Phone upgrade

[J H 500]

I am confused and need help. Due phone upgrade, currently have HTC Magic (which I get on with and like). Went to Vodafone and looking at either HTC desire or a i 4. Have had diffrent reports on i4. Should I stick to HTC.

Thanks.

[cmackay81]

depends on what you want and what you will do with it.
I know it sounds daft, but an I4 deffo isn't for making calls and sending texts. excellent fun if you just want to waste time and mess around though.
from my experience I4 is in a league of its own in terms of screen clarity, useability, touch sensing etc.

HTC can be customised alot more, more free stuff as a percentage of app market, though arguably worse apps for it, and i think less issues with the phone in general, i.e. dropping calls etc

Edited by cmackay81 on Monday 13th September 10:49

[Sixpackpert]

cmackay81 said:

I know it sounds daft, but an I4 deffo isn't for making calls and sending texts. excellent fun if you just want to waste time and mess around though.

Edited by cmackay81 on Monday 13th September 10:49

What a strange statement.

My iPhone 4 has been faultless for calls, email, texts, surfing...well everything it says it does really.

[cmackay81]

Sixpackpert said:

cmackay81 said:

I know it sounds daft, but an I4 deffo isn't for making calls and sending texts. excellent fun if you just want to waste time and mess around though.

Edited by cmackay81 on Monday 13th September 10:49

What a strange statement.

My iPhone 4 has been faultless for calls, email, texts, surfing...well everything it says it does really.

really? typing a text or e-mail on one is a PITA. a 'normal-buttoned' phone is far quicker imo.

I4 has also had loads of known issues over dropping calls, to which it has done to me, not to mention reception issues etc.

that being said, i'd still recommend it

[spitfire-ian]

cmackay81 said:

Sixpackpert said:

cmackay81 said:

I know it sounds daft, but an I4 deffo isn't for making calls and sending texts. excellent fun if you just want to waste time and mess around though.

What a strange statement.

My iPhone 4 has been faultless for calls, email, texts, surfing...well everything it says it does really.

really? typing a text or e-mail on one is a PITA. a 'normal-buttoned' phone is far quicker imo.

I4 has also had loads of known issues over dropping calls, to which it has done to me, not to mention reception issues etc.

that being said, i'd still recommend it

Mine has been faultless too, absolutely no problems at all.

[Sixpackpert]

cmackay81 said:

Sixpackpert said:

cmackay81 said:

I know it sounds daft, but an I4 deffo isn't for making calls and sending texts. excellent fun if you just want to waste time and mess around though.

Edited by cmackay81 on Monday 13th September 10:49

What a strange statement.

My iPhone 4 has been faultless for calls, email, texts, surfing...well everything it says it does really.

really? typing a text or e-mail on one is a PITA. a 'normal-buttoned' phone is far quicker imo.

Do you have massive sausage-like fingers then?

[cmackay81]

Sixpackpert said:

cmackay81 said:

Sixpackpert said:

cmackay81 said:

I know it sounds daft, but an I4 deffo isn't for making calls and sending texts. excellent fun if you just want to waste time and mess around though.

Edited by cmackay81 on Monday 13th September 10:49

What a strange statement.

My iPhone 4 has been faultless for calls, email, texts, surfing...well everything it says it does really.

really? typing a text or e-mail on one is a PITA. a 'normal-buttoned' phone is far quicker imo.

Do you have massive sausage-like fingers then?

more like fish-fingers

but seriously, i used to be ble to walk along the road texting without looking at my phone, but touch screen texting stops that, and generally i hit a few wrong letters, also the predictive thing is annoying etc etc. (I do realise he is comparing two touch screen phones).

[ZOLLAR]

spitfire-ian said:

cmackay81 said:

Sixpackpert said:

cmackay81 said:

I know it sounds daft, but an I4 deffo isn't for making calls and sending texts. excellent fun if you just want to waste time and mess around though.

What a strange statement.

My iPhone 4 has been faultless for calls, email, texts, surfing...well everything it says it does really.

really? typing a text or e-mail on one is a PITA. a 'normal-buttoned' phone is far quicker imo.

I4 has also had loads of known issues over dropping calls, to which it has done to me, not to mention reception issues etc.

that being said, i'd still recommend it

Mine has been faultless too, absolutely no problems at all.

+1

I live in an area with really bad signal my iphone has operated better than my previous phone (blackberry curve)

[OMNIO]

Issues with dropping calls on an i4? Dont see how as when you are using the phone the screen locks and you need to pres the home button to reactivate the screen to hang up...

Also if your fingers are too fat to text turn the phone landscape and its a more spread out keyboard.

The left handed 'death grip' is as far as i can make out, nonsence. I'm actually left handed and therfore hold the phone in my left hand 95% of the time and have never lost all reception. There was a software update to fix this anyway

[LordGrover]

That's odd. I'm right handed so hold the phone in my left so my right is free to write or whatever.

[Sixpackpert]

LordGrover said:

That's odd. I'm right handed so hold the phone in my left so my right is free to write or whatever.

Ditto.

[spitfire-ian]

OMNIO said:

Issues with dropping calls on an i4? Dont see how as when you are using the phone the screen locks and you need to pres the home button to reactivate the screen to hang up...

No you don't.

The screen turns off as you put it to your ear then re-activates when you take it away.

[wiffmaster]

I'm in the same situation as you and currently have an HTC Magic on Vodafone, which is now due for upgrade. I was going to order the Desire, but it seems as though HTC may be announcing their new Android offerings on Wednesday. So, I'm going to hold off doing anything until then and see what happens. If nothing else, the announcement should bring down the price of the current Desire.

[Lemmonie]

wiffmaster said:

I'm in the same situation as you and currently have an HTC Magic on Vodafone, which is now due for upgrade. I was going to order the Desire, but it seems as though HTC may be announcing their new Android offerings on Wednesday. So, I'm going to hold off doing anything until then and see what happens. If nothing else, the announcement should bring down the price of the current Desire.

Hmm, not that you can get a Desire very easily, they seem to be running low on stock. That said when a new phone is released how long before you can actually buy it?

[cmackay81]

spitfire-ian said:

OMNIO said:

Issues with dropping calls on an i4? Dont see how as when you are using the phone the screen locks and you need to pres the home button to reactivate the screen to hang up...

No you don't.

The screen turns off as you put it to your ear then re-activates when you take it away.

Calls dropping is nothing to do with touching thescreen. The phone just drops the calls.
this kind of thing: http://discussions.info.apple.com/thread.jspa?thre...

[bananaman1]

Lemmonie said:

wiffmaster said:

I'm in the same situation as you and currently have an HTC Magic on Vodafone, which is now due for upgrade. I was going to order the Desire, but it seems as though HTC may be announcing their new Android offerings on Wednesday. So, I'm going to hold off doing anything until then and see what happens. If nothing else, the announcement should bring down the price of the current Desire.

Hmm, not that you can get a Desire very easily, they seem to be running low on stock. That said when a new phone is released how long before you can actually buy it?

Ordered my desire today on line from vodafone,being delivered tomorrow

[Skier]

I can only report my own experiences and these as someone that doesn't change phones that frequently. However, as an iPhone 4 owner for 2.5 months or so I have never had a dropped call other than when driving in those areas where my previous phone (HTC) also dropped calls as there's no signal. I simply cannot recreate the issue of reduced signal when held in a particular way.

My only complaints re the iPhone 4 are as follows:

1. The imposed limitation of Bluetooth that prevent me pairing with my TomTom and receiving updated traffic information.
2. The inability to synchronize Outlook e-mail with the phone. I can sync contacts and the calendar etc but not e-mails. I would like to use some of the 32GB of storage to sync and carry around 200MB of e-mails so that I can access these on the move.

Which phone is best suited to an individual will depend on how one uses that phone and for what. Personally I have used the web and web based apps far more in 2.5 months than 3 plus years of HTC ownership. Why? Because it's so simple and a pleasant experience.

Regards

Skier

[cmackay81]

Skier said:

I can only report my own experiences and these as someone that doesn't change phones that frequently. However, as an iPhone 4 owner for 2.5 months or so I have never had a dropped call other than when driving in those areas where my previous phone (HTC) also dropped calls as there's no signal. I simply cannot recreate the issue of reduced signal when held in a particular way.

My only complaints re the iPhone 4 are as follows:

1. The imposed limitation of Bluetooth that prevent me pairing with my TomTom and receiving updated traffic information.
2. The inability to synchronize Outlook e-mail with the phone. I can sync contacts and the calendar etc but not e-mails. I would like to use some of the 32GB of storage to sync and carry around 200MB of e-mails so that I can access these on the move.

Which phone is best suited to an individual will depend on how one uses that phone and for what. Personally I have used the web and web based apps far more in 2.5 months than 3 plus years of HTC ownership. Why? Because it's so simple and a pleasant experience.

Regards

Skier

Thats the thing about the iphone.


You can't transfer Contacts Phone to Phone
You can't transfer Photos Phone to Phone.
In theory you shouldn't be able to change you ringtone from a set one.
Internet won't do flash
has had loads of reception issues which are hopefully cleare up now
Housing Cracks in too much sunlight
Antena issues solved by a free case which takes about 6 weeks to arrive.
Phone shutter occasionally stays closed when taking photos, not seen this myself.
For no reason will still drop a call, this is nothing to do with reception.

But, would I recommend it? Yes.
Never has a phone with so many issues been so good.