Quote from: namnok on August 03, 2009, 07:45:22 pmwhat's with all these bloody 18/24 month contracts?I wish I knew. I really don't feel comfortable owning the same phone for longer than 12months. Most phones seem to have a peformance shelf life of around 12 months (In the case of my C902 about 6 months)which means 6 months of crap performance/sending it back for fixing.The main problem I have with the Iphone is that everyone seems to have one. Obviously this means they're good but just too common.
what's with all these bloody 18/24 month contracts?
The N97 I like the look of and have had Symbian Nokias in the past but these have often been veeerrrrrryyy slllllloooww. Have they improved this? Also the fold out keyboard however smart is a working part ready for breaking.
Anyone played with a HTC phone?
I'm not keen on an iPhone just because of the poor camera and Apple's highly restrictive app store policy. I'm not really an Apple lover at all. I've used OS X but prefer XP, I've got an iPod but think the apple firmware is shit so replaced it with open source, I think iTunes is appalling, etc. I also want to be able to run whatever software I like on my phone, not just what Apple thinks is good enough for me.
i can't believe people have issues with apple stuff. it just works.
that's what i wanted, that's what I got. You pay more, you get more IMO. less hastle, it works, sweet.
[OK, things have to be apple vetted (which I dont like - e.g. the tethering issue)
Apple will not allow apps that "duplicate the functionality" (ie compete with their own apps) of other apps on the App Store.
I can't think of a single product that I've bought from Apple or one of their approved partners that I haven't just plugged in or installed and it's worked first time.
Quote from: Falling Down on August 05, 2009, 09:09:23 amI can't think of a single product that I've bought from Apple or one of their approved partners that I haven't just plugged in or installed and it's worked first time.Where's the fun in that?
I can't say the same for my sisters vast litany of windows mobile-based phones, which have all been PITA.
P.S. - Nice to meet you last night.