cliffdunedin 8 Report post Posted February 20, 2011 Hey guys i'm looking at trading up from the 3g to the iphone 4, but wanna know your guys opinions on other decent "smart" phones out there, any network! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrad01 0 Report post Posted February 20, 2011 Phones: iPhone will just work. It's not geeky, or the best reception or the best pixel camera, but It just works and is easy to use. You already know this because you have the 3G. iPhone 4 "reception issues" are utter crap, a few internet trolls stumbled across an idea and made a big deal of nothing. It doesn't affect the phone at all. We have tested extensively and found no real difference compared to other brand smart phones. Android, specifically the Nexus S or Samsung Galaxy S. Hot bit of kit. Really nice hardware. Android OS itself is a bit trickier to use than iPhone OS, but it works as advertised. Think of android as your super geeky phone which you can hack and mess around with if you want to. I like android because I'm a unix geek, but it isn't my primary phone, i just have one for a secondary number and for development testing. Windows phone 7 is the new kid of the block. I like it but i couldn't use it as my main phone because some of the apps i need aren't out on it (yet). again, check out Samsung or HTC hardware. Nokia have just drop kicked their crap phones (thank god) and all nextgen smart phones from nokia will be running windows phone 7. Don't buy a nokia, it is a dead end. Carriers? Vodafone are sh*t. Really sh*t. Telecom XT has recovered to be the fastest and have the best coverage of any nz provider. 2degrees are fast and have ok coverage, but their pricing is just awesome. I use all 3, and XT is head and shoulders better than the other 2 overall. Brain dump from years of development in the mobile space.....phew!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Braeden320 0 Report post Posted February 20, 2011 I have a Samsung Galaxy I9000 on order from GEN-I, Looks to be a pretty good phone for what I want it for. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wom 0 Report post Posted February 20, 2011 (edited) my workmate had a iphone 4 before she sold it for a samsung galaxy she let me have a play with both phones and my impressions were that iphone was easy to pick up and use for anyone, and while the galaxy was easy to use, you need to be a bit of a geek to really get the most of out it Edited February 20, 2011 by Wom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
my_e36 43 Report post Posted February 20, 2011 I have a 3GS and am going to wait for iPhone 5 (rumoured for July launch) as well as the Nokia/Win7 phones. Things will get interesting when more phones with Android v3 come out as well. What do you need to do on your smartphone? Multimedia (video, music, etc...), game or work? Some are better than other in these areas. I use XT on both my iPad, iPhone as well as tethered my Macbook on it. Awesome on both voice and data, almost as quick as my home broadband. My Nokia E72 work phone on Vodafone, voice is ok, data not great unless it happens to be in the patchy 3.5G extended coverage area and only then be (barely) catch up with XT. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
huff3r 347 Report post Posted February 20, 2011 GarminAsus Nuvifone! Mint phone, kinda all the features of an iPhone at a fraction of the cost, and with a real gps inbuilt, so you can navigate with no data charges . Although txting on a touchscreen is always a pain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
39KiwiTouring 2 Report post Posted February 20, 2011 Interesting about nokia did anyone read the burning platform story they realeased, basicall they admit they have missed the smart phone boat. I have an E63 they can't even do a normal phone that well anymore. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cliffdunedin 8 Report post Posted February 20, 2011 Phones: Cheers for that explanation...there are just so many different phones out there, that i'm not sure what path too travel down. I have a 3GS and am going to wait for iPhone 5 (rumoured for July launch) as well as the Nokia/Win7 phones. Things will get interesting when more phones with Android v3 come out as well. What do you need to do on your smartphone? Multimedia (video, music, etc...), game or work? Some are better than other in these areas. I use it for pretty much anything!! For apps which i have spent several hundred dollars buying and for e-mail/net and is far less cumbersome then bringing a laptop to bed to check facebook etc. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrad01 0 Report post Posted February 20, 2011 Cheers for that explanation...there are just so many different phones out there, that i'm not sure what path too travel down. I use it for pretty much anything!! For apps which i have spent several hundred dollars buying and for e-mail/net and is far less cumbersome then bringing a laptop to bed to check facebook etc. I'd stick with the iPhone 4 idea - sounds like you have quite a few apps already and it really one of the best all-round smartphones on the market. Just the display alone will blow you away over the 3g display. The iPhone 5 is just rumor - it is so hard to pick with Apple. You could wait and wait and they won't release the product in the timeframe you want, It could go on forever!! Once the iPhone 5 is out, why not wait for the iPhone 6? Solution: iPhone 4 on XT. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
5amchris 45 Report post Posted February 20, 2011 android is a f**king bitch to use once you have had a iphone =D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matt45 1 Report post Posted February 21, 2011 android is a f**king bitch to use once you have had a iphone =D agreed iPhone all the way .... it just works. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
5amchris 45 Report post Posted February 21, 2011 "It Just Works" Good way to put it tbh yes android is better for some people you can use it with windows files and sh*t a lot better but yea the iphone very simple and just does the job. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carl 3 Report post Posted February 21, 2011 (edited) Andoroid is actually very easy to use and doesn't require half a brain to work it out. If you're a slouch in the top department fair enough. The stupid thing about iphones is there's no variance, there's just so much more going on in the android space, a lot more choice. I've played with an iphone4, the SGS, a nexus, and a desire HD and got a feel for what I actually wanted and what I really wanted after playing with them all is solid feeling phone with a slide out qwerty k/b that fits nicely in my hand I ended up buying a HTC desire Z as it ticked all my boxes. Within 30 mins of turning it on I had it synced up to my work's exchange, hooked into my vodafone email & gmail, logged into skype, and synced with facebook (love the profile images and status udpates). Smartphones are awesome, currently loving using my wifi to skype friends in UK/Germany using my phone like a phone. Edited February 21, 2011 by pando Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Driftit 1964 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 A challenger appears! 10yr old Nokia 1100. It uses 'Talk Time' against your Iphone. It is super effective. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
w_elliot 7 Report post Posted March 10, 2011 iv just made the switch from a nokia e73 wannabe smart phone to an iPhone 4, the nokia used to be impossible to use and piss me off endlessly, hence the change. As for the iPhone, it's awesome. Doesn't make things harder than they need to be like some of the other smartphones on the market today. Retina display is pretty impressive too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antil33t 90 Report post Posted March 11, 2011 I have a HTC Trophy 7 and love it? does everything I want and more. Very fast phone. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cliffdunedin 8 Report post Posted March 12, 2011 I ended up buying a HTC desire Z as it ticked all my boxes. Within 30 mins of turning it on I had it synced up to my work's exchange, hooked into my vodafone email & gmail, logged into skype, and synced with facebook (love the profile images and status udpates). I have a HTC Trophy 7 and love it? does everything I want and more. Very fast phone. I've been looking at a HTC 7 Mozart and a HTC 7 Trophy on trademe and like the feature and looks but am still unsure how the windows platform works, can you guys explain if there are apps etc like Android and itunes or is it pretty much a laptop type phone. cheers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antil33t 90 Report post Posted March 12, 2011 (edited) I've been looking at a HTC 7 Mozart and a HTC 7 Trophy on trademe and like the feature and looks but am still unsure how the windows platform works, can you guys explain if there are apps etc like Android and itunes or is it pretty much a laptop type phone. cheers Windows phones use the zune software, mine can sync without wires over WiFi. has a standard build in player which IMO is very good to use. also, the Mozart isn't avalible through NZ retailers, so I would stick to the trophy for local support reasons. Oh, and did I mention the autocorect doesn't make everything dirty? Edited March 12, 2011 by antil33t Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kiwi535 538 Report post Posted March 12, 2011 .... using my phone like a phone......thats all i want or need Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrad01 0 Report post Posted March 12, 2011 I've been looking at a HTC 7 Mozart and a HTC 7 Trophy on trademe and like the feature and looks but am still unsure how the windows platform works, can you guys explain if there are apps etc like Android and itunes or is it pretty much a laptop type phone. cheers I've got the HTC HD7 which I bought at http://www.einfo.co.nz/ They offer a 1 year warranty - and have the HTC Mozart there if you want it. They have a physical store you can go to in Glenfield, Auckland. I always pick my stuff up from them. Anyway, the reason I got the Windows phone is for app development (I do iPhone and Android apps already) It does have a marketplace with apps you can get for free and purchase. Things like the Yellow Pages, mPass for AirNZ and quite a few others are there. (Youtube, Flickr, Facebook, Twitter etc etc) WinPh7 is a good OS. There is no poxy start menu as you may have seen before on Windows phones - this GUI has been designed for the mobile phone and works quite well. I am impressed. (Usually I don't really like Microsoft's design) iPhone4 is still a better overall experience for hardware and software - but Windows Phone 7 gets my vote for position 2 - with any Android phone 3rd. (yes, I have 5 phones - iPhone4, iPhone 3GS, HTC HD7, Google Nexus and a HTC Hero) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
my_e36 43 Report post Posted March 12, 2011 iPhone4 is still a better overall experience for hardware and software - but Windows Phone 7 gets my vote for position 2 - with any Android phone 3rd. (yes, I have 5 phones - iPhone4, iPhone 3GS, HTC HD7, Google Nexus and a HTC Hero) So I guess the iPhone 4 is your day to day, "most-used" phone? With Nokia going to WM7 for their high-end stuff, is there any point in Symbian OS from now? Is Symbian going to stay with the mid-range stuff (5000 series, etc...) or getting phrased out completely over the next product cycle or two. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrad01 0 Report post Posted March 13, 2011 So I guess the iPhone 4 is your day to day, "most-used" phone? With Nokia going to WM7 for their high-end stuff, is there any point in Symbian OS from now? Is Symbian going to stay with the mid-range stuff (5000 series, etc...) or getting phrased out completely over the next product cycle or two. Actually, my 3GS is the most used phone!! Symbian is dead. All Nokia smartphones are going WP7 - not just the high end. They will keep selling those dinky little push button phone thingies from the 1990s (I remember when the Nokia 6110 was the machine - thrashed it to death) those will be for those who "just want to make a call". Fair enough. The latest Symbian SDK update seems to have new widgets which look a bit like WP7 widgets - they are slowly migrating the poor symbian developers over. The Nokia to WP7 transition will take 2 years according to their info. Don't buy a nokia now. Just get a HTC. Anyway, it is a 3 way phone OS race now (especially for developers). iOS, Android or WP7. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1039 Report post Posted March 13, 2011 I had a go with a windows 7 LG phone ... very nice to use however a little bit too simple for my liking .. Im still a sucker for graphics. Samsung have announced the Galaxy S2 which is the first of the next gen phones .. to rivel iphone5. The thing I like about the galaxy over iphone (im not a fan boy of any of them btw) is that it has a microSD slot .. so I can save a little bit of coin and just get the 16GB model and if I use it up I can spend some coin and get more 'disk space' by buying a card. Iphone has some pretty cool apps however lots of developers are switching to andriod as its a open standard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrad01 0 Report post Posted March 13, 2011 I had a go with a windows 7 LG phone ... very nice to use however a little bit too simple for my liking .. Im still a sucker for graphics. Samsung have announced the Galaxy S2 which is the first of the next gen phones .. to rivel iphone5. The thing I like about the galaxy over iphone (im not a fan boy of any of them btw) is that it has a microSD slot .. so I can save a little bit of coin and just get the 16GB model and if I use it up I can spend some coin and get more 'disk space' by buying a card. Iphone has some pretty cool apps however lots of developers are switching to andriod as its a open standard. A few developers - maybe not lots. Take it from me, Android is a *bitch* to code compared to iOS and WP7 - seriously, it is nasty. Doesn't mean it can't be done, but you will find innovative apps on iPhone and WP7 before Android. Google showed how open they really are this week by DELETING apps installed on user phones - who is the new big brother? Google. (Sure, they were bad apps - but still) The Galaxy is some nice kit - and the SD card option is a goodie. Which LG did you get? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antil33t 90 Report post Posted March 13, 2011 Grab the assassins creed demo for WP7 on the game marketplace, graphics are bloody brilliant for a cellphone. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
