Mobile Phone Recommendations

[Sam.]

Ok, here's the deal. Im stuck on a plan with Austar mobile, my current plan runs out in just over a year and I am not paying the exit fees to get off the plan. My current phone got f*cked to the point of the screen falling off (don't ask), I can still make calls but thats where it ends. So, I need a newy.

Basically:

• I'm looking to spend around $250
• Phone must have a reasonably big screen, Im thinking something with a touch screen could be the go.
• Camera is not important, something around 2 mega pixels would most probably be fine.
• Must have either a shitload of internal memory or a memory card slot.
• Must be unlocked, or easily unlocked

I don't want anything Motorola, apart from that my options are pretty well open. Would I be better off buying from Ebay, or from a mobile dealer?

I've considered something like a 1st gen i phone second hand, or maybe an LG ku990, though I vaguely remember being told to steer clear from LG. Any other recommendations?

Peace.

 

[leitch]

To be honest, Sam, you'd be best off just buying a shitty $75 Nokia and an iPod.

 

[Rendog]

Samsung F480, I have one and it works an absolute treat...

 

[NASHWORTH]

F480
Do eeeet.

 

[DJninja]

I'm not sure what the current round of phones are like, but every Nokia I've owned has been absolutely legendary.

 

[Maurice.]

Don't get the iphone, I fucken hate it! it's purely just for looks.
I have often contemplated just switching to a nokia N95, seeing as that is more of a useful phone, than the iphone.

Mabes an N97 or a Hiptop?

 

[Sam.]

Sell me yours for $200 and go nuts

 

[conor.1]

To be honest, Sam, you'd be best off just buying a shitty $75 Nokia and an iPod.

bingo. i had a $60 nokia. Great battery life. all i used it for was calling and txting. the only reason i got a new one was because im taking part in a uni study.
but $60 - $100 phone is the go!

 

[Kane.]

N95's are the shizzz Sammy, get one.

 

[RCOH]

I have an N95 it is fine althought he screen freezes occasionally and there is a bit of a lag when engaging different functions when the memory (8gig +) is full.

 

[cory123]

i picked up my web slider for $250 there pritty good aye.

 

[Jordo99]

i picked up my web slider for $250 there pritty good aye.

http://www.allphones.com.au/prepaid/boost.asp
$160 brand newie, i have one, they go alright

 

[Battler]

I would just save yourself the trouble and go a simple nokia that wont break. Those phones just go and go. In proof i used to play hackie sack with mine, still works to this day. No joke.

 

[instinct]

Please do not buy a ku990, heaps of shit they are. Unless you have enough to get the newer viewty (viewty smart) I would stay away from LG.
I'd always sell you my viewty for $200.....

 

[fairy1]

Please do not buy a ku990, heaps of shit they are. Unless you have enough to get the newer viewty (viewty smart) I would stay away from LG.
I'd always sell you my viewty for $200.....

What he said, I'm about to see what a 50t hydraulic press can do to mine. I'll send it back to the fuckers arterwards.

 

[S_M_I_D_D_Y]

Send it to me, i got a 200t press handy we have to do these things properly

 

[Sam.]

I tried the whole cheapo phone coupled with I phone thing. It didn't work for me, I just enjoy having all rolled into one... the ultimate consumer as they say

Im really liking the idea of the Samsung f480, you seem to be able to pick them up for around $280 on Ebay which I could stretch my budget to. Anywhere else to go looking for phones online, or is ebay pretty much the recognized way for getting phones cheap?

 

[leitch]

That Samsung is pretty shit, dude.. My girlfriend, my mum and two other friends have them. Always having problems with them, shittier battery life than my 8 month old iPhone, and total shit to use. The touch screen is useless in comparison to an iPhone and offers no benefit over a regular buttoned phone. It's also annoying because you can feel the internals vibrate every time you touch a "button" on the screen.

 

[AngoXC]

Nokia 6300. $150 or there abouts as an outright phone. You're not likely to break it in a hurry, that's for sure.

 

[tupper]

My vote would be an iPhone.
Currently using a HTC Touch at the moment, with Windows Mobile. Its not bad, not had any problems in last 2 years with it. Looking to upgrade to iPhone 3Gs soon.