What phone should I get?

[onlinebacon]

I was wondering, what phone should I get, either the Nokia NGAGE QD or the NEC E616v, not sure, so I thought, hey, I will ask for some help :P

www.n-gage.com

and www.nec.co.uk

Thanks

[techieMoe]

I personally think the idea of the "uber-gadget" that does tons of things but none of them very well is an over-hyped one. If I want a portable game system, I have a Gameboy. If I want a cell phone, I have a cell phone. I don't need a cell phone and crappy gameplayer, or gameplayer with a cell phone attached.. but perhaps that just me...

[GNOME_n00b]

onlinebacon
why are those 2 phones your only options? i assume that you're on the awful 3 network. if i were forced to choose, i would get the e616 as ot has more features.
besides, the ngage is the epitome of ugliness and the nec is a housebrick.

[onlinebacon]

heh, just trying to get a semi-decent phone for around £20, looking at eBay right now, ready to pounce should be colour, hopefully camera

[GNOME_n00b]

never buy a phone from ebay. i've heard far too many horror stories. for 20 quid you're going to be really scraping the barrel :P

[onlinebacon]

Yeah, last phone I got was from eBay, as long as I make sure the person has 100% positive feedback should be OK, otherwise my dad's credit card will get us our money back

[GNOME_n00b]

Yeah, last phone I got was from eBay, as long as I make sure the person has 100% positive feedback should be OK, otherwise my dad's credit card will get us our money back

yeah, i suppose the credit card route will put your mind more at rest anyway. well, i'm mr cautious. some people say that ebay is fine, but i just wouldn't trust the place so i always advise people against buying expensive items (especially phones). there are many an occassion when scammers can have excellent feedback too because they hijack the profile of good and genuine sellers. also, sometimes scammers sell lots of really cheap items just to get their ratings up. then they move in for the kill by pretending to sell much more expensive items. i've seen it happen so many times. another thing that i've heard happen lots is people buying phones that just won't pick up a signal - the reason why is that the phones have been stolen. because they've been reported stolen, they've been blacklisted. and when they're blacklisted, they are useless. then they sell them on ebay. its big business and it happens A LOT.
just something for you to bear in mind in future.

[onlinebacon]

Probably, just got outbid by 50p stupid IE crashed before i could outbid them

Anyways, that is it for today, more eBay tomorrow :P

[AlexK]

If youplan on joining 3, the e616 would be better anyday than the n-gage. What about something like a z1010. I have one of them and when I was planning to buy the phones, it was z1010 against the 616, and in the end the z1010 bettered (in my opinion) the e616.

Also, why use IE to bid on ebay, FF works just fine. :P

[fingal]

Probably, just got outbid by 50p stupid IE crashed before i could outbid them

Anyways, that is it for today, more eBay tomorrow :P

Someone at work told me about ebay sniping. This seems to involve using a package which will submit your bid at the last moment, outbidding the competition. Try this link ... just an idea.