Phone Geeks... which Droid am I looking for?

Whoey · **on:** February 13, 2011, 03:52:03 PM

Right, my mobile provider (Orange) is seemingly nagging me non-stop to upgrade/change phones (so they can tie me into another 18m contract)

I'd REALLY like to get a droid. However I can't justify spending 100eur+ (most of the droids seem to be 200+ even with my points) on a phone I use relatively little and paying the minimum 20eur/month contract to boot (I pay less now).

My last 2 phones have been Samsung, while I'm not unhappy with them, I wish I could use more customized widgets, hence the hankering for a 'droid

Things I'd expect my 'droid to have: touchscreen, WIFI, GPS, 3.5mm headphone jack, microSD slot.

Any thoughts on a decent budget 'droid?

Threeme2189 · **Reply #1 on:** February 13, 2011, 03:58:06 PM

I'm really sorry, I just couldn't pass up the oppertunity for a good Star Wars joke

Whoey · **Reply #2 on:** February 13, 2011, 04:05:44 PM

I did that on purpose for that reason

these aren't the droids I'm looking for: http://www.astromech.net/

Mr. Whippy · **Reply #3 on:** February 13, 2011, 04:17:22 PM

I have a Droid 2 Global. Excellent phone. Does all the stuff you mentioned. Plus it can be tethered to a computer with PDANet. Both physical and touchscreen keyboard. It is fairly big.

The other hot Droid is Droid X. It's even bigger, but has a bigger better screen and is designed to stream media well. No physical keyboard however.

Both work well, but neither are cheap

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #4 on:** February 13, 2011, 04:20:37 PM

The Droid I'm considering is the Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant:

http://www.bell.ca/shopping/en_CA_NS.Samsung-Galaxy-SVibrant/70269.details

Def

Medic82 · **Reply #5 on:** February 13, 2011, 04:28:16 PM

How about Huawei Titan U8800? It’s gotten good reviews and it’s cheap. But when it comes to Droid phone I would recommend a Desire or Desire Z

Whoey · **Reply #6 on:** February 13, 2011, 04:39:17 PM

looks like I'm out of luck there...

Samsung I9000 (GALAXY S1) 300+eur
HTC Desire 250eur

they only seem to have very basic Huawei phones.

Very tempted to jump to a new provider like Vodafone, they seem to have loads of better offers, and to be honest, Orange has always been a bit poor.

ryan1835 · **Reply #7 on:** February 13, 2011, 05:16:40 PM

go into an orange store and talk to them and say your switch unless they give you a better deal i have a feeling they might change the offer...

Pacu · **Reply #8 on:** February 13, 2011, 05:16:56 PM

I have the original droid...great phone imo. The droid x was just to big for me. The droid two is a better version of my phone...faster processor, better laid out keyboard, better battery life, plus all the things you wanted above.

Im on here a lot while on wifi at work

Mr. Whippy · **Reply #9 on:** February 13, 2011, 06:55:51 PM

Quote from: Whoey on February 13, 2011, 04:39:17 PM

looks like I'm out of luck there...

Samsung I9000 (GALAXY S1) 300+eur
HTC Desire 250eur

they only seem to have very basic Huawei phones.

Very tempted to jump to a new provider like Vodafone, they seem to have loads of better offers, and to be honest, Orange has always been a bit poor.

Vodaphone and Verizon have some sort of deal together in the US markets, fwiw.

Nikos · **Reply #10 on:** February 14, 2011, 02:44:30 AM

The only decent-ish Android phone at that price I know off is the Samsung Galaxy 3. Don't know if its available over there though and have never owned/used one. $:-\$

Whoey · **Reply #11 on:** March 02, 2011, 07:09:36 PM

I'm thinking about jumping to Vodafone, some 'droids they're offering:
Samsung Galaxy 3 http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i5800_galaxy_3-3395.php
HTC Wildfire http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_wildfire-3337.php
Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_xperia_x8-3403.php

Each for 0eur, plus a decent enough voice/data plan (15/month until 2012, then 25/month for remainder of 18month contract)

I think the SE X8 is going to win, it has way better screen resolution, the others are equal or lesser to my current Samsung s5230 http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_s5230_star-2739.php

Seems the only downside is SE's refusal to upgrade past Android 2.1 :<

Whoey · **Reply #12 on:** March 04, 2011, 06:51:20 PM

glad I hadn't made a final decision, vodafone now also offers a Motorola Defy for 19eur

http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_defy-3514.php

Whoey · **Reply #13 on:** March 04, 2011, 07:42:05 PM

hammer dropped, switching to vodafone, and motorola defy on the way!

my last 2 phones were samsung, and before that a motorola v360 which was quite decent...

Can't wait to fire up the droid!

Hull_ n_Back · **Reply #14 on:** March 04, 2011, 10:49:31 PM

I think you'll do fine with the Defy. If it's built anything like my wife's Milestone then you'll be ok, that thing could stop a bullet!!

Just got myself a San Francisco (known as a ZTE Blade most other countries). Having a great time installing ROMs amd playing around with it

Whoey · **Reply #15 on:** March 25, 2011, 12:51:32 PM

Phone arrived yesterday while I was at work, so I picked it up today... still need the sim card for it, want to play! My switchover date is March 30th... and my old provider sim doesn't seem to work in it

Hull_ n_Back · **Reply #16 on:** March 25, 2011, 01:21:05 PM

Could you connect it up to WIFI and have a play with it that way???

Whoey · **Reply #17 on:** March 25, 2011, 11:09:25 PM

yeah, that's what I've done now that I'm back from work

Whoey · **Reply #18 on:** March 26, 2011, 08:56:38 PM

Oh, seems to work just fine!

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