Elite From Hong Kong, joined Jun 2006, 2762 posts, RR: 10 Posted (3 years 11 months 4 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 1580 times:
Friday's Question of the Day: What is your favorite brand of mobile phones / smart phones, and why?
For me, personally, I've only had two phones:
1. Sony Ericsson J210i (2006 - 2008)
2. Nokia E66 (2008 - present)
For anyone familiar with phones, they will know that the J210i is as basic as it gets. There is practically nothing on there except voice calls and text messages. No bluetooth, no camera, no music. Nothing.
The E66 is different, it comes with a 3.2 megapixel camera, has video calling, has Wi-Fi and 3G, has video and music playback, and basically it is the best phone I've had so far, hands down. But I haven't been completely satisfied with the Symbian OS that Nokia runs, and with so many new phones coming out such as the Palm Pre, BlackBerry Storm and iPhone 3GS it is hard to see me getting another Nokia when I switch phones in 1 years time.
So, my pick, out of the 2: Nokia
Nothing fancy, nothing too intuitive, but Nokia is solid and sturdy, a true workhorse.
What are your choices?
Suggestions
Nokia
Motorola
Research In Motion (BlackBerry)
Apple
Palm
HTC
LG
Samsung
Sony Ericsson
Fujitsu
IAirAllie From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 1, posted (3 years 11 months 4 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 1576 times:
Just got an Iphone 3g which I will be handing off to my mother when my 3gs comes in. Have to say it is even better than the hype I love it! I've always been a basic practical phone type person partly because sprint has such crap phones.
Andz From South Africa, joined Feb 2004, 8306 posts, RR: 11 Reply 2, posted (3 years 11 months 4 weeks 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 1556 times:
I have a Nokia E51. Nice and compact, does exactly what I want.The screen is a reasonable size, the browser is quick, keys are big enough to type an sms without having to look at them and the menu structure is the standard Nokia layout so it is easy to learn.
The only thing I have against it is the lack of a proper car kit, like the one I had for my 6310i.
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Asuflyer05 From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 2369 posts, RR: 3 Reply 4, posted (3 years 11 months 4 weeks 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 1551 times:
I have an iPhone 3GS on AT&T Wireless. Before that I had a BlackBerry Curve 8310 on AT&T and have been very happy. I love my new iPhone.
AznMadSci From United States of America, joined Dec 2007, 3546 posts, RR: 5 Reply 5, posted (3 years 11 months 4 weeks 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 1543 times:
I'm also a current iPhone 3G user, and will wait a bit longer till my parents to get the 3GS. Yet I still love my iPhone and love its versatility!
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WILCO737 From Greenland, joined exactly 9 years ago today! , 8542 posts, RR: 78 Reply 6, posted (3 years 11 months 4 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 1517 times:
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Nokia E75, awesome phone with full keyboard and lot of features for a rather small phone.
I used the E65 and E66 before and they were good as well.
I'm interested in the Nokia E75. How does it compare to the Nokia E66? Does the phone generally load faster, or is the user interface pretty much the same?
WILCO737 From Greenland, joined exactly 9 years ago today! , 8542 posts, RR: 78 Reply 10, posted (3 years 11 months 4 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 1480 times:
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Quoting Elite (Reply 9): I'm interested in the Nokia E75. How does it compare to the Nokia E66? Does the phone generally load faster, or is the user interface pretty much the same?
The interface is pretty much the same. Pretty much the same functions, but I have the feeling it is a tad faster. The GPS seems to be stronger and faster to get your position, the WiFi antenna seems to be strong as well. No infrared anymore. And the keyboard is just something which makes life a lot easier when browsing through the internet with the phone or sending emails. It is a full QWERTZ (or QWERTY) keyboard.
I can only highly recommend the E75.
ACDC8 From Canada, joined Mar 2005, 7598 posts, RR: 40 Reply 12, posted (3 years 11 months 4 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 1430 times:
Out of all the phones I've had, Motorolla, Nokia, Siemens and Samsung. I've really come to like Samsungs, the ones I've had have been dropped so many times (even into snow) and the just keep going. Never had a problem with any of them but I do have one complaint, it seems that they have very weak antennas built in. I lose reception with the quite easily at times.
My current phone that I've had for the last 2.5 years is the Samsung SGH-D807 and is still going strong ...
... but it is time for something a bit more modern.
VarigB707 From United States of America, joined May 2006, 1229 posts, RR: 1 Reply 13, posted (3 years 11 months 4 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 1419 times:
Quoting Elite (Thread starter): Friday's Question of the Day: What is your favorite brand of mobile phones / smart phones, and why
T-Mobile's G1 does it for me. Great touch screen mobile, powered by Google.
AustinAirport From United States of America, joined Feb 2007, 643 posts, RR: 1 Reply 14, posted (3 years 11 months 4 weeks 16 hours ago) and read 1401 times:
Quoting VarigB707 (Reply 13): T-Mobile's G1 does it for me. Great touch screen mobile, powered by Google.
Want it.
I was happy with my unlocked(from AT&T to T-Mobile) Curve 8310. But it started to "crap" out.
So i'm back on my V3xx RAZR.
Motorola makes the best phones. No doubt. No arguments...
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Cadet57 From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 9081 posts, RR: 34 Reply 17, posted (3 years 11 months 4 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 1389 times:
I've had 5 phones over the years and by far my favorite so far has been my Palm Treo 650, quick, simple to use, took a beating and kept working, until a 10ft drop across a parking lot finally did her in. Worst by far was my Motorola Q. I went thru five, yes FIVE before I finally got pissed off at it and bought my palm. Never buying another motorola phone ever.
Quoting AustinAirport (Reply 14): Motorola makes the best phones. No doubt. No arguments...
Dear god, there are motorola koolaid drinkers? I thought that was reserved for iphone owners?
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AustinAirport From United States of America, joined Feb 2007, 643 posts, RR: 1 Reply 22, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 1282 times:
Quoting ACDC8 (Reply 20): I'd never by one again Wink. Don't hold a charge, complex menus, crappy speakers. Nope, I'd rather be wireless-less than by another Moto.
Well most likely you're experience involved an older model phone.
However!
ZN5. Wow. That phone is beast.
Not to mention WIFI! and a 8 MP(dont quote me on that) camera, from Kodak!
Maybe my next phone.
iPhone is crap.
Pretty sure even the "crappy" RAZR can send and receive MMS.
Whoever said you can do anything you set your mind to has obviously never tried to slam a revolving door!!!
ACDC8 From Canada, joined Mar 2005, 7598 posts, RR: 40 Reply 24, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 1277 times:
Quoting AustinAirport (Reply 22): Well most likely you're experience involved an older model phone.
Last one I had was back in 2005/06 around there. I'm sure they're getting better and I'm sure a lot of people have had good experiences with them, but I'm not ready to give them another chance just yet ....
AustinAirport From United States of America, joined Feb 2007, 643 posts, RR: 1 Reply 25, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 1275 times:
Quoting ACDC8 (Reply 24): Last one I had was back in 2005/06 around there. I'm sure they're getting better and I'm sure a lot of people have had good experiences with them, but I'm not ready to give them another chance just yet .... Smile
LOL, alright. I'm only partial because I've had 5 different models.
Whoever said you can do anything you set your mind to has obviously never tried to slam a revolving door!!!
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