a_j_mair
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Registered: 23rd Jan 04
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Right due an upgrade and looking at new phones
have 2 options
1. get an upgrade for 18 months now
2. wait till feburary and change provider to tesco and get a better deal through my other half probably with an i phone
phone i have just now is pretty fucked tbh
Is there any good smart phones that can be bought for £100 ish and could get a sim only contract?
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Richie
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Registered: 3rd Dec 02
Location: Newport, Wales
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£100 
Cheapest thing that comes close is the HTC Wildfire and that's £140
[Edited on 15-10-2010 by Richie]
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
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Option 2.
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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Blackberry of some sort?
Why do you have to wait till feb to change provider anyway?
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a_j_mair
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quote:
Originally posted by Richie
£100
Cheapest thing that comes close is the HTC Wildfire and that's £140
its a phone that will only last 1 year tops I have far more important priorities than spending £400 on a phone to look cool
doesnt have to be brand new either
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Originally posted by Whittie
Blackberry of some sort?
Why do you have to wait till feb to change provider anyway?
put off blackberrys as other halfs is crap for browsing web or apps
my contract is up in february so can get out of it without paying last few months phone bill and pissing money away
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Steve
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Nokia 5230
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Eck
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You won't get the best non smart phone for that but try to get a Wildfire.
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a_j_mair
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surely you can get a half decent phone for free on an 18 month contract?
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Fro
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Get your girlf to download a new web browser for her BB. standard one is pants, im using opera at the moment and it's not bad.
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Eck
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quote:
Originally posted by a_j_mair
surely you can get a half decent phone for free on an 18 month contract?
Oh Christ aye I thought you were buying  Desire then. But the HD is out soon so I'd wait for that!
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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quote:
Originally posted by John
HTC Desire
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nathy_87
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HTC Wildfire (imo) £180
[Edited on 15-10-2010 by 5dr corsa-3dr_polo]
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a_j_mair
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quote:
Originally posted by fro-dizzle
Get your girlf to download a new web browser for her BB. standard one is pants, im using opera at the moment and it's not bad.
how do you go about that?
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Sam
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Registered: 24th Dec 99
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Nokia E63. Only £99 from 3 PAYG and it comes with a "qwerty" keyboard too.
Think it has GPS as well can't remember.
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
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Bloody Awesome phone that Sam.
It did have GPS, It comes with Nokia Maps on it.
Also has WiFi!
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ssj_kakarot
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well if you want payt
htc wildfire is your best bet
or pick up a second hand htc android from ebay or something
can get the htc hero for around £100, really good phone for the price
or if you want a contract the htc desire HD is out this week or next
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Sam
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quote:
Originally posted by Whittie
Bloody Awesome phone that Sam.
It did have GPS, It comes with Nokia Maps on it.
Also has WiFi!
I have one of these for my business. Kept umm'ing and arr'ing over this phone and a Blackberry something-or-other, I decided after trying out both phones I liked this one better.
It's also pretty thin and lightweight too, and unlike Nokias of old it doesn't reboot itself on a daily basis! 
I like using it when I'm out on site because I can use the WiFi to check my email on it and the screen is pretty big for what it is too!
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John
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Although the E71 was one of the best phones of it's time, the E63 is a cheap version of that and isn't a smartphone by todays standards whether nokia want to call it one or not.
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Sam
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quote:
Originally posted by John
Although the E71 was one of the best phones of it's time, the E63 is a cheap version of that and isn't a smartphone by todays standards whether nokia want to call it one or not.
He did ask for a £100 phone 
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John
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Thread title is best smart phone that's not an iphone
Which the E63 certainly isn't, he also then goes on to talk about 18 month contracts etc
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a_j_mair
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Registered: 23rd Jan 04
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quote:
Originally posted by Sam
quote:
Originally posted by John
Although the E71 was one of the best phones of it's time, the E63 is a cheap version of that and isn't a smartphone by todays standards whether nokia want to call it one or not.
He did ask for a £100 phone
was only an option
ideally just wanting to upgrade for nothing if you check the first post
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Dom
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For £100 i'd look at the ZTE Blade aka Orange San Francisco - get it unlocked for $3, flash the Modaco ROM to it and you've got a decent Android phone that is a far amount better than the HTC Wildfire.
[Edited on 15-10-2010 by Dom]
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