My Name is URL
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Was looking at that phone mate, looks lush if slightly heavy.
Thing that concerns me is the battery life, have heard bad things.
Thing that concerns me is the battery life, have heard bad things.
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Phone recommendations.
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shoes
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mine is plugged in most of the time anyway at home or work so battery not too much of an issue for me. the phone is superb, and the copilot software is excellent having successfully navigated me into deepest, darkest croyden yesterday. I have also got need for speed shift on it, wow I can't believe how good it is.
the camera isn't bad, not quite iPhone standard but much better than pervious HTC offerings. the addition of a flash makes all the difference, and doubles up as a handy torch - app included with the phone allowing you to change brightness settings in torce mode.
the wifi is a lot better than on the hero, i found the hero's wifi slow but this is very fast.
the quality feel of the phone definitely makes up for the slight increase in weight over the hero, and being so sleek you don't notice it in your pocket.
the large screen is very responsive and the keyboard is so easy to type on because it's so big.
One gripe is that the speakerphone is too quiet. The other is the top button for waking/sleeping the screen. I much prefer the hero layout of end call/home/menu for waking the screen. I'm sure I'll get used to it though.
All in all I'm very very happy with my phone, and with features such as wifi hotspot, which on the hero required rooting, I'm not going to screw about with it. Not too much anyway
the camera isn't bad, not quite iPhone standard but much better than pervious HTC offerings. the addition of a flash makes all the difference, and doubles up as a handy torch - app included with the phone allowing you to change brightness settings in torce mode.
the wifi is a lot better than on the hero, i found the hero's wifi slow but this is very fast.
the quality feel of the phone definitely makes up for the slight increase in weight over the hero, and being so sleek you don't notice it in your pocket.
the large screen is very responsive and the keyboard is so easy to type on because it's so big.
One gripe is that the speakerphone is too quiet. The other is the top button for waking/sleeping the screen. I much prefer the hero layout of end call/home/menu for waking the screen. I'm sure I'll get used to it though.
All in all I'm very very happy with my phone, and with features such as wifi hotspot, which on the hero required rooting, I'm not going to screw about with it. Not too much anyway
shoes
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Cannon Fodder FREE on android 
Alan B'Stard
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How are people getting on with the San Francisco, my Orange contract is nearly up and thought this might be a reasonable upgrade?
John Marwood
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My UK phone is a panther HTC Desire ( a phone ) im a buffoon and im using it to remind u...Colin Grigson said:
John Marwood
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Im sticking with my original
The HD is as heavy as a school satchel on the second day of term - its ruddy hooj
Is having a torch on a phone really necessary?
Another centimetre bigger and its an ipad
(Well almost)
And... i prefer the original non screen durable controls at the base of the phone/camera/computer/video camra/music player/torch/device
Oh, and I would buy a spare battery rightaway...
The HD is as heavy as a school satchel on the second day of term - its ruddy hooj
Is having a torch on a phone really necessary?
Another centimetre bigger and its an ipad
(Well almost)
And... i prefer the original non screen durable controls at the base of the phone/camera/computer/video camra/music player/torch/device
Oh, and I would buy a spare battery rightaway...
Gramaisc
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Standing Tone
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I just upgraded from a nokia 5800 to an iPhone4 and the difference is ridiculous. I encountered all kinds of problems so I'd suggest steering away from nokias. The days of everlasting battery and countless hours on Snake are over!! iPhone gets my recommendation all the way
My Name is URL
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Depends on your budget primarily but also what you want it for and whether you need the latest and greatest or happy to get something not quite so cutting edge but still good.
@ST - the Nokia 5800 was SH1TE!!! Not sure if the newer nokias are any better as not tried but couldn't be any worse.
@ST - the Nokia 5800 was SH1TE!!! Not sure if the newer nokias are any better as not tried but couldn't be any worse.
Andreas Rex
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My Name is URL
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Newer version of the wildfire coming out soon
My Name is URL
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HTC Incredible looks nice in pictures too.... i'm waiting for the duel core phones personally.... either the LG 2X or the Sammy Galaxy S2
shoes
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Completely forgot to post but I have had some major issues with my Desire HD turning it self off and then getting caught in reboot loops, not making or receiving calls or texts. I took it back to the shop and they did something to it software wise and now it's perfectshoes said:Indeed it is! I have found a few bugs though, nothing major, and I'm sure HTC will update in due course (around the time the phone becomes obsolete, like they did with the herodb said:)
Still rinses through batteries like they're going out of fashion though.
tek-monkey
wanna see my snake?
A work colleague has the Orange SF, and it doesn't want to connect to our exchange server. My Milestone can, no problems at all, but his seems to be using some crap orange software that keeps trying to change it to hotmail! Anyone got any ideas?
tek-monkey
wanna see my snake?
Ah, damnit! Pretty sure it's 2.1, but it has orrid Orange branding all over it. He's only had it a week if that helps?
The weird thing is when you try to make an account, it asks you what service to use (yahoo, hotmail etc.). Mine doesn't, it starts with an email address and password. I can't seem to find the 'real' mail client, just this crappy orange one.
The weird thing is when you try to make an account, it asks you what service to use (yahoo, hotmail etc.). Mine doesn't, it starts with an email address and password. I can't seem to find the 'real' mail client, just this crappy orange one.