Which Nokia to buy...

MrCPea wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm in the process of choosing a new mobile phone & don't know really
> what to look for.
> My previous mobile was a nokia 3310, quite old now & the
> buttons were getting hard to press. I've been having a look around &
> decided to stick with a nokia as the 3310 served me very well. The 2
> phones that I've been looking at are the nokia 6230 or 6230i (not sure
> what the difference is here) & the nokia N70. I would be very grateful
> if a few experts would advise me as to whether these 2 phones are any
> good, or also any other recommendations that you may have. I guess my
> main concern is reliability & battery life. I have seen a few of these
> phones for sale on eBay & another question is would this be a good
> place to buy from. ( I guess there's always a risk buying from there)
>
> I thank you so much for your time & welcome all & any advice.
>
> MrCPea

I hate to say after ten plus years of nothing but Nokia i'm getting a
HTC. The N95 was atrocious and I don't see anything better

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jack wrote:
> Interesting N95 comment below. I own and use one and love it. Good
> connection strength and great speaker phone sound.
>
> "Simon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> MrCPea wrote:
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I'm in the process of choosing a new mobile phone & don't know really
>>> what to look for.
>>> My previous mobile was a nokia 3310, quite old now & the buttons were
>>> getting hard to press. I've been having a look around & decided to stick
>>> with a nokia as the 3310 served me very well. The 2
>>> phones that I've been looking at are the nokia 6230 or 6230i (not sure
>>> what the difference is here) & the nokia N70. I would be very grateful
>>> if a few experts would advise me as to whether these 2 phones are any
>>> good, or also any other recommendations that you may have. I guess my
>>> main concern is reliability & battery life. I have seen a few of these
>>> phones for sale on eBay & another question is would this be a good
>>> place to buy from. ( I guess there's always a risk buying from there)
>>>
>>> I thank you so much for your time & welcome all & any advice.
>>>
>>> MrCPea
>> I hate to say after ten plus years of nothing but Nokia i'm getting a HTC.
>> The N95 was atrocious and I don't see anything better
>
>
.....and it has GPS and brilliant video and it synchs well with outlook
and I have hacked mine from o2 to generic and now to install unsigned
symbian stuff.

If however the OP just wants a phone to make and receive calls there are
cheaper and simpler. Regret I am not an expert on these but if the OP
details what he wants his phone to be capable of I am sure someone will
be able to help.
Which? have done tests which should be available at the library.
I usually rely on magazines and the net.
Carphone Warehouse used to be a good source of unbiased advice but after
run ins with Fresh and TalkTalk I wouldn't do any business with that
group now whatever they offered.

jack wrote:
> Interesting N95 comment below. I own and use one and love it. Good
> connection strength and great speaker phone sound.

And it doesn't break every 5 mins and spend hours in the repair shop?
The gps doesn't work inside a car? etc



>
> "Simon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> MrCPea wrote:
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I'm in the process of choosing a new mobile phone & don't know really
>>> what to look for.
>>> My previous mobile was a nokia 3310, quite old now & the buttons were
>>> getting hard to press. I've been having a look around & decided to stick
>>> with a nokia as the 3310 served me very well. The 2
>>> phones that I've been looking at are the nokia 6230 or 6230i (not sure
>>> what the difference is here) & the nokia N70. I would be very grateful
>>> if a few experts would advise me as to whether these 2 phones are any
>>> good, or also any other recommendations that you may have. I guess my
>>> main concern is reliability & battery life. I have seen a few of these
>>> phones for sale on eBay & another question is would this be a good
>>> place to buy from. ( I guess there's always a risk buying from there)
>>>
>>> I thank you so much for your time & welcome all & any advice.
>>>
>>> MrCPea
>> I hate to say after ten plus years of nothing but Nokia i'm getting a HTC.
>> The N95 was atrocious and I don't see anything better
>
>

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...
> jack wrote:
> > Interesting N95 comment below. I own and use one and love it. Good
> > connection strength and great speaker phone sound.
>
> And it doesn't break every 5 mins and spend hours in the repair shop?
> The gps doesn't work inside a car? etc

And you claim your experience is representative?

Jim Mason wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
> says...
>> jack wrote:
>>> Interesting N95 comment below. I own and use one and love it. Good
>>> connection strength and great speaker phone sound.
>> And it doesn't break every 5 mins and spend hours in the repair shop?
>> The gps doesn't work inside a car? etc
>
> And you claim your experience is representative?

My company has two, my friends have had them...

They are just NOT in the league of previous phones for
quality/performance. Even the banana shaped phone was better.

I've gone back to N73.

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...
> Jim Mason wrote:
> > In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
> > says...
> >> jack wrote:
> >>> Interesting N95 comment below. I own and use one and love it. Good
> >>> connection strength and great speaker phone sound.
> >> And it doesn't break every 5 mins and spend hours in the repair shop?
> >> The gps doesn't work inside a car? etc
> >
> > And you claim your experience is representative?
>
> My company has two, my friends have had them...

I have three friends that have them and I have one myself. None of us have
had any problems and all are delighted with them and we all use GPS in cars
with no problems. I wouldn't in any way claim that we are representative
though.

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:32:52 +0100, Simon <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Jim Mason wrote:
>> In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
>> says...
>>> jack wrote:
>>>> Interesting N95 comment below. I own and use one and love it. Good
>>>> connection strength and great speaker phone sound.
>>> And it doesn't break every 5 mins and spend hours in the repair shop?
>>> The gps doesn't work inside a car? etc
>>
>> And you claim your experience is representative?
>
>My company has two, my friends have had them...
>
>They are just NOT in the league of previous phones for
>quality/performance. Even the banana shaped phone was better.
>
>I've gone back to N73.

I've just got an N73 and love it!

> GUEST wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm in the process of choosing a new mobile phone & don't know
really
> what to look for.
> My previous mobile was a nokia 3310, quite old now & the
> buttons were getting hard to press. I've been having a look around
&
> decided to stick with a nokia as the 3310 served me very well. The
2
> phones that I've been looking at are the nokia 6230 or 6230i (not
sure
> what the difference is here) & the nokia N70. I would be very
grateful
> if a few experts would advise me as to whether these 2 phones are
any
> good, or also any other recommendations that you may have. I guess
my
> main concern is reliability & battery life. I have seen a few
of these
> phones for sale on eBay & another question is would this be a
good
> place to buy from. ( I guess there's always a risk buying from
there)
>
> I thank you so much for your time & welcome all & any
advice.
>
> MrCPea

The new E71 has 3 batteries so I think you will have
a great battery life span, as for texting - it has a QWERTY keyboard.