New Phone

[SAFCMarc]

What should I get?

Looking at:

HTC Desire HD
Nokia N8
Ericsson Xperia arc

Any ideas?

No I dont want an Iphone, too expensive and offers the same as the above.
Looking at around £25 a month, orange, free handset.

[Doctor Diesel]

Thinking of getting the desire HD instead of this completely shite 3GS i've got at the minute.

[Dmac1969]

Samsung Galaxy S?

[EcosseMackem]

I've just got a Samsung Galaxy S - it's awesome

you should be able to get it free on Orange

[Morse]

Originally Posted by SAFCMarc

What should I get?

Looking at:

HTC Desire HD
Nokia N8
Ericsson Xperia arc

Any ideas?

No I dont want an Iphone, too expensive and offers the same as the above.
Looking at around £25 a month, orange, free handset.

I can heartily recommend the Desire HD, had mine for a week and it's an amazing piece of kit. I was going to get a Galaxy S after seeing my mate's, but the Desire HD is a superior phone in just about every way. Arguably the best phone on the market for now. Yes- it's better than the iPhone 4.

You most likely won't get one for 25 quid a month with free handset direct from Orange though, you'll have to go through a third party like I did. 20 quid a month, 300 mins, unlimited texts and 500MB internet.

Battery life isn't great if you use it heavily, but the battery is easily replaceable in seconds and spare ones are available on eBay. There's custom roms which improve battery life amongst other things.

[SAFCMarc]

Think its possible to get the HTC cheaper than this, or with better internet? maybe if i threaten to leave orange after the 5 years of service?

200mins
Unlimited texts
250MB internet
£20.00p/mth

[MunkyHeed]

Originally Posted by Morse

the Desire HD is a superior phone in just about every way. Arguably the best phone on the market for now. Yes- it's better than the iPhone 4.

What makes it better mate?

[Captain_Fishpaste]

Galaxy S is superb, like.

[Frente Bokeron 1986]

Originally Posted by SAFCMarc

What should I get?

Looking at

HTC Desire HD
Nokia N8
Ericsson Xperia arc

Any ideas?

No I dont want an Iphone, too expensive and offers the same as the above.
Looking at around £25 a month, orange, free handset.

I'm happy with my HTC.
But you're surely better off looking at Reevoo. Rather than asking a few sad twats on here.

And yes, that includes me


You'd get a large representative proportion of views.
Rather than twelve daft knackers' experiences, good or bad
http://www.reevoo.com/browse/product_type/mobile-phones

[Hetzkes Ballet Teacher]

Originally Posted by SAFCMarc

What should I get?

Looking at:

HTC Desire HD
Nokia N8
Ericsson Xperia arc

Any ideas?

No I dont want an Iphone, too expensive and offers the same as the above.
Looking at around £25 a month, orange, free handset.

You could use the search function - that range of options has been discussed to death. For me, it'd be either of the first two, depending on how much I wanted a bigger screen/Android (=HTC), compared to far better battery life/a superb camera/free onboard satnav/an FM transmitter/ a more convenient form factor/HDMI out/the ability to plug in USB devices (eg. flash/hard drives)(=Nokia).

If the latter, don't be put off by comments about its user interface - it's fine already, and will be drastically updated in the next few months when the Symbian PR2.0 and PR3.0 updates come out (for free).

In other words, it comes down to how important a larger/higher res screen is, against the other things I listed. The overall user experience will be about the same.

Both are fine phones though, and both are better buys than an iThing.