Need a New PAYG Phone

[Anon_F]

I have dropped my current phone once to often & now need a new phone.
I have seen the Samsung D900i on PAYG with o2 for £99.99.
But is it a good mobile?

I need to make & receive calls, check the news/footie results and take the odd picture.
Any thoughts, ideas or advice most welcome, oh and want to keep it under £100.

 

[Ian]

The K800i is £99 with o2 and orange PAYG, and I can highly recommend that one I use it for calls, news and photos - and it does me fine The onboard camera is very, very good!

There are a few threads about the k800i on here if you like the look of it.

 

[Me__2001]

the K800 is a damn good phone as are the newer revisions of it

i wouldn't go for the D900, pretty much everyone i know has one and its got a pretty poor battery life, they have to charge it pretty much every day

 

[V_R]

My bro has the D900, he aint happy with it, as said, battery = crap.

I was going to get the Nokia N95, but both Vodafone and O2 told me it has a massive failure rate! So i got the N73 and bartered a very good deal from Vodafone which included a free phone and only 12 month contract.

 

[Anon_F]

Oh boy glad i asked as i thought the D900i was good, now i know otherwise.
The other phone i have looked at is the Nokia 6300 @ £79.99 is this any good?
To be honest i'm not a great phone buff and thats why i dont spend much on them.
As long as it lasts 2 years or more (as long as i dont drop it!) i'm happy.

Ian, i was put off the K800i as someone in a review i have read said that if the camera shuter cover opens in say a pocket or jacket it drains the battery on the phone?
What your view on the phone good or bad?

 

[Ian]

If it does knock the camera shutter, than perhaps it does drain the battery - but I've never really had that happen before (maybe once or twice). The shutter is quite secure

The k800i is the best phone I've had so far, and I've had it for almost a year without a single problem.

There's a good review of it here if that helps:

http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_k800-review-93.php

Also one on the 6300 which you mentioned (it sounds good from the article, but not used it myself):

http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_6300-review-135.php

 

[Anon_F]

My big sister has the Nokia 6300 so may ask her how she gets on with hers.
I like the look of the K800i & have been told it's like a brick, so may be good for me.
I'm on a day off tomorrow so may see what offers are on the high street.

My last 3 phones have either been Slide or Flip phones so been used to them more than Candybar.
Read a few more reviews and now cant decide on which to get.
I thought get a new phone would be easy, i'm just not up on the techie side of mobiles!

 

[Anon_F]

Looks like the Nokia 6300. But will be the first candybar phone in 5 years!

 

[Taffycat]

Looks like the Nokia 6300. But will be the first candybar phone in 5 years!

I don't know whether you have ordered yet Feckit, but the 6300 is on offer HERE at the moment. PAYG tarrif.

 

[floppybootstomp]

What's all this slaggin' off the D900?

I've had one for 10 months now and I've been really pleased with it.

The battery lasts a good three days on standby with light calls and two days with quite a lot of calls.

I've never had the battery run out on me.

It could be me though, maybe I just don't rabbit so much as all you lot

Anyways, I love the Samsung D900, light, compact, big screen and all the usual stuff.

As for Sony Ericcson I had one of theirs a couple of years ago, a T-something or other, and it really wasn't very good at all.

I vowed then never to get another Sony phone.

And anyway, I'm still boycotting Sony because of their numerous misdemeanours, not least of which was the root kit fiasco.

No loyalty, no principal, some folks

 

[chelseafc2005]

Looks like the Nokia 6300. But will be the first candybar phone in 5 years!

just got one of these since my d900 died. Its great

you can get it for under £100 new if you look around
vodafone do it on thier online shop for £90
and carhpone warehouse has it for all the other networks for £90

 

[michael555]

What's all this slaggin' off the D900?

I've had one for 10 months now and I've been really pleased with it.

The battery lasts a good three days on standby with light calls and two days with quite a lot of calls.

I've never had the battery run out on me.

It could be me though, maybe I just don't rabbit so much as all you lot

Anyways, I love the Samsung D900, light, compact, big screen and all the usual stuff.

As for Sony Ericcson I had one of theirs a couple of years ago, a T-something or other, and it really wasn't very good at all.

I vowed then never to get another Sony phone.

And anyway, I'm still boycotting Sony because of their numerous misdemeanours, not least of which was the root kit fiasco.

No loyalty, no principal, some folks

I got the basic nokia PAYG phone with a green screen goes days from 1 charge.

Who needs a mp3,bluetooth,etc a phone is a phone.

They all do the same job.

 

[floppybootstomp]

I got the basic nokia PAYG phone with a green screen goes days from 1 charge.

Who needs a mp3,bluetooth,etc a phone is a phone.

They all do the same job.

Ok, where, but where, do I extoll the virtues of mp3, bluetooth and all the other trimmings?

The only criteria I place on a phone are a decent display, reliability, good battery life, a menu that's easy to navigate, good looks and size and maybe, just maybe, a decent camera facility, but that's not really important.

Where, michael555, are you coming from?

Where did I purport the features you've mentioned to be desirable?

Like you, I think a phone is a phone, that's it.

I responded to criticism of the Samsung D900 with positive things about my one, is all.

So before you take a pop old son, get your facts right.