P910i still a good choice?

[JayX]

I'm not one to blow silly money on a phone, i'd rather get one free, or for less than £40 ($70~) and i need to start a new contract within the next few days. The phones i've been looking at are...

Samsung D600.. fair bit of negative press from people saying its not as good as the 500
Nokia N70.. not a massive improvement over the 6680 but nice enough
S/E w800.. same phone as the 750 which i kinda like, few negi comments but nothing bad
S/E p910i.. smartphone and classy, but is it too old?

I'm upgrading from a Moto A1000 so i'm used to the interface pretty much, i like the stylus (as long as there's an on screen keyboard, the QWERTY looks crap, and i don't like handwriting software) but basically.. its an old phone, but it was in a different class to standard mobiles then. Is it still worth getting a new one now? When the P990 hits it'll be way way out of my price point so there's no point doing that... the N70 doesn't seem to be available on many good deals at the moment either, but the p910i i can get for free on a contract that costs around $60 or so for the month. I mainly text not talk, and I'd probably actually use some of the PDA functions, and use it as an MP3 player when walking to work.

Cheers!

[DarkElf]

then whats stoping u trovish?!

[difenbaker]

well... it is kinda "old technology". In fact, at that time when it came out - when other phones had 1mp cams, edge, push-to-talk, and so many other stuff - people were already commenting that it IS old tech.

but one thing that it has that's going for it is "stability". SE already had loads and loads of experience gained from the p800 and the p900 that came before, so when they released the p910 - it was already a "mature" phone, stable, and relatively bug-free. (at least in most cases).

so is it still a good buy? Depends highly on your needs - and what you really want from a phone. I, had sold my p910, coz I realized that it wasn't all that useful to me anymore, I found it boring. BUT, of course, my needs might be different from yours...

I suggest that you check out the phone's specs one-by-one... if it suits your needs and phone-usage, then get the phone. But if you find yourself "settling" for a feature, or otherwise want a more tech-updated phone - then the p910 aint for you.

cheers!