What phone and why?

[Gordy]

As with stoo.

iPhone, because it was finally nearly at a sensible price. The fact its unlockable and can be jail broken made it a done deal. No phone I've ever used comes close to this.

[-iceblade^]

i-mate JAM... best phone i've ever used, and it's extremely powerful, despite it's age...

[Betty_Swallocks]

I have an LG U830 because it looked best out of the ones that 3 were offering. I hate it and I'll change it as soon as I can. The bloody thing keeps on turning itself off!! People will say to me that they've been trying to call me and when I check the phone there it is, off again. Turn it back on and there's loads of power in the battery, it's just the sodding phone has decided that it doesn't want to be on.

My wife has an HTC Orbit which is lovely and if I could use it with my 3 sim I'd get one of those tomorrow. Unfortunately the 3G equivalent as far as I can see is the HTC Touch Cruise which is waaaaaay out of my price range for the time being.

[digit]

My wife has an HTC Orbit which is lovely and if I could use it with my 3 sim I'd get one of those tomorrow

If you like HTC phones get yourself on Ebay and bag yourself a HTC Kaiser 1 or 2 which does have 3G, or alternatively the HTC Orbit. Then get yourself onto XDA developers download a sim free utility and your sorted! Install a dutty rom and make things either better!
I don't own a Sony Erricson K850i but I do think you can't go far wrong with it, had a play on my friends one a fair amount of time and the camera can't be beaten for a quick snap on a night out for example! Also great to blind people with the flash by holding the shutter down half way till the led light turns off then shoving it in someones face

[megah0]

XDA Orbit.

Tomtom installed and away I go.

After seeing the Orbit II I know what I want when I upgrade this year

[rufeo]

I've still got the original nokia 8800, also have the 8600 (the luna). But I'm exchanging it for 8800 arte. In fact I already have the arte right now! Just need to take my 8600 for it to be cancelled.... As you can probably tell, I prefer looks rather than function.

[monkeyville]

U990. Three upgrade....thats just about it

[mightymouse]

iphone 8gb - had to get it but then sick of it
n95 8gb black - perfect phone with all the necessary functions i need
8800 sirocco black - bling bling but selling it now

[usenetz]

Ericsson T39m

I use this with a Dual-SIM battery.



http://flickr.com/photos/nxtiak/2676234273/
http://www.gsmarena.com/ericsson_t39-252.php

Being using it for years - does what it says on the tin!

No camera, but it makes telephone calls and sends/receives SMS.

john

[Blitzen]

I got rid of my iPhone and N95 and picked up the Nokia E71 last month and its great.
Sound good.
Functions amazing.
Build quality is the best i have seen.
QWERTY Keypad is very easy to use.
POP3 email access is really good.
SAT NAV is exceptional (and free).
Best battery life i have ever had.

Its more of a business phone but still has all the 'fun' features.

The only down side is the camera. Its only 3.2mp. Still takes good photos but they really shouldve added the 5mp.

[hybridE4t]

Yeah if I got a Nokia now I think I would get the E71 too. I used to have an E61 and liked it but the E71 looks fantastic. 2 colleagues of mine own one and love it.

I currently own an HTC Diamond Touch which has been great since the new firmware came out. The compact size for a touchscreen smartphone as well as it's high res screen are winning features. Only a 3.2mp camera as well though. There's an unbelievable amount of content available for it over at XDA Developers. The new Touch HD is looking even better though... bigger screen, more memory, better camera etc etc.

[nc555]

....I know to a lot of people I speak to a phone is literally just that and they only replace them when they go off. Recently I have seen people still using old Nokia 3410 and the old Samsung V200 with the swivel round camera on it!

Very true. Many people still using something like a Nokia 6310i because you can't beat one week battery life. My trusty 3120 would give me 1 week battery no problems. Even with a single bar of battery remaining I was not bothered about making lots of calls.

I'm now using an XDA Orbit, battery life is more like one day! On the plus side tomtom 6 runs great (only crashed once in 1 year of usage) and there is wifi to check emails too.

[TAKTAK]

LG Viewty, got this for the 5 Mega camera and the large touch screen. Overall it stands out and I wanted something that looked pretty up to date. Also for putting movies onto it for when I travel to and from work on the bus (Takes over an hour to get to work and around 2 hours to get home - go figure! ). Ideal as a bit of a media center for me when I'm travelling is the best way to describe it.

that ^^^

as a side note...

whats your battery life like?