I currently have a Nokia 5310, O2 Pay as you go. Do want something better in the future, like an iPhone? But for now other things come before it
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Did you get the "Comes With Music" one?
I currently have a Nokia 5310, O2 Pay as you go. Do want something better in the future, like an iPhone? But for now other things come before it
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True, but it has a Carl Zeiss lens and a double LED flash, and I know they are actually very good.
I use Bluetooth and MMS all the time, and there are many many other people who do, but just consider this: you have in your possession a phone which is lacking in basic features that you will end up paying around $4,000 for. Enjoy![]()
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Is that the "Brick" everyone is on about?![]()
True, but it has a Carl Zeiss lens and a double LED flash, and I know they are actually very good.
I use Bluetooth and MMS all the time, and there are many many other people who do, but just consider this: you have in your possession a phone which is lacking in basic features that you will end up paying around $4,000 for. Enjoy![]()
then you have not used a SE Cybershot phone. my k800i is boss for a phone. You are going to miss an optical zoom on most camera phones due to size constraints.
I don't get why people include the cost of the contract in with the price of the phone and say that both those added together is the total cost of the phone, that doesn't make sense, at all. I paid $300 for the phone, and the contract that is paid every month is for a service, not a continuation of the cost of the item. What's so hard to understand about that?
I think it's completely and utterly insane not to take in consideration the cost of the contract...
I think it's completely and utterly insane not to take in consideration the cost of the contract...
But then all the other phones are worth varying amounts. It's only the iPhone that is quite a stable price. For example, I haggled with Vodafone down to £15 a month (cheap in the UK) with a free N95 8GB (Worth £400 according to what I sold it on ebay for when I got it).
You can't add up your tariff and compare it to someone else's and then say "oh the iPhone costs £1000" because it doesn't. All handsets are subsidized somewhat, otherwise the "free" phones are worth literally nothing.
While its true that most handsets are subsidized, calculating the total cost of ownership is still valuable. Take this hypothetical example for iPhone v N95:
iPhone 3G: $199 (device) + 24*($40 (minutes)+$30(data)+$5(txt))=$1999
N95-8: $550 (device, estimated) + 24*($40(minutes)+$15(data)+$5(txt))=$1990
So even though the N95 is $350 more expensive for the device itself, it still works out about even over 2 years. I'm not debating which phone is "better" (i have a 2G iphone myself), just giving an example.
I did the another calculation like this when I purchased my LCD TV. Getting HD service increased my cable bill by $25/month, so I tied that into my calculation for seeing if the TV was affordable.
You can't add up your tariff and compare it to someone else's and then say "oh the iPhone costs £1000" because it doesn't. All handsets are subsidized somewhat, otherwise the "free" phones are worth literally nothing.
Only got mine this week and it's great. Everyone get an iphone 3G.
Just got it - The Samsung Instinct. It's not bad. What I like about it is the haptic-like feedback when typing or choosing icons, etc.
My new hi tech rugged steel phone.