New Mobile Phone Time ...... Again

[Caboose]

just got a crack in the screen on my current Nokia 6300 and the lcd is starting to pixelate (sp)

been very happy with the 6300, seems a reasonable phone and don't really need a phone with all the bells and whistles

have been considering the iphone, but don't really need it and don't want to spend the extra $$$ on data downloads, but would save me carrying around ipod and phone

what suggestions of models of phones peoples

Cheers

[skichic]

I got a 6600 slide recently. Seems OK, got stuff I don't use but they all do these days. Doesn't do smilies :(

[SA]

Get a 3G one so you can use it in Japan tongue.gif

[Jahoota]

I have a nokia 6500 I'm happy with. Its nothing fancy but it does the job. and it does smilies (if your into that sorta thing).

The whole "I" obession is beyond me. :confused: I must be a luddite.

[Fred Looney]

I had a 6100 but broke it so got a N95 last week it works well

[ 11.02.2009, 11:48 AM: Message edited by: Fred Looney ]

[dilbert]

i scored a blackberry through work last year and would have to say i'd be lost without it these days but if you don't need net access and emails it would be a waste of time.

[Snow Yeti]

dilbert, I had my blackberry without data for a month over here, it was hard! So I moved and got a data plan, much better now ;) The newer BB's coming out will compete with google and will be even better in the next few months!

[Legolas]

hoots, you are not a luddite, you obviously just don't have one!

I do have one and I could list the things it does, but I'm busy.

Mr Legs and I are both cynced to the same computer and for scheduling, lists, internet access, music, the lot! I find I actually use many options on here and there are so many more to learn about if I just had the time. Even kids games (which I've never gone to before).

But at the end of all that, it is a very sexy phone to have smile.gif . Just picking it up makes me smile.

[SA]

^Is it on vibrate? graemlins/outtahere.gif

[popshuvit]

I have a blackberry I scoreed from work as well & I ruddy hate it.
Apart from being on call all the time for work (I haven't mentioned recently how much I dislike my job), the thing breaks down, I have to remove the batters 2 turn it on, the roller keeps stuffing up....
get an i phone I say

[Jahoota]

Legs, I know you can do all of those things with an "I" thingy. I can already sync my phone and connect to the net and listen to music and take pics and..... christ, the thing even makes phone calls!!! I've just choosen to try to be a bit less 'structured' about my life these days.

By way of explaination I work with technology daily so I dont feel the need to be connected to it or live my life through it 24X7 like lots of people seem to do. Whether that's I things or facebook or whatever. A few forums is enough for me in dealing with the 'cyber' content of life. I dont feel compelled to know when an email arrives. I dont feel compelled to have a zillion details of people at my fingertips and I dont feel compelled to have a mini computer at my fingertips that will tell me the news, the shareprice or my horoscope. :D

The day any organisation I work for gives me crackberry will be the day I quit! I just dont want or need to be connected 24x7. Thats just such a depressing thought (in my mind anyway) :(

So sure, yes, the I gadget does a lot. Its just not for me as I have choosen to recognise I dont use (or want to use) lots of the features it has. smile.gif

[Legolas]

Originally posted by SA:
^Is it on vibrate? graemlins/outtahere.gif great idea!!! :D

call me now!!

[SA]

Is the number still 1800 B-i-t-e-M-e ??

graemlins/outtahere.gif

[Farty The Snowman]

one word...................................."I".........."PHONE"


Awesome piece of machinery!!!

[Bear]

Originally posted by SA:
Get a 3G one so you can use it in Japan tongue.gif I don't believe he requires that option SA. ;) graemlins/outtahere.gif

[spaz]

The best things about the iphone are; that it works-unlike many others, It's super easy to use-my 5yo has mastered the navigation and can call mum then there's the Apps, oh the Apps... believe me there is something for everyone and many yet to be thought up.
Example: I can pull up any ski resorts trail map in the world and get a full report with a single tap on the screen, including Oz.
ATM my favorite is my surf log which checks the conditions and cross references it with the data I've put in (breaks/boards/sessions) then tells me where, which board to ride and at what time!

The down side is no Java support and the battery (it's not unusable).
Speak to any iphone user. And believe the hype.

[Legolas]

Originally posted by SA:
Is the number still 1800 B-i-t-e-M-e ??

graemlins/outtahere.gif ouch!

[Legolas]

she looks pretty happy about her vibrating machine...

maybe I should trade up on the iphone http://images.channeladvisor.com/Sell/SSProfiles/73000051/Images/1/Vibration_Machine_Vitality300_009.jpg

[Caboose]

there aren't any iphone plans without data are there?

[spaz]

Why do you have to buy it on a plan? There are that may out there that you could get it 2nd hand, use some other sim card and PAYG.

[Caboose]

nah

i mean you have the phone call plan & a data download plan

so like you have $60 phone cap and then you also have a $20 data download plan of 50MB or something

so total monthly cost is $80

also i don't think you can buy one outright "new" for under $850 - also locked to the mobile service provier

[JA2340]

so ... buy a used one (or new unlocked one) on eBay and use an existing SIM. No locks (if you are smart) and pay as you go. No plan, no contract. I have 3 mobiles, use whichever I need for the current situation (ie a nextG with 2100Hz for Japan, a plain simple one for everyday and one with vid and data for other stuff) and swap the SIM between them.

[spaz]

check you pricing Caboose, my 12month plan costs me a bit over $80 a month; that includes the cost of the phone and 120MB.

JA2340 has made a good suggestion.

[holo]

Originally posted by Farty The Snowman:
one word...................................."I".........."PHONE"


Awesome piece of machinery!!! if looking for an iPhone make sure you check out the Xperia X1 instead, heaps better tongue.gif

It has all the bells and whistles you probably don't need though.

[dilbert]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by popshuvit:
the thing breaks down, I have to remove the batters 2 turn it on, the roller keeps stuffing up....
get an i phone I say [/QUOTE
Mine does that all the time as well just waiting for the next model to come out then i'll ask for a new one.

[ozgirl]

I :heart: Sony Ericsson and Blackberry.

Sony Ericsson you can get W phones up to 8g for the music and cause it is sony the music player is awesome.

My last Sony Ericson had 4g and i had that for 2 years.... i could get email and internet access as well - so in essence i had an iphone waayyyy before it ever came out.

I won a blackberry so that is what i am using - will go back to Sony tho probably.

And the positive to carrying only one piece (ie no ipod) is that your phone is insured an ipod is not...

You know what else is funny - people thought i was crazy having a phone and a player in one and then all those people jumped on the iphone band wangon LOL...

I have never owned an ipod ever... I went from a Minidisc player to the sony ericsson phone the first phone's memory was quiet small but no less than a mini disc but the 4g was a dream...

[SA]

Originally posted by ozgirl:
I :heart: Sony Ericsson and Blackberry.arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh :mad:

[Caboose]

Originally posted by spaz:
check you pricing Caboose, my 12month plan costs me a bit over $80 a month; that includes the cost of the phone and 120MB.

JA2340 has made a good suggestion. figures were made up on the spot, they weren't from a plan, but prob similar to something telstra would offer so you get reemed ;)

[Caboose]

Originally posted by JA2340:
so ... buy a used one (or new unlocked one) on eBay and use an existing SIM. No locks (if you are smart) and pay as you go. No plan, no contract. I have 3 mobiles, use whichever I need for the current situation (ie a nextG with 2100Hz for Japan, a plain simple one for everyday and one with vid and data for other stuff) and swap the SIM between them. after a quick look on ebay - not may phones under $700

not really affordable, getting phone on a capped plan i'm already on seems more reasonable - yes i know call costs are higher

[SA]

Why do you want an iphone anyway? You'd hardly need or use the features??

[Caboose]

only reason is to save carrying ipod and phone

just doing the research

i will prob get another 6300

been happy with it

[SA]

Lots of models have decent mp3 play capability. Sony Ericsson's, for example.

[Caboose]

yepo, but i like the iphone interface and full touch screen etc

[SA]

Right. Not the only reason then. I suppose you'll just have to cough up the clams.

[Polaris]

Originally posted by SA:
I suppose you'll just have to cough up the clams. graemlins/big_laugh.gif graemlins/big_laugh.gif graemlins/big_laugh.gif graemlins/cold.gif graemlins/outtahere.gif

[Caboose]

not really

paying $45 bucks a month atm

trying to find a plan around that price range with a minimal data package

0 dollars for the phone for 24months etc blah blah

(and yes i know the cost of the phone is included in the call costs etc, but that is the same for all of capped plans)

[SA]

Voda - $49 plan, 24 months with Samsung F480v (full touch screen, mp3 player, etc etc).

http://store.vodafone.com.au/plan-49-vodafone-cap-frame.aspx?selId=207

[Caboose]

yeah saw that phone yesterday

nice phone - the missus wants it or something like it

[carvit]

i just chose the LG viewty over the Samsung F480 due to the phone forum reviews.

you cant forward TXT or MSM on an iphone..
did you know that..?

or, should i say..a fella i work with (who wont let me play with his iphone) cant forward those messages. and he has had it for a couple of months now..
:confused:

[ 16.02.2009, 11:06 PM: Message edited by: carvit ]

[spaz]

How much longer do you think MSM and TXT will be around once everyone can use full net features on their phones.
The days of having a mobile "phone" are over. It's a mobile device, which is really a pocket computer.

[Rednut]

Originally posted by Caboose:
yepo, but i like the iphone interface and full touch screen etc be careful... you could end up obsessed like your brother tongue.gif

[skichic]

Originally posted by Rednut:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Caboose:
yepo, but i like the iphone interface and full touch screen etc be careful... you could end up obsessed like your brother tongue.gif </font>[/QUOTE]if he ended up looking like his brother...:drool: graemlins/cold.gif

[Caboose]

:BWAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH:

[Caboose]

and ladies he is single ...... ;)

[skichic]

Originally posted by Caboose:
and ladies he is single ...... ;) sparkling blue eyes... graemlins/cold.gif

[Caboose]

Originally posted by spaz:
How much longer do you think MSM and TXT will be around once everyone can use full net features on their phones.
The days of having a mobile "phone" are over. It's a mobile device, which is really a pocket computer. yeah records and cd's are history too ..... :rolleyes:

[spaz]

Records? :confused:

Aren't CDs for keeping coffee marks off the table!

Even my ipod classic feels chunky and over sized, it's used as a portable HD now I have my iphone.

[SA]

Originally posted by Caboose:
and ladies he is single ...... ;) are you pimping your bro? graemlins/big_laugh.gif

[Caboose]

he needs all the help he can get :D

[SA]

Living vicariously off his conquests? ;)

[Caboose]

what, he picked up?? :wtf: :confused: graemlins/cold.gif

[Polaris]

is that the ghey brother or the other one? :confused:

[The_Manifesto]

The iphone is awesome! I wont go back to a conventional mobile

As for data usage you'll need/use it. Have a look at virgin $70 a month $500 on call and 1g of data and not payments for the phone. As for reported reception and associated issues i've had non and have had my iphone sine they went on sale with virgin. I went with them after a less than satisfactory vodafone experience ( I was a voda customer for years).

I have to agree the days of a "mobile phone" "mms and txt" are numbered the future is a mobile device such as the iphone

[Caboose]

i am with vigin and they seem to have the best phone/data packages, prob is i don't need a large package ...... graemlins/cold.gif ;) graemlins/outtahere.gif

$70 a month is out of my budget ...... :(

[skichic]

Originally posted by Caboose:
, prob is i don't need a large package ...... graemlins/cold.gif ;) graemlins/outtahere.gif

Mrs cabby might have other opinions ;)

[Caboose]

meh, i call her enough ..... :whistle: :eek: tongue.gif

[SA]

Hey you, get me another beer probably doesn't cut it ;)

[Polaris]

Originally posted by SA:
Hey you, get me another beer probably doesn't cut it ;) Is that were I go wrong!!!! :eek: graemlins/outtahere.gif

[SA]

Originally posted by Polaris:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by SA:
Hey you, get me another beer probably doesn't cut it ;) Is that were I go wrong!!!! :eek: graemlins/outtahere.gif </font>[/QUOTE]graemlins/big_laugh.gif Where does one start? ;)

[skichic]

hey that's my line tongue.gif

[Polaris]

Originally posted by SA:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Polaris:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by SA:
Hey you, get me another beer probably doesn't cut it ;) Is that were I go wrong!!!! :eek: graemlins/outtahere.gif </font>[/QUOTE]graemlins/big_laugh.gif Where does one start? ;) </font>[/QUOTE]I know its hard when its pretty damn perfect to start with tongue.gif

[Polaris]

Originally posted by skichic:
hey that's my line tongue.gif what the "get me another beer" line? :confused:
or the "where do I start" line? :confused:

either way tongue.gif