[talks-uk] Re: Fw: What phone to use next?
- From: "cheeky chipmunk" <cheekychipmunk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 13:30:10 +0100
I quite like my E65 but the back does come off easily though, but it does look
good from a sighted person's point of view and it's an easy phone to use, Carol
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Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 10:14 AM
Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Fw: What phone to use next?
I have to say that I didn't like any of the E-phones either.
My wife didn't like the look of any of them either which wasn't my first
concern of course but, there it is.
Paul
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From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Steve Nutt
Sent: 02 April 2009 22:16
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Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Fw: What phone to use next?
Hi Ibrahim,
None of the E phones are any good in my view, they have nothing to commend
them. On most N phones they have all the Email, document reading facilities
that you mention in the E phones, and there is no up side to the E phones at
all. It is like business computers, they are always under-spec. I wouldn't go
near an E phone.
All the best
Steve
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From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Ibrahim Gucukoglu
Sent: Thursday 2 April 2009 22:13
To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Fw: What phone to use next?
Hi Saqib.
That is changing, on the E75 and E63 phones there will be standard headphone
sockets, so you can use your own headphones or of course a Nokia headset. I've
never used these phones however, so can't vouch for the quality of the music
facilities, the E71 has an adequate enough music player with all the functions
you'd expect. The only complaint I have is that the music is by far too quiet
especially on Bluetooth headphones, so its not ideal.
All the best, Ibrahim.
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From: Saqib
To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 10:06 PM
Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Fw: What phone to use next?
Hi. You can get a headphone adaptor for these phones so you can use your
own headphones. This phone is a business range phone so Nokia have this notion
that business oriented people are not interested in music.
From: Matt Brown
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 9:58 PM
To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Fw: What phone to use next?
Had a look at E71, but why do they put the stupid headphones connecter on
these phones? Why couldn't they just put the standard 3.5 like on N82? Means
you have to use their tacky naff headsets!
It also doesn't have a 5 MP camera or Xenon flash, so obviously the
scanning software won't work on it.
From a multi-media point of view, I think it isn't nearly as powerful as
N82.
E66 is really old too to whoever mentioned that one!
Matt
From: Ibrahim Gucukoglu
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 6:59 PM
To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Fw: What phone to use next?
Hi Mat.
If you haven't a problem changing networks, you can currently get the E71
on three from as little as £20 on their promotional texter plan, 200 minutes,
unlimited texts and internet and 300 three-to-three calling minutes on an 18
month term contract. If interested,email me privately off list and I will be
happy to provide further assistance.
All the best, Ibrahim.
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From: Matt Brown
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Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 6:16 PM
Subject: [talks-uk] Fw: What phone to use next?
From: Matt Brown
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 6:15 PM
To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: What phone to use next?
Hi, I wondered if anyone has a better idea of where to go next in terms
of phones?
When I started my T-mobile contract in 2007, they gave me an N95.
However, they ended up sending me 5 new handsets because each one I got was
damaged on delivery, GPS not working on one, No Wi-Fi on the next, damaged
casing etc etc. The 5th one was OK, but a few months after I got it I stupidly
stood up from my computer desk not realising the headphones had fallen into my
lap and snagged on my belt, and I pulled the bloody thing off the desk and the
display stopped working after it made contact with the floor!
Nokia admitted the N95 screen was very fragile compared to other phones,
but the repair was stupid money, so in the end I got an N82 with insurance
money, because T-mobile argued that as they had sent me 5 handsets already,
they weren't prepared to send me a 6th.
So, I've been using my N82 on T-mobile for around 12 months of my 18
month contract, and I'm now eligible for an upgrade, but remember the phone
T-mobile provided was the N95, not the N82.
So this leaves me in a spot because the phones T-mobile have offered me
are the N79 and the N96, which although much better handsets than the N95, are
not as good, or only just as good as the N82.
Some of you may argue with me, but from what I've read online, the N79 is
roughly equal to the N82 in design and reliability whilst not as powerful from
a feature set point of view, and the N96's only advantage over the N82 is the
bigger memory. With both handsets you loose the Xenon flash, and the N96 is a
slide-phone which are notoriously easy to damage, flimsy and poorly built.
Some people advise me to hold on for the N97 which will have a qwerty
keyboard so it will be accessible to us, but because that phone will also be
touch-screen based, I'm not sure Talks will support it. In fact, I'm growing
very concerned now that Nokia are bringing out more and more touch-screen based
handsets because of the staggering popularity of the IPhone Touch.
Folks the N95, N96, N82 and N79's of this World won't be around forever,
and then what are we going to do? Nokia is rolling out new phones yes, but the
top-of-the-line handsets which feature many of the things we blind users have
come to depend on, are increasingly coming out with touch-screen displays which
we cannot use. I'm really hoping that Talks is going to come up with something
that will work on other platforms such as Motorola or Sony Erikson for
instance, otherwise in the next 5 years or so, we'll all be royally screwed!
Anyway in the meantime, your advice regarding if I should take either the
N96 or N79 I'm being offered now, or wait for the N97 or some other Nokia
handset I'm unaware of at the moment will be much appreciated.
Matt
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