Wanting to get a new mobile

jasonchiu · March 9th, 2005, 02:35 PM

hey guys as you know i have a sony ericsson T610. recently i can hear myself talk on the phone and get really shitty reception all of a sudden and its only my phone. battery kinda sucks as well now.

in brief i wanna get a new color camera phone. with video as well. my budget is under 3K HKD. also dont want a 3G phone yet.

suggestions please!

andyhui01 · March 9th, 2005, 02:38 PM

you can't get much for 3k nowadays... I'll suggest my phone the SE K700i or the Nokia 7610... they are both quite old (<half a year old now) but still great phones and they are within your budget

jasonchiu · March 9th, 2005, 02:41 PM

o btw i wanna get a sliding phone

logo · March 9th, 2005, 02:44 PM

theres a sick flip nokia phone.. check it out forgot the number but it starts with 7...

jasonchiu · March 9th, 2005, 03:02 PM

cool, i was lookin at samsung and seimens ones. i like samsung ones better though SL65 is nice, just like the merc sl65 images/smilies/thumbsup.gif

chaos386 · March 9th, 2005, 06:41 PM

I'm thinking about getting the Nokia 6670, anyone ever use one?

MXM · March 9th, 2005, 07:19 PM

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EDIT:
Ok, I'll write a bit more. I had 6600 before this one, and they are basicly same inside. The 6670 is far better looking, smaller, lighter, feels better in hand (because of 6600's shape it tends to slip out). The joystick on 6600 is better IMHO than 5 directional button on 6670, but I can live with that.
6670 is faster, and it's niticeable in some games and menu. Still not fast enough in opening applications that are used frequently, like menu, phonebook, call log, calendar, and other simple stuff. If you want JUST phone, series 40 is better choise.
Ok, what else... 6670 uses redused-size MMC for some reason. They managed to fit full size MMC in 6600, dunno why they went for RS in 6670. But memory is cheap these days, that shouldn't be a problem images/smilies/smile.gif

And of course it's not hot-swappable. Still-camera is suprisingly good. It's 1mpx, and it's way way better than the one on 6600. Nowhere near a proper camera, but very very good for a mobile. 6670 doesn't have IR, but has USB. Doesn't bother me, I use Bluetooth anyway images/smilies/smile.gif

Screen is great. Colors and everything is perfect. Opera browser rules too, I browed this forum using it, and it works excellent. Of course it's not 3G, so all you get is GPRS, but with image-loading off, it works reasonable fast.
I found one major problem. Although it's marketed as business-phone, it has interchangeable face-plates. And in my phone front plate is pretty loose at upper left corner. When I'm pressing it against the ear it makes creaking noises images/smilies/sad.gif

chaos386 · March 9th, 2005, 08:38 PM

Thanks! We don't have 3G over here, so that's not really a feature for me. I think I'll pick one up this weekend. images/smilies/biggrin.gif

andyhui01 · March 10th, 2005, 06:19 AM

but does anyone agree with me the 6670 looks like crap... I mean why not fork out abit more and get a 7610... basically the same functions but alot better looking

MXM · March 10th, 2005, 08:29 AM

_Alot_ better looking?
6670 is just a restyled 7610. They are complitely same inside, and almost same outside. Dimensions, weight, everything is the same. Even the price is similar. The only difference is the keyboard and color scheme.
But symmetrical keyboard is a HUGE plus for 6670. I hate to use these products where design goes in front of ergonomics. I mean... It's a phone, I'm supposed to press the buttons a lot. With 7610 use have to look what's written on them, because they're all mixed up like that.

andyhui01 · March 10th, 2005, 08:36 AM

I guess... but te white one in your avatar doesn't look too bad... images/smilies/biggrin.gif

jasonchiu · March 10th, 2005, 10:29 AM

do u guys like the nokia Deco design line

chaos386 · March 15th, 2005, 06:02 PM

Guess what I just got! images/smilies/w00t.gif

http://img236.exs.cx/img236/4236/image0049ql.th.jpg

MXM · March 15th, 2005, 06:23 PM

Lol, nice setup with mirrors images/smilies/lol.gif

So how much you paid for it?

chaos386 · March 15th, 2005, 06:26 PM

1430 Riyals, so about 285 euros, I'm lovin' the mp3 and midi player! My last phone was a Samsung SGH-T100 and a Nokia 3360 before that, so this is a huge upgrade for me. images/smilies/biggrin.gif

MXM · March 15th, 2005, 06:37 PM

285e? Wow, that's cheap. I thought we had one of the cheapest Nokias in Finland, but apparently not. It's still about 350e here.
Anyway, mp3 isn't for real there. It's software-decoded and mono (the phone has only mono output), so I'm not so sure about it's greatness. Well, maybe for ringtones mp3 is fine, but not as music player...

chaos386 · March 15th, 2005, 06:47 PM

Yeah, the mp3 playback is really only good for ringtones, but since the phone doesn't have a headphone jack anyway, it was never going to work very well as a serious mp3 player. For the price of a bigger RSMMC card and those stereo headsets I can just buy an iPod Shuffle.

cvrefugee · March 18th, 2005, 07:32 AM

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March 9th, 2005, 02:35 PM	#1
jasonchiu Joined: May 26th, 2004 Last Online: August 26th, 2005 Location: hong kong Posts: 5,216 Rep Power: 0	Wanting to get a new mobile hey guys as you know i have a sony ericsson T610. recently i can hear myself talk on the phone and get really shitty reception all of a sudden and its only my phone. battery kinda sucks as well now. in brief i wanna get a new color camera phone. with video as well. my budget is under 3K HKD. also dont want a 3G phone yet. suggestions please!

March 9th, 2005, 02:38 PM	#2
andyhui01 Joined: Jun 4th, 2004 Last Online: 03:16 AM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 20 Posts: 8,514 Car: 00' Subaru Forester GT LFS Status: Rep Power: 28	you can't get much for 3k nowadays... I'll suggest my phone the SE K700i or the Nokia 7610... they are both quite old (<half a year old now) but still great phones and they are within your budget __________________

March 9th, 2005, 02:44 PM	#4
logo Joined: Jul 18th, 2004 Last Online: January 3rd, 2009 Location: Canada-Ottawa Posts: 1,700 Rep Power: 0	theres a sick flip nokia phone.. check it out forgot the number but it starts with 7... __________________ Adrenaline. Always Hungry, 1 n33d foods bebe!

March 9th, 2005, 07:19 PM	#7
MXM old porsches do run! Joined: Jun 9th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Finland Age: 26 Posts: 2,712 Car: Porsche 944 LFS Status: Rep Power: 36	<- EDIT: Ok, I'll write a bit more. I had 6600 before this one, and they are basicly same inside. The 6670 is far better looking, smaller, lighter, feels better in hand (because of 6600's shape it tends to slip out). The joystick on 6600 is better IMHO than 5 directional button on 6670, but I can live with that. 6670 is faster, and it's niticeable in some games and menu. Still not fast enough in opening applications that are used frequently, like menu, phonebook, call log, calendar, and other simple stuff. If you want JUST phone, series 40 is better choise. Ok, what else... 6670 uses redused-size MMC for some reason. They managed to fit full size MMC in 6600, dunno why they went for RS in 6670. But memory is cheap these days, that shouldn't be a problem And of course it's not hot-swappable. Still-camera is suprisingly good. It's 1mpx, and it's way way better than the one on 6600. Nowhere near a proper camera, but very very good for a mobile. 6670 doesn't have IR, but has USB. Doesn't bother me, I use Bluetooth anyway Screen is great. Colors and everything is perfect. Opera browser rules too, I browed this forum using it, and it works excellent. Of course it's not 3G, so all you get is GPRS, but with image-loading off, it works reasonable fast. I found one major problem. Although it's marketed as business-phone, it has interchangeable face-plates. And in my phone front plate is pretty loose at upper left corner. When I'm pressing it against the ear it makes creaking noises

March 10th, 2005, 06:19 AM	#9
andyhui01 Joined: Jun 4th, 2004 Last Online: 03:16 AM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 20 Posts: 8,514 Car: 00' Subaru Forester GT LFS Status: Rep Power: 28	but does anyone agree with me the 6670 looks like crap... I mean why not fork out abit more and get a 7610... basically the same functions but alot better looking __________________

March 9th, 2005, 02:41 PM	#3
jasonchiu Joined: May 26th, 2004 Last Online: August 26th, 2005 Location: hong kong Posts: 5,216 Rep Power: 0	o btw i wanna get a sliding phone

March 9th, 2005, 03:02 PM	#5
jasonchiu Joined: May 26th, 2004 Last Online: August 26th, 2005 Location: hong kong Posts: 5,216 Rep Power: 0	cool, i was lookin at samsung and seimens ones. i like samsung ones better though SL65 is nice, just like the merc sl65

March 9th, 2005, 06:41 PM	#6
chaos386 .sa = bad driver! Joined: Nov 8th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia Age: 22 Posts: 3,564 LFS Status: Rep Power: 62	I'm thinking about getting the Nokia 6670, anyone ever use one?

March 9th, 2005, 08:38 PM	#8
chaos386 .sa = bad driver! Joined: Nov 8th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia Age: 22 Posts: 3,564 LFS Status: Rep Power: 62	Thanks! We don't have 3G over here, so that's not really a feature for me. I think I'll pick one up this weekend.

March 10th, 2005, 08:29 AM	#10
MXM old porsches do run! Joined: Jun 9th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Finland Age: 26 Posts: 2,712 Car: Porsche 944 LFS Status: Rep Power: 36	_Alot_ better looking? 6670 is just a restyled 7610. They are complitely same inside, and almost same outside. Dimensions, weight, everything is the same. Even the price is similar. The only difference is the keyboard and color scheme. But symmetrical keyboard is a HUGE plus for 6670. I hate to use these products where design goes in front of ergonomics. I mean... It's a phone, I'm supposed to press the buttons a lot. With 7610 use have to look what's written on them, because they're all mixed up like that.

March 10th, 2005, 08:36 AM	#11
andyhui01 Joined: Jun 4th, 2004 Last Online: 03:16 AM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 20 Posts: 8,514 Car: 00' Subaru Forester GT LFS Status: Rep Power: 28	I guess... but te white one in your avatar doesn't look too bad... __________________

March 10th, 2005, 10:29 AM	#12
jasonchiu Joined: May 26th, 2004 Last Online: August 26th, 2005 Location: hong kong Posts: 5,216 Rep Power: 0	do u guys like the nokia Deco design line

March 15th, 2005, 06:02 PM	#13
chaos386 .sa = bad driver! Joined: Nov 8th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia Age: 22 Posts: 3,564 LFS Status: Rep Power: 62	Guess what I just got!

March 15th, 2005, 06:23 PM	#14
MXM old porsches do run! Joined: Jun 9th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Finland Age: 26 Posts: 2,712 Car: Porsche 944 LFS Status: Rep Power: 36	Lol, nice setup with mirrors So how much you paid for it?

March 15th, 2005, 06:26 PM	#15
chaos386 .sa = bad driver! Joined: Nov 8th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia Age: 22 Posts: 3,564 LFS Status: Rep Power: 62	1430 Riyals, so about 285 euros, I'm lovin' the mp3 and midi player! My last phone was a Samsung SGH-T100 and a Nokia 3360 before that, so this is a huge upgrade for me.

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March 15th, 2005, 06:37 PM	#16
MXM old porsches do run! Joined: Jun 9th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Finland Age: 26 Posts: 2,712 Car: Porsche 944 LFS Status: Rep Power: 36	285e? Wow, that's cheap. I thought we had one of the cheapest Nokias in Finland, but apparently not. It's still about 350e here. Anyway, mp3 isn't for real there. It's software-decoded and mono (the phone has only mono output), so I'm not so sure about it's greatness. Well, maybe for ringtones mp3 is fine, but not as music player...

March 15th, 2005, 06:47 PM	#17
chaos386 .sa = bad driver! Joined: Nov 8th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia Age: 22 Posts: 3,564 LFS Status: Rep Power: 62	Yeah, the mp3 playback is really only good for ringtones, but since the phone doesn't have a headphone jack anyway, it was never going to work very well as a serious mp3 player. For the price of a bigger RSMMC card and those stereo headsets I can just buy an iPod Shuffle.

March 18th, 2005, 07:32 AM	#18
cvrefugee Joined: Aug 16th, 2004 Last Online: 02:15 AM Location: Corona, CA Age: 28 Posts: 3,450 Car: 2005 Scion xB Rep Power: 60	S4ny0 pwns ju 411!!!1!11