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Smartphones...advice please

bubblybabeuk
bubblybabeuk Posts: 216 Member
edited October 4 in Social Groups
Hi Guys

I am due an upgrade on my phone contract and can get a smartphone cheaper than my current contract!

So can't choose between Blackberry Torch and Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S

Anyone got one? What has been your experience with it?

Any advice much appreicated.

Thanks
Mandy xx

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  • Dizzle_65
    Dizzle_65 Posts: 249 Member
    For what it's worth I don't like BBs at all. Fine for email but everything else functionality is poor.

    I don't know the Sony but a friend of mine has just switched from iphone to Samsung and he loves it. I know a lot of people with HTC phones too that they rate very highly.

    I think you probably need to ask yourself first and foremost what will you use it for. Email, Apps, Photos, Music? Then you can make your decision
  • moonlightuk
    moonlightuk Posts: 42 Member
    My daughters both have BBs and they have both had problems with them so wouldnt recommend them...Dont know if you can get an HTC one, but if you can I have the Desire and its great.

    Susan
  • hannydee
    hannydee Posts: 246
    Samsung Galaxies are good. I have the mini (only bought it recently) and I love it!
  • wenders123
    wenders123 Posts: 338 Member
    I can only advise iphone - they're brilliant :smile:
  • panyg
    panyg Posts: 597 Member
    I had the previous Sony, the Xperia X10. It was always crashing, losing reception and kept dropping calls.

    I now have a Samsung Galaxy S2 and it's by for the best phone I have ever had.
  • jellybeans13
    jellybeans13 Posts: 17 Member
    I have the Xperia Arc (not the S one) and I love it :D I had a Nokia E71 before then and it took a while getting used to the touch screen keyboard- does the BB that you could have have a proper keyboard and is this important to you? Otherwise I'd definitely get the Arc, the camera is brilliant. It took me a couple of days getting used to Android but now I love it, have got the MFP app on it too :) I also use it for playing music (don't need a separate mp3 player now) and the kindle app for reading books, as well as the usual email/calendar. The charge easily lasts a whole day if you're using it lots, or 2 days if you're not constantly on it. Let us know what you decide! :)
  • kendrafallon
    kendrafallon Posts: 1,030 Member
    I've got an iPhone at the moment and I've had a Blackberry - TBH it depends on what you want from your phone. I loved my BB, apart from the recent problems, i'd say it's still a good make. There just doesn't seem to be as many apps for BB as there are for iPhone. :laugh: Not the phones you were asking about, but just my tuppence worth x
  • Araldia
    Araldia Posts: 22 Member
    I have had the Galaxy S for a while now and I hate it. It was awesome at first, (well no, actually the first one was broken out of the box and I had to get a replacement) but now it is so slow, even when I factory reset a lot. I miss calls because it wont respond to me answering, it turns off randomly, overheats regularly, and I don't even use it much.
    I love android, I truly do, I am a linux girly, but I will be going for the iphone next time, as Apple products tend to Just Work.
  • shanzee_b
    shanzee_b Posts: 27 Member
    I am an android fan and have the htc desire s, it's perfect for me as it is the right size, has a lot of features that I never get bored of and very reliable.
  • MrsM1ggins
    MrsM1ggins Posts: 724 Member
    I've got a BB Torch for work and a Samsung Galaxy Europa as my personal phone.

    I use the BB a lot and other than the service issue last month I've never had a problem with it. The MFP app on the BB isn't nearly as good as the Android app, if that's important to you. :smile:

    The Samsung is very nice. It's really small and really light and there's a much better choice of apps because it's an Android phone.

    Horses for courses. What are you going to use it for?
  • kyle4jem
    kyle4jem Posts: 1,400 Member
    I want a Samsung Galaxy S2... but as I'm not prepared to pay the PAYG price I'm going to get a Galaxy Ace instead.

    Thankfully I don't pay for my phonecalls as it's a work phone and I'm a very light user so cannot justify getting an expensive contract just to get the dream phone.

    All my colleagues in Sales have BlackBerrys... they seem happy with them, but I don't know if they use them other than for e-mail and accessing web.

    I must admit I wanted to get a Sony Ericsson Xperia when they first came out, but a friend of mine had one and I couldn't get it to work for me. The Samsung on the other hand... works like a dream :bigsmile:
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