McPhee Posted November 18, 2010 Author Share Posted November 18, 2010 I'd take the Milestone 2 over the Desire Z personally, though I don't think the Milestone is out yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Oh, fuck. I broke my HTC HD2s screen :( My idiot of a sister dropped it :@ I've seen a replacement screen for about £35-40ish on eBay, how easy is it to repair yourself? Does anyone have any experience of such a thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Just a heads up to anyone with a 3 contract. I'm 12 months into my 24 month contract and lately I've been having really bad signal, since about August infact. Anyway yesterday I gave them a ring to complain and gave them a few postcodes where signal was bad. It turns out that since August they'd scrapped the 2G service across the country so whenever I wasn't in a 3G area i would get no signal at all. Anyway long story short, they let me out my contract without charge and I get to keep my phone. Win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan-likes-trees Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 I dropped my phone down the toilet on NYE. Thus, irritatingly, I need a new phone. Had a Samsung Toccio Lite, which I really quite liked, so something like that, though I'd quite like wifi. Any thoughts? Looking to spend around £150. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McPhee Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 Orange San Francisco without any shadow of a doubt. Unlock it using; http://android.modaco.com/content/zte-blade-blade-modaco-com/322848/free-sim-unlock-codes-for-orange-san-francisco-and-zte-blade/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cube Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 You can get it from Argos This review is very positive. Or you can splash out on the Motorola DEFY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Odwin Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 I have an Orange San Fran. I lurve it. Unlocked, rooted, custom-rom. Super duper. But apparently build quality varies widely. (I got a good one!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nintendohnut Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Yeah my friend has a San Francisco and after a month or two the unlock button on it broke and orange had to send him a new one. That said, if it does break the company will pretty much have to replace it, so the only downside is the hassle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellmeister Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Whats so special about it? I'm also looking at getting a new phone, was thinking of HTC Desire, but what would y'all recommend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I bought the San Francisco a week ago. Like Odwin I've unlocked it (very easy) and also installed a custom Rom (again quite easy). Basically it acts like a phone worth a lot more than it actually costs. The camera is the only negative, it is very bad. This doesn't really effect me though as I never user a phone camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellmeister Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I bought the San Francisco a week ago. Like Odwin I've unlocked it (very easy) and also installed a custom Rom (again quite easy). Basically it acts like a phone worth a lot more than it actually costs. The camera is the only negative, it is very bad. This doesn't really effect me though as I never user a phone camera. So you'd recommend over the HTC Desire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cube Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 So you'd recommend over the HTC Desire? If you aren't bothered about using high-spec Apps and games, then it's well worth the £200-£400 saving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Get the Desire Smell so we can be phone buddies! In fairness you can get it on fairly cheap monthly deals now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten10 Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Get the Orange San Francisco over the HTC Wildfire. The HTC Desire range trumps them all. Perhaps see what deals are on the HD or Z though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellmeister Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Yeah I've been persuaded to look at getting a Windows 7 phone because they look awesome and should actually come in handy at work (that's just an excuse). Samsung Omnia 7 looks most enticing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cube Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Why would a Windows 7 phone come in handy at work? Speaking of phones at work, my HTC Hero has saved the day a few times at work. We had massive problems getting the internet working when we moved location (mainly due to BT trying to activate the broadband the day before they installed the phone line) so I used my phone's internet and let necessary people connect to it via WiFi to share it. One of our USB WiFi dongles also stopped working. While we were waiting for a new one, my phone acted as a temporary WiFi dongle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 What little I know of you upcoming job Smelliot I'd say a Blackberry or iPhone would be more at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan-likes-trees Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Well my trusty Tokio kicked back into life after a good airing cupboard trip! What a battler! Still, having looked I now do quite want a San Fransisco... only 90 quid from Argos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellmeister Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Well the noob within me assumed you could look at documents via microsoft word etc. But really, the was just a facade for wanting such a cool phone. Iphone is expensive, and a blackberry is too boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Heeeence the Desire :p You can view office files on there I believe. I have an app called QuickOffice that lets me read Office files. Although I can't seem to write them but there may be another app for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cube Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 The full version of QuickOffice (£6.50ish) lets you edit stuff, and there's DocumentsToGo (just under £10). The other option is uploading stuff to Google Docs - you can edit them from Android's browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten10 Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 And I'm sure a full blown google docs app can't be too far down the line. At least in a labs experiment capacity a la Google listen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paj! Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 I pointlessly made a thread over on general without thinking about coming here. I want a "nice"/"fancy" (relative to my falling apart phone) phone, for the first time in my life. I want it to be under £200. In fact, as close to £100 as possible. I don't understand phones or pricing. I just want the handset, not fancy contracts (I don't think). Tell me what I want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan-likes-trees Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 I pointlessly made a thread over on general without thinking about coming here. I want a "nice"/"fancy" (relative to my falling apart phone) phone, for the first time in my life. I want it to be under £200. In fact, as close to £100 as possible. I don't understand phones or pricing. I just want the handset, not fancy contracts (I don't think). Tell me what I want. Orange San Fransisco fits that description perfectly (90 quid on payasugo) and everyone on here seems to love it. I want it but can't quite justify it from what I have already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paj! Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 What happens if I'm O2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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