[Miksu]

Is Nokia still leading the pack? How close the situation is? If you want, you can also write down your exact phone model and some feelings about it.

And please, let me know if some important manufacturer is missing

I'm currently using Siemen's SX1. Been using it since the June or July and though the thing has crashed few times, I'm overall happy with it.

[carpediem]

SE S700i here, and it's the best phone I had so far.

[drspangle]

Sony Ericsson T100, cheapest phone I could find 8)

[Dave Baumann]

Mines not in the list: HTC.

[Tahir2]

I'm still using an antiquated Nokia 8210 and have no plans to upgrade.

[Druga Runda]

and I use an antiquated Siemens, and am OK with it.

[Bouncing Zabaglione Bros.]

Originally Posted by Miksu

And please, let me know if some important manufacturer is missing

Sagem should be on that list.

[hey69]

sonyericsson k700i and LOVING it.

had SE T300 before, i bought myself nokia 6600 , wasn't happy with it,
now back to SE.
the screeenquality is amazinh

[london-boy]

Hey69 u have a PM.

[Miksu]

Originally Posted by DaveBaumann

Mines not in the list: HTC.

Hmh, now a good question: How can I modify the poll-list afterwards?

[MPI]

Had two Ericsson, great phones, when LM Ericsson went with the basic no-frills design. They looked like an engineer had designed them, which is just how I like it. Functional(and they really were compared to Nokia at the time) and simple. Only disadvantage was power consumption.

Then had a Siemens after I lost my dear Ericsson in a drunken stupor, heh. What a POS! It freezed up two times a week and to top it off fried the SIM-card. No more of that so now I have a Sony-Ericsson something-or-another(T105, I think). Good reception and good battery life.

[zurich]

Motorola V300 - love it!

Hello Moto!

[CJ]

I'm using an SE Z600 for almost a year now. I'm still very happy with it although the SE V800 and SE S700i are very tempting to buy. 8)

[pascal]

Originally Posted by zurich

Motorola V300 - love it!

Hello Moto!

The same here. And it was free 8)

[RussSchultz]

Just got a Motorola MPx220. A bit too gadgety for my tastes, but it was $50 after rebates so I went with it. (Plus it only had a 1 year contract)

[thop]

Rather old Siemens SL45, probably SonyEricsson soon. I dislike Nokia phones.

[Guden Oden]

S-E T610 for me. I like it, got pretty much all the stuff one wants from a phone and it looks cool too. Only thing that's lacking is it eats quite a lot of battery with bluetooth enabled (recharge every four-five days perhaps with very light useage). Also, the camera is pretty rotten. Res is low, and sensitivity isn't too good either, but it works.

Oh, and the camera DRINKS power, like a thirsty camel too. :P

Other than that, not much to complain about. The antenna isn't too great perhaps, but I live in a big city where there's coverage everywhere so who cares.

Next phone I'll buy will be a clamshell with 3G.

[Dave Baumann]

I've just this week gone from this:


to this



Ahhh, sweet Wi-Fi.

[Guden Oden]

How's the battery in that thing, Dave? I got a UK friend with the XDA2 model and he reports it doesn't last particulary long if one actually tries to use that thing. :P

[Kain]

I got an Nokia 5140 that i use at work , and a Sony Ericson T630 that i use otherwise

[Snyder]

Originally Posted by Guden Oden

S-E T610 for me. I like it, got pretty much all the stuff one wants from a phone and it looks cool too. Only thing that's lacking is it eats quite a lot of battery with bluetooth enabled (recharge every four-five days perhaps with very light useage). Also, the camera is pretty rotten. Res is low, and sensitivity isn't too good either, but it works.

Oh, and the camera DRINKS power, like a thirsty camel too. :P

I use the T610 as well (company phone). It's true that BT and camera draw lots of power, but: Speech time is awesome. I haven't measured it scientifically, but 6-7h (with good reception) are easily possible. Much better than most other phones I've used, which usually have good standby time, but are drained after 2h of talking.

Another big plus of the T610: Build quality. Apart from scratched surface (which is inevitable if you keep it mostly in your pocket together with the keys) its almost like new. No creaking, no loose parts, no problems with buttons or anything. In this regard it puts Nokia to shame.

Only gripe I have with it is the often unintuitive menu. Nokia still is king I guess when it comes to that.


A question at the end: I want to replace my private cellphone (Nokia 3510i) in the near future - and I'd love to have a phone with MP3 playback. I'm aware of the shortcomings (battery life, mediocre sound) MP3 capable cellphones have, but still:
Which ones can be recommended? Nokia 6230 comes to mind - are there better alternatives?

[Dave Baumann]

Originally Posted by Guden Oden

How's the battery in that thing, Dave? I got a UK friend with the XDA2 model and he reports it doesn't last particulary long if one actually tries to use that thing. :P

I've used each of the XDA versions over the past 2-3 years now so I can't really give a comparative battery life response as my useage pattern is entriely tuned into using these type of phones/PDA's. Because of the way I use it, and bought it to use, as soon as I get home it sits in the cradle, sync'ing with my PC, and hence charges whilst doing so.

However, If you just had it on standby, I think you can get about 4 days out of it. With general use (PDA / Phone / GPRS Web) it'll probably get a couple of days use out of it (although, as I said, its rare that it'll not be charging at some point for me). If you leave the GPRS on then that can suck the battery life up (and its not massively obvious that its still on if you are fairly new to it), likewise the new Xda IIs I have now has WiFi built in and that does appear to suck the batteries up a bit as well.

[JCLW]

I just got a Nokia 3205i and I love it (it replaces a Samsung SCH-T300) I must say Nokia has the best menus of any phone I've ever used. No Bluethooth but full IR - it synchs fine with Outlook and my Palm Pilot so I'm happy. The Nokia phone browser works really well - just point the phone at your IR port and drag&drop pictures, ringtones, videos, contacts (Vcards), etc into or out of the phone. The phone holds aprox 4MB as far as I can tell. For those that havn't seen it:

[mkillio]

Sanyo

[_xxx_]

I hate huge phones, especially with external antenna. I had a SonyEricsson T600 (the smallest phone I've ever seen, loved it for that), now I got a Siemens SL55, which is also small and handy, but has the worst UI ever. Still better than most "bones" I see people using...