Windows Phone 8

Ok, so my trusty old Blackberry is on it's last legs.  . My 9105 has been a trusty servant for 5 years. never let me down, never run out of battery like these frikin huge screen thingy's you get now. My email come through everytime, calls are loud and crisp and clear. All-in-all a reliable old steed - until now.

I won't bore you with the details, well, I think I may have done that already., I'm now in the market for a new phone. Any suggestions from any ATD technophiles?

I don't want anything from apple. I wouldn't have one of their products if you called it Mary and crammed it up my arse, coated in fairy liquid and hundreds of thousands. I don't like Android, and I don't like the new Blackberrys with their new BB10 operating system. I don't like De-Lar.....oops, sorry, I was off one then! 

What do you think of Windows phones?

Are you on virgin? They've got the Nokia Lumias for £16-18 a month. If you like Blackberry, you probably like buttons as opposed to touchscreens... get another Blackberry.
I'd go Android if I were you though - look at Sony handsets.

I hate mobile phones - they're way overpriced.

Three all one can eat and HTC One, lovely phone, lovely clear calls, perfick.

My two neighbours have the Windows phone, they hate it.

Did they elaborate why they hated it, Seadog?

hairy j wrote:

Are you on virgin? They've got the Nokia Lumias for £16-18 a month. If you like Blackberry, you probably like buttons as opposed to touchscreens... get another Blackberry.
I'd go Android if I were you though - look at Sony handsets.

I hate mobile phones - they're way overpriced.

I'm on Tesco Mobile, hairy. They piggy-back onto the o2 network. I thought about another Blackberry but the ones I like are getting harder to get brand new. If you go to the usual suspects, there's no guarantee they are new.

What ever phone I get will have to be sim-free. I never get involved with these 12 or 18 months contracts. My Tesco Mobile contract is a rolling 1 month contract. I did like th look of the new LG G2 with the huge battery, but that's bleddy Android, init!

Oh I don't know. You're right. I hate mobile phones too.

Not a techno geek by any means, just a normal user but my work phone is a galaxy note II. I love it. Clear screen, easy to sort emails, ability to save business notes and bugger me backwards it's got a phone  

Yup, get a Samsung Galaxy, it's cheap compared to most and probably better. I have had the Apple stuff and it's overpriced and over restricted rubbish.

GOB wrote:

Yup, get a Samsung Galaxy, it's cheap compared to most and probably better. I have had the Apple stuff and it's overpriced and over restricted rubbish.

Yeh but that's bleddy Android init, Gob. I don't like the Android operating system.

You don't like Apple, you don't like android, methinks youm slightly limiting yer choices bhey.


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Person Of Interest wrote:

GOB wrote:

Yup, get a Samsung Galaxy, it's cheap compared to most and probably better. I have had the Apple stuff and it's overpriced and over restricted rubbish.

Yeh but that's bleddy Android init, Gob. I don't like the Android operating system.

Operating system....? What does that mean?

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Sony Ericsson Xperia Z1, amazing phone but will cost a few quid SIM free.

And it's an android phone, but is amazing.

can it dig argo out of this pit weve been in for 5 years? that would make it amazing  

Person Of Interest wrote:

Did they elaborate why they hated it, Seadog?

They hate the operating system, going back to HTC.

seadog wrote:

Person Of Interest wrote:

Did they elaborate why they hated it, Seadog?

They hate the operating system, going back to HTC.

Ok, thanks SD. Looks like a trip to the Carphone Warehouse today.

I have just found out there's no Barclays app for Windows phone! Forget Windows phone. Now I'm buggered, init?

How about this POI?

Barclays app for android

Trust me, get a Samsung!

Ummm (rubs chin). Still bleddy Android init. Perhaps I'll just have to give in and give Android another go. Not happy about it though, FFS.

I had an iphone, it lasted just under 12 months with problems with it throughout those 12 months. I replaced it with another iphone and had pretty much all the same problems and it lasted about the same length of time. You have to use Apple software that is designed to run with the Apple system, a system that most computer users don't have.

I have had my Samsung Galaxy for several years and not had a single problem. It's been dropped, dumped in water and it even fell off the bike at speed and it still works fine. It's dead simple to connect up to any system and the yanks don't like to use it to spy on you. It's the best!

Why don't you like the android system?

I like my Windows Huawei Ascend. £14/month on O2, free phone, does what I need it to (ie call, text, email) along with a few useful bits I don't (bank, SkySports app, twatter, music etc).

mcfry wrote:

Why don't you like the android system?

It's fokin crap init mheet.

Seriously - unless you 'root' the phone it's full of bloatware. A friend of mine bought a new Galaxy S4. It was full of crap you will never use. Typical Samsung and typical Android. That's why I loved the older Blackberry's. There were so many 3rd party programs written by enthusiasts, you could virtually strip-out or customise it to your heart's content.

Perhaps I need to move on - tis only a bleddy phone, init?

Jeeeezus H christ on a surf board. Look what Carphone Warehouse are selling...............

The Brick is back!!! 

Person Of Interest wrote:

mcfry wrote:

Why don't you like the android system?

It's fokin crap init mheet.

Seriously - unless you 'root' the phone it's full of bloatware. A friend of mine bought a new Galaxy S4. It was full of crap you will never use. Typical Samsung and typical Android. That's why I loved the older Blackberry's. There were so many 3rd party programs written by enthusiasts, you could virtually strip-out or customise it to your heart's content.

Perhaps I need to move on - tis only a bleddy phone, init?

lol I know what you mean. I managed to grab a samsung s2 a mate was throwing out because it didn't work properly. I fixed it after some research, rooted it and installed a new kernel and os