the browsing experience is pretty much equal to what I remember experiencing on iOS and Android. Sadly Symbian is at the end of it's life, if it ever had one. I remember a couple of years ago a mate of mine chucked his symbian phone across the room as he got so frustrated with it. I never known him get frustrated with any tech before. i got a nice camera to take photos, sure if I see something and I don't have my camera on me the one on the phone is useful. Mine takes ok pictures.

20-05-2011, 11:49	#29
ACU Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 7,916	HTC Desire (HD) I had never had a smartphone, so when deciding which one to get, it was either an iphone or the hero. My brother had an iphone, and a friend had the HTC hero and a work colleague had the Desire. I was wary of apple, from what I had read about its other hardware (ipods, macs). I didnt want to be constrained in how I used the phone. The fact that you can not simply change the battery just seemed so stupid to me. So decided to purchase the Hero. Just before I was about to purchased it a work colleague also bought one, a few months earlier, but was now regretting it, as he wanted a Desire. So just to 'beat' him I bought the Desire. Luckily Vodafone then changed their data policy, and I was able to get out of the contract. When the Desire HD came out, I just wanted it...so purchased it. Cant say I am disappointed. The SG2 is very tempting, looks like an excellent phone.

20-05-2011, 12:05	#30
1TrueNorth Forum Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 3,765	Quote: Originally Posted by Awshum-Yawn 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... HTC TYTN 2 It was a gift and its lasted almost three years and i use it every day to browse the internet and do allsorts with so its turned out to be the best phone ever. The only thing i miss about my nokia is the TV OUT function i eve tried to give my HTC TV OUT compatability using a SPECTEC TV OUT SD CARD which is an adaptor for any phne that clips into the SD card port and connects to a TV via AV. But my HTC has a tint rubber door over the SD slot the door gets in the way so adaptor wont lock i could cut the rubber door off but it seems like a shame. Iv dropped my phone on concrete, face down, iv dropped it in water

20-05-2011, 12:09	#31
1TrueNorth Forum Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 3,765	Iv dropped my phone on concrete, face down, iv dropped it in water and snow and theres not a thing wrong with it the only damage is some wear and tear on the batery cover and a tiny chip in the pintwork on the front on the front which is so small you can barely see it so for me this phone is perfect it does everything and can take a few knocks and drops. Wil be a sad day when it needs replaced.

20-05-2011, 13:23	#32
tonysidaway Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: London Posts: 1,620	Quote: Originally Posted by Awshum-Yawn lol, the Orange branding on the case would annoy me, I'd happily have one branded as a ZTE Blade though. It has a tiny Orange logo on the rear case, 8mm square. I'm told that on e-bay you can buy small Android stickers that would cover it. The words "San Francisco" above the screen could be covered by black masking tape. They appear to be underneath the perspex cover of the screen. Personally I don't care about the branding at all. I don't brandish it as a fashion accessory. I''m impressed by how little I got away with paying for a serious techie toy.

20-05-2011, 13:31	#33
mb@2day Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 8,714	Blackberry Bold 9700 . It does everything I needed in terms of spec* I didn't want an iphone as I don't like Apple products and their price seemed excessive. HTC were unknown to me and no one was making any noise about them. * apart from picking up alien space craft, I think newer modesl will be able to do that.

20-05-2011, 14:37	#34
LostFool Forum Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 59,737	I have a Blackberry Torch as my work phone. I was asked which BB model I wanted so I chose the newest one. It's a fantastic phone with an excellent battery life. I also have a HTC Widlfire as my personal phone. I just wanted a basic smartphone for evenings and weekends on a cheap sub-£20 a month contract. It does everything I need and is excellent value for money. It's just a shame the battery life is terrible.

20-05-2011, 14:52	#35
clonmult Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: UK Posts: 3,291	Quote: Originally Posted by noise747 Sadly Symbian is at the end of it's life, if it ever had one. I remember a couple of years ago a mate of mine chucked his symbian phone across the room as he got so frustrated with it. I never known him get frustrated with any tech before. i got a nice camera to take photos, sure if I see something and I don't have my camera on me the one on the phone is useful. Mine takes ok pictures. I don't think I've ever been frustrated with any Symbian phone, from the SX1 through to the N8. Thing is that the camera on the N8 is probably better than that in most dedicated cameras, and its definitely replaced my Panasonic FT1 for day to day snaps. And the N8 is one of about 3 phones that can take decent pictures at night, in low light situations/nightclubs, etc. You're just baiting when saying "if it ever had one" - it is still by far and away the most succesful smartphone platform by a huge margin - its going to take years for Android to being to equal the installed base of Symbian phones.

20-05-2011, 14:57	#36
clonmult Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: UK Posts: 3,291	Quote: Originally Posted by tonysidaway It has a tiny Orange logo on the rear case, 8mm square. I'm told that on e-bay you can buy small Android stickers that would cover it. The words "San Francisco" above the screen could be covered by black masking tape. They appear to be underneath the perspex cover of the screen. Personally I don't care about the branding at all. I don't brandish it as a fashion accessory. I''m impressed by how little I got away with paying for a serious techie toy. The SanFran was an interesting one - I put on one of the Modaco roms which made a massive difference, but I doubt I could ever have described it as a serious techie toy. Apart from the browser, Android left me feeling a little confused. It was okay, but nothing about it jumped out as a reason for all the hype.

20-05-2011, 15:02	#37
slackereconomy Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Perth, scotland Posts: 659	Orange San Francisco/ZTE blade Silly spec for the money and an active modding community pushing out updates. really glad I looked into it when I was looking at the wildfire/ galaxy Europa

20-05-2011, 15:23	#38
clonmult Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: UK Posts: 3,291	Quote: Originally Posted by slackereconomy Orange San Francisco/ZTE blade Silly spec for the money and an active modding community pushing out updates. really glad I looked into it when I was looking at the wildfire/ galaxy Europa Its way ahead of the wildfire; if the camera hadn't been completely useless I would have probably kept it. The Modaco community are absolutely awesome, some truly stellar work by those guys.

20-05-2011, 15:30	#39
grumpyoldbat Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 3,636	Quote: Originally Posted by clonmult I don't think I've ever been frustrated with any Symbian phone, from the SX1 through to the N8. Thing is that the camera on the N8 is probably better than that in most dedicated cameras, and its definitely replaced my Panasonic FT1 for day to day snaps. And the N8 is one of about 3 phones that can take decent pictures at night, in low light situations/nightclubs, etc. You're just baiting when saying "if it ever had one" - it is still by far and away the most succesful smartphone platform by a huge margin - its going to take years for Android to being to equal the installed base of Symbian phones. I've still got my special edition McLaren SX1 with Kimi and Coulthard screensavers! I know what you mean about Nokia cameras. I had an N82 and some of the concert photos on my Flickr were taken with it, but I think you're overstating things a little to say it's better than most dedicated cameras. Cheaper low-end models maybe, but decent quality compacts and DSLRs will always be better than a phone camera, no matter how good it is.

20-05-2011, 15:34	#40
rwould Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nottingham Posts: 4,893	X10 Mini Pro I wanted the functionality of a smart phone in a small packet, and having seen the screen decided with no stylus and my fat fingers the keyboard made a lot of sense. Like it, but not convinced It's much better for me than a C905.

20-05-2011, 17:02	#41
niloc Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: East Cambs Posts: 740	Very Cheap PAYG

20-05-2011, 19:37	#42
plymouthbloke1974 Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Destination: Hard Brexit Posts: 6,368	Quote: Originally Posted by Awshum-Yawn Kinda vague reason tbh, why not the 3GS for example? 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? I was just saying it to be sarcastic As in: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD-0pqZg I had a 3GS but switched networks so got an iPhone 4 as I got a great trade in price for the 3GS. Reason I went to an iPhone 4? Because I'd spent loads on iTunes and the App Store to just chuck it all away. And the UI is neat

21-05-2011, 00:32	#43
iHelix Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Lancashire Posts: 6,600	HTC Wildfire S Does everything I need/want it to do and it does it well. Battery life could be better but I'm used to charging once a day anyway.

21-05-2011, 00:40	#44
Axegrinder91 Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Nottingham Posts: 353	HTC HD2. Due to the huge 4.3 inch screen and ability to load many different android ROMs on to it and get rid of the terrible windows mobile

21-05-2011, 11:19	#45
Awshum-Yawn Guest Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,651	Quote: Originally Posted by plymouthbloke1974 I was just saying it to be sarcastic As in: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD-0pqZg I had a 3GS but switched networks so got an iPhone 4 as I got a great trade in price for the 3GS. Reason I went to an iPhone 4? Because I'd spent loads on iTunes and the App Store to just chuck it all away. And the UI is neat "I want the one with the bigger geebees." that's quite a funny dialogue.

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22-05-2011, 22:25	#46
clonmult Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: UK Posts: 3,291	Quote: Originally Posted by grumpyoldbat I've still got my special edition McLaren SX1 with Kimi and Coulthard screensavers! I know what you mean about Nokia cameras. I had an N82 and some of the concert photos on my Flickr were taken with it, but I think you're overstating things a little to say it's better than most dedicated cameras. Cheaper low-end models maybe, but decent quality compacts and DSLRs will always be better than a phone camera, no matter how good it is. The SX1 was awesome, although a bit too ... unique? gsmarena did a blind test, and the public voted for which of the three unnamed cameras was best. The N8 romped ahead, and that was against a mid-range Sony (using a backlit sensor iirc). The majority of compacts have acceptable lenses, but are normally using tiny sensors - the N8 sensor is apparently bigger than that in most dedicated compact cameras. I've got a DSLR, a mid-range compact (Panasonic FT1) and the N8. I'll never even try to compare the N8 to the SLR, but it well and truly beats the Panasonic on both still image and video quality. It won't be up to the level of bridge cameras, or the more expensive compacts, but then thats not surprising. But it really is a very good compact camera.

22-05-2011, 22:27	#47
clonmult Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: UK Posts: 3,291	Quote: Originally Posted by iHelix HTC Wildfire S Does everything I need/want it to do and it does it well. Battery life could be better but I'm used to charging once a day anyway. Thats all that anyone could ask of a device - if it does what you want, then its perfect for the job.

23-05-2011, 12:29	#48
flyingv Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 3,750	hTc Desire I'd had every version of the SPV, and then the hTc Touch Diamond (all Windows Mobile), and my brother who is an uber geek told me to back away from Windows, saying Android was the way to go. I listened to him. Never again. It's a gorgeous handset, as was the Touch Diamond, but it hates me. I backed up all my $hit last night, it's going on eBay in a few days and I am going to get an iPhone. He has now threatened to withdraw all technical support!

23-05-2011, 15:51	#49
clonmult Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: UK Posts: 3,291	Quote: Originally Posted by flyingv hTc Desire I'd had every version of the SPV, and then the hTc Touch Diamond (all Windows Mobile), and my brother who is an uber geek told me to back away from Windows, saying Android was the way to go. I listened to him. Never again. It's a gorgeous handset, as was the Touch Diamond, but it hates me. I backed up all my $hit last night, it's going on eBay in a few days and I am going to get an iPhone. He has now threatened to withdraw all technical support! Whats wrong with it? Most colleagues seem to be happy with their Desires/HDs, only one has moved to the iPhone, and that was really only for the keyboard.

23-05-2011, 16:00	#50
flyingv Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 3,750	Quote: Originally Posted by clonmult Whats wrong with it? Most colleagues seem to be happy with their Desires/HDs, only one has moved to the iPhone, and that was really only for the keyboard. I've no idea. It deletes stuff I'm not trying/don't want to delete, the internet connection is woeful at best, signal is rubbish, I could go on...everyone else I know who has one loves it. I think I've just been unlucky with tbh. I'll try an iPhone until my contract is up, and if I don't like that I'm going back to Windows Mobile.