Good Windows phone deal ?

old bill2 · 31-05-2011, 15:12

A friend of mine called T-Mobile sales today and was offered 300 min ,300 texts , unlimited landline calls and data and a free Samsung Omina 7 for £15.00 pm. Now I know its a Windows phone but for £15.00 pm it seemed a good deal.

TheBigM · 31-05-2011, 16:09

I agree that, for the money, it's a good deal. Only £360 over two years. If you got the equivalent sim-only or payg deal, you'd have less than £100 change for a phone.

On their website the deal is 300 mins, 300 texts plus one booster. So either data or landline calls but not both. Be careful what you get.

It's still a nice screen-size, decent enough resolution, fast due to NAND flash and WP is optimised for its hardware. Battery life should be decent too. Main thing is limited storage but I think average Joe gets by just fine with 8GB built in.

Any questions about using it, don't hesitate to ask. There's about four of us WP enthusiasts on this board. You may find a fair number of apps missing and functionality that's not there yet until mango but if those things don't bother you then go for it!

Vennegoor · 31-05-2011, 16:57

I recently moved from an iPhone 3GS to an HTC Trophy and it's the best move I ever made. Loving the WP7 environment (and it's half the price monthly).

TheBigM · 31-05-2011, 18:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vennegoor

I recently moved from an iPhone 3GS to an HTC Trophy and it's the best move I ever made. Loving the WP7 environment (and it's half the price monthly).

Welcome to our small (but growing!) club

old bill - go play with one in a store, you may be pleasantly surprised.

Debs79h · 01-06-2011, 10:58

likeing the look of these phones once my iphone contract runs out i may move onto tthis instead of continuing with the iphone range.

Margo Channing · 06-06-2011, 10:51

I got this phone yesterday and I love it so far. Got it through t-mobile and for the first time ever I actually have a 3G signal in my home.

Now its just a matter of telling vodaphone to shove their contract up their bums

mred2000 · 06-06-2011, 12:51

Must admit I'm considering the Omnia 7 as my next phone... depends on how easy it is to port contacts/calendar over from Google without it also grabbing my Windows Live stuff if I have to register a Live account with it...

Margo Channing · 06-06-2011, 13:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by mred2000

Must admit I'm considering the Omnia 7 as my next phone... depends on how easy it is to port contacts/calendar over from Google without it also grabbing my Windows Live stuff if I have to register a Live account with it...

When I set it up I put in my gmail details and it pulled in all the contacts I had on there as well as my calendar info.

To access the marketplace you do need a Live account. I was ok with that because my gmail address is also my Live account.

If you don't want it to pull in your Live details just set up a new account.

mred2000 · 06-06-2011, 13:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Margo Channing

If you don't want it to pull in your Live details just set up a new account.

Well, I already have one as I'm on Xbox Live. Awkwardly, I'd want to have my Xbox Live one on there as that's a big part of the phone...
Does it automatically pull your Live contacts in or do you have a choice in the matter? Can you hide the Live contacts? (guessing not but you never know...

)

TheBigM · 06-06-2011, 13:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by mred2000

Well, I already have one as I'm on Xbox Live. Awkwardly, I'd want to have my Xbox Live one on there as that's a big part of the phone...
Does it automatically pull your Live contacts in or do you have a choice in the matter? Can you hide the Live contacts? (guessing not but you never know...

)

It does pull your live contacts in. You can delete them on the phone. Or perhaps using your pc, go onto your live account and prune your address book?

BUt tbh, it's never been a problem for me. I linked the ones I care about (between sim info, facebook and live) and you just end up ignoring the rest.

To go to a contact, you can scroll, search or use the alphabet jump-list.

Margo Channing · 06-06-2011, 13:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by mred2000

Well, I already have one as I'm on Xbox Live. Awkwardly, I'd want to have my Xbox Live one on there as that's a big part of the phone...
Does it automatically pull your Live contacts in or do you have a choice in the matter? Can you hide the Live contacts? (guessing not but you never know...

)

It will automatically pull the contacts in. It pulled all my facebook contacts in as well. I didn't have any contacts on my live account so I don't know if you can hide the Lives ones or not. I would imagine you could as I am sure I read a review for the phone somewhere that you can choose to hide the contacts without a phone number.

mred2000 · 10-06-2011, 17:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Margo Channing

When I set it up I put in my gmail details and it pulled in all the contacts I had on there as well as my calendar info.

Something else I just wondered about; Does it just pull in your Gmail contacts or does it sync with them? Meaning, if I add a contact to the phone does it then add it to my gmail contacts list online?

TheBigM · 10-06-2011, 20:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by mred2000

Something else I just wondered about; Does it just pull in your Gmail contacts or does it sync with them? Meaning, if I add a contact to the phone does it then add it to my gmail contacts list online?

I think it's a one-way sync with gmail. i.e. if you add more contacts to gmail, it will pick them up.
Android has google services as its primary focus.

Windows Phone is naturally going to pick Live and Bing services as primaries. So contacts you put on the phone will likely sync with your Live address book.

IvanIV · 10-06-2011, 21:29

You can choose an account for which you are creating a new contact, which must mean it syncs them bidirectionally.

IvanIV · 10-06-2011, 22:05

Just to confirm, I created a test contact on the phone, it got synced to my gmail address book on the Internet, photo and all. You can also link several contacts from different accounts together to represent the same person.

mred2000 · 10-06-2011, 22:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by IvanIV

Just to confirm, I created a test contact on the phone, it got synced to my gmail address book on the Internet, photo and all

Great stuff, ta for that!

31-05-2011, 15:12	#1
old bill2 Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 621	Good Windows phone deal ? A friend of mine called T-Mobile sales today and was offered 300 min ,300 texts , unlimited landline calls and data and a free Samsung Omina 7 for £15.00 pm. Now I know its a Windows phone but for £15.00 pm it seemed a good deal.

31-05-2011, 16:09	#2
TheBigM Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: moon Posts: 12,983	I agree that, for the money, it's a good deal. Only £360 over two years. If you got the equivalent sim-only or payg deal, you'd have less than £100 change for a phone. On their website the deal is 300 mins, 300 texts plus one booster. So either data or landline calls but not both. Be careful what you get. It's still a nice screen-size, decent enough resolution, fast due to NAND flash and WP is optimised for its hardware. Battery life should be decent too. Main thing is limited storage but I think average Joe gets by just fine with 8GB built in. Any questions about using it, don't hesitate to ask. There's about four of us WP enthusiasts on this board. You may find a fair number of apps missing and functionality that's not there yet until mango but if those things don't bother you then go for it!

31-05-2011, 16:57	#3
Vennegoor Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 14,065	I recently moved from an iPhone 3GS to an HTC Trophy and it's the best move I ever made. Loving the WP7 environment (and it's half the price monthly).

31-05-2011, 18:13	#4
TheBigM Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: moon Posts: 12,983	Quote: Originally Posted by Vennegoor I recently moved from an iPhone 3GS to an HTC Trophy and it's the best move I ever made. Loving the WP7 environment (and it's half the price monthly). Welcome to our small (but growing!) club old bill - go play with one in a store, you may be pleasantly surprised.

01-06-2011, 10:58	#5
Debs79h Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Scotland Posts: 168	likeing the look of these phones once my iphone contract runs out i may move onto tthis instead of continuing with the iphone range.

06-06-2011, 10:51	#6
Margo Channing Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bracknell Posts: 4,894	I got this phone yesterday and I love it so far. Got it through t-mobile and for the first time ever I actually have a 3G signal in my home. Now its just a matter of telling vodaphone to shove their contract up their bums

06-06-2011, 12:51	#7
mred2000 Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 8,673	Must admit I'm considering the Omnia 7 as my next phone... depends on how easy it is to port contacts/calendar over from Google without it also grabbing my Windows Live stuff if I have to register a Live account with it...

06-06-2011, 13:01	#8
Margo Channing Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bracknell Posts: 4,894	Quote: Originally Posted by mred2000 Must admit I'm considering the Omnia 7 as my next phone... depends on how easy it is to port contacts/calendar over from Google without it also grabbing my Windows Live stuff if I have to register a Live account with it... When I set it up I put in my gmail details and it pulled in all the contacts I had on there as well as my calendar info. To access the marketplace you do need a Live account. I was ok with that because my gmail address is also my Live account. If you don't want it to pull in your Live details just set up a new account.

06-06-2011, 13:09	#9
mred2000 Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 8,673	Quote: Originally Posted by Margo Channing If you don't want it to pull in your Live details just set up a new account. Well, I already have one as I'm on Xbox Live. Awkwardly, I'd want to have my Xbox Live one on there as that's a big part of the phone... Does it automatically pull your Live contacts in or do you have a choice in the matter? Can you hide the Live contacts? (guessing not but you never know... )

06-06-2011, 13:19	#10
TheBigM Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: moon Posts: 12,983	Quote: Originally Posted by mred2000 Well, I already have one as I'm on Xbox Live. Awkwardly, I'd want to have my Xbox Live one on there as that's a big part of the phone... Does it automatically pull your Live contacts in or do you have a choice in the matter? Can you hide the Live contacts? (guessing not but you never know... ) It does pull your live contacts in. You can delete them on the phone. Or perhaps using your pc, go onto your live account and prune your address book? BUt tbh, it's never been a problem for me. I linked the ones I care about (between sim info, facebook and live) and you just end up ignoring the rest. To go to a contact, you can scroll, search or use the alphabet jump-list.

06-06-2011, 13:20	#11
Margo Channing Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bracknell Posts: 4,894	Quote: Originally Posted by mred2000 Well, I already have one as I'm on Xbox Live. Awkwardly, I'd want to have my Xbox Live one on there as that's a big part of the phone... Does it automatically pull your Live contacts in or do you have a choice in the matter? Can you hide the Live contacts? (guessing not but you never know... ) It will automatically pull the contacts in. It pulled all my facebook contacts in as well. I didn't have any contacts on my live account so I don't know if you can hide the Lives ones or not. I would imagine you could as I am sure I read a review for the phone somewhere that you can choose to hide the contacts without a phone number.

10-06-2011, 17:19	#12
mred2000 Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 8,673	Quote: Originally Posted by Margo Channing When I set it up I put in my gmail details and it pulled in all the contacts I had on there as well as my calendar info. Something else I just wondered about; Does it just pull in your Gmail contacts or does it sync with them? Meaning, if I add a contact to the phone does it then add it to my gmail contacts list online?

10-06-2011, 20:32	#13
TheBigM Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: moon Posts: 12,983	Quote: Originally Posted by mred2000 Something else I just wondered about; Does it just pull in your Gmail contacts or does it sync with them? Meaning, if I add a contact to the phone does it then add it to my gmail contacts list online? I think it's a one-way sync with gmail. i.e. if you add more contacts to gmail, it will pick them up. Android has google services as its primary focus. Windows Phone is naturally going to pick Live and Bing services as primaries. So contacts you put on the phone will likely sync with your Live address book.

10-06-2011, 21:29	#14
IvanIV Forum Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 25,199	You can choose an account for which you are creating a new contact, which must mean it syncs them bidirectionally.

10-06-2011, 22:05	#15
IvanIV Forum Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 25,199	Just to confirm, I created a test contact on the phone, it got synced to my gmail address book on the Internet, photo and all. You can also link several contacts from different accounts together to represent the same person.

10-06-2011, 22:09	#16
mred2000 Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 8,673	Quote: Originally Posted by IvanIV Just to confirm, I created a test contact on the phone, it got synced to my gmail address book on the Internet, photo and all Great stuff, ta for that!

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