QWERTY Smartphones

[TheGreenRabbit]

BlackBerry are the only phone you can type with one handed whilst driving. :shock:

 

[t-stoff]

I've owned 2 blackberrys and for texting, emailing, casual browsing and limited social networking, calendar and all around reliable. It is a handy sturdy phone, they are great. I was (sometime ago) a fan of the type.

But, the thing is, if you're looking for a phone to do more than this, the basic QWERTY is not that great in comparison with androids and iphones. They have all apps available, great browsing, screen, camera, im sorry to say but they are definitely the next step.....
I was a few days in London with my girl and I used her Iphone 4S extensively for browsing stuff to visit (and retrobike too lol), maps, gps, like if I was with my laptop... Even checking my ebank was MUCH easier than to try to get the cursor arrow to press submit on my narrow blackberry...

Its a 9700 Bold II, its dated, but it works flawlessly (with OS 5, course)

My next step will be a galaxy or something..

 

[silverclaws]

I still got one of these ;

http://www.club-java.com/Public/telepho ... n/p900.jpg

When I got it, the Uk network couldn't support it

 

[Agency_Scum]

I think greg656's advice is the best:

Buy it on-line or over the phone so you can tell them to stuff it after 14 days.

 

[juice]

Sony Ericcson Xperia Phones are worth a look. I'm not really that much into all that smartphones nonsens. I looked for the best feeling querty thingie and bought me a Sony Xperia Mini Pro. They have bigger phones with the same style keypad, too. Quality is nice and they are cheap in comparison to all that bad joke touchscreen alternatives which are only nice if you have the fingers of a six year old girl maybe.

 

[Barneyballbags]

Samsungs are VERY plasticky and cheap feeling. I've had a Galaxy Note and a Galaxy Nexus and found this to be the case with both of them. If I'm paying a premium for a top-end smarthphone, I want it to FEEL like it's worth the money (like the iPhone does).

Also, the Galaxy Note is HUMUNGOUS, and won't be to everyone's taste (personally, I quite liked the size but the glitchy hardware just let it down). The Galaxy Nexus was a brilliant phone, but was let down by the cheap feel.

If you're going to be looking at HTC, look no further than the new 'One' Series, in particular the One X. I've actually owned 2 of these, and they're miles ahead of anything else at the moment, especially now that the early battery issue has been remedied with a software update.

The iPhone has the best and most comprehensive on-screen keyboard as, like someone else has mentioned, the auto correct works with all apps, and not just a select few as on Android. However, regardless of what the fanboys and Apple salesmen will tell you, it's now quite a way behind in terms of spec and performance and iOS is starting to look it's age.

If you do really want to stick with a physical keyboard though, then Blackberry are streets ahead in this respect. It's just a shame that, in my opinion, the rest of the phone lets it down.

 

[t-stoff]

iphone 4 & 4s dont look cheap but they have a terrible history of crackin after a small fall :/

 

[Barneyballbags]

iphone 4 & 4s dont look cheap but they have a terrible history of crackin after a small fall :/

Yep.. That Gorilla Glass isn't all it's 'cracked' up to be

I have to hand it to the iPhone though. It's one of the only smartphones I've owned which just "works" straight out of the box.

It does REALLY annoy me though when I hear people saying that they're "the best"... They're not, and they never have been. Most of the things they do, they do very well (with the exception of Siri which is a waste of space, but lets not go into that).. However there are lots of other handsets which do certain things a lot better.

 

[daj]

My biggest bugbear with the iphone

I was always happy with my blackberry did exactly what I wanted and like using the keypad. I was getting battered daily by the iphone brigade and yes I caved and went for one to see what I was missing.

what people dont tell you is the battery is so bloody rubbish that you either have to turn & dim everything to actually make the battery last a day :? start browsing playing apps and making calls the battery can be dead within a VERY short period. RUBBISH :?

 

[t-stoff]

Yap, my girls iphone 4s cracked after a 2ft fall.
I wont consider it the best, all around theres plenty of room for both sides (android & iphone) to have decent pros and cons.