TomV Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Im looking for a new phone that has I can get access to internet and emails. So far iv narrowed it down to iphone 4 or blackberry torch. Any recommendations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gixxerboy Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 HTC desire does all I want it to do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Nokia N8. Has served me well since I got it many months ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZ550Kevlar Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Interesting thread, due an upgrade with Virgin and tryed the Samsung Wave 525 and it sucked, couldn`t use it as the screen was so small and kept locking up on Wi-Fi downloading apps and stuff. I`m now looking at Samsung Galaxy Ace, Samsung Omnia 7, HTC Desire, Nokia N8. I have no idea which to go for as they all seem the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZ550Kevlar Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 (edited) EDIT - Double Post Edited March 24, 2011 by CZ550Kevlar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vipa Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 I've tried them all... Blackberry, HTC, was a nokia communicator user for years before the smartphone revolution! My first true smat=rtphone was an orange something or other that kept crashing left right and centre !!! (even had a Psion organizer II many moons ago, I know it wasn't a phone but I got a real chill down my spine when I found one in a museum a couple of weeks ago!!!! felt bloody old!) Anyhoo, what I am trying to say is... whilst the HTC desire HD is very nice (and big) and the samsung galaxy has all the processing power etc.. etc.. and all the top end smartphones have SOMETHING that puts them ahead of the pack... NOTHING and I'm speaking from an end users experience here with all the above, NOTHING offers a complete package that just works... VERY, VERY well like the iPhone 4. The user interface is beautiful, functional and simple, the processing power is far more than adequate, the display is jaw droppingly superb, the number of apps is unbeatable, the battery life (after the first weeks, possibly months, playing with it constantly!) is excellent, with normal use (and normal for me is probably heavy for most) I get 2-3 days, during heavy periods 1 day between necessary charges although I tend to just plug it in every night anyway. And.... the touch screen interface is just a joy to use, MILES ahead of the competition and if that lot were not enough, I paid £190 for my iphone 3GS and then sold it to Mazuma 1 year later for £230!! try doing that with an HTC, mine went for £80 after a year!!! iPhones hold their value far better than anything else out there The package just works, beautifully and although there are other contenders out there that can boast 1 or 2 things they excell at, the iPhone 4 just excells at everything... I wouldn't look anywhere else and I'm the guy that has spent the last 5 years trying everything under the sun (I have 4 different mobile contracts through the business which has meant 4 upgrades per year!!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holly Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 messed around with a few of the chaps phones at work ( iphone4 htc desire and the htc wildfire ) just before christmas i ended up getting the htc wildfire paid £130 new on payg liked it that much i bought her indoors one as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazzab Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 iPhone 4 is def the daddy. For several reasons but without doubt the greatest display out. NOTHING comes close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Fox Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 iPhone - nothing else comes close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee wales Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Samsung galaxy s...cant fault mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twitchynik Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Blackberry Torch? Are you mad?! Unless you're in a corporate environment and you've been given one there is no reason to have one. HTC with Android or iPhone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispti Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 HTC desire does all I want it to do... Snap, Im using mine to type this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderdude Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 I've had Blackberrys, HTC's and iPhone... After trying a Legend & a Desire I returned to an IPhone 4.. It has been faultless which I cannot say for either of the HTC's... IPhone 4 all the way, everyday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Even I'm now an iPhone convert, they really are a joy to use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berties Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 If you use a phone for work blackberry is the way but for the best all rounder iPhone 4 ,seen the Microsoft phone which is ok but iPhone is the way forward Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artschool Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 (edited) just got a htc hd7 seems good so far. Edited March 24, 2011 by artschool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vipa Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 If you use a phone for work blackberry is the way but for the best all rounder iPhone 4 ,seen the Microsoft phone which is ok but iPhone is the way forward The only thing the Blackberry is excellent at is email (I've had 3, a curve, a Bold & a storm) but they don't do anything else particularly well. The keyboard on the Bold was quite nice but I was reluctant to go for an iPhone after my touch-screen experience with the Storm.... god awful piece of **** imho! The whole blackberry / work argument is based around the email functionality of the phone. Most big corporates use Microsoft Exchange Server and up until recently, if that was the case, you needed a Blackberry to make it work easily and efficiently. But... the iPhone will run Exchange Server, and it does it very well too so, push email and contacts and diary sharing is all there (it is running on mine now!) iPhone also have Mobile Me which means you can effectively have the functionality of Exchange Server, i.e. push email and calandar/contact synchronisation without needing the corporate ES infrastructure to run it! Just buy an iPhone.... Like I said, I've tried pretty much all of the competition and, at the end of the day, they are all just trying to play catch up and market themselves as the best just because they have one or two outstanding features but, at the end of the day, NONE of them offer as good a complete & rounded product and experience as Apple, I'm sure the time will come but it's not here yet by a long way!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentKill Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Has to be the Iphone 4, Build quality is second to none.... and the OS is way above any of the competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 iPhone, got one myself on contract, my wife found it so easy to use compared to her older nokia that I ended up getting her one so I could get mine back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 i have a Motorola Defy ,i can get my e-mails ,internet and when it gets dirty and dusty you just wash it under the tap .A good sturdy phone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 The only thing the Blackberry is excellent at is email (I've had 3, a curve, a Bold & a storm) but they don't do anything else particularly well. The keyboard on the Bold was quite nice but I was reluctant to go for an iPhone after my touch-screen experience with the Storm.... god awful piece of **** imho! The whole blackberry / work argument is based around the email functionality of the phone. Most big corporates use Microsoft Exchange Server and up until recently, if that was the case, you needed a Blackberry to make it work easily and efficiently. But... the iPhone will run Exchange Server, and it does it very well too so, push email and contacts and diary sharing is all there (it is running on mine now!) iPhone also have Mobile Me which means you can effectively have the functionality of Exchange Server, i.e. push email and calandar/contact synchronisation without needing the corporate ES infrastructure to run it! Just buy an iPhone.... Like I said, I've tried pretty much all of the competition and, at the end of the day, they are all just trying to play catch up and market themselves as the best just because they have one or two outstanding features but, at the end of the day, NONE of them offer as good a complete & rounded product and experience as Apple, I'm sure the time will come but it's not here yet by a long way!! We are piloting 'Good' (www.good.com)to access corporate e-mail through personal iPhones and iPads. Seems good so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Iphone...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twitchynik Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Has to be the Iphone 4, Build quality is second to none.... and the OS is way above any of the competition. Apart from the slight oversight with the external antennae and subsequent death grip But yes, solid unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twitchynik Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 We are piloting 'Good' (www.good.com)to access corporate e-mail through personal iPhones and iPads. Seems good so far! Heard a lot of good stuff about Good. I want to get that in to our systems and give it a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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