1. Just a cheap phone..

    For some months now I’m looking out for an replacement for my HTC Diamond, why? Because it resets itself automatically almost 3 times a day, which means at that moment, everything for contacts to text messages and calender events are gone. And why it does that.. I don’t know, maybe I’ve flashed it’s rom to many times.. or something in that line..

    So I need a new phone. What I want: A cheap android phone with some decent features, and if possible a qwerty. You might say no problem, there are a lot of cheap android devices out there. But since I live in Europe many of the cheaper android phones aren’t available here.

    So what are my options: The LG W620, the Samsung Spica i5700, and I think the best one the HTC Wildfire.

    The LG

    The LG seems like a nice cheap small qwerty device, and actually it is. Not the best specs but I don’t need, and also can’t afford a 1Ghz snapdragon processor and huge amounts of memory. But there is one thing that ruins the device: It has a resistive touchscreen.. That’s the reason I would never want this device. After multiple Windows Mobile crappy touchscreen devices I’m done with using a styles, and I want a capacitive touchscreen.

    The Samsung

    The Samsung is a phone. But it’s old, slow, and ugly.. So I don’t like it in general. Well actually I can’t be that negative about it. If you don’t care about the looks it’s actually a pretty good cheap Android device. But the matter is I do care about looks. So also this one get crossed of on my list.

    The HTC

    I like this one pretty much. It has all the features you would expect on a mor expensive device, all the sensors, a 5 MP camera, Sense UI, and so on. Also It’s HTC what a plus is for me, I’ve had three or four HTC devices, and the build quality has always been good. But there is a pretty big negative about it: again the screen. It’s a very responsive 3,2 inch capacitive screen, but only a resolution of 240 x 320 o.O …what? Yeeh you read it good 240 x 320.. That’s nothing, my Diamond has twice that on a 2,8 inch display.. You must almost see every pixel. Ok, that’s a bit less to make it cheap I get, but QVGA, I just don’t get it. My old (2005) Qtek G100 pda (also build by HTC), had a 240 x 320 display, I think that says enough.

    So all of these phones are cheap, have Android, and have some big problems. I think I’m gonna wait for a better option to come to Europe, or till I have enough money to buy me a decent phone, like the Desire, or the iPhone (Yes, I say iPhone, no I don’t hate it.). But until that time my Diamond has to suck it up and hang on for another couple of months.

    Well thats it, Keep Frying!

    1 year ago  /  Notes