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[TdC]

but I wants one now!!!


btw: wtf is up with the super short product lifecycles these days!

 

[soze]

btw: wtf is up with the super short product lifecycles these days!

Thats one of the things i like about iPhones the fact that your tech is not out of date every 4 months.

 

[Ch3tan]

Thats one of the things i like about iPhones the fact that your tech is not out of date every 4 months.

No, with iphones your tech is out of date before it's released

It's only not out of date compared with other iphones.

 

[ST^]

Thats one of the things i like about iPhones the fact that your tech is not out of date every 4 months.

.........lol?

 

[soze]

No, with iphones your tech is out of date before it's released

It's only not out of date compared with other iphones.

lol thats kind of my point. If you buy a iphone on a 12 month contract when it is released there will not be a new one until your contract is up. I know its not cutting edge but i hate it when i have a old phone. I buy a Desier to be told the Galaxy is better a month latter the Desire HD is better and i bet before december there will be a better samsung then a better HTC and on and on and on

So if iPhones are your thing the regular 12 month cycle is a good thing IMO.

 

[MYstIC G]

So if iPhones are your thing the regular 12 month cycle is a good thing IMO.

Only if your contract runs out in June/July

 

[Ch3tan]

They would be soze, but you'd have to be sucking off the right person in disconnections/ retentions to get a 12 month contract on any phone these days. Most iphone contracts are made unattractive at 18 months, they push for 24.

 

[soze]

True enough that is one of the reason i would not get a iPhone with my money you really do get screwed with the contract. But my point still sort of stands if you have to have the latest phone you still only worry once a year where as the top dog android changed quarterly.

 

[soze]

Only if your contract runs out in June/July

Thats what i was trying to get at if you like iPhones you get a 12 month contract running July to July and stay with the latest model.

 

[Zenith.UK]

They would be soze, but you'd have to be sucking off the right person in disconnections/ retentions to get a 12 month contract on any phone these days. Most iphone contracts are made unattractive at 18 months, they push for 24.

Yeah, I must get the right person each time. I got decent deals when I upgraded my wife's phone in spring, and again in July when I upgraded my own contract. They wanted me to lock in with 24 months but I made sure that I got something to make it worth my while.

Online 25 (£25/month, 300mins, unl.txt)
200 extra minutes - Free - Active - No end date
Unlimited data+wifi - £5.00 per month - Active - No end date
30% subscription discount - Free - Active - No end date
O2 Insure Gold monthly - £4.99 per month - Active - No end date

Roughly £27.49/month for what would normally be £40. The insurance is the big saving because new smartphone insurance costs £10/month but my insurance payments have been uninterrupted for almost 6 years. In fact O2 are one of the few sources of credit rating that I've kept absolutely spotless.

 

[Ch3tan]

Is that 24 months? O2 give me a 40 percent discount

 

[soze]

I got my deal after signing a 6 month extension for my companies 100k a year mobile contract so its probably not fair to boast lol.

 

[Ch3tan]

Zenith, that's a good deal if you got a 12 month contract, otherwise I think you missed my point?

 

[Tom]

I received an update on my N1 this morning, version 2.2.1. No idea what it does.

 

[dysfunction]

I got that last night. It just says it's a bug and security fix...but not what bugs or what security...

 

[Tom]

A few forums have said that it has broken one-touch rooting.

 

[dysfunction]

This looks pretty good! Especially for £99!

Orange San Francisco £99 Android 2.1 phone has dangerously low Internet cap | Crave | CNET UK

And there is an unlock already for this!

 

[Fast]

This looks pretty good! Especially for £99!

Orange San Francisco £99 Android 2.1 phone has dangerously low Internet cap | Crave | CNET UK

And there is an unlock already for this!

Looks really nice that Dys. My friend has the £99 T-mobile pulse and tbh compared to my desire its a bit of a dog but, a nice enough intro to Android.

The San Fransico looks superb value and knocks spots off the Pulse if the youtube is anything to go by.

 

[nath]

Shame it's 2.1 - 2.2 makes such massive speed improvements with the JIT compiler that really all phones should be on it now.

 

[dysfunction]

You could probably get it to 2.2 with a Custom Rom...

 

[nath]

Looks like it's running vanilla Android so it may not be so tricky to do - though given it's an Orange phone and not a rebranded HTC or somesuch, I do wonder if the heroes at XDA devs would bother.

 

[dysfunction]

Modaco seem to be on the ball with this one. The phone is also known as the ZTE-Blade.

29/Sep r2: MoDaCo Custom ROM for the Orange San Francisco - install HD video now online! - Android @ MoDaCo

The countdown to froyo on the blade!? - Android @ MoDaCo

 

[nath]

Damn, nice.

 

[Fast]

Yer bound to be a custom rom, there was/is for the pulse, that runs 2.2

 

[Fast]

In Car Micro USB Charger for HTC Legend, Desire: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

99p car charger, ordered mine

 

[Zenith.UK]

In Car Micro USB Charger for HTC Legend, Desire: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

99p car charger, ordered mine

No amp rating mentioned so I personally wouldn't get it.
You need at least 1000mA charger if you want to charge your phone while using it heavily e.g. Google Navigation.
Work gave me a car charger for my works BB which is 750mA. It charges my Desire fair enough, but it struggles to charge up when I'm running Navigation and music. The charge/usage is a little better than breakeven so it only charges slowly.

As for the BB, I'm strongly tempted to yank the SIM, dual-SIM it in my Desire and pack away the BB. It is chronically CRAP!

 

[Ch3tan]

Same as Zenith, if you have sat nav etc on, you will struggle to charge. Get a proven charger for a little more money, worth it in the long run.

 

[dysfunction]

With the power button issue on my nexus one, I'm going to be picking up a desire HD on launch, and flogging my nexus one after it gets returned from HTC.

I can always pick up another phone in 6 months or so.

I am now having the same power button problem

Did you buy direct or get it locally here in the UK?
Did you have a problem getting a new Nexus One?

 

[inactionman]

A temporary (and clunky) fix is to download the screen mode app, and disable the screen sleeping. It's clunky, but you can then unlock the screen with the trackball or the volume buttons.

I'm rather annoyed that it's taking so long for the desire hd to be released. 1 more month; however I can't do without a phone for at least 3 weeks while htc fix it!

I bought it from google direct, so it's covered under 2 year warranty. HTC do not provide a temporary phone whilst it is getting fixed, which is a pain!

 

[dysfunction]

hmm thanks for the info!

I have installed No Lock so now I just use the trackball or the power buttons to wake up the phone...

I will perhaps buy the HTC Desire HD in the new year and then send my phone in for repairs. Or I may get the Orange San Francisco and send it in now...

Apparently they are reducing the cost of the Orange SF next week so I'll see!