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#161862 - 11th Jul 2007 12:37am
Help, I need a better phone
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WADDI
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I currently have a Nokia 6630, OK, now that everyone has stopped laughing. I have had it for 2 years and I think its at the end of its life, battery dying all the time, have tried a new battery and that does the same.
I dont want to spend much but obviously want a better phone, was considering the Nokia 6280 0r N80 of fleabay or second hand.
wish list is: at least 2meg camera with flash big screen for image viewing and video watching, to be able to input mutiple numbers/info under one contact name cheap to buy not locked to or branded 3 or Virgin
any comments or advise gratefully recieved
Waddi
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#161874 - 11th Jul 2007 9:49am
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wish list is: 1. at least 2meg camera with flash 2. big screen for image viewing and video watching, 3. to be able to input mutiple numbers/info under one contact name 4. cheap to buy 5. not locked to or branded 3 or Virgin Tbh mate, forget every other phone looking at the wish list, you want the K800i.
1. No other phone on the market incorporates a real xenon flash. I wasnt aware that the D600 had a flash - it may have a little shitty LED light, but not a flash by any stretch of the imagination. The K800i is still to this day, by most mobile phone review sites, regarded as the best phone camera on the market, and is used as a benchmark for new phones to compete against. Its a 3.2 megapixel, has a decent sensor and although a lot of the Cybershot brand is spin, they have made a quality product. The Cybershot software however is quality, with features such as BestPic, Photofix and of course the PictBridge printing feature only usually found on proper digital camera's.
2. It has an incredible screen, its very big, perfect for watching videos (mine was the James Bond limited edition handset and came with trailers etc).
3. Im pretty sure all modern phones can do this.
4. It depends what you consider cheap. Cheap could be anything to anyone. If you mean cheap as in less then £50, then theres no chance with the K800i. But if you mean cheap as in around the £100 mark, there are plenty of new ones going on eBay from reputable power sellers for this price. Also, the price has started to be hammered by the release of the K810i (same phone, different buttons/style), and with the K850 on the way, the price is only set to drop even further.
5. K800's like every phone can come both locked or unlocked, and both branded or unbranded. Just check when buying. If you get the N80, it WILL be locked to the network, and its BB5 protection, so its an absolute pain to release the service lock (i dont think the market do it for instance).
Hehe, the 6630 was a good phone tbh, I had one a few years back and it was the best phone Nokia made until the N93 came along. The only problem I ever found with it (apart from the usual problems associated with phone camera's) was that the camera suffered from vignetting, but my 6680 did also, so I assume it was to do with the lens/sensors they were using at the time.
Still, for a Symbian phone, it was fast.
Joe, I dont generally recommend Nokia's as they dont make the best phones in many sectors. However, if you want the highest end phones that do everything, Nokia is the ONLY way to go without getting a PDA, if you want a simple phone that just does the basics and does them well, Nokia is again the ONLY way to go. Nokia's also dont excel at any one aspect, however when it comes to Symbian phones, considering Nokia are responsible for the whole S60 source nowadays, and they have the most experience, then Nokia's are the only way to go for Symbian, except if you want S90, where the P900 etc are better, although some Nokia E series phones are arguably as good.
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#161875 - 11th Jul 2007 10:02am
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battery dying all the time, have tried a new battery and that does the same. It's the way you charge it that retains it's life. With Ni-Cad (Nickel Cadmium) batteries (most older phones), they work best being fully charged and then fully depleated before being recharged again. If you overcharge the battery i.e. charge it ever night even when it doesnt need charging, it's life tends to lessen. This applies to all rechargable devices which use Ni-Cad batteries. Newer phones and devices use Ni-MH (Nickel Metal Hydride) batteries. These are much better at coping with being over charged and hold their battery life longer. Huh? Lol, Joe, no phones have used NiCd for maybe 10 years now, and Li-ion has been the chosen technology for the most part since the millenium, even my Siemens S25i, which was released in 1998, has a 750mAh Li-ion battery. NiCd isnt even a good a technology for phones, as they are low power draining, dont require surge currents and dont need to have extremely low levels of self-discharge, which basically wipes any advantages of NiCd out and puts at a severe disadvantage when compared to higher capacity Li-ion and NiMh.
In my experience, my K800 was a beast for battery life, its officially quoted at 15 days standby time. If you use it on a GSM network (ie. not 3), then it will offer upto about 8 hours talktime. If you wish to use it on a UMTS network, then like most phones, the battery life will decrease significantly, it will drop to around the 2hr 30 mark for talktime, the standby time remains about 15 days though.
The beauty of the K800i is that you can select which network standard to lock to, so if you are on any of the GSM networks, you can use it in GSM mode for awsome battery life, or UMTS if you want the features that brings with it (of course phones like the D600 can't handle UMTS anyway).
I think the D600 and K800i are about equal when it comes to GSM talktime battery life, although the K800i has slightly better official ratings (maybe 20 minutes longer), they are both around the 7 hour mark.
The K800i is about 2 days longer standby time then the D600.
BTW, whether the phone is NiMh or Li-Ion, their charging systems are very advanced, and do not allow "overcharging" (not that it happens on Li-ion anyway). Once the battery is fully charged, most phones simply trickle charge, except for the odd one or two which instead just stops the charge altogether.
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#161879 - 11th Jul 2007 12:02pm
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Huh? Lol, Joe, no phones have used NiCd for maybe 10 years now, and Li-ion has been the chosen technology for the most part since the millenium, even my Siemens S25i, which was released in 1998, has a 750mAh Li-ion battery. NiCd isnt even a good a technology for phones, as they are low power draining, dont require surge currents and dont need to have extremely low levels of self-discharge, which basically wipes any advantages of NiCd out and puts at a severe disadvantage when compared to higher capacity Li-ion and NiMh.
haha yeah, sorry my bad. I've not had many phones and I just remember my first one having a Ni-cad battery and it was utter shat.
Li-ion batteries still dont last long when you charge them when theyre not fully discharged.
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#161891 - 11th Jul 2007 4:51pm
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K800i had a go with one of these, great camera but the screen is too small and I'm pretty sure the k800i doesnt have mutiple input for one contact.
Matty, I notice you say you had a 6680, do you still have it, is it for Sale?
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#161892 - 11th Jul 2007 4:56pm
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No sorry matey, got rid about 2 years ago, I used to love Symbian phones, had the 6600, 6630, 6680 and then the N70.
But I got the K800i cos I realised all I use a phone for really is making calls and sending texts. Sold me K800i for £320 just before Christmas lmao!
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#161901 - 11th Jul 2007 5:29pm
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didnt think the 6680 was symbian...
I mainly send texts, few phone calls, take photos, view 3mp photos that have been taken on my digital camera then transferred to my phone via my laptop, view lengthy video that has been converted to 3gp, listen to mp3's but would like to be able to listen to WMA aswell.
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#161905 - 11th Jul 2007 5:35pm
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Yeah, the Symbian Series 60 phones started with the Nokia 7650, then the 6600 came along which really started the Symbian success story, then the 3650, then the 7610 and 6670, then the 6630, then the 6680, then the N70/N90 and onwards and upwards, and Nokia made Symbian such a success and so popular, that now they are actually responsible for the whole S60 format, and any manufacturer that wishes to use S60 has to get it from Nokia now.
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#162185 - 14th Jul 2007 10:29pm
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WADDI
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is a Nokia 6288 worth £90?
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#162282 - 15th Jul 2007 7:53pm
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WADDI
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Anyone got a BenQ-Siemens EL71, are they any good?
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#162302 - 15th Jul 2007 11:52pm
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BS arnt too bad, for the most part they are quite high tech, but since about the 5x series, a lot of products were rushed to market and the phones "can be" (not always the case though) quite buggy.
I used to love Siemens mobiles, the phones were rock solid and they were real innovators until about late 2002 (they had an impressive line of firsts including first colour screen, first MP3 player phone, first slider phone, first MMC phone, first WAP phone [albeit WAP1.0] first GPRS phone, first HSCSD phone, first quad band phone, first phone incorporating GPS etc..), then they just kind of lost their way.
BS went bankrupt at the end of January (Benq bought Siemens Mobile in 2005, but branded as Benq-Siemens until 2008 as part of a marketing strategy) so there is no support offered for the phones now, so any problems that do exist, will remain for good.
Just something to be aware of.
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#163372 - 21st Jul 2007 7:47pm
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WADDI
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Sorry sanchez fella, that doesnt meet my wish list....
Anyone have any dealings with a Sony Ericsson W850i, What are they like?
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#163373 - 21st Jul 2007 7:59pm
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i was playing about with my mates W850 the other day, it is exactly the same as the K800i, but a little more bulky in the hand. It also feels slightly less in the way fo build quality, more plasticy and less stylish (in my humble opinion).
He used to have a K800i and was moaning because the camera's on the W850 isnt as good even though its a newer phone.
The reason for that of course is because the K800 is built around its camera, whereas the W850 is built around its MP3 player (hence the K800 is a CyberShot and the W850 is a Walkman).
Dont be fooled though, the K800 uses exactly the same software and DSP as the W850 for its MP3's, the only real difference is the W850 has slightly better spec headphones included (thats not saying the ones with the K800i were cheap in way, they were quite expensive, to give you some idea of what I mean, if they were to be bought in the shops they would be like £15 - £20, whereas the W850i would be like £20 - £25).
The screensize on both phones is the same, as is the rest of the software and hardware, except the camera of course, the K800 is far superior.
Between the two I would go for the K800i and my mate agreed with me. Although having said that, he has had 3 W850's cos he keeps losing phones lol, so he keeps going back to them (dunno if he has it insured though, which would be the reason he keeps gettin the same one instead of going back to the K800).
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#163375 - 21st Jul 2007 8:01pm
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WADDI
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I'm keen on a slider tho.....
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#163377 - 21st Jul 2007 8:09pm
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In which case, id either go for it, or wait for the next generation which may feature the same camera hardware as the K800i.
Unfortunatly at present Sony havent decided to place the K800i camera into a slider - its a bit of a surprise really, they should have done it with the K810 instead of the stupid buttons they used.
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#163382 - 21st Jul 2007 8:17pm
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WADDI
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what would you go for out of:
SE W850i Nokia 6688
I would love a Nokia N80 but the price is too high!
Edited by Waddi (21st Jul 2007 8:17pm)
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