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my mrs wants a new phone. With the amount she wants to spend a month, getting an iphone is prohibitively expensive.

Which other phone would you recommend? Not a massive one for preference.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 16:12, 7 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

My Nokia N8 is superb - simply because the camera on it is better than many stand-alone cameras.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 16:20, Reply)

*cries*

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 16:22, Reply)

I want to take pics of my kid jumping about.
I'm not 'into photography' and the camera on that phone is better than the bog standard £100 digital camera I had. Therefore I only need carry one item around and the photos are FINE.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 16:26, Reply)

but but but
the shutter lag
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 16:31, Reply)

I just got one of those to replace the N900 that UPS lost.

( Kroney, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 16:23, Reply)

I got my Samsung Galaxy for £25 a month, and added unlimited texts for another fiver.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 18 Aug 2011, 16:21, Reply)

I bought a Samsung Galaxy S2 from Amazin
And pay £10/month for a sim-only deal...
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 16:29, Reply)

depends on the deal, dude
my iphone was about £50 because i took a 2 year contract with orange?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 16:22, Reply)

Are you asking him or telling him?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 16:25, Reply)

he's from devon
it doesn't really matter either way
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 16:32, Reply)

that's true
I automatically know better
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 16:33, Reply)

I am aware of that
trying to gauge what sort of phone, because other than an iphone I haven't used any of them
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 16:27, Reply)

HTC's are good but the chargers are a bit shit.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 16:25, Reply)

The HTC Desire
appears to generally be thought of as the best smart phone available at the moment.

I have a Blackberry Torch, if you want to send and receive e-mails they are great, for most other stuff, they aren't.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 16:27, Reply)

that's good to know
do you know how the wildfire S stacks up?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 16:28, Reply)

Sensation is out now, which is an upgrade

(PsychoChomp, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 16:28, Reply)

neither of us want to pay enough a month to get the newest phone without having to pay several hundred
can get a decent package for £25 with a free Desire
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 16:30, Reply)

That's what I've got, it's good.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 16:33, Reply)

is it a bit massive?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 16:34, Reply)

Well yes, but chicks like it.
Oh the phone, nah it's almost exactly the same size of the iPhone, bigger than my last phone but you get used to it.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 16:36, Reply)

ok that's cool
neither of us have smartphones at the moment, so anything is going to be bigger anyway.

Thanks for the advice.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 16:38, Reply)

I had a palm pre which was surprisingly excellent
I've jumped on the Android bandwagon now though.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 16:27, Reply)

thanks for your input everyone

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 16:39, Reply)