Mobile phones & tablets thread

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Originally Posted by Mark

My Mother-in-law is wanting a new phone - to purchase outright budget £150-£200. She doesn't need much, something to make calls, text, occasionally email and occasionally web. Any recommendations? (Obviously iPhone is too expensive here)

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You have a PM from me ;)

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Originally Posted by Mark

My Mother-in-law is wanting a new phone - to purchase outright budget £150-£200. She doesn't need much, something to make calls, text, occasionally email and occasionally web. Any recommendations? (Obviously iPhone is too expensive here)

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Perhaps a SE Xperia Ray or a SE Xperia Mini?

The first one is around £200 and the latter one is around £130

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Originally Posted by Mark

My Mother-in-law is wanting a new phone - to purchase outright budget £150-£200. She doesn't need much, something to make calls, text, occasionally email and occasionally web. Any recommendations? (Obviously iPhone is too expensive here)

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For that budget, you cannot really go wrong with some of those Nokias, Xperias, and even the Galaxy S. With a bit more money, you can get a Galaxy S2, which is a powerhouse and at least future proof for the next couple of years. I believe I saw a Galaxy S2 with 270 pounds on Amazon.

iPhone 4 is still too expensive (300+ pounds) and too dated at this point to be honest.

One interesting choice is the Galaxy i5500: Samsung I5500 Galaxy Europa - Android: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

It's only 73 pounds, runs Android 2.2 and has iPhone 4 comparable hardware. It has Wi-Fi and Opera mini, Gmail and K9-Mail run smooth, even runs Youtube smoothly in wi-fi zones. One of my younger cousins was using this for a while, and as long as you don't install too many apps, no widgets, it's smooth as hell. Small enough to fit comfortably in the pocket, and does all the things your mother-in-law wants to do.

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Originally Posted by henners88

You can share data between iPhone now just as easily. Its a new feature of iOS 6.

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And what feature is that?

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Originally Posted by J4MIE

However, as I turned into the road which was the exit for buses from Durham bus station, I wasn't so sure. Massive fail......

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:p

I came across the below pic this morning that I think people might find amusing, fans and non-fans alike. It's a collection of pictures demonstrating the many "features" of Apple maps.

http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net...19582_700b.jpg

correct view of the building that isn't a Burger King restaurant but a church called Gustav Vasa Kyrka: Odengatan, Stockholm, Sverige - Google Maps

a few more errors:
http://www.idg.se/polopoly_fs/1.4675...2092327277.png
http://mobil.hd.se/multimedia/dynami...ta_726097e.jpg
http://www.svt.se/cachable_image/134...rge/berlin.jpg
http://www.svt.se/cachable_image/134...ge/sanfran.jpg

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Originally Posted by BleAivano

correct view of the building that isn't a Burger King restaurant but a church called Gustav Vasa Kyrka: Odengatan, Stockholm, Sverige - Google Maps

a few more errors:
http://www.idg.se/polopoly_fs/1.4675...2092327277.png
http://mobil.hd.se/multimedia/dynami...ta_726097e.jpg
http://www.svt.se/cachable_image/134...rge/berlin.jpg
http://www.svt.se/cachable_image/134...ge/sanfran.jpg

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:laugh:

Well, for 4S users with iOS 5, especially ones depending heavily on Maps on a daily basis, the only wise decision would have been to not update to iOS 6 until Apple sort out their craptastic new offering, because there's nothing really so new and innovative that you can't live without. But well, I'm guessing too late...

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Originally Posted by henners88

You can share data between iPhone now just as easily. Its a new feature of iOS 6.

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Can you explain how an iPhone can share a music track, contact, or app (etc) with one single confirmation keypress and not looking up the recipient from a contact list? The hardware simply doesn't enable it as far as I can tell.

Off-topic :p : I have just purchased the new ear pods and must say that not only they are much more comfortable but the sound has improved a lot, lot and lot :up: so if you are a snob Apple user and music addict you should get them too ;)

Boss has got his iPhone 5 today, looks nice but very similar to the old one. Screen clarity and colour is much improved. Haven't tried the ear phones (my iPhone earphones are still in their packet!) but I'm told they are excellent too.