I have had a Nokia 6230i since they came out and am finally due an upgrade. So, without going silly, what's a good phone to ask for?

I don't want anything too fantastic, I'm more interested in paying next-to-bugger-all for it to be honest. I reckon I will stick with Nokia.....

 

6233 is the replacement to the 6230i

2mp camera, better screen etc

 

Yes, thats the one I was considering.

How about the 'N' series? Are they worth looking at?

I want something that allows me to text as fast as I do on the 6230i. I'm not too bothered about the camera, but a better screen would be a good move.

 

I have the N70.... its an ok phone but i dont think its that great! And all of your photo's go into one gallery... so you cant seperate them into "rude" and "general" folders!!

 

N series have a better spec, but tend to be a little bigger, heavier and costly.

I went from the 6230i to the 6233 and really like it.

 

I reckon I will go for that one. Should be able to get one for fook-all too I imagine and without having to sign another 18 month contract!!

 

a 'mobile engineer' or whatever they liked to be called say the current phaze of nokias are crap and have had so many come back for replacement

 

i wouldn't bother with the N series, it seems with nokia that the better the spec of the phone the more unreliable they are

also N series phones use symbian software which is slow and more complicated to use rather than the stand nokia series 40 software

only bad thing with the 6233 is the interal memory is shite! but you go get a memory card tho so not end of the world

 

im one of them engineers and yes he's right!! lol

they're getting worse and worse for reliability

and on the newer big screened nokias the LCD smash really easily

 

strange because they really were the benchmark about 5-6 years ago

propa let it slide aint they

i decided with the k800i about 4 months ago

 

im looking forward to the N95 - out in the first quarter of 07 and looks awesome

Matt

 

My N70 is really slow to turn on... its not that slow to do general stuff like texting but i would agree they're not that great! Roll on April when i can get a new phone!

 

I always said that I would never consider any other make of phone apart from Nokia's..... - Went and got a Sony k800i in November I think it was, and wouldn't want to swap it for any current Nokia's on the market

 

Christian i'm in the same scenario as you i'm due for an upgrade soon but i'm happy with my 6680 so have no idea what to get next but like you i text quite a lot so needs to be able to be easy to work with.

 

To be honest, I'm only really upgrading to get a new warranty etc and because I can. I used to be into following the technology etc, but bored of that now!!

I would be happy with a phone that is usable. Of course I like a few gimmicks, but that seems to be at the expense of usability these days!!

So, other than Nokia, what's good and comparable to the 6233??

 

I've got the N73 and its been 100% reliable, no different to use than most other nokias

 

your lucky then

 

The N73 is the Nokia Daddy at the moment. I know at least 5 people that have it, plus me with no problems. At last I feel Nokia have finally delivered a phone that lives up to the promises.

I have even got TOMTOM running on it which is kinda cool.

This version of the OS is no where as slow as the N70 and is not that much slower than the S40 OS that was on my previous phone.

 

have had the N93 for 2 weks now and i can honestly say its a bloomin amazing fone.
hasn't given me any problems at all, the video quality is briliant as well as the pictures.
the menu system is good and i have not had any problems with operating it.
only downside is you need a high speed 2 gig memory card to get the best from it
i upgraded from the 6680 and it was a hard decision to find my next fone, tried the N70 and didn't like the buttons, N80 picures were dark and not that good .
the 6280 has a habit of cracking screens but is a good fone.
If you want to wait the N95 comes out in around 3 - 4 months .. supposed to be a cracking fone.

go and play with the fones is all i can say mate .

 

ive got the 6233 and im having trouble with it, ive had to send the 1st one back as it wasnt assembled properly, the screen wasnt fitted right

got the replacement and it started crashing every time i send a pic msg, was told to do a master reset, which has solved the problem only every now and again it just crashes, im gonna get back onto t mobile and see what they say

its nice to use and i text pretty fast and it can manage that no bother

 

Got Nokia N73 had for a 3 months been really good so far! Did read reviews about them crashing all the time and not letting u make calls but mines fine and what a great camera

 

whats better n73 or 93???

the k800 is 3.2 litres

 

Another vote for the N73 here aswell - got it last month and it's been really good so far

Spent a year with the N70, and I wasn't too into it I must admit. It was slow to do stuff, and everything was a roundabout kinda way of finding stuff, enterng details etc...

The N73 is almost identical to the N70, in terms of set up, menu's etc, but it's less "round about" and much faster. Still a bit slow to "boot up" when you turn it on, but for getting to messages, contacts, etc it's a lot faster than my N70...

Only thing is, it doesn't have a proper hard LCD cover/screen, and if you press it, or even wipe it too hard, it "smears" the LCD, like when you prod a TFT screen, cept it takes a good few seconds to wear off... Not too sure how long that screen will last, as it isn't as rugged as the N70 was....

Camera is shite tho Good for taking pics to show on your phone or send to someone, but horrendous when put on a PC at full, or even half, size Shame really as it's a 3.2 mp camera with Carl Ziess lens

 

Personally I would stick wiv the phone you got...new Nokias what ever they are are not built anywhere near as good I have gone back to using my old 6230

sell your upgrade on ebay and pocket the cash!

 

ease of use is the N93

 

N73 great phone i have one


N93 is discontinued

marco

 

I have the N73 and not a big fan of it to be honest seems really slow and even stalls at times been told it needs a software upgrade to retify theis not impressed less than 1 month old

 

i got an N93,, and loving it

 

You opening the lens cap mate?!?

The camera on mine is brilliant (for a camera phone).... I have a K800i at work and there aint much between them.

The K800i and N73 are the best camera phones available at pesent.

The N93 is a right big clodder!!!!! Flips went out with Chaz n Dave!

 

Ive got a Nokia 7370 and ive had nothing but problems with it, I would say go for any phone apart from a Nokia!!

 

Go to nokia.co.uk for software updates

 

I duno, I've got a Sony Erricson K750i and it utter shite!

Fookin useless wank shoddy piece of crap joystick ruined an otherwise cool phone!

I only got that cos the keys on my Sony Erricson P900i stopped working!

 

I have an N80 and its the biggest pile of shit phone I have ever owned... I have always had Nokias (apart from an Ericsson ER500) Since the first Nokia on orange and this one is crap.... I hate Nokia for it

I am seriously considering digging out my old 6230 and carryng on through the rest of my contract with that....

 

Mine has been a hell of a lot better since a software upgrade to V4 and installation of the SMS accelerator software. I suggest you get it upgraded...

 

where you get that daz???

 

Found it..... will get onto that!! cheers

 

Did you find both the SMS accelerator software and the Firmware updater Damo?

 

if you goto the nokia site there is a update you can do via the data lead ..
http://www.nokia.co.uk/A4226014

 

aye I found what eagle posted .... cheers ...