Dumping iphone - Android recommendations?

[Jog On]

Can anyone recommend a good android handset with 3G and a good MP3/movie player?

 

[Spacecadet]

The HTC Desire HD or whatever its going to be called when it's released
It should be out in a couple of months

http://androidcommunity.com/htc-desire-hd-aka-htc-ace-specs-tipped-for-october-launch-20100715/

 

[Spacecadet]

Is there any reason why you're switching?
My wife made the same switch last month, mainly because she couldn't really be bothered with the whole iphone/itunes thing.

 

[Jog On]

Is there any reason why you're switching?
My wife made the same switch last month, mainly because she couldn't really be bothered with the whole iphone/itunes thing.

Costs mainly, I don't want to have to pay stupid money for a handset upgrade just to go onto a 24 month contract after 2 18 month contracts with the same network (O2).

 

[Spacecadet]

Costs mainly, I don't want to have to pay stupid money for a handset upgrade just to go onto a 24 month contract after 2 18 month contracts with the same network (O2).

You could just keep your existing handset and drop the tariff down to ~£15

 

[Jog On]

You could just keep your existing handset and drop the tariff down to ~£15

My handset is on the way out, it's almost 2 years old now and only a 3G.

Looks like I'm going for a Samsung galaxy S

 

[Spacecadet]

in which case I stand by my original recommendation... wait for the HTC desire HD/Ace

 

[Fred Bloggs]

My handset is on the way out, it's almost 2 years old now and only a 3G.

Looks like I'm going for a Samsung galaxy S

I have the 16Gb one, it is a great (if a little large) phone but I have recently been stung for a load of data I didn't know I was using when I had the GPS on for about two hours. I never realised that using GPS satellite navigation on the Galaxy S would be using massive chunks of 3G/GPRS data. The one trip cost me ~£12. Be warned!

 

[Jog On]

I have the 16Gb one, it is a great (if a little large) phone but I have recently been stung for a load of data I didn't know I was using when I had the GPS on for about two hours. I never realised that using GPS satellite navigation on the Galaxy S would be using massive chunks of 3G/GPRS data. The one trip cost me ~£12. Be warned!

How much data did it use/hour? The upgrade deal I'm being offered has a data limit of 750 MB/month but if I jump ship to Orange I get unlimited data.

I plan on using the sat nav quite a bit.....

 

[Fred Bloggs]

How much data did it use/hour? The upgrade deal I'm being offered has a data limit of 750 MB/month but if I jump ship to Orange I get unlimited data.

I plan on using the sat nav quite a bit.....

My data limit is 512Mb/month and the two hour trip cost me ~740 Mb of data. That was ~£12. I have the phone set to use the GPS location rather than the cellular masts and it still used this much data. I was very, very surprised. With O2 I can get "unlimited" data bolt on for £5 a month, but at the moment I'm smarting a bit from the surprise so I'm not using the GPS.