Chewy509
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Hi all,
As many of you are aware, my wife and I sick of our current Samsung mobile phones (plus hers' is starting to die), and have put together some $$ to purchase 2 new mobiles. Unfortunately, we still have 12+ mths on our current contracts, so can't change carriers, or get new phones as part of a new contract.
We're with Telstra, which means having to find phones that'll work on the NextG network (which uses 850MHz/2100MHz for 3G connectivity).
We've narrowed the list down to the following based on our budget:
1. HTC Wildfire. (Android based).
2. Nokia E72. (S60 based).
3. SE Xperia X10a mini (Andriod based)
4. SE Cedar
5. Blackberry Pearl 3G.
Does anyone have direct experience with any of these handsets, and able to offer some advice on the good/bad/terrible.
The main requirement is decent standby time, decent camera and something that actually works without any major issues. eg, rebooting itself, dropped calls, not ringing on an incoming call, poor reception. We've both spent countless hours trawling Internet forums on issues, and found that the majority of phone model all have some significant issue.
The only concern with any of the models, are with the Nokia, and continued support for the S60 powered E-series, due to the recent agreement with Microsoft. And with the BB, and the requirement to use a BB plan to get decent functionality out of the device. With this model BB, do you actually need one of the Blackberry plans to browse the internet and use email via IMAP?
We have also looked at the iPhone 4 (lots of them cheap on eBay), so that is an option, but Apple is on my do-not-buy list so it would be a last resort.
Any other suggested makes/models would be appreciated as well, as long as it's under $300 for each handset.
As many of you are aware, my wife and I sick of our current Samsung mobile phones (plus hers' is starting to die), and have put together some $$ to purchase 2 new mobiles. Unfortunately, we still have 12+ mths on our current contracts, so can't change carriers, or get new phones as part of a new contract.
We're with Telstra, which means having to find phones that'll work on the NextG network (which uses 850MHz/2100MHz for 3G connectivity).
We've narrowed the list down to the following based on our budget:
1. HTC Wildfire. (Android based).
2. Nokia E72. (S60 based).
3. SE Xperia X10a mini (Andriod based)
4. SE Cedar
5. Blackberry Pearl 3G.
Does anyone have direct experience with any of these handsets, and able to offer some advice on the good/bad/terrible.
The main requirement is decent standby time, decent camera and something that actually works without any major issues. eg, rebooting itself, dropped calls, not ringing on an incoming call, poor reception. We've both spent countless hours trawling Internet forums on issues, and found that the majority of phone model all have some significant issue.
The only concern with any of the models, are with the Nokia, and continued support for the S60 powered E-series, due to the recent agreement with Microsoft. And with the BB, and the requirement to use a BB plan to get decent functionality out of the device. With this model BB, do you actually need one of the Blackberry plans to browse the internet and use email via IMAP?
We have also looked at the iPhone 4 (lots of them cheap on eBay), so that is an option, but Apple is on my do-not-buy list so it would be a last resort.
Any other suggested makes/models would be appreciated as well, as long as it's under $300 for each handset.