O/T iphone or

[shrimpnsave]

HTC HD7

http://www.mobilephonesdirect.co.uk/Bra ... 2Aod20qqgg

am considering buying one but cant make my mind up

does anyone have the HTC HD7 and if so what are your views

[Ady]

HTC Desire HD would be a better option and more of an i-phone alternative. I have a HTC Hero for my personal phone and an HTC Windows phone. The Android based phone is far better.

[ockers]

iphone for email and web which is fantastic
didnt like it at first but love it now!!

[chrise27007mk2]

Iphone
Trust me, you'll never look back.

So many manafacturers (HTC, Blackberry etc etc) are doing there best to rival the iphone, but in my eyes nothing even comes close.

[Peperami no. 1]

I phone with out any doubt.

[Bare Ben]

Iphone
Trust me, you'll never look back.

So many manafacturers (HTC, Blackberry etc etc) are doing there best to rival the iphone, but in my eyes nothing even comes close.

Get a room! You know how you can tell if someone has an iphone? They tell you!

[mrpotatohead]

lot of word shortening going on as well, not allowed

[thegentlegiant]

HTC HD7

http://www.mobilephonesdirect.co.uk/Bra ... 2Aod20qqgg

am considering buying one but cant make my mind up

does anyone have the HTC HD7 and if so what are your views

HTC all the way!!

[Curly]

HTC Desire Z (qwerty keyboard) or Desire HD.
Phone, Sat Nav, Mp3, 720pHD video, 5-8 MegPix Cam, Snapdragon processor.
Kicks iphones butt

[Sammy h]

I hear the Nokia 3310 is good.

[Plain Peter]

I've still got £3.11 credit on my last tenner's worth of credit, which I fed to my Nokia 'brick' on 18 November 2008.
I now want to upgrade.
Any suggestions?

[jonnythedog]

I hear the Nokia 3310 is good.

Snake is better on the 3210.

[Heysham_red]

I have an iphone, in fact the contract for it has ran out 6 months back but I'm not sure if I'm going to upgrade because to be honest it does a perfectly good job, however.....

I have thought about it and I'm very keen on the HTC desire HD. I personally wouldn't get another iphone. My reason for this is because I don't think paying that amount of money for a phone is good value when you consider that you also have to pay a contract too. Compare that to the HTC where the phone is free and has some better hardware (the camera for instance). Of course you will need a micro sd card for the HTC to get it near the iphones flash drive size but you can have multiple of these and there not all that expensive.

When I first got my phone there was no doubt that the Iphone was different and that no phone was near it with regards to the operating system which is why I paid the cost. But Android 2.2 is now on a par if not better than iOS4.1.

My other beef with the iphone is that if you want to do anything with it, like sync music, photos etc then you have to connect to itunes (or similar software). Where as the HTC is drag and drop like a normal memory stick. Also you will find the iphone increasing annoying when accessing websites with flash as this isnt supported. The HTC does support mobile flash which is why you will hear it often described as the full internet.

My other issues is the way Steve job handled the loss of signal issue with the iphone. He was a complete pr*ck and that really put me off. I think he said something like just hold it differently then and that pretty much sum up the apple philosophy. That you are paying a brand and not necessary the best thing on the market. (why so many people have mac's is beyond me unless of course you are a developer of some sort). What I will say is dont get put off because of the signal issue with the phone. It isnt a big deal, my misses has one and it really doesn't effect it as much as a phone seller will tell you.

my conclusion is this. If you haven't had a smart phone you will be blown away no matter what choice you make (I know nothing about the HD7 but I have no doubt Microsoft have done a good job). the Iphone is amazing but I still stand in the corner that you are buying a brand. Google android will improve much faster than the iOS 4.1 but it wont make a huge difference. ( I still run iOS 3.0 and its fine).

hope this helps!

[HALMA 1983]

All this expense and i've got a better phone than you nonsense

I bought my first phone the other week (Had other peoples ex contract cast offs until then)
Visited the Carphone warehouse in the Arndale and decided on the L.G GT540 OPTIMUS ANDROID SMARTPHONE at a penny under a hundred quid

Looks good, its practical and does a job! Why pay more???

[wonder shrimp]

to be fair the phone that's best for you depends on what you want it for.

you can get quite cheap phones that will allow you to access facebook email web etc (i've got a very cheap nokia 5310 which does the job adequately).

do you care about the quality of the camera? will you want to store your music on it? does the size/weight matter? battery life? do you care about the fashion side of things (a large part of the price of iphone is down to it's fashionable status, it stopped being the most technically advanced phone a long time ago).

[Suffolk Shrimp]

Blackberry Curve all the way, its great!

[Keith]

(why so many people have mac's is beyond me unless of course you are a developer of some sort).

Keith holds USA Shrimp back, "leave it Richard, its not worth it"...

You do now have a point, Windows 7 now does everything that my five year old MacBook does.

[Heysham_red]

Keith holds USA Shrimp back, "leave it Richard, its not worth it"...

You do now have a point, Windows 7 now does everything that my five year old MacBook does.

I knew some apple fanboy would be on my case!

[Keith]

Keith holds USA Shrimp back, "leave it Richard, its not worth it"...

You do now have a point, Windows 7 now does everything that my five year old MacBook does.

I knew some apple fanboy would be on my case!

It's a Pavlovian response!

Being serious, Macs are far better than PC's. But they are also far more expensive. Macs haven't come down in price significantly, PC's have. My ten year old desktop PC is dying, it keeps re-booting itself when it has been on a while. My five year old Macbook is well travelled and somewhat battered. It's getting a bit on the weary side. So how to replace them? A cheap notebook for travelling and a decent iMac for the desk? Save four hundred quid and get a Sony or something similar? Get a new Macbook and a connection to a monitor?

[USA Shrimp]

Keith holds USA Shrimp back, "leave it Richard, its not worth it"...

You do now have a point, Windows 7 now does everything that my five year old MacBook does.

I knew some apple fanboy would be on my case!

I'm calm..... For now

As for the original question. iPhone just works. HTC still have problems. Case closed.

[Keith]

Get a hi-phone.
http://www.lightinthebox.com/wholesale-HiPhone_c1498
All the posing for a fifth of the price!

[Curly]

Keith holds USA Shrimp back, "leave it Richard, its not worth it"...

You do now have a point, Windows 7 now does everything that my five year old MacBook does.

I knew some apple fanboy would be on my case!

I'm calm..... For now

As for the original question. iPhone just works. HTC still have problems. Case closed.

Yeah, including all the case antenna design faults.

[Gnasher]

Yeah, including all the case antenna design faults.

Only if you have to have the latest model. I've got a 3GS, it just works. I've tried a few android phones, the rest of the family have them, and I still prefer my iphone although it's true to say androids are cheaper, no special tariffs.

The biggest reason for an iphone is Angry Birds, not available on Android.

[greenshrimp]

Quite a few people at work have iphones and htc's.

The iphone seems to be a bit of a marmite phone...people either love it or absolutely hate it. Everyone seems to love their HTCs.

Im currently using a blackberry, but plan on getting the desire hd when my contract is up.

[Joel Ninety]

(why so many people have mac's is beyond me unless of course you are a developer of some sort).

Keith holds USA Shrimp back, "leave it Richard, its not worth it"...

You do now have a point, Windows 7 now does everything that my five year old MacBook does.

The iPhone can only just do things my 5 year old Nokia N95 could do, but Apple spent billions to shout about it whereas Nokia didn't.

If you want to lower your IQ and have a device/corporation think on your behalf get an iPhone.