Yet again...what phone post-N900?
 

Due an upgrade/end of contract soon. What should I get to supplement/replace my N900?

Really don't want an 800 Lumia/any WinPhone.
I really want an N9...purely sexual, but no chance on contract in UK.
I'd eat shite rather than get an iphone...but I could sell on to a sheep for £ching and order an N9 sim-free.
A Galaxy S2 or an HTC Beats as an FU to Nokia for the N9 debacle and to Apple as I hate them.

Will be keeping the N900...

Ta,
Robin

Re: Yet again...what phone post-N900?
 

i change my n900 for other cellphone n900 make me sad

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The N9 is getting cheaper during these periods. It is inevitable that you cannot get it under a contract with N9 because you're not living in a country where they are officially for sale. If you could, I'd say try saving a bit of cash and do get the N9 if you really want it.

The android devices are interesting and with N9 being made to `feel' similar to the other smartphone these days its hard to say what really gives N9 the sort of edge that makes it unique apart from being powered by harmattan. I would personally not go with android devices until no other manufacturer would produce a proper linux powered device that does not run linux through vm (android is essentially linux kernel with dalvik vm fyi). Though apart from that I really don't have any other suggestion.

Re: Yet again...what phone post-N900?
 

Same situation for me. I love my N900, but it is too slow for me and I miss some features.
I will stay with it until March/April and look at the prices for the N9 again. If they're not too high (600 Euros for a smartphone - honestly, I could get two Android phones for this price), I will either buy a N9 or wait for Tizen to see what it can do.

So my advice for you: Currently, we have a bad time for switching smartphones - you should wait some months before making a decision.

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I had a brief play with a Lumia in the 3 shop in the Metrocentre...looks lush (like an N9!) and seems responsive enough but just something about it isn't 'right'.

SGS2, Nexus and Beats look ok, but absolutely collossal in size. Nice displays etc. Can any of them TV out?

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The SGS2 should have a micro-hdmi port, and the Nexus and Beats have an adapter to provide an hdmi signal through the micro-usb port.

Remember, you're leaving the wide-open world of Maemo and entering the locked-down arena of Android here. Might be better than iOS & WP, but still mostly just a little sandbox filled with trivial little apps. Hang on to that N900! :)

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the N900 will be kept safe and away from the kids, just like now!

IF I do go 'droid I suspest it will be Cyanogemod sooner rather than later, but I might even get an O2 simplicity (or equivalent) and keep N900 in use.

It is, after all Teh AWSUM.

Re: Yet again...what phone post-N900?
 

keep th N900 and take a reduced fee contract should drop to £10ish have a great phone and cheap calls/net

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I can only give you a single advice: stay away from Windows Phones! Seriously, you would be better off with iOS and that tells something. I have owned a Dell Venue Pro, which is a WP7 device, so I talk from experience. I couldn't stand that device - I returned it the next day, mainly due to the WP7 OS, since the hardware was excellent.

Re: Yet again...what phone post-N900?
 

My N900 is still getting better and more useful all the time. I am tempted by the N9. No matter what, I am not paying huge monthly fees for Internet access, since I'm mostly in a wireless environment. I haven't seen any offer good enough and cheap enough to replace my N900.

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My N900 packed up a few months ago, Nokia gave me a E7.
I tried to like it and to be honest it was not bad compared to a normal phone, but against a n900, rubbish.
I've just ordered a replacement N900 from ebay. $220 ish plus shipping. I looked long and hard at the other phones on the market and some of them looked good, like the Atrix but the n900 is just so flexible. Before mine stopped charging I'd over clocked it up to 850Mhz and it was running smooth and fast tri boot with power kernel and Android just to see what all the fuss was about. I've been without it for about 4 months and I can't want to get another. I think I'll get a desktop battery charger so I don't have to use the USB. Using WiFi, NFS, DLNA and a 32GB class 10 flash card it easy enough to get content on and off the device. If I can get another 12-18months out of it, maybe someone will have something close to its functionality.
It looks like Android is the next best thing, but the n900 is still the one for me.

On the subject of contact rates, I dropped mine by £20 a month when I went out of contact, it worth just buying the handset at that rate and just topping up rate as required.

Re: Yet again...what phone post-N900?
 

In the same boat here, up for a contract renewal in January. Needs to have a flip out keyboard, an preferably dual core.

Live in the UK so don't get any of the awesome phones out in the US :(

Re: Yet again...what phone post-N900?
 

There is no choice outside of Android and IOS space but N900, N9 is there as well but lacks hardware kbd.

Personally, I didn't want to repeat buy n900 and did not wanted to spend a lot of money and the only other potential choice was Android and I bought a Huawei X3 for $99, it does everything that and expensive SGSII does, bit slow but doesn't bother, smaller screen but I use it as a hotspot for touchpad so no issues.:)

Re: Yet again...what phone post-N900?
 

I still have the N900 but currently using the Galaxy Note.
It's the perfect niche device for people like me. =P

1280x800 res makes for amazing web browsing experience, it's super fast, the Wacom based digitizer stylus makes it very special and it's pretty much the best phone right now in terms of media consumption. (ebooks, comics, videos etc etc) Everyone at my work were very impressed and now quite a few of them are going to get one.

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count me in. i guess i stay with my n900 until it breaks down. hopefully there is some phone to replace it in a year or so

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Ended up going with an E7 for the missus when her contract was up in the summer. Definately the only decent qwerty landscape device out there. Only issues which would put me off is the lack of storage expandability, and the display resolution. Either sim-free or on a cheap short 12 month contract would make for a decent device. Still plently of life in Symbian contrary to media opinion.

I know a few people with Iphones and WP7 devices, and the WP seem to be better received over the longer term unless the Apple owner is a serious fanboi... Find posts from a few days ago on the N900 V E7 thread about WP. Almost made me think about one!

It is a massive shame that phone choice has almost evaporated to the point that all you can get is a slab with varying OSs, or Blackberry, and I would never drop my own cash on one of those PoS (I have one for work btw).

Re: Yet again...what phone post-N900?
 

Bro, do the USB solder mod. you will never need worry about your USB again!

Re: Yet again...what phone post-N900?
 

http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/79391/

How's that Windows OS looking now Nokia?

Keeping my N900 for good, regardless of whether I ever buy another phone or not. It is such a useful mini-computer even without phone or data.

Re: Yet again...what phone post-N900?
 

I had the galaxy s2. I dumped the piece if crap after 4 weeks.
I went and got an iPhone 4s. I still have my N900 for all my nerdy uses.
The galaxy crashed as much as my n900 (which, like many of you, crashes constantly).

Re: Yet again...what phone post-N900?
 

Well there's only one worthy successor to the N900 (and the N950 doesn't count because you can't get it):

The SG NOTE.

-The fastest SoC (cpu, gpu and ram) available
-The highest resolution (1280x800) screen in any mobile device (not counting the Grid10)
-The "best screen" because of the battery drain, viewing angles, deep blacks and good colour reproduction, and ten-point multitouch
-The largest screen'd phone... at 5.3" photos, movies and games are pleasant and virtual typing is bearable.
-Did I say Apps and heaps of customizations?
-It has all the modern connectivities (NFC and LTE pending on future version)
-It has an N-Trig/active digitizer pen "S Pen"
-It's very light and fairly compact still fits into my pockets!
-Excellent call quality, earpiece, loudspeaker, radio signals, battery life etc etc

I think there will be a Ubuntu (chroot) port to it, and perhaps a proof-of-concept-MeeGo-port too

Re: Yet again...what phone post-N900?
 

Huh. I've had my N900 for over a year now, and haven't seen it crash yet. The only problem I've ever had is that I start to get some slowdown if I leave it running for three or four weeks without a reboot.

Re: Yet again...what phone post-N900?
 

Unless nokia brings out/announce a really powerful phone, I will be switching to the galaxy S3 if the specs are true:
-2ghz dual core or 1.5ghz quad core
-2gb ram
-1280x1024 resolution
-12megapixel camera
-2250mah battery
-metalic case
it will supposedly be announced in february

if not, I will keep repairing my N900 or buy another N900 untill something nearly as handy comes out.