Cheers,
Bisnes Internet

Cheers,
Bisnes Internet

2008/12/28 Disqus <>

I've taken the liberty of approving your comment as Ewan's supposed to be on holiday right now and I he's been called worse than a 'git'… But a word of advice – don't show up late to a party and piss on the host's chips.

He's not complaining that he doesn't need a smartphone, but that a smartphone shouldn't under-perform in the 'being a phone' department because it has additional features. This opinion piece is based on testing hundreds of handsets for many years. Take a look at the rest of the blog.

Everything you “need” describes a regular phone. None of your “needs” encompass the extra functions of a smartphone. So why would you even bother? And what's the point of hating? Smartphones are designed to do other things besides JUST make calls… so why would you even bother?

It's like buying a 5-ton cargo van because you need to carry around a few small packages, then complaining that it's too cumbersome, too much of a fuel hog, too hard to park, won't fit in most parking garages.

WTF is the point of getting something that's far beyond your needs and them complaining that it's overkill? All it does is paint you as a big baby.

And BTW, my HTC smartphone covers all your “needs” except maybe for the “hours” of talk time. I press one button to go instantly to phone mode. One tap on-screen puts me into the call log. From the on-screen keypad, I can type a name and have the phone display all matches as I go along – easily within 5 seconds (faster, if I store the number in one of the 99 speed-dial locations). It's just as thin and nearly as light as my old Motorola RAZR. I've never had the network drop a call, nor has it ever taken more than 2-3 seconds to connect, even to a busy signal, unless there's a problem with the network itself (which would affect regular phones equally).

You sound like someone who decided to try something different ONCE, had a bad experience, and determined that it was sufficient reason to feed your need to whine about something… anything.

all of those things benefit you so much and are so usefull to simply have on hand even if they are not constantly being used. The way you describes the quality of talk of phones like iphone, bold, etc makes it sound like it’s totally unbearable which clearly seems to be a network issue if you think it’s that bad, because while i’ve been running on Rogers Canadawide and 3G i couldnt be happier with the clarity of my connection, it’s a mobile phone, not some stereo system, i dont know how u can complain so about the quality..

the only thing i can agree with is battery life, but even the iphone can be used conservatively with a 3G connection surfing the web as well as making calls over 3 days without dieing.

You are right in some areas, manufacturers do seemed to have dumped the essential function of being a phone. Someone in the know recently told me when talking to an Irish operator phone store manager, that people wanted:

1. a phone that rings loudly
2. i can “feel” it ring in my pocket
3. i can find my contacts easily
4. isn't too big.

Now, coming to your requirements in a phone, not all are ultimately possible to get from any device:

Here is what I need:

- When I want to phone somebody, I should be able to locate them in my phone book and hit dial within 5 seconds.

Definately I agree.

- I should be ‘connected’ within a further 2 seconds (whether it’s voicemail, busy signal, or a ringing line).

This can be network related. There are network features to cut-down in call setup times. Maybe something to say to the network customer people (the people who actually know what you are talking about…)

- My phone call should never, ever be terminated because of network-busy or the handset flucking up.

Hmm, I know one operator over here that I get network-busy responses every other call I try. Again…this more likely a network related issue. I agree when you say it shouldn't fark up the device. It should handle errors better.

- The other party should be able to hear me. Continuously.

Both device and network related here again.

- I should be able to reach my calling menu — recent calls, missed calls, immediately and be able to place a call to a recent contact immediately. Sub 1 second.

Definately.

- I should be able to talk for an hour without my handset battery going from 100% to 15%.

60% device, and 40% network related here. if you are sitting on the extreme edge of a cell with no satisfactory adjacent cell to handover to, you phone is going to be cranking the power up…again something to say to your network.

From reading what you need, and also seeing James' comment above, the Nokia E71 is a very nice phone. I use it as my phone. Zillions of lightyears ahead of the older E61 (which I had and loved using for years).

hope that helps,
bernard

2008/12/12 Disqus <>

2008/12/12 Disqus <>

Won't be making a second visit to such a high maintenance guy.

Cheers from love land on the iPhone.

This is precisely why I always carry separate voice phones (for phone calls & SMS) and a data device.

Voice = SE C902 (not as good as the K800i I used to have)
Data (& very occasionally VoIP) = E71 with a £5 prepay SIM from 3

Dean

2008/12/11 Disqus

Get a 3 £5 MBB deal, link it up using Bluetooth, and go wild.

Go on, make the switch.