The Best Mobile You Owned is ?
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I think its difficult to not get caught between nostalgia, current phones generally being better than ever and those phones that proved to be a quantum leap over previous stuff.
I had a Desire HD which I loved, Nokia N85 was a high spot, quite liked my Blackberry Curve as the email integration was still a novelty.
First was a Nokia Cityman, the Sony CMH333 "Mars Bar" was a high spot as felt really modern and cool, then a Micro Tac Motorola.
The Nokia Matrix one was a novelty
Worst, a toss up between a first gen 3G smartphone, NEC E808, I so wanted it, took me three trips to the shop to get it with the various problems but it was mine, and it was utter arse, LG Renoir coming second, was in a hurry and I got told it was better than an Iphone, I dont know which one as it was crap.
I had a Desire HD which I loved, Nokia N85 was a high spot, quite liked my Blackberry Curve as the email integration was still a novelty.
First was a Nokia Cityman, the Sony CMH333 "Mars Bar" was a high spot as felt really modern and cool, then a Micro Tac Motorola.
The Nokia Matrix one was a novelty
Worst, a toss up between a first gen 3G smartphone, NEC E808, I so wanted it, took me three trips to the shop to get it with the various problems but it was mine, and it was utter arse, LG Renoir coming second, was in a hurry and I got told it was better than an Iphone, I dont know which one as it was crap.
My current phone (Nokia Lumia 735) is the 'best' phone I've owned, certainly has everything I could ever want and doubt I'll be replacing it any time soon. If we're talking 'favourites' though, it'd probably have to be the Sony Ericsson K800 - the camera with a phone attached. I remember it being quite a big deal at the time, certainly was to me coming from a multiple hand me down, battle-scarred Motorola Razr.
KungFuPanda said:
chrisxr2 said:
Why??
Something to do with hacking the credit so you got more free calls than you were supposed to.P-Jay said:
Yeah, I remember why too.
Lugy said:
My current phone (Nokia Lumia 735) is the 'best' phone I've owned, certainly has everything I could ever want and doubt I'll be replacing it any time soon. If we're talking 'favourites' though, it'd probably have to be the Sony Ericsson K800 - the camera with a phone attached. I remember it being quite a big deal at the time, certainly was to me coming from a multiple hand me down, battle-scarred Motorola Razr.
K800 was great until it started to picture message the first person on your contact list pictures of the inside of your pocket due to the camera cover sliding open...R8VXF said:
Lugy said:
My current phone (Nokia Lumia 735) is the 'best' phone I've owned, certainly has everything I could ever want and doubt I'll be replacing it any time soon. If we're talking 'favourites' though, it'd probably have to be the Sony Ericsson K800 - the camera with a phone attached. I remember it being quite a big deal at the time, certainly was to me coming from a multiple hand me down, battle-scarred Motorola Razr.
K800 was great until it started to picture message the first person on your contact list pictures of the inside of your pocket due to the camera cover sliding open...But it won't work on "3" as its not 3G anything.
Good phone
My fav was my Blackberry 8800, knew all the shortcuts, my fingers danced over that keyboard, I was a full on crackberry addict.
I did buy the Blackberry passport and got the 8800 feeling all over again, but it was too wide for normal pockets so flipped it for a Nexus 6 (which it too tall, but manageable)
I wish Blackberry had put something like the Snapdragon 615 or 808 in the Blackberry Classic rather than the 2013 Snapdragon S4 pro, which is below the Snapdragon 400 in terms of performance.
My best phone was prob my Nexus 5, good OS, fast phone and the best compromise with its size.
Edited by cirian75 on Thursday 8th October 09:09
iPhone 5s definitely the best phone i've used, upgraded to the 6 and it's just too big, was tempted to swap it back, but perceived, kind of got used to it, but still have awkward moments when you need to use two hands… like has been said before, hope there's a 7 that's the same size as the 5!
ensnare said:
iPhone 5s definitely the best phone i've used, upgraded to the 6 and it's just too big, was tempted to swap it back, but perceived, kind of got used to it, but still have awkward moments when you need to use two hands… like has been said before, hope there's a 7 that's the same size as the 5!
If apple did something simple like move the back button from the top left to the bottom left it would be a massive improvement. 
s p a c e m a n said:
KungFuPanda said:
chrisxr2 said:
Why??
Something to do with hacking the credit so you got more free calls than you were supposed to.P-Jay said:
Yeah, I remember why too.
ensnare said:
iPhone 5s definitely the best phone i've used, upgraded to the 6 and it's just too big, was tempted to swap it back, but perceived, kind of got used to it, but still have awkward moments when you need to use two hands…
+1. 5S was the best phone I didn't own. I had the 5 - right size but with a slower and (battery) hungry processor which wouldn't last a whole day. The 6 fixes that aspect, but isn't as pocket-friendly.Galaxy S2 for me. Bought it when they'd just came out as my first smartphone after all the candybars. Good camera, good size (I remember at the time everyone moaning about how big the screen was), wifi, google maps, easy to take apart, a bezel to protect the screen from drops. Brilliant phone.
Prior to that probably my old Sony Erikson K800 or 750, back when a camera phone was a novelty.
Prior to that probably my old Sony Erikson K800 or 750, back when a camera phone was a novelty.
ZesPak said:
cirian75 said:
If apple did something simple like move the back button from the top left to the bottom left it would be a massive improvement.
You mean, like this
or this:
My best phone: Nokia 5110
My "best" smartphone: Samsung Galaxy SII
Edited by ZesPak on Thursday 8th October 11:29
this is what I mean
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