Which Mobile ?

[lazyitus]

Gonna upgrade my phone today.

Who's got what and which are the best?

I'm thinking of a Nokia 6230.

[lazyitus]

Thanks.

With this informative info, I'm well prepared to go and get my next phone.

[jacobyte]

I've said it once, I'll say it again: Samsung D500. It's almost certainly the best allrounder available for a free upgrade.

[viper_larry]

My 6230i has arrived at home today as a free upgrade. Same as 6230 but with better screen, camera, memory, connectivity, etc.

[nubbin]

Shhhh....keep quiet and he'll go away....

I've just got a RAZR V3 - great phone nice and slim, excellent reception (I used to use a Sony Ericsson )

The menus are a little tricky at times, and I'm finding the battery life isn't brilliant, but it works very nicely, and I can use it at home, where there is a serious black hole for signal reception.

[Jinx]

I had a choice between the 6230 and the K700i - foolishly I went for the K700i as my last three phones had been nokias (felt like a change). Though the K700 is an ok phone its operating system is a little slow- like running XP on a Pentium II.
That goood enough for you.......

[shadowninja]

Nokia 8850. It's worked since 1998 and is really good at being a mobile phone

[pzero64]

www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?t=178481&f=141&h=0

[Podie]

On Orange and got the SPV C500... very useful little thing.

[stumartin]

On a related subject - which network?

3 are mighty cheap, but I've heard worrying stories about coverage (still??!) and customer service..?

[bga]

stumartin said:

On a related subject - which network? 3 are mighty cheap, but I've heard worrying stories about coverage (still??!) and customer service..?

No complaints about Voda after being with them for 9 years. Pretty much faultless service worldwide & a quick call to them ensures that they don't lock your phone after running up bills of £200+ from foreign countries (this often happens to colleagues on a network which is similar to the Dutch national colour)

[rooster]

three are ok , great deals but the coverage can be pants, upgrade to a motorola A1000 bees knees!

[ariel]

Well we are happy with 3. We are running 4 phones and no problem for us and that ranges from Ullapool in Scotland, the Lakes and Shropshire, not exactly the big cities are they! If there is no cover by 3 it reverts to 02 btw.

I'm a convert to the Moto A1000. Lovely little PDA/phone and with integral aGPS. look here and select handset. Lots of support from online forums with apps and advice too.

[stumartin]

ariel said:

Well we are happy with 3. We are running 4 phones and no problem for us and that ranges from Ullapool in Scotland, the Lakes and Shropshire, not exactly the big cities are they! If there is no cover by 3 it reverts to 02 btw.

Yes, I'd heard they revert to O2, but had also heard that it was far from seamless, and having one's call cut-off mid-gas was a frequent occurrence. As I'm in London that would be pretty inexcusable.

Good to hear some positive experiences have been had with 3 as I'd like to believe they were good value, rather than just 'what do you expect for nothing' cheap. Have you tried 'roaming' Europe with them?

[ariel]

I think that the 3 experience is a good deal better with the new handsets. No experience this year on the continent but USA was fine last week.

[omohat]

Podie said:

On Orange and got the SPV C500... very useful little thing.

I've got one too. Very good phone, although not one for the diehard nokia fanatics out there.

[lazyitus]

After a good look round and through these suggestions/links, I think I'm gonna go for the new Nokia 6230i.

Thanks for the advice folks!

[shadowninja]

WRT 3 Mobile, which service did Monkey go for that gave him a car made of ham?

[tonyhetherington]

lazyitus said:

Nokia 6230i

Top phone

[peterpeter]

i just got an Orange SPV m2000...one of those PDAphone thingies.

Will now be flogging my Tungsten t3palm jobby.

Its got everything you need...can even hold d/load hq porn vids....if you re into that sort of thing of course.