[robertostallioni]

Theres an App for that.

[Jaspersharpe]

I've been an #iphonegaylord for a week now....etc

That's all very well but the Hero is an old phone though and wont have been running the latest version of the Andriod OS. It's not exactly fair comparing it to the iphone 4! It's like putting an original iphone up against the HTC Desire HD. No contest.

I haven't experienced any of the problems you describe with my Legend. 

[tomtom]

I've been an #iphonegaylord for a week now....etc

That's all very well but the Hero is an old phone though and wont have been running the latest version of the Andriod OS. It's not exactly fair comparing it to the iphone 4! It's like putting an original iphone up against the HTC Desire HD. No contest.

I haven't experienced any of the problems you describe with my Legend. 

Can we not all just live in one smartphone happy touchy feely gently glowing universe together in perfect happiness? Like this chap?

[cofe]

Fiend's obviously taking the whole 'living in Scotland' thing pretty seriously.

[tomtom]

Fiend's obviously taking the whole 'living in Scotland' thing pretty seriously.

 

Aye, blend in... Needs some buckfast though...  on second glance, is this picture one for the photshop hall of shame?

[Jaspersharpe]

I might joke about it a lot (aside from the above post which is just a point of fact, not slagging anyone off) but I don't really give a shit what type of phone people have.

The iphone's not for me just because of the number of total wankers / scummy chavs / dizzy bints with shiny pink cases for them / media pricks / basicallyeveryoneinthefuckingcountry who have them. I've nothing against the phone itself, it's the image it projects to me (which is a purely personal thing of course). #iphonegaylords 

Some people really do take it seriously though. A fellow Brighton fan who I follow on Twitter was unfollowed and blocked by a bird yesterday just for mentioning his iphone (and he wasn't even being complimentary but complaining about the battery) when she was talking about an Android app! She properly kicked off about it as if he'd really insulted her (mind you, she is American).

[grumpycrumpy]

An American Brighton fan ...... Proves the point that the yanks know nothing about football ......

[Jaspersharpe]

The bloke who was blocked was the Brighton fan, not the bird (although she lives there).

Oh and supporting Brighton isn't actually that bad at the moment! Top of the league and:

http://www.seagulls.co.uk/page/Latest/0,,10433~2177569,00.html 


Don't let the facts get in the way of a joke though mate! 

[tomtom]

The bloke who was blocked was the Brighton fan, not the bird (although she lives there).

Oh and supporting Brighton isn't actually that bad at the moment! Top of the league and:

http://www.seagulls.co.uk/page/Latest/0,,10433~2177569,00.html 


Don't let the facts get in the way of a joke though mate! 

Bloody Yank Glory hunters  still you're fooked now ol' Gustavo has been named manager of the month #kissofdeath

[Jaspersharpe]

MOM and POM and we're live on Sky tomorrow. The omens don't look good!

[Jaspersharpe]

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/iphone-be-naughty%2c-say-sleepyheads-201101043392/

[slackline]

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/iphone-be-naughty%2c-say-sleepyheads-201101043392/

I remember posting about this known bug ages ago and the fact that Apple were doing dick all about it, great respect for customers there 

[dave]

Any of you wegros got any awesome fucking opinions on the Samsung Galaxy Apollo speechtool? Phone contract coming to an end, want something less buggy than the current nokia. have also looked at the refurn iphone 3g deals on O2, but even then it'd mean me paying 50% more every month than I'm on now, not convinced its worth it, plus jasper would think i'm a twat.

[Jim]

what do you want a phone to do? pick a phone thats good at doing just that and then buy it yourself and get a sim only contract.
I would never ever get a iphone contract, total rip

[Jaspersharpe]

As I've said somewhere else on here, that's not necessarily the cheapest way to do it as what I'll pay over my 18 month contract is less than what my phone would have cost to buy sim free. Worth looking at all angles though I agree.

[Paul B]

As I've said somewhere else on here, that's not necessarily the cheapest way to do it as what I'll pay over my 18 month contract is less than what my phone would have cost to buy sim free. Worth looking at all angles though I agree.

I agree. Certain phones (HTC Desire HD for example) attract stupid premiums. In fact if I sell the same phone (which I've been offered free as an upgrade) it completely covers my contract for the two years, I'm still struggling to accept how this might be.

[Jaspersharpe]

I don't understand it either but I'm not complaining.

[dave]

what do you want a phone to do?

 

Usual shit, calls, texts, tinternet, gps, music, passing time when sat in a dentist's waiting room, printing business cards etc. Would be good if it had a "big number 5" app.

[Johnny Brown]

And scratch mixing mp3s whilst on the bus obviously.

[dave]

it also needs to be actual size.

[Jim]

no printer?

[dave]

any ideas for best places to look at for buying phones outright/sans contract then? I need to get researching some shit.

[Jim]

I've bought my last couple 2nd hand off ebay, can be a bit of a gamble tho.
Expansys is probably your best bet

[Obi-Wan is lost...]

It's pretty easy to use a spreadsheet to work out the total cost of ownership over the course of the contract. I've done a quick comparison of a HTC Desire from Expansys with a SIM only deal with a contract from 3, in this case less than £8 difference over 24months.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0AoTGL85cw6u-dHozUHFnb1FDczFNcnpvalNIbTVyX1E&output=html

[dave]

If I compare the Samsung galaxy apollo from T mobile on an 18monther compared to buying the phone and getting a similar sim-only contract, its about spot on the same cost except the closest contract you can get is actually worse in terms of the internet usage and a few other minor points, so thats a win for the contract.