which smartphone??

[Rykard]

Hi,
the otherhalf has decided that she wants a smartphone as her current LG's battery is dying quickly (seems to be a common fault and new batteries go quick too). She doesn't want the very latest, but a 'capable basic' one... I have no idea what to look for or price. Can anyone here shed some light please.

We are currently on payg, but would consider contract.

many thanks

 

[rusky]

From experince, the battery life on smartphones (Android & iphone) is genereally poor. Not sure about Windows Phone 7 or blackberry though.

 

[Saluki]

I have to recharge my smartphone daily. Its a pain but worth it for me as so many of my customers email me and I do need the map feature from time to time. OH plays Angry Birds a lot but the battery lasts all day.
I have a HTC Desire and its pretty good. One of my friends has a Blackberry and says the that battery life is a touch better but not much.

 

[Rykard]

what sort of data usage should I be looking fro as a minimum? 500gb

 

[ELL]

I have a HTC Desire and love it. If you want something cheaper as said above the wildfire is a good one as well. I don't have all that much knowledge of the other smart phones but the Nokia my Mum had for a few days before she sent it back was pony.



500gb should be fine for normal usage. On O2 they supposedly send you a text when you are near your limit (I have never had one as never got near using it all)

 

[jowwy]

There's only one for me and that's the SAMSUNG GALAXY S awesome phone indeed

 

[Garz]

There's only one for me and that's the SAMSUNG GALAXY S awesome phone indeed

I have the Galaxy S II and apart from the mentioned poor battery life of smartphones in general it's a cracking phone.

 

[Rykard]

thanks all,
she got a HTC Wildfire S today.