Mobile Phones; Help needed!

[Craig]

Hey guys, ive just cancled my contract with Vodafone (my year was up anyway!) And i have decided to go to 3G on their Videotalk 500 Tarrif, i have the choice of a few phones i can get free but if any of you have had any personal experiences with any of the following phones could you please let me know the pro's and con's of them, or if you just prefer one to the other, let me know Im liking the Nokia 7600 at the moment tho!

List of phones:

Motorola A835
Nokia 7600
NEC E313
Motorola A925
LG U8110
NEC E616

Cheers,

Craig

[Kezzer]

lol! Now was that a coincidence or was it a coincidence?

[steve threlfall]

Be warned 3g phones have terrible battery life and they are also huge, jean pockets? no no

I know things are gettting better but now is not the right time to buy into 3g imho

[steve threlfall]

7600 is a 3g phone that supports none of three's features like videocalling- its nothing but a crippled 6600

[Craig]

Im not botherd about videocalling, its the tarrif im after If anyone can find me 500 mins to any network, and 75 free texts for £30 a month, ill have your babies

[plaz]

I'd also not got 3G but if your set on it its upto you .

Personally i've got a samsung e700 which i've had for 7 months and its a corker, best phone i've had by far, can't wait for the upgrade to it .

[Stringent]

Also the amount of phones people return on the 3 network is phenominal. It is really bad. If I were you stay with a normal operator.

[Agent]

Originally Posted by Flanderz

Also the amount of phones people return on the 3 network is phenominal. It is really bad. If I were you stay with a normal operator.

Ill echo this.
Unless you live in a city, chances are your singnal will be very very poor.
One of my mates has a 3G phone. The tarif is great..... when it works !

[Angus]

But when it's not connected to 3G system it uses the normal network anyway doesn't it??

[SarG]

Avoid this one like the plague.. big, nasty and terrible battery life.

Motorola A835

[Stoo]

I think the LG is the smallest on the market at the moment?

Oh and Sony Ericsson get in on the act with the Z1010 soon as well..

[Spud1]

3G is shocking atm, my parents have one (nec e616) and its HUGE, even the new LG one is still fairly large (bigger that my gx10i) and its also a half crippled 3G fone (no bluetooth, mmc slot etc). The taffif is great but...fones are shocking.

Plus when u aint in a 3G area your on **in 02 - not the best networkin the country and to make things worse, 3 aint got that sorted properly yet as theres no MMS or Internet working over it yet. its just retarted imho - goto vodafone and get a decent fone - you pay more but its worth it for the QOS that u get

[Craig]

Cheers for the feedback guys, the only reason i looked at 3G was because of their tarrifs, i use over 400 mins a month and do a few texts, so the 500 free mins and 75 texts for £30 a month was ideal, but if they are really THAT bad then i can hold on a while

Altho... i have just canclled my contract with vodafone :/

[MD]

phone orange, they have something called OVP where they match competitors tarrifs, you may get in luck and they will match it and you get a decent small phone, with that monthly you could prolly get a free 6600 nokia, V600 Motorola...worth doing....

m@

[Spud1]

has your fone actaully stopped workin? i mean hav eyou just given your months notice or something? cos voda foned me up an offered me a new fone just after i cancelled so i stuck with em =)

[zixiazhang]

My friends got a Motorola A835 been pulled over many a times by police at night who think he's carrying a concealed weapon! lol jk buts it is huge!