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Insurers out of stock of n900 so looks like goodbye from me :( 4 replacement phones to pick from, HELP!
Lost my n900 only to be told they dont have any to give me, so gotta choose from HTC Desire Z, HTC trophy 7, Nokia N8, and some blackberry crap. What are they thinking!!! none of these phones can replace my n900 :(
Whats the best choice? I'm thinking HTC Desire Z. Windows Phone is abit too gimmicky looking atm. N8 is not quite there, blackberry :| are they mad. Any opinions on the Desire Z? |
Re: Insurers out of stock of n900 so looks like goodbye from me :( 4 replacement phones to pick from, HELP!
used n900 are cheap now, $200
I guess you're saying they will pay for it if you pick a new one though? I'd go with the desire in that case |
Re: Insurers out of stock of n900 so looks like goodbye from me :( 4 replacement phones to pick from, HELP!
Blackberry coz it's serious bussiness! And u get a keyboard too!
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Re: Insurers out of stock of n900 so looks like goodbye from me :( 4 replacement phones to pick from, HELP!
yer they are givin it me as payout from my insurance claim. I'd never get a blackberry nothing going on there lol
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Re: Insurers out of stock of n900 so looks like goodbye from me :( 4 replacement phones to pick from, HELP!
Desire Z imo is the best from what they offer , it has nice big screen , Android OS is way better than crappy Win 7 and most of all it has QWERTY keyboard which will remind you of N900 :)
Sorry for your loss :( p.s. Blackberry only if its Torch otherwise meh |
Re: Insurers out of stock of n900 so looks like goodbye from me :( 4 replacement phones to pick from, HELP!
Get the most expensive one, sell it, and buy a N900...
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Re: Insurers out of stock of n900 so looks like goodbye from me :( 4 replacement phones to pick from, HELP!
Desire Z if you want Android, but if i had choice then i would go back to windows mobile.
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Re: Insurers out of stock of n900 so looks like goodbye from me :( 4 replacement phones to pick from, HELP!
Go with Ele-Mental's suggestion.
Just out of interest though, is your insurance with the network provider? |
Re: Insurers out of stock of n900 so looks like goodbye from me :( 4 replacement phones to pick from, HELP!
Desire Z is clearly the closest to an N900 competitor there. But the sell-it option seems good.
There's no Windows Mobile on the Trophy, there's Windows Phone 7. I don't know why anyone would want Phone 7. Either way, if you get Phone 7 or Symbian^3 at this point in time, you're being an early adaptor. That's never an advantage. Phone 7 is a new OS and the N8 is the first S^3 phone. |
Re: Insurers out of stock of n900 so looks like goodbye from me :( 4 replacement phones to pick from, HELP!
depends what you use your phone for.
n8 has the best hardware specs by far and software will get better - if you can live without a physical keyboard it's possibly the best. ui is a lttle tired but will be getting a makeover later this year apparantly. it has usb otg so you could plug a keyboard in. camera and video is awesome for a phone, music is also pretty good except for album art. the hdmi out if you install nokia big screen is terrific. blackberries are crap except as an email device. desire z ok, but crap camera and hinge and general build seems a bit fragile. getting the most expensive, flogging it and buying a N900 would be a decent idea also. |
Re: Insurers out of stock of n900 so looks like goodbye from me :( 4 replacement phones to pick from, HELP!
http://www.reghardware.com/2011/01/2..._htc_desire_z/
Of the bunch you probably want the desire Z, it beats the N900 on CPU and has similar spec overall. You won't feel the need to overclock your phone to get it to perform as it should. And isn't Nokia, which is nice. http://www.reghardware.com/2011/01/2..._htc_7_trophy/ Windows phone 7 is awful, and sales numbers are almost as bad as the N900, not to mention the lack of functionality and general apps. (cut and paste is coming soon) Read up on it before you buy, no customisation, you have to have their apps, you can't run your own, you can't do what you want to the phone (like backgrounds etc) N8 is another Nokia phone so I am bias against it and it is an old OS. Blackberry's are good phones but are for business, they are not casual and social phones, little customisation and very limited in what they can do beyond their work role. |
Re: Insurers out of stock of n900 so looks like goodbye from me :( 4 replacement phones to pick from, HELP!
my mate just got an upgrade to a Desire Z which he stuck on eBay, it finally went for GBP £404. Do the maths. Second hand N900 times 2.
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Re: Insurers out of stock of n900 so looks like goodbye from me :( 4 replacement phones to pick from, HELP!
Qt-centric Symbian^3 is hardly an old OS. It's based on an old OS. As is OS/X, Windows 7 and all Linux variants. Symbian^3 is hardly out of beta yet. They haven't even received their to-be net browser yet.
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Re: Insurers out of stock of n900 so looks like goodbye from me :( 4 replacement phones to pick from, HELP!
I'd join the Android band wagon, the only thing you will really lose is the community :(
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Re: Insurers out of stock of n900 so looks like goodbye from me :( 4 replacement phones to pick from, HELP!
You should have a poll on the thread.
Anyway - my vote goes with "get the most expensive, sell, buy, welcomed back to the community, enjoyment" option. |
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I'd go for second hand n900 but if i had to buy a NEW phone, i'd go for the n8, it really impressed me.
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I have an N8 for my work phone now, and it just gets better and better. Qt support is there and plenty of nice apps, and most importantly its got a working mail for exchange with full provisioning support.
HDMI, usb OTG , great battery life, opera and swype plus great cam and vids are just a bonus. ==but then I've still got my N900 ===:D |
Re: Insurers out of stock of n900 so looks like goodbye from me :( 4 replacement phones to pick from, HELP!
I say get the N8 if you do any qt or qml stuff, or if you just like Nokia (of all the brands I have owned, they have consistently been the best quality hardware and best sounding phones--including the N900). Too bad the E7 is not available, or that might be an option for you.
If the upcoming Symbian update is any good, symbian will be comparable to android. They have to get rid of the lagginess in the UI, and perhaps make it look a little fancier, but Symbian, Android, and iOS are all in the same mold as phones-you-install-apps-on. Maemo (and hopefuly Meego) are another class of phones-that-are-also-general-purpose-computers. Android has more apps, but every time I read a list of "must have" apps for android I don't feel like I must have any of them. In fact, most people I know that have android or apple phones do little more than texting and playing angry birds. And Qt (especially with the mobility and qml components) is a VERY powerful platform for development and has the potential to deliver better apps than you will find on other phones, though it is not guaranteed that anyone will deliver these apps. N8 gives you a better piece of hardware and a nice camera. It is a gamble whether Nokia will get it together with Symbian (I think they will, but others are more pessimistic), but in the end I would pick N8 just because I like having something different than everyone else I see. |
Re: Insurers out of stock of n900 so looks like goodbye from me :( 4 replacement phones to pick from, HELP!
If you get a Desire Z I will trade you my N900 with all original accessories for it.
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Get the most expensive replacement possible, sell it, buy a used car, then run over people with n900's GTA3-style = profit.
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Desire Z it is! since im only stuck with the phone for a few months, and ill just be mostly texting anyway (keyboard) it will give me a peak at the android world while nokia QT SDK matures then hopfully in 6months i'll be running back to Meego in some form! cheers for all ur in put ill still be visitin the forum, and hopfully my step dad will be retiring his n900 to me some time in march anyway :D
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and being a maemo fan-boy, ill let you all know if a few months with Android converts me!
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