UR R26R.5, VW Golf R
First of all, I've read a few threads already, most of them started by BRUN 
Just thought I'd get some opinions myself :
I currently have a SE K850i which has been fairly good to me. I have debranded it to get the latest firmware and it has been back to o2 once to have an issue with the touch sensitive keys fixed. At the weekend my 1 year old daughter decided to chew a couple of the buttons out of it, and drool into the keypad, thus rendering my super touch sensitivity unconscious, so to speak. I tried to shake the slaver out, but to no avail. This is where I realised, in hindsight, that punching the screen did absolutely nothing to improve the situation, moreso made it 100% worse. I'm now back to using my girlfriends K800i, as she has a Samsung Tocco, anyway.
My contract is up in a few months anyway, so I've just been looking at a few new options for when the time comes.
I use the camera/video on my phone quite a bit, taking snaps of Isabella and random things that amuse me. I'd like it to be pretty good quality, preferably better than the K850i camera (even though thats 5MP, it doesnt seem to be better than the 3.2MP camera thats on the K800i).
I've heard the new Samsung i8510 camera is 8MP and is arguably the best camera phone on the market at the moment, although it doesnt come with a Xenon flash or optical zoom. I think the iPhone's suffer with their camera, and also the inability to send MMS, which I also use on occasion.
I text an awful lot too, far more often than dialling calls, so it has to be quite easy to text. I realise you get used to whatever phone you're using, and my fingers arent stubby or anything so a touch screen isnt too bad an option.
Internet access is a huge bonus, and I think the newer phones come with Wi-Fi which is a nice addition. I love the drag and scroll features of the touch screens, too, but I'm not overly fussed if its button operated.
I'm also a gadget nut, and love a phone packed full of features and stuff to unlock and do. The phone must be able to play MPEG video, 3GP and DivX etc, as well as the normal MP3 music files and all that jazz. Gaming isnt really an issue, but saying that I would like a phone where I can download or install a decent game now and again.
Anyway, I've been looking at the Samsung i8510, SE C905, Nokia N96 and the iPhone 3G. Any more I could be looking into? I've heard a few good things about the HTC Touch Diamond, but it uses a Windows OS and I dont know if the phone itself is trustworthy reliability wise.
Features :
Texting (SMS & MMS capability)
Decent Camera and Video functions
MPEG, 3GP, DivX playback
Games
Easy to use and not bug-ridden
Nice features
Fairly Future Proof
Decent price on Contract (preferably free, but nothing for too much £££)
Cheers guys
Just thought I'd get some opinions myself :
I currently have a SE K850i which has been fairly good to me. I have debranded it to get the latest firmware and it has been back to o2 once to have an issue with the touch sensitive keys fixed. At the weekend my 1 year old daughter decided to chew a couple of the buttons out of it, and drool into the keypad, thus rendering my super touch sensitivity unconscious, so to speak. I tried to shake the slaver out, but to no avail. This is where I realised, in hindsight, that punching the screen did absolutely nothing to improve the situation, moreso made it 100% worse. I'm now back to using my girlfriends K800i, as she has a Samsung Tocco, anyway.
My contract is up in a few months anyway, so I've just been looking at a few new options for when the time comes.
I use the camera/video on my phone quite a bit, taking snaps of Isabella and random things that amuse me. I'd like it to be pretty good quality, preferably better than the K850i camera (even though thats 5MP, it doesnt seem to be better than the 3.2MP camera thats on the K800i).
I've heard the new Samsung i8510 camera is 8MP and is arguably the best camera phone on the market at the moment, although it doesnt come with a Xenon flash or optical zoom. I think the iPhone's suffer with their camera, and also the inability to send MMS, which I also use on occasion.
I text an awful lot too, far more often than dialling calls, so it has to be quite easy to text. I realise you get used to whatever phone you're using, and my fingers arent stubby or anything so a touch screen isnt too bad an option.
Internet access is a huge bonus, and I think the newer phones come with Wi-Fi which is a nice addition. I love the drag and scroll features of the touch screens, too, but I'm not overly fussed if its button operated.
I'm also a gadget nut, and love a phone packed full of features and stuff to unlock and do. The phone must be able to play MPEG video, 3GP and DivX etc, as well as the normal MP3 music files and all that jazz. Gaming isnt really an issue, but saying that I would like a phone where I can download or install a decent game now and again.
Anyway, I've been looking at the Samsung i8510, SE C905, Nokia N96 and the iPhone 3G. Any more I could be looking into? I've heard a few good things about the HTC Touch Diamond, but it uses a Windows OS and I dont know if the phone itself is trustworthy reliability wise.
Features :
Texting (SMS & MMS capability)
Decent Camera and Video functions
MPEG, 3GP, DivX playback
Games
Easy to use and not bug-ridden
Nice features
Fairly Future Proof
Decent price on Contract (preferably free, but nothing for too much £££)
Cheers guys
