Samsung Pixon or Sony Ericsson C905

[squarepants]

Can't decide between the two. Just wondered if any of you have one of these phones and if you could post a quick review.

SP

[Jag-D]

I dont have either, but I think it's a personal preference thing.

I prefer Sony Ericssons compared to Nokia/Samsung etc

[blueyonder]

I've got the Samsung Pixon.

It looks good with a big screen but the touch screen technology is no where near as good as say the iPhone. The camera, whilst being an 8M pixel, is fiddly to use and has this annoying delay when you try and take a pic and quality not great....8M pixels is fine but the tiny lens almost makes those extra pixels useless! My old 4M pixel Sony Cybershot gives better quality pics! If it's a good camera phone you want then the Sony Ericsson might be a good call? When you view your pics on landscape the tilting mechanism is uber sensitive and annoying when you try and show a pic as all of a sudden the pics start scrolling across the screen! Texting is made easier through the qwerty touch screen keyboard but it is sensitive and easy to type the wrong key when trying to text fast.

It is however, a reasonable cheaper alternative to the iPhone for texting and calling it's fine but I'd wished I'd spent more and got an iPhone but wanted to stay with Orange and they don't do one! Anyone know what would happen if you come out of an 18 month contract with Orange early?

HTH

[quattroTom]

blueyonder said:

Anyone know what would happen if you come out of an 18 month contract with Orange early?

If you've had it for a while, say 6-9 months, then you can normally drop the contract down to the lowest package, ~£10 a month, and just pay that alongside your new iPhone . However, if you want to cancel the contract you have to pay an exit fee, which conveniently is the cost of your monthly rental for the remainder of the 18 months...

Alternatively, get a friend or family member to take it over from you.

HTH

[burriana]

blueyonder said:

but I'd wished I'd spent more and got an iPhone but wanted to stay with Orange and they don't do one!

Just get the iPhone unlocked.

[quattroTom]

burriana said:

blueyonder said:

but I'd wished I'd spent more and got an iPhone but wanted to stay with Orange and they don't do one!

Just get the iPhone unlocked.

Can do but you can't beat o2's unlimited data package though. That more than pays for the iPhone before you start using it's other functions.

[blueyonder]

quattroTom said:

burriana said:

blueyonder said:

but I'd wished I'd spent more and got an iPhone but wanted to stay with Orange and they don't do one!

Just get the iPhone unlocked.

Can do but you can't beat o2's unlimited data package though. That more than pays for the iPhone before you start using it's other functions.

I wonder when O2 monoply over the iPhone will end?

[burriana]

blueyonder said:

I wonder when O2 monoply over the iPhone will end?

But it needn't be a concern. I don't know about the packages, but if you want an iPhone on Orange then just get the bugger unlocked. Our guys got iPhones from the US when they first came out before O2 launched and simply unlocked them so they could work with our agency Vodaphone sims.

[BlueMR2]

Dont think you can unlock the 3G ones that easy to use other networks can you?

Thats why people spend big money to get Italian imports which are sold sim free.