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yeah, but why pay extra for memory when you can have it as standard!:cool4:

as for your moan at the apple iphone, totally agree! i fancied 1 myself, but found out you can't use mp3's as ringtones and the cameras crap.

i also wouldn't bother with the iphone touch, coz i can't justify spending that colour of money when i got a 80gig ipod classic for cheaper than a 8gig itouch and, i can browse on my n95 8gb wirelessly around the house(got a laptop which is miles better though)! I do like my ipod, even though i swore i would never buy one!:eek:
 
N95 is no longer supported or sold - any that are being sold is old stock - Nokia has stopped supporting it as the N96 replaced it.

I have a version 1 N95 - not a bad phone apart from really poor battery life and shockingly slow GUI. with my recent upgrade on Vodafone I went for a SE C902 - seemed a good phone but had issues - phone was faulty so got it replaced with a Samsung U900 Soul - both were very nice phones but the Samsung can't upload to Flickr so it is being returned. Was trying for a Nokia 5800 but no stock at all so tomorrow I'm getting a SE W715 - comes with 4GB stick and has all the toys that the N95 does - but a far better battery life. Camera is only 3.2Megapixel but the Sony cameras are better than Nokias so I'm not thinking I've missed out.

Also being SE there is more chance of it working completely with Blue&Me...
 
got a samsung pixon here for sale if anyones interested? :D
 
stuarty said:
got a samsung pixon here for sale if anyones interested? :D
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LOL so you're still not getting to keep it?

I likes my N95 - DB, I must be one of the folk running on old stock. My only real grumble is the (lack of) battery life. I've seen me charge it every other night. Weirdly, the stereo controls (the remote on headphones) packed in on Tuesday for no apparent reason but it still serves the purpose of being a phone.
 
iPhone owner here and I have only 2 complaints...no mp3 ringtones (unless you edit your own 30 second one's which is actually easy enough) and the build quality.

I'm on my 4th handset now and think I may end up replacing that as well as dust has gotten behind the screen again slightly and it's troubling my OCD side :D . This also happened on my previous 2 handsets and I think it could possibly be linked to a batch of reconditioned iPhones that store has. The first handset I got, no dust behind the screen, but the wifi chip died. However, even though the reliability is a bit of an issue, I went into the Apple Store and got a replacement handset on the spot with no issues whatsoever. I've never had a better customer service experience than with Apple. Thank God I wasn't dealing with o2, they were a nightmare when my w880 went tits up :rolleyes:

The interface is brilliant though. No keyboard, fair enough, but it's such a total breeze and actually really intuitive. Loads of tricks and tweeks you can do, even if you don't jailbreak it, but if you do, you can do loads, running game emulators and the like.

The camera is pretty basic, there's not many if any shoot options and no flash of course, but the actual 2MP pics are pretty decent. Better than my old SE phones. The screen is the best I've ever seen as well, blows the Pixon and other touch screen phones I've had a hands-on with out of the water.

Apps...every app I have is free and fair enough, loads of gimmicks, but there's some good fun and useful stuff to be had. eBay, Last FM, Google Earth, wifi Remote for your iTunes, etc, etc and they're all free.

I do wish the build was better and the interface a bit more customisable out of the box, but I reckon it's a great handset. I still reckon as well Apple isn't as evil as MS, they've got a heck of a long way to go till they reach that.

Just to add as well...my iPhone was free on contract from o2. £35 a month for 500 minutes, 600 texts and unlimited data.

My other options at the time were the Samsung i8510 and indeed the n96/n95 8gb. I didn't go for them simply because I'd have paid between £99 and £199 for those handsets under the same kind of contract (but without the unlimited data). If you can get them cheap though, I'd suggest one of the Symbian phones. They may not be as flash as the iPhone, but they offer more flexibility for many users.

Me, I like my iPhone even with it's few faults, so there :D
 
muppet42 said:
iPhone owner here and I have only 2 complaints...no mp3 ringtones (unless you edit your own 30 second one's which is actually easy enough) and the build quality.

I'm on my 4th handset now and think I may end up replacing that as well as dust has gotten behind the screen again slightly and it's troubling my OCD side :D . This also happened on my previous 2 handsets and I think it could possibly be linked to a batch of reconditioned iPhones that store has. The first handset I got, no dust behind the screen, but the wifi chip died. However, even though the reliability is a bit of an issue, I went into the Apple Store and got a replacement handset on the spot with no issues whatsoever. I've never had a better customer service experience than with Apple. Thank God I wasn't dealing with o2, they were a nightmare when my w880 went tits up :rolleyes:

The interface is brilliant though. No keyboard, fair enough, but it's such a total breeze and actually really intuitive. Loads of tricks and tweeks you can do, even if you don't jailbreak it, but if you do, you can do loads, running game emulators and the like.

The camera is pretty basic, there's not many if any shoot options and no flash of course, but the actual 2MP pics are pretty decent. Better than my old SE phones. The screen is the best I've ever seen as well, blows the Pixon and other touch screen phones I've had a hands-on with out of the water.

Apps...every app I have is free and fair enough, loads of gimmicks, but there's some good fun and useful stuff to be had. eBay, Last FM, Google Earth, wifi Remote for your iTunes, etc, etc and they're all free.

I do wish the build was better and the interface a bit more customisable out of the box, but I reckon it's a great handset. I still reckon as well Apple isn't as evil as MS, they've got a heck of a long way to go till they reach that.

Just to add as well...my iPhone was free on contract from o2. £35 a month for 500 minutes, 600 texts and unlimited data.

My other options at the time were the Samsung i8510 and indeed the n96/n95 8gb. I didn't go for them simply because I'd have paid between £99 and £199 for those handsets under the same kind of contract (but without the unlimited data). If you can get them cheap though, I'd suggest one of the Symbian phones. They may not be as flash as the iPhone, but they offer more flexibility for many users.

Me, I like my iPhone even with it's few faults, so there :D
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Not a bad deal you got with o2. Especially when you bear in mind the retail of an iPhone.

Tell me, have you ever logged on the forum with phone? I'm curious to know if the mobile skin works on iphones, as well as regular wap. I can browse the forum pretty well, but I can't keep logged in which is weird!
 
Martyn said:
Not a bad deal you got with o2. Especially when you bear in mind the retail of an iPhone.

Tell me, have you ever logged on the forum with phone? I'm curious to know if the mobile skin works on iphones, as well as regular wap. I can browse the forum pretty well, but I can't keep logged in which is weird!
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Not totally sure if it's the actual mobile site, looks pretty much like it does on the PC, just without the Fiat Scotland banner at the top. iPhone uses it's built in Safari browser and for the most part, the sites I go to look pretty much the same as the PC browsed counterparts.

And yeah, as soon as I saw the "Free" deal, I went for it. Was a reconditioned iPhone, but they're recon'd by Apple themselves, not o2, so they're just as solid as a new one. Build quality issues aside, it's been great (y)
 
muppet42 said:
Not totally sure if it's the actual mobile site, looks pretty much like it does on the PC, just without the Fiat Scotland banner at the top. iPhone uses it's built in Safari browser and for the most part, the sites I go to look pretty much the same as the PC browsed counterparts.

And yeah, as soon as I saw the "Free" deal, I went for it. Was a reconditioned iPhone, but they're recon'd by Apple themselves, not o2, so they're just as solid as a new one. Build quality issues aside, it's been great (y)
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Yeh..

That's what I was wondering. Y'see, when I log on with the N95 the sites more or less blue. There's no images (save for a few) even the new post icons go. It's stripped right back and, bar this whole logging out issue, is great.

The iphone surley won't recognise that. I will fix though :)
 
thanks for the replys guys :) , the iphone can save mp3's as ringtones now, they released an update after hundreds of complaints, the first batch only had one ringtone on it i believe so all iphones sounded the same, lol, they spent so much time on the marketing they forgot to sort out the basic things like that! ;)

I hate all things apple tbh, ipods are poor compared to say sony mp3 players, i dont like their mac pc's, or their stupid ibook laptops, itunes, hate the lot, but i like the iphone, although the camera is apparently utter crap, and theres no bluetooth on it :(

i use the internet alot on my phone these days, but dont like the blackberrys. i keep going back to that damn iphone.... i can also get a good deal from O2, so i'll try and eget another shot of one before i decide if its the right phone for me.

the n96 does look good tho and will be worth investigating! ;)
 
Martyn said:
Yeh..

That's what I was wondering. Y'see, when I log on with the N95 the sites more or less blue. There's no images (save for a few) even the new post icons go. It's stripped right back and, bar this whole logging out issue, is great.

The iphone surley won't recognise that. I will fix though :)
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With the version I see on my iPhone, it is just literally missing the banner. The random gallery images and the like all appear. The banner itself is just replaced by a sort of generic vBulletin logo type thing.

Mrcento said:
thanks for the replys guys :) , the iphone can save mp3's as ringtones now, they released an update after hundreds of complaints, the first batch only had one ringtone on it i believe so all iphones sounded the same, lol, they spent so much time on the marketing they forgot to sort out the basic things like that! ;)

I hate all things apple tbh, ipods are poor compared to say sony mp3 players, i dont like their mac pc's, or their stupid ibook laptops, itunes, hate the lot, but i like the iphone, although the camera is apparently utter crap, and theres no bluetooth on it :(

i use the internet alot on my phone these days, but dont like the blackberrys. i keep going back to that damn iphone.... i can also get a good deal from O2, so i'll try and eget another shot of one before i decide if its the right phone for me.

the n96 does look good tho and will be worth investigating! ;)
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I can't say I was a fan of Apple before I got the iPhone either. They dominate too much with actual iPod ports in so many cars for example. Plus the earphones most iPods (incl iPhone) ship with are terrible. Seriously don't compare to the Sony one's I got with my Walkman phones. Also, though the GUI is great (Unix based) on my Dad's Macbook, I'm not a fan of laptops and don't really like the "back to front" shift keys on a Mac keyboard.

HOWEVER, it is genuinely easy to use and really accessible. I didn't get a manual with my iPhone (dunno if you get one with a brand new one unlike the reconditioned one I got), but I didn't need one. There are some neat tips and tricks to them, but you can get all that off the Howard forums.

I will say this though, it's not the most technically advanced item out there. Camera is below par but as I said, for a 2MP anyway, it's a lot better than you'd expect, especially in low light.

I certainly would try a few times before you decide. That's what I did, but the price factor was just too good to ignore for me. :D

steve119 said:
i just want it for the built in tv tuner, coz i'm a lazy git, and can't be bothered working when i'm at work! i mean what do they expect, its enough that i turn up at all?:earmuffs:
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Had thought that you could only use the TV tuner in a few countries abroad and not the UK. Will be great to have though as well as all the usual downloadable vids. Really like watching podcasts and the like on the iPhone...Ask a Ninja's brilliant :D
 
steve119 said:
was having a good look at the iphone, muppet, but i've gone right off of it due to the lack of mms!!!
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You can MMS on the iPhone now, there's an official free app on the App Store, which is better than the slightly shady one's you got if you had jailbroke your handset. Only downside is it costs money to send MMSs (35p iirc). Free to receive them though :D
 
I did expect the iPhone to have crap battery life as that's what people had said, but mine's honestly been fine. I use the wifi a good half hour to an hour every day for example and usually get a day or two's use out of it at least.

Thing is though, it would vary from user to user. I mean if you're listening to music while browsing on the internet using your wifi, the battery life will suffer.

Bluetooth is a niggle with the iPhone...you can only use it with a headset or other handsfree stuff. No file transfer or anything else between other phones or computers. Kind sucks, but there's other ways of transferring files.
 
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