Nokia N8

[amarnoldgopi]

At last on sep 23rd
cant wait to get my hands on N8

[jamiemmorrison]

Now think about nokia N9 not N8. Because it has lot of great feature compare to the N8.
Thanks.

[amarnoldgopi]

Didn't go for N8, went for HTC Des HD.
Grt phone Crap battery, starting to hate it.

[mr_shazzi]

Originally Posted by amarnoldgopi

Didn't go for N8, went for HTC Des HD.
Grt phone Crap battery, starting to hate it.

You do know you can easily replace the battery....

[cable man]

Originally Posted by mr_shazzi

You do know you can easily replace the battery....

and the battery will end up the same after a few weeks as they are s***..

[mr_shazzi]

To be honest got this handset for my mum and its alright on some occasions but the battery life is absolutely crap!!! Useless battery life and sometimes I wonder what if I have this phone? I'd be carrying a spare BL-4D (BLAD) nokia battery and a T6 screwdriver I think to change batteries lol

[bonghitt]

ive had an iphone 3,an iphone 3gs,an iphone 4,an htc desire and an htc wildfire.i now have an iphone 4s..and every single one of them has crap battery life,there all the same these smartphones for battery life or seems to be to me,they all need charging every day.
however if you have one of those crappy old phones with buttons that only text and call then the battery lasts nearly a week on them.
these new phones need charging a lot cos they do so much i reckon .

[waqasahmed]

Originally Posted by Fruittechnology

anyone else got a better idea? what are you all getting?

If you want the best of the best, then get the Galaxy SII

http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/04/i...onic-and-tita/

Personally, I don't buy £300+ phones because they come down in value quite quickly. If you look on the net, my phone (Xperia Play) *just* about beats the iPhone 4 and it cost £155 brand new, whereas a used iphone 3gs will cost you around the same. Add an extra £50-£100 for a used iphone 4

[waqasahmed]

Originally Posted by Fruittechnology

As good as the Galaxy looks, let´s look at the real situation - if someone see´s a smartphone which is not either a Blackberry or an Apple, the opinion is they just wouldn´t pay for an apple.

Mainly because it's overpriced, partially because of the fact that they lie more than other companies and are more sneaky about their ways. Every one knows Google is evil, but they're not as evil as Apple

Originally Posted by Fruittechnology

Now, I don´t know why this is. But for me the ability to have everything synced together is pretty awesome - and it is incredibly easy with apple products.

This sort of feature existed way before smartphones, and all modern smartphones can do that nowadays (Besides, the word "smartphone" is just a consumer friendly term - they were initially meant to be called something else, which I can't remember now)

Originally Posted by Fruittechnology

Hmmm it also depends on why you are buying a phone. I operate with a phone contract (and I am sure you do also), I never paid directly for the purchasing of the phone itself - I pay a set monthly bill which obviously to an extent pays for the phone. And then I work with the contract rolling. In two months time "orange" will send me the new iPhone or I can wait for the iPhone 5 and that willl be a free upgrade.

They generally do that regardless of what phone you have. They give you a free phone after a while, regardless of the phone you have, and when my contract is coming to a close, I try to renegotiate the contract, instead of just being happy with a free phone

Originally Posted by Fruittechnology

I can then sell my old iPhone and I have lost nothing really.

But you can do this with all phones

Originally Posted by Fruittechnology

As for peoples opinions on apple and other phones. Yes, Apple is seen as hipster, but I feel I am probably having most people behind me when I say..."people who don´t have apple, do it to make a point, not because they don´t want one"

Not really. I really, really hate the GUI on the Apple. It's easy yes, but it's oh so lacking. It generally seems to be the other way around ie: I see more people saying "Oh I have an iphone 4, you have a shi**y phone"

Originally Posted by Fruittechnology

- they are like Golden Tickets. If anything this opinion/belief is more hipster.

But they're not. You can go out and buy them quite easily, and I have enough money to cover it, but just see them as waste of money. The ipod however is not too bad

Originally Posted by Fruittechnology

But people are too scared to be seen as joining in with a large collection of fanatics.

Maybe because of the Apple cult? I tried so hard to get my Mum to buy the Samsung Galaxy S2 (instead of the iphone 4s) and I asked her why she likes the iphone, and her answer was she just does. I've asked this to other people as well who defend the iphone, and seriously I haven't had an answer yet apart from, they just "like" it

Not trying to be offensive here, but from your posts, it does seem like you like/own every thing Apple. They are OK for certain products (ie: ipod) but they are seriously overpriced for the most part.

What they do really well is marketing, making every thing really shiny and making every thing stupidly simple, whilst throwing away certain parts of the OS that would allow customisation

[waqasahmed]

Originally Posted by Fruittechnology

It´s just my opinion here, I have no intentions to start an arguement - people can buy whatever they like, whatever phone takes their fancy.

I personally just really like the operating system...it is simple, yes. Exactly. I can move through my files easily I know where everything is, I can get to everything fast and it is great for having fun with. I do now have everything apple, I have a macbook pro, an iPhone and an iPad: excessive I know. But my point for actually getting the macbookpro - my last purchase, was because to me it is harder to actually try and have the other two products updated etc with a non-apple computer. So if you are going to have one you may as well have them all.

Yeah I guess there is a cult, and there are also many people who just have them to be cool and look flash. But these are probs the same people shopping in jack Wills!

So I will ask you this, what should I buy my partner for her birthday if I was to go for phone? What is your honest opinion and why that phone? It´s either that or she is getting something massage deal from Groupon D that will be easy to buy, cheap and no fuss - which seems perfect right about now.

Seriously? Id get the Galaxy S II because of the hardware involved, and the fact that it's getting Android 4.0 quite soon-ish. I think that's meant to be quite bloody awesome, with less teething problems