Sony Ericson K700i or Nokia 6230

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they r both really good fones, i've always liked nokias and someone on my college course got the 6230 and i decided i wanted one, i seen the K700i n didnt really impress me(by lookin at it) but it was only after fiddling with it i come to reallty like the design and the actual fone itself so i am glad with my choice.

i probly wud of got the D500 by samsung a friend has that and the fone itself is VERY good, the fotos and video are as clear as day and has some good features... i didnt like the size of it though, it was pretty bulky compared to other samsungs e800 all for the extra space and video support i didnt find it nessessary for it to be that big! they could have crammed it into the same size as the e800.

anyway! now i've chose my fone, and i'm guessing all the other K700i fans here are on Orange, whats it like as a network? i've personally tried to avoid it my sister had an orange fone years ago and it sucked. i was a vodafone fan but when o2 came out ive followed it from the start!

[Pajter]

Oh man.. I LOVE Orange! It's just.. so easy. You don't have to worry about anything. All your costs just come from one uhhm.. package. I don't know how it's called in English.

And the best part is that, everything you have left at the end of the month, you get to take with you endlessly. :D

I wouldn't want anything else anymore

[Paul]

Yah, I've used Orange since forever, never a problem

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everything you have left at the end of the month, you get to take with you endlessly.

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what do u mean by that? :)

[w00t]

what do u mean by that? :)

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i think he means any inclusive minutes/texts he has remaining at the end of the month are carried onto the next month. Unfortunately we don't have such a system in the UK :(

and Orange are ripping us all off very very quietly in one way or another.

great choice of the K700i btw - had mine since August and I still love it now - I recommend getting a bluetooth adapter for your pc if you dont have one already - once thats done, get transferring those theme and tunes across - you'll soon see why its a better phone than the 6230! :D (my sister has the 6230 and since playing with mine, she wishes she'd got the K700i).

[Pajter]

i think he means any inclusive minutes/texts he has remaining at the end of the month are carried onto the next month. Unfortunately we don't have such a system in the UK :(

and Orange are ripping us all off very very quietly in one way or another.

great choice of the K700i btw - had mine since August and I still love it now - I recommend getting a bluetooth adapter for your pc if you dont have one already - once thats done, get transferring those theme and tunes across - you'll soon see why its a better phone than the 6230! :D (my sister has the 6230 and since playing with mine, she wishes she'd got the K700i).

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That's what I meant. I didn't really know how to say it :p

But too bad you don't have it in the UK. I wonder why that is... :unsure:

[w00t]

That's what I meant. I didn't really know how to say it :p

But too bad you don't have it in the UK. I wonder why that is... :unsure:

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as mentioned previously, Orange arent very friendly to customers, and so they're not going to do us any favours. All the networks are like that in the UK - you either stick with what you've got or complain, complaining gets nowhere.

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i'm thinkin about compaining alreeady

i ordered the fone over 48 hours ago, got an email saying my order is being processed. the email also said they will email me within 24 hours to confirm my order, which they didnt, 48 hours and no confirmation, i have emailed them asking if their is a problem just waiting for a reply.

anyone ordered off orange recently, do they just send the fone straight out? or tell u first!

[Xab]

Question for anyone who's used the K700i and the V3 Razr, how does the speed of the interface between those two phones compare? Maybe I'm just an impatient speed freak, but I find my V3 Razr to be too slow in navigating.

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Question for anyone who's used the K700i and the V3 Razr, how does the speed of the interface between those two phones compare? Maybe I'm just an impatient speed freak, but I find my V3 Razr to be too slow in navigating.

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you will find that most motorola's are slow in navigation, i currently have a v300 (flashed to a v620) and it's pretty slow! even when i write a text once there is a few lines it begins to lag, same with the images and audio! try to upgrade ur fone www.howardforums.com to see if there are any fixes in the motorola forum.

update: orange finally contacted me requiring a ?5 deposit, for some unknown reason. i gave them it and they said the fone will be dispatched within 24 hours. so i should recieve it tomorrow or friday! they are pretty slow compared to how fast they state on the site, from ordering they say you should have your fone within 2 days... not a week.

[Jayzee]

I only have one thing to say: s700i !

[doug_jnr]

no one seems to have even touched on that fact you can encode videos and watch em on the 6230. i have whole seasons of simpsons and seinfeld (fine for watching on little screen) stored on my MMC. great for passing the time on the train.

Nokia owns SE imo...

[gazebee_]

i have tried out both 6230 and the k700i, but even tho k700i looks waaay sexier, i still like the Nokia fone more; neverless, good choice :D

looks like alot of u guyz like Orange alot, over here in Hong Kong, the reception of Orange sux.

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no one seems to have even touched on that fact you can encode videos and watch em on the 6230. i have whole seasons of simpsons and seinfeld (fine for watching on little screen) stored on my MMC. great for passing the time on the train.

Nokia owns SE imo...

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i wouldnt say thats for everyone, and i would prefer that on a k700i anyway because the nokia screen is tiny. i personally wudnt bother putting full episodes on my fone

[Jayzee]

no one seems to have even touched on that fact you can encode videos and watch em on the 6230. i have whole seasons of simpsons and seinfeld (fine for watching on little screen) stored on my MMC. great for passing the time on the train.

Nokia owns SE imo...

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WTF!?? Do you know what you are talking about at all!?? SE has the same feature! :wacko:

[doug_jnr]

WTF!?? Do you know what you are talking about at all!?? SE has the same feature!  :wacko:

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maybe...but how many episodes can you put on it, while still having room for mp3's and photo's and videos taken in the past as well as room for more videos and photo's.

40 meg is useless in a phone that is capable of doing so much....but then you are probably on a PII with a 6GB hard drive... :sleep:

[w00t]

maybe...but how many episodes can you put on it, while still having room for mp3's and photo's and videos taken in the past as well as room for more videos and photo's.

40 meg is useless in a phone that is capable of doing so much....but then you are probably on a PII with a 6GB hard drive... :sleep:

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nice, mr troll.

forcer: seems Orange's cracks are showing to you already. If they don't deliver soon you should probably tell them where to stick it and go with another network - I'm sick to death of them messing each and every one of their customers around in one way or another.

For example: 'We'll give you 30 free photo messages for a month, however, we won't tell you that every single photo you take with your K700i is larger than usual and therefore we'll charge you twice as much for sending the photos, and then you'll have a large shock on your bill at the end of the month'

Free trial my arse.

and on the note of Motorola - my gf has a V80 from O2 - and the other day the screen went completely white, and won't go back, no matter what she does to it.

Now she's faced with either an ?80 bill for getting it fixed thru Motorola or a ?18 'handling fee' if she choses to send it off to them and not have it repaired if the 80 is too steep for her.

[Steve]

For example: 'We'll give you 30 free photo messages for a month, however, we won't tell you that every single photo you take with your K700i is larger than usual and therefore we'll charge you twice as much for sending the photos, and then you'll have a large shock on your bill at the end of the month'

Free trial my arse.

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MMS is limited to 100Kb, so anymore than that, and well it's just plain ignorance in my view. They have to put a limit on it, or the possibilities would be endless. Not sure about that specific phone, but on my P900 it asks me if I want to resize the VGA image, before attaching to MMS...

[ienhz]

no one seems to have even touched on that fact you can encode videos and watch em on the 6230. i have whole seasons of simpsons and seinfeld (fine for watching on little screen) stored on my MMC. great for passing the time on the train.

Nokia owns SE imo...

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Yeah, I love watching videos on 128x128 pixel screens too. :rolleyes:

[w00t]

MMS is limited to 100Kb, so anymore than that, and well it's just plain ignorance in my view. They have to put a limit on it, or the possibilities would be endless. Not sure about that specific phone, but on my P900 it asks me if I want to resize the VGA image, before attaching to MMS...

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They need to publish that information when putting people on 'free' trials - not everyone is an uber phone geek and knows how big standard MMS is.

[w00t]

Yeah, I love watching videos on 128x128 pixel screens too.  :rolleyes:

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Have you seen the screen on the new S700i? It's HEWGE :D

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still awaiting on the fone... ordered sunday, now thursday!

they requested a 5 pound deposit 2 days ago which i gave them! the money still not come out my bank she said 24 hours its almost been 48... i foned to see if their was a problem, as they're usually is with me(am unlucky) she replied it takes 48 hours... so one of their representitives didnt have a clue wot she was talking about!

the post about watching full video's on the phone is a pointless pro to a phone, coz about 0.1% of ppl who own fones will actually use them for that!

[w00t]

still awaiting on the fone... ordered sunday, now thursday!

they requested a 5 pound deposit 2 days ago which i gave them! the money still not come out my bank she said 24 hours its almost been 48... i foned to see if their was a problem, as they're usually is with me(am unlucky) she replied it takes 48 hours... so one of their representitives didnt have a clue wot she was talking about!

the post about watching full video's on the phone is a pointless pro to a phone, coz about 0.1% of ppl who own fones will actually use them for that!

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Ok dude - now its getting to the point where I would have called them up, told them to cancel the lot and gone with O2.

At least on O2 you dont have the horrid customised firmware that Orange has put on.

On top of that, you've now got them messing you around from the very beginning.

boo hiss boo orange!

[Steve]

They need to publish that information when putting people on 'free' trials - not everyone is an uber phone geek and knows how big standard MMS is.

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Sure, I somewhat agree with that - though i have to question that if they can't find that out, will they even know what 'Kb' means?

I'd like to think modern phones prompt the user to resize the content of an MMS message like mine does. This would be the best way to make things 'user friendly' and not leave some aspects of the 21st cell phone technology to tech savvy people...

[w00t]

Sure, I somewhat agree with that - though i have to question that if they can't find that out, will they even know what 'Kb' means?

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When there's money involved, a company should make it clear.