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Another Cellphone Thread

Post by Jackal »

So I'm thinking about joining the 21st century and getting a cellphone. My only stipulations are I do not want an open-faced phone and I'd like to keep it below $400.
I'd remain a cave man but since I'm going to be at GDC and E3 I'll need something to communicate with other people while I'm there. Any recs?
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Post by Fjoggs »

Open-faced phone?

Anyway, I'm very happy with mine:
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Samsung D500 Features at a glance:

* Dimensions: 94 x 46 x 24 mm
* Weight: 99g
* Talk time: up to 6.5 hours
* Standby time: up to 300 hours
* Camera: 1.3 MP, 1280x1024 pixels, video, flash
* 256K colour TFT display
* Bluetooth
* 96 MB shared memory for photos
* MP3, MP4 and AAC player
* Tri-band: GSM 900, GSM 1800 and GSM 1900
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Post by FragaGeddon »

Well if you're going to spend that much on a phone, you could get one with a contract.
Basically they give you a phone for cheap, and you sign a two year contract.
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Cellphone :olo:
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Post by Jackal »

FragaGeddon wrote:Well if you're going to spend that much on a phone, you could get one with a contract.
Basically they give you a phone for cheap, and you sign a two year contract.
Yeah I know. Problem being that I don't know how long I'm going to be here for.
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Post by feedback »

In the US, razr's are usually free with a plan and they're fun to fuck around with
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Doombrain wrote:Cellphone :olo:
pantyhose :olo:
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Post by Ryoki »

Get some walkietalkies dude.

You could stand in a corner observing the area, and when you want to contact your friends you casually whip out your device and snag the antenna with your teeth and go like: 'This is black goose, the package has arrived' or something similar, and it'll look supercool.
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Post by lars63 »

You should read this book before you buy that cell phone *lol*
http://www.stephenking.com/

http://www.stephenking.com/cell_release/
Book review link the first link is his web site

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Underpants? wrote:
Doombrain wrote:Cellphone :olo:
pantyhose :olo:
Only one bollock :olo:
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Post by Jackal »

lars63 wrote:You should read this book before you buy that cell phone *lol*
http://www.stephenking.com/

http://www.stephenking.com/cell_release/
Book review link the first link is his web site

*Pesky edit by Lars*
I've already bought it, havnt started reading it yet though.
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Post by Jackal »

feedback wrote:In the US, razr's are usually free with a plan and they're fun to fuck around with
I'm in Canada, but yeah, I've been looking at a Razr.
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Jackal wrote:
lars63 wrote:You should read this book before you buy that cell phone *lol*
http://www.stephenking.com/

http://www.stephenking.com/cell_release/
Book review link the first link is his web site

*Pesky edit by Lars*
I've already bought it, havnt started reading it yet though.
Great read I liked it
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Jackal wrote:
feedback wrote:In the US, razr's are usually free with a plan and they're fun to fuck around with
I'm in Canada, but yeah, I've been looking at a Razr.
Go for the V3x if anything. (2 megapixels).

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Here's mine, Sony Ericson k750i I paid around £140. It also has the 2mp camera and built in memory card slot (sony memory stick duo) so you can stick more mp3s and whatever on it to listen to.

Quick pic I took on the camera, outside my house:
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Pretty good saying it was dark too.
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Post by +JuggerNaut+ »

PhoeniX wrote:
Jackal wrote:
feedback wrote:In the US, razr's are usually free with a plan and they're fun to fuck around with
I'm in Canada, but yeah, I've been looking at a Razr.
Go for the V3x if anything. (2 megapixels).

Image

Here's mine, Sony Ericson k750i I paid around £140. It also has the 2mp camera and built in memory card slot (sony memory stick duo) so you can stick more mp3s and whatever on it to listen to.

Quick pic I took on the camera, outside my house:
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Pretty good saying it was dark too.
that or the w800i would be my pick, yes sir.
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Post by Jackal »

Argh, first post "I do not want an open-faced phone."
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Post by +JuggerNaut+ »

MY pick. MINE.
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Post by Jackal »

PICK FOR ME!!!!
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Post by SplishSplash »

Samsung D600 and Sony W800i are the best cell phones right now.

If you don't mind carrying a brick around, you could also look at the W900i. It makes a cool sound when you open it and has 470 MB integrated memory plus Memory stick.
So it's even better than the first two I mentioned, but it really is huge.
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Post by o'dium »

I've had the Samsung d500 for the last year, and in March i'll be upgrading my contract to the D600. only thing i dont like about it so far is it IS a bit naff looking compared to the D500 :( But it has a lot more feature wise and a lot of the bullshit stuff has been fixed up (Stupid obvious shit like not being able to have custom message tones).
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Post by Foo »

:olo: noone cares about your criteria Jackal, they just want to talk about their phones.
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Post by Grudge »

I'm surprised Doombrain hasn't posted any pictures of his phone yet
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Post by SplishSplash »

Well apart from the w800 the phones I suggested do meet his criteria.
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Post by +JuggerNaut+ »

SplishSplash wrote:Samsung D600 and Sony W800i are the best cell phones right now.

If you don't mind carrying a brick around, you could also look at the W900i. It makes a cool sound when you open it and has 470 MB integrated memory plus Memory stick.
So it's even better than the first two I mentioned, but it really is huge.
it is huge compared to the w800i?

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pretty similar looking in size, really.

w800i which has a lower built-in storage capacitiy (256mb i think) but an included 512mb pro and support up to 2Gig .
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Post by SplishSplash »

Yes it's a lot bigger. I've had it in my hand.

Worst thing is that it's so thick.
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