R.I.P N82- Need a replacement

1halfsingh · 21-11-08, 10:11 PM

Ok guys heres the story.

I bought my nokia n82 in may off of ebay. Was brand new and only paid £220 for it. I had 5 months of pure bliss with it before it got broken on a night out at Guanabara in London, where I was accompanied by a fellow exceemer (Ravness). Anyways I was getting my freak on and thought I should take some pics for facebook. Out came the phone and within a minute I had dropped it on the dancefloor. The lcd was cracked but I was pretty wasted so I didn't notice. I then stumbled home, forgetting that I had broken my phone. Anyway I woke up the next day realising what had happened and was distraught.

I took the phone into my local Nokia repair point (CPW-Bluewater) and said something along the lines of 'I took it out of my pocket and the phone doesn't seem to turn on', presuming the stupid card would get me a free repair. Sadly no less than 3 hours later the guy from CPW said 'It's a cracked lcd mate, the engineer said he can't do it under warranty'. I was in the pub at the time and so started ranting down the phone about how I felt it was down to poor build quality (sticking to the 'I just took it out my pocket story'). Anyway he said I should send the phone to nokia as they weren't able to fix it under warranty. I went to CPW the next day and get this...they accidently fixed my phone. They then tried to charge me £45 but I refused and they just gave me the phone back without charge. I think it was just to get rid of me.

Well everything was going ok but recently the microphone started to cut out during calls and it was driving me mad, so i've sent the phone off to nokia basically because I can't go back to CPW after the havoc I caused.

I've decided to sell the phone when it comes back from Nokia. It'll kill me to do it but I know it's for the best.

Ok now i've given you the life story of my phone I need a favour.

Basically I need some recommendations of a new phone.

This is what I want on it:

Camera-5MP+ ideally with xenon flash
GPS
Decent size screen-240*320
HSDPA
Wifi
Expandable memory

The following would be nice but not essential:
Accellerometer
Integrated 3d chip

Price is not too important, nor is form factor

Anyone got a phone in mind?

Jon · 21-11-08, 10:14 PM

HTC â€“ Touch Phone, PDA Phone, Smartphone, Mobile Computer: Products â€“ HTC Touch HD: Overview (though I do have a huge bias to windows mobile phones, they do work well) don't think it has a flash though

1halfsingh · 21-11-08, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jon

HTC â€“ Touch Phone, PDA Phone, Smartphone, Mobile Computer: Products â€“ HTC Touch HD: Overview (though I do have a huge bias to windows mobile phones, they do work well) don't think it has a flash though

This looks pretty slick. Although I need it to be on o2. Should've mentioned it. I've just read that the XDAs are basically made by the same people. I'm on PAYG so not sure if I could get hold of the XDA easily.

Jon · 22-11-08, 06:45 AM

it can be brought sim-free, not sure what its current cost is though

rhysjones_1 · 22-11-08, 04:13 PM

nokia n96, best phone out(iphone second

)

6mp camera, flash 16gb memory
bbc iplayer, good music system. .

1halfsingh · 22-11-08, 09:32 PM

Problem is it's pretty bulky that's why I bought the N82 over the n95. If i'm right it think it too has the same 5MP camera as the n82, except the n82 has xenon flash. Also the gaming on the n82 is IMO much better down to it's dedicated graphics chip. I had iplayer on my n82 anyway, was pretty cool. Don't really think the N96 is all that it's cracked up to be tbh.

crispyste · 23-11-08, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jon

it can be brought sim-free, not sure what its current cost is though

Free. Of course

21-11-08, 10:11 PM	#1
1halfsingh iPod 20gb Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Gravesend, Kent Posts: 751	R.I.P N82- Need a replacement Ok guys heres the story. I bought my nokia n82 in may off of ebay. Was brand new and only paid £220 for it. I had 5 months of pure bliss with it before it got broken on a night out at Guanabara in London, where I was accompanied by a fellow exceemer (Ravness). Anyways I was getting my freak on and thought I should take some pics for facebook. Out came the phone and within a minute I had dropped it on the dancefloor. The lcd was cracked but I was pretty wasted so I didn't notice. I then stumbled home, forgetting that I had broken my phone. Anyway I woke up the next day realising what had happened and was distraught. I took the phone into my local Nokia repair point (CPW-Bluewater) and said something along the lines of 'I took it out of my pocket and the phone doesn't seem to turn on', presuming the stupid card would get me a free repair. Sadly no less than 3 hours later the guy from CPW said 'It's a cracked lcd mate, the engineer said he can't do it under warranty'. I was in the pub at the time and so started ranting down the phone about how I felt it was down to poor build quality (sticking to the 'I just took it out my pocket story'). Anyway he said I should send the phone to nokia as they weren't able to fix it under warranty. I went to CPW the next day and get this...they accidently fixed my phone. They then tried to charge me £45 but I refused and they just gave me the phone back without charge. I think it was just to get rid of me. Well everything was going ok but recently the microphone started to cut out during calls and it was driving me mad, so i've sent the phone off to nokia basically because I can't go back to CPW after the havoc I caused. I've decided to sell the phone when it comes back from Nokia. It'll kill me to do it but I know it's for the best. Ok now i've given you the life story of my phone I need a favour. Basically I need some recommendations of a new phone. This is what I want on it: Camera-5MP+ ideally with xenon flash GPS Decent size screen-240*320 HSDPA Wifi Expandable memory The following would be nice but not essential: Accellerometer Integrated 3d chip Price is not too important, nor is form factor Anyone got a phone in mind?

21-11-08, 10:14 PM	#2
Jon MJ lady with maracas Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Leeds Posts: 12,799	HTC â€“ Touch Phone, PDA Phone, Smartphone, Mobile Computer: Products â€“ HTC Touch HD: Overview (though I do have a huge bias to windows mobile phones, they do work well) don't think it has a flash though __________________

22-11-08, 06:45 AM	#4
Jon MJ lady with maracas Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Leeds Posts: 12,799	it can be brought sim-free, not sure what its current cost is though __________________

22-11-08, 04:13 PM	#5
rhysjones_1 BANNED Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: South wales Posts: 2,734	nokia n96, best phone out(iphone second) 6mp camera, flash 16gb memory bbc iplayer, good music system. .

22-11-08, 09:32 PM	#6
1halfsingh iPod 20gb Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Gravesend, Kent Posts: 751	Problem is it's pretty bulky that's why I bought the N82 over the n95. If i'm right it think it too has the same 5MP camera as the n82, except the n82 has xenon flash. Also the gaming on the n82 is IMO much better down to it's dedicated graphics chip. I had iplayer on my n82 anyway, was pretty cool. Don't really think the N96 is all that it's cracked up to be tbh.