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Cellular Phone Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / October 2006Small MP3 player phone
I am looking for a phone to replace my slightly knackered Nokia 6100. My use is very light - I currently have a Vodafone PAYG SIM and spend around £5 per month, so a contract only makes sense as a means to get a phone. Other than texts and calls, the only feature I am particularly keen to have is an MP3 player. A light and small (in particular, slim) phone is a must. I have looked around and the Sony Ericsson W810i looks quite attractive, but at ~£200 SIM-free, it is a bit more expensive than I originally had in mind. What alternatives are worth considering? I noticed Tesco (online) have the W810i on PAYG (I know this sounds contrived - honestly it isn't) for £160 including £10 calling credit, and their Standard tarrif would suit my use. Looks like a good deal - my girlfriend has had a Tesco SIM for a good while and all seems well. Any reasons /not/ to go for this? Thanks in advance, Alex > Other than texts and calls, the only feature I am particularly keen to > have is an MP3 player. What sort of memory card or do you want one of the hard-drive ones? MP3 is one of the few bits and bobs added on the mobile phones which is actually more useful than the original item. Far better than carrying around an iPod or suchlike in other words, even though they are unforgivably prehistoric at the moment. Mike Hall >> Other than texts and calls, the only feature I am particularly keen to >> have is an MP3 player. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > around an iPod or suchlike in other words, even though they are > unforgivably prehistoric at the moment. I still wouldn't replace my iPod with a phone as things are at the moment - 60gigs of video/photo/mp3 with lots of shiny audio settings and an easy to navigate system, standard headphones, perfect synching with the PC... nah.. wouldn't give it up :)  SignatureSue > I still wouldn't replace my iPod with a phone as things are at the > moment - 60gigs of video/photo/mp3 with lots of shiny audio settings and > an easy to navigate system, standard headphones, perfect synching with the > PC... nah.. wouldn't give it up :) Your 60gigabytes of video/photo/mp3 vs my terabyte of PC hard drive, since you aren't going to get through 2gigs of memory card quickly even storing films on it! Currently iPods have the edge on videos (on phones released in the UK anyway - takes ages to remove all the compression codes and make the picture so tiny that 90% of the details vanish) but since I use bluetooth headphones anyway (go on, turn your head quickly wearing standard headphones without garrotting yourself) with audio controls, using an iPod for music seem just so 2004... Also, those micro cards are easy to hide if the Law finally decides to crack down on .mp3 piracy (copying your own cd music onto your iPod is actually illegal without permission from the copyright holder). You can even swallow them if needs be. The edible iPod hard drive is still a while away Mike Hall If you go to Vigin, you can pick one up from them @ £199.99p plus you'll get £35 free Air Time. http://tinyurl.com/ymveft If you credit the account with £30 or more, you can contact Virgin to get a Unlock Code from them. What you get with the phone: Phone Battery Charger Virgin Mobile joining pack PLUS, ALL THE OTHER BITS: USB cable CD-ROM with PC software Stereo headset 512MB memory card User manual Sony Ericsson service and support leaflet From now until the 31st of March 2007 it costs just 3p a minute to call other Virgin Mobile phones in the UK. That's all winter long! Speak no evil - 3p per minute calls to other Virgin Mobiles. Text no evil - 3p texts to all Virgin Mobile phones. Hear no evil - free voicemail. No other network offers that. Hope this helps. >If you go to Vigin, you can pick one up from them @ £199.99p plus you'll get >£35 free Air Time. [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > >Hope this helps. Jason Signaturewww.ratrodz.co.uk XJ900 Trike ** GS850 Trike XV1000 TR1 Chop obet@jryfutbi.pb.hx [Rot 13 it] Some people are like slinkys.... no real use but it makes you smile when they fall down stairs! >I am looking for a phone to replace my slightly knackered Nokia 6100. My use >is very light - I currently have a Vodafone PAYG SIM and spend around £5 per >month, so a contract only makes sense as a means to get a phone. > >Other than texts and calls, the only feature I am particularly keen to have >is an MP3 player. A light and small (in particular, slim) phone is a must. Try looking at the Mororola L7, small and slim, but bear in mind it has 5mb on board and you need to buy a transflash card to put MP3's on and it has a USB port not a regular 3.5 headphone output, so you either need moto's earphones or an adapther Going for £70 to £100 on PAYT oin various locked / unlocked states |
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