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Shell
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18th Apr 10 at 16:13   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I'm due an upgrade soon on orange and having Eck's new Desire handset, I love it! People keep telling me the Iphone is better though, so any insight into which I should get?
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I have an iPhone and love it. But then then others have the HTC and love it. Think you best play with both and see which you can live with.
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I've only ever used Eck's first generation Iphone two years ago and didn't think it was much special. Plus it got all finger prints which drove me crazy. New ones are better though I'm told. I HATE most touch screens, but the Desire's is very responsive which I love. Have to give a new Ipod a go. Are any of the iphone apps free?

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Tons of free apps. 90% of mine are all free, and I have 72 of them at the moment. The finger print thing is a bit gay, but it's inevitable really. Play with a 3GS and see what you think.
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I've two iPhones. One is for work and the other for personal use.

My work one has been replaced twice. First one decided to not boot and second decided not to get a signal.

I love the iPhone but don't think i'll get another. From my experience i'd go for the HTC.
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18th Apr 10 at 17:38   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Get the HTC woman.
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much prefer my iphone over android
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Knew I'd never get a clear opinion about any question involving an iphone! May even hang off until they release a new iphone in June/July. Doubt I will though.
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18th Apr 10 at 17:49   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Simple fact is...You're either an Apple fan, or not!
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iPhone. Apps are free, but some you have to pay for. I love mine, you wouldn't regret it if you got one imo. You could also wait for the new 1 aswell.
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Just thinking though, will the new iphone be like all its predecessors that didn't become available on orange until months after release?
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quote:
Originally posted by Liam
iPhone. Apps are free, but some you have to pay for. I love mine, you wouldn't regret it if you got one imo. You could also wait for the new 1 aswell.


Apps aren't free. There are a fair few free ones but most you pay for!
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quote:
Originally posted by Eck
quote:
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iPhone. Apps are free, but some you have to pay for. I love mine, you wouldn't regret it if you got one imo. You could also wait for the new 1 aswell.


Apps aren't free. There are a fair few free ones but most you pay for!


No there are loads of free apps, but theres load of app that you need to pay for. Same with Android phones, but you can customise Android phones a lot more.
Personally i think Android is the future and the Desire is a great phone (only had a little play mind), but it's horeses for courses and i would get down to a shop to try out an iPhone. However i really would wait until June/July to see what Apple does with the iPhone, plus on launch date of new (/updated) Apple products you can usually pick up the predecessor model for cheap from Apple stores.
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That's why I said you have to pay for some. I have probably paid for 3-4 apps on mine, the rest were free...
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Aaah I can't decide
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i have had both. desire is mentally quick on web and when using the phone. battery is better than iphones. as is camera quality. app stores are on par, nothing really stands out as being better.

htc build quality now is stonkingly good, but iphone is also good.

if i had to pay, id go for htc simply because longer warranty, and cheaper to have.
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Adter a long play with both today, i left with a HTC. However i dont think i would get the same phone as my partner
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quote:
Originally posted by Eck
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Originally posted by Liam
iPhone. Apps are free, but some you have to pay for. I love mine, you wouldn't regret it if you got one imo. You could also wait for the new 1 aswell.


Apps aren't free. There are a fair few free ones but most you pay for!


Shit loads are free. The most I've paid so far is 59p.
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What about the HTC HD2? I had a play with that at the weekend, its HUGE but looks amazing.

Is the HD2 better than the Desire? I get lost on phones now
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Originally posted by dannymccann
What about the HTC HD2? I had a play with that at the weekend, its HUGE but looks amazing.

Is the HD2 better than the Desire? I get lost on phones now


HD2 is crap tbh, slower CPU, less features, and you're stuck with Winmo 6.5, which is like flogging a dead horse...

I switched from Winmo 6.5 to Android when i got my desire the other week, and to be honest, I will never go back to a Winmo phone ever again. The desire & android just pisses all over what Winmo has to offer in every respect.
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best winmo phone, imo:
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Go check out the iPhone and see if you like it better...
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Orange SPV ftw
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When's the Windows 7 Phone coming out? That looks rather epic!
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When's the Windows 7 Phone coming out? That looks rather epic!


HTC suggest Q4 2010 but windows mob 7 may have been delayed and whether HTC will wait is another question

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