Discussion
t5grf said:
Zod is your upgrade on a business or personal contract if you don't mind me asking? O2 business keep telling me they don't have any handsets or pricing structure available
personal, but I'm on O2 Select. O2 Business came into the office last week with a wide range of new handsets, so they are telling you porkies. trooperiziz said:
It's about time I went for a new mobile I think.
Anybody got a N95 yet and can let me know how they find it?
Anybody got a N95 yet and can let me know how they find it?
Ha!
I've just got one here in front of me and have been playing with it for the last 2 hours. Have installed all the software on the PC and had a damn good play.
I have a Vario II (9 months) and am finding it a bit clunky so I was hoping the N95 would be the ticket as it certainly looks good on the feature list.
My opinion... Na.
Bad
It is plastic with a cheap feel
The menus are pretty, but difficult to find stuff
It is slow
Its operation is somewhat illogical
Its synching software is b*llox
The screen feels like it's going to break every time you touch it
The screen keeps going into sleep mode when you're in the middle of reading a page.
It is soooo slooooooow tooo doooo annnnyyyttthhhiiiinnggg ZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
The battery life is pants
Reading the web (3G) - MUCH slower than VarioII
Reading the web (Wifi)- MUCH slower than VarioII
Inbuilt GPS... takes a long time to get a signal and it loses it easily. Compared to my bluetooth GPS, it's rubbish
GPS software - Yuch! TomTom please!
Music sofware - clunky
Camera - reasonable quality, but clunky
Good
Form factor
That comparision also left out the obvious like no proper keyboard and much less freedom with the o/s.
In a nutshell, it seems the design brief was to produce a phone that ticks all the feature boxes.. and bang it straight out on the shelves. It feels flimsy and is slow. I hate it.
The Vario II may be heavier and slightly thicker, but the two don't compare well. Without any doubt I'm sticking with the Vario II.
Edited to remove a lot of the apostrophes as they were bugging Alex
Edited by pikey on Monday 2nd April 22:40
Zod said:
I have one coming this week as a free upgrade from O2. Expansys called last week to ask if I wanted to proceed with my pre-order now that they had stock. The price was a bargain £640. I said no.
I'll post back once I have it.
I'll post back once I have it.
Oh no you won't O2 have had their batch delayed until 11th april after promising me mine would be sent out today...unless yours has arrived. I kinda have hoped it has as it means i can go and shout at them lots!
pikey said:
trooperiziz said:
It's about time I went for a new mobile I think.
Anybody got a N95 yet and can let me know how they find it?
Anybody got a N95 yet and can let me know how they find it?
Ha!
I've just got one here in front of me and have been playing with it for the last 2 hours. Have installed all the software on the PC and had a damn good play.
I have a Vario II (9 months) and am finding it a bit clunky so I was hoping the N95 would be the ticket as it certainly looks good on the feature list.
My opinion... Na.
Bad
It is plastic with a cheap feel
The menus are pretty, but difficult to find stuff
It is slow
Its operation is somewhat illogical
Its synching software is b*llox
The screen feels like it's going to break every time you touch it
The screen keeps going into sleep mode when you're in the middle of reading a page.
It is soooo slooooooow tooo doooo annnnyyyttthhhiiiinnggg ZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
The battery life is pants
Reading the web (3G) - MUCH slower than VarioII
Reading the web (Wifi)- MUCH slower than VarioII
Inbuilt GPS... takes a long time to get a signal and it loses it easily. Compared to my bluetooth GPS, it's rubbish
GPS software - Yuch! TomTom please!
Music sofware - clunky
Camera - reasonable quality, but clunky
Good
Form factor
That comparision also left out the obvious like no proper keyboard and much less freedom with the o/s.
In a nutshell, it seems the design brief was to produce a phone that ticks all the feature boxes.. and bang it straight out on the shelves. It feels flimsy and is slow. I hate it.
The Vario II may be heavier and slightly thicker, but the two don't compare well. Without any doubt I'm sticking with the Vario II.
Edited to remove a lot of the apostrophes as they were bugging Alex
Edited by pikey on Monday 2nd April 22:40
thanks for that pikey, i have been waiting for this to come out and from all the bad reviews i have seen and software problems it has had i dont think i'll bother...now hwat instead!!
BB
Ballistic Banana said:
thanks for that pikey, i have been waiting for this to come out and from all the bad reviews i have seen and software problems it has had i dont think i'll bother...now hwat instead!!
... and consider this - to me this one is completely free, contract free and I have no obligation yet all it'll do is sit on the shelf / be given to a young neice to whom first-on-the-block is everything!!
As much as I wanted to like it, it really is rubbish and I don't want it at all!!
trooperiziz said:
That's a bummer. I really want a smallish form factor phone with WLAN and GPS.
My K800i is getting a bit long in the tooth now and the joystick has started to play up.
My K800i is getting a bit long in the tooth now and the joystick has started to play up.
They'll get there eventually... just not in 2007!
Also for the GPS comment - I really wasn't impressed with it's ability to get a lock or keep it. I was comparing it with my TomTom Go700 and a bluetooth SiRF III GPS (which I use with the Vario II). It's "nice to have", but if you were actually intending to navigate somewhere with it, best to have a lot of paitence!
PS. I was really hoping I'd like it
runway78 said:
Zod said:
I have one coming this week as a free upgrade from O2. Expansys called last week to ask if I wanted to proceed with my pre-order now that they had stock. The price was a bargain £640. I said no.
I'll post back once I have it.
I'll post back once I have it.
Oh no you won't O2 have had their batch delayed until 11th april after promising me mine would be sent out today...unless yours has arrived. I kinda have hoped it has as it means i can go and shout at them lots!
pikey said:
Ballistic Banana said:
thanks for that pikey, i have been waiting for this to come out and from all the bad reviews i have seen and software problems it has had i dont think i'll bother...now hwat instead!!
... and consider this - to me this one is completely free, contract free and I have no obligation yet all it'll do is sit on the shelf / be given to a young neice to whom first-on-the-block is everything!!
As much as I wanted to like it, it really is rubbish and I don't want it at all!!
Stick it on Ebay then ... they are going for 300+ at the moment !!!
I was going to upgrade to the N95 in a couple of weeks, Ive got an N70 at the moment which i find annoying slow at times and the keys are a bit fiddly. I was hoping the N95 might be a bit quicker..
What do you guys suggest i upgrade to now then, ideally i want 3G and a decent quality camera?
What do you guys suggest i upgrade to now then, ideally i want 3G and a decent quality camera?
paul99 said:
What do you guys suggest i upgrade to now then, ideally i want 3G and a decent quality camera?
Depends what you want
Camera isn't *that* good once you put it on the screen
The N95 in my opinion wastes the 3G browsing speeds. The Vario II gets every last drop out of it
Sounds like, if you don't want a Vario II brick, a Sony Ericsson with 3G and decent camera might do the trick.
Zod said:
Just got my text message saying delayed due to lack of stck. Despatch date 12 April. 
Really annoyed with 02 over this. I can walk into carphone warehouse and get one, but that would mean the dreaded porting or change of number.
I was told yesterday I could not order the phone, but today when I phoned up to cancel my contract all of a sudden I could order one. I was told what is the big problem with us lying through our teeth at you. When asked are you sure the 11th April is a firm date, was told "oh that is all if's and but's...let's not talk about that!"
Guess add mobile phone salesmen/women to Estate agent level haha!
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