Hi Guys,
My contract is up on my phone at the end of this month so I will be due an upgrade with o2.
Can anyone recommend a good smart phone please.
I want a good quality one, which is good for text and music/video
also that has the ability to pick up my wireless network and stream from my pc (if thats at all possible) would be a bonus.
Thanks
At this moment in time your choice should be between the HTC Desire and the Galaxy S. But the timing might be right for the newly announced HTC Desire HD.
I am with OB on this got the desire myself amazing phone
BlackBerry Torch.. without a doubt.. :p
I got an iPhone. It may not be cool and it may not be popular but it works for me and for music I would tentatively suggest it's second to none.
I'd suggest Android I can do all that stuff (inc streaming music from my computer or using the phone to control what my computer plays). The Desire is still a good phone, but I know a few people with the Galaxy and that seems to be a really good phone. As far as the iPhone goes I've never been much of a fan, too restrictive for my liking.
As far as blackberry phones go, I've never used a phone as bad as a blackberry, and yes I'm including Motorola's proprietary offering before they started using android. I would never recommend one. I know people who have been forced onto them by their work (even from using iPhone, Android and even Windows mobile phone and they all dislike it, I know 1 person who loves her blackberry though from a Sony Ericsson phone, so if you went that route I guess there's a small chance you could be happy)
If multimedia is your preference the Galaxy is the choice, just google Quake2 on android, they show a Galaxy and a Desire running Quake side by side, you can tell which one has the dedicated graphics card ( its the Galaxy), if you want more geeky stuff through the apps then the Desire is your choice. The Galaxy can still do all the geeky stuff but I think the Desire is better catered for, and has a better community.
The build quality on the Desire is better, but its a phone, I am not expecting to test the robustness of it too many times.
One thing to bear in mind is that HTC have been suffering a shortage of screens and the recent batch have not had a Amoled screen but some sort of Super LCD which is not as good as the Amoled .
I saw a recent article on a forum about sound quality and the Galaxy came top, the Iphone was not even close to second..........although if you like Itunes its the way to go.
As has been said the 2 new Desire versions are out next month so it may be worth hanging on a bit.
Quote from: Penfold;316475I got an iPhone. It may not be cool and it may not be popular but it works for me and for music I would tentatively suggest it's second to none.
That would be the most popular mobile phone ever made then :wink:
The iPhone 4 or one of the two new HTC Android phones would be my suggestion. The HTC Dream Z looks especially nice.
Thanks guys, I like the look of the HTC Desire so if the HD comes out in time I will probably go for that or the galaxy then.
I really don't like having itunes on my computer so for that reason will stear clear of iphone, that and the fact my mate has returned his Iphone4 about 6 times.
DesireHD is just out. So is Desire Z, cheaper.
For you tho, how about two tin cans on a string?
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DesireHD official video, helps you get a feel of what it can do etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovTgnlASGAg
It makes me wonder what will be out by the time I get to replace my Hero in March. Quite a few improvements there, even when compared with the desire.
I have a iphone 4 and i am very happy with it, but if i didn't get that i would have gone with the desire both solid phones. 3, Tesco's and T-Mobile seem to be doing the best phone deals at the moment.
Ever since an Apple software update slowed my iPhone 3G down to a crawl, I vowed never to buy another one of their phones.
The Desire HD certainly looks the part, that's probably top of my list right now.
Quote from: delanvital;316580DesireHD official video, helps you get a feel of what it can do etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovTgnlASGAg
I got one watch of that video earlier, but when I try now later I only get "This video is private" :(
Anybody found a good replacement link for it?