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Cheaper altarnative to the iphone?

Cowboy BebopCowboy Bebop Registered User regular
edited July 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
Basically I'm looking for a good web browsing(with wifi)/media phone that costs round about the £240 mark. So far my searching has turned up very little but I feel I should at least get a firm idea of what's on offer before I decide to throw a huge amount of money on a iphone 3g. So any personal recommendations for cheap alternatives or do no other phones stand-up to the iphone at the moment?

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  • AlpineAlpine Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    General consensus is that the iPhone's Safari is the best mobile browser out there right now. If you use and like iTunes already, you've got that there too.

    Is the Palm Pre available there yet? People like it, but others say that it's got a bad case of the 1.0-itis.

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  • Joe ChemoJoe Chemo Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Look into some android phones, ie the HTC Magic.

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  • fmz65fmz65 Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Hmm, is the iPhone that expensive across the pond? If you sign on a 2 year contract the original iPhone is now like 99 and the 3gs I think is 199... but I use a G1 and I love it, so you know... there's that path.

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  • SzechuanosaurusSzechuanosaurus Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2009
    Depending on what tariff you go for, you can get the iPhone 3Gs for free.

    http://shop.o2.co.uk/promo/iphoneindex

    You can certainly get it for under £100 on a reasonable monthly rate (well, reasonable by iPhone standards anyway). The 3G is even cheaper. Almost all the rate options are free for the 3G handset.

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  • WulfWulf Disciple of Tzeentch The Void... (New Jersey)Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Plus Apple just bitch-slapped Palm by blocking the Pre from faking itself as an iPhone to iTunes.

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  • Jimmy KingJimmy King Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Joe Chemo wrote: »
    Look into some android phones, ie the HTC Magic.
    Agreed. I just picked up a g1 recently. The OS is nice, has lots of slick stuff like the iPhone, tons of apps, etc. If you can wait a couple months, HTC is releasing the g2 and something else with Android. Sony also has an Android phone coming out.

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  • DHS OdiumDHS Odium Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I picked up a Nokia E63 from Amazon for $200 US. It's pretty good, and the default browser is nice. You can also download other browsers on to it, I prefer Opera mobile. If you want an unlocked phone, for a good price with a robust set of features, it's not a bad choice.

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  • corcorigancorcorigan Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I use a Nokia e51, much cheaper. No where near as nice of course, but it's fine for the usual phone stuff plus Google Reader (via Opera Mini), checking a bit of email, etc. I bought it unlocked (the unending horror of a long contract before put me off anything except SIM-only monthly ones).

    The camera and media capabilities are bordering on non-existent though. The camera filled with dust immediately and there is only a 2.5 mm jack so it's impossible to actually listen to anything on it. I got a Shuffle and an SLR to fix that.

    On the other hand it's a bit smaller than an iPhone and the battery lasts longer. And loads cheaper...

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Wulf wrote: »
    Plus Apple just bitch-slapped Palm by blocking the Pre from faking itself as an iPhone to iTunes.

    I thought Palm just fixed that.

    Wouldn't be surprised if it switches every time a patch comes out.

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