New Mobile Phone
The time has come for me to ditch my battered old Nokia and start afresh with a new mobile. I’ve had a look in various shops and online and the best deal I’ve seen so far was at Phones4U for the Motorola V975 on the 3 network.
And I’m so close to getting it but after reading a review I’ve decided not to get it, yet. The UI is noted as being “typically Motorola” which apparently is a bad thing.
With it being on the ‘3’ network, which for me is an untried network, and it having a so-so camera and bad UI I’m against having this. But if I use no more than 500 minutes a month (and 100 texts) this phone will cost me £324 for 18 months, thats £18 a month, which is less than my pay-as-you-go. And it has an mp3 player. So I’m still torn. Any ideas? I’ll keep on looking for alternatives.
The Three network coverage in Brighton is supposed to be pretty poor… I’d definately ask around a bit more before committing.
I’ll see if I can dig up a thread on a Brighton newsgroup that discussed this issue… I’ll get back to you.
Cheers! Appreciate the help.
Here’s the thread:
> Hi all,
>
> Anyone here use the 3 phone network in Brighton? If so, whats the
> coverage and service like?
Noooooooooooooooooooooo! Don’t do it. The short answer is ‘piss poor’.
I signed up with 3 a couple of months ago, wooed by their cheap tariffs and feature-rich phones, but then cancelled within the evaluation period because of (longer answer):
* getting cut off mid-call
* drifting in and out of reception as I walked along one street
* not getting any coverage at home (BN3 5HZ) apart from when I stood in the corner of the hallway
* getting several calls where I could hear the callee but they couln’t hear me or vice versa
* even when I did get through, there was a noticable degradation in quality compared to other networks – voices sounded more twangy, like a robot stuck in a tin can at the bottom of a pond
So I’d suggest avoiding them like the plague.