New phone.

[Neil]

I'll be getting a new phone from my 3 contract soon, any ideas of what I should get? They have HTCs which are the phones I'm interested in at the moment but I'm not really sure if they're any good, any suggestions of good phones? I currently have the Samsung U900 Soul.

[danzooo]

Wait until the new iPhone comes out and get that. If not, Nokia N97.

Avoid Blackberrys at all costs!

[xxMATTGxx]

I'll be getting a new phone from my 3 contract soon, any ideas of what I should get? They have HTCs which are the phones I'm interested in at the moment but I'm not really sure if they're any good, any suggestions of good phones? I currently have the Samsung U900 Soul.

What kind of HTC phones do they have on offer?

[Casanova]

I would cancel your three contract and get a mainstream provider. Three as a network lack coverage, have the most awful customer services whom lie and break the law constantly (weather it be date protection or trades description) and have the oldest stock in the uk when it comes to "new" phones.

Blackberrys are great, their operating systems are awsome and they know how to multi task

If you were to listen to the first poster you'd be waiting a long time for your upgrade. Three will never receive apple iphone stock. They now stock n97 mini's, but mini's are over six months old now. As i was saying they stock old stock.

I would just go to carphone or phones4u.
HTC are great phones. They made the first android phone and know their technology and OS. Only thing HTC lack is the name - the fact they've only become mainstream. Dont let that put you off though, they've been in the phone business as long as most others, just they made the phones instead of putting their name on it, they were the contractors.

Here's a nice little rumour to top of my post - three are ready to go bust !
I work in the mobile industry.

[jam666]

I would cancel your three contract and get a mainstream provider. Three as a network lack coverage, have the most awful customer services whom lie and break the law constantly (weather it be date protection or trades description) and have the oldest stock in the uk when it comes to "new" phones.

Blackberrys are great, their operating systems are awsome and they know how to multi task

If you were to listen to the first poster you'd be waiting a long time for your upgrade. Three will never receive apple iphone stock. They now stock n97 mini's, but mini's are over six months old now. As i was saying they stock old stock.

I would just go to carphone or phones4u.
HTC are great phones. They made the first android phone and know their technology and OS. Only thing HTC lack is the name - the fact they've only become mainstream. Dont let that put you off though, they've been in the phone business as long as most others, just they made the phones instead of putting their name on it, they were the contractors.

Here's a nice little rumour to top of my post - three are ready to go bust !
I work in the mobile industry.

This is your opinion and not fact, im currently on "3" and have had a great experience and the network coverage is great, infact the only place i havnt had a signal is under 1m thick steel supports and to be quite frank i cant expect to get coverage their anyway, but on the whole they are really quite good.

Just a quick question though, how are you in the mobile industry if your an assistant hairdresser?

My advice would be to not renew your contract and get a HTC Desire on T-Mobile for £164 and then £10PM with 100 mins, 100 texts (can add unlimited text bolt on thingy for free mind) and unlimited internet. This is the best deal going atm .

[Kieran]

I agree with Casanova with three. I was with them, thankfully managed to cancel my contract early due to them not keeping to the terms. And avoid Carphone Warehouse at all costs. I had nothing but problems with them. Had debt collectors ringing me constantly for a debt that was non-existant.

[Casanova]

Because i havent updated my info in over a year, I'll get onto it now though.
And it's not opinion. I know Three staff and I work in the same line of work so obviously there's stuff I'd find out consumer's wouldn't. Three have the lowest UK coverage in the uk. Technically tesco don't count as they piggy back on o2 and virgin are currently "improving".

Overall, in my opinion three are the worst provider around.

[marriott0.01]

I would cancel your three contract and get a mainstream provider. Three as a network lack coverage, have the most awful customer services whom lie and break the law constantly (weather it be date protection or trades description) and have the oldest stock in the uk when it comes to "new" phones.

Blackberrys are great, their operating systems are awsome and they know how to multi task

If you were to listen to the first poster you'd be waiting a long time for your upgrade. Three will never receive apple iphone stock. They now stock n97 mini's, but mini's are over six months old now. As i was saying they stock old stock.

I would just go to carphone or phones4u.
HTC are great phones. They made the first android phone and know their technology and OS. Only thing HTC lack is the name - the fact they've only become mainstream. Dont let that put you off though, they've been in the phone business as long as most others, just they made the phones instead of putting their name on it, they were the contractors.

Here's a nice little rumour to top of my post - three are ready to go bust !
I work in the mobile industry.

Okay, let's try posting this and typing it out again for the third time.

I mean no disrepect, but you have no idea what you are talking about. Three has one of the best network coverages in the UK, and also one of the fastest 3G Networks, so I don't see any problem with the Three Network. Also considering that I am on O2 and only get EDGE connection at my home, whilst a Three user is getting 3G coverage at my home, I really don't see why going mainstream can have any overall benefits? Three also offer some quite good deals, and when it comes to using their network they don't have the crappy restrictions that mainstream networks such as O2 have, which means that it is against their T&C's to access VOIP applications, such as Skype. Hence why O2 do not even stock the N97 or N97 Mini, as Nokia has plans to put Skype on all its handsets.

Also, 'older stock' I don't quite get what you mean there, when Three have some pretty decent phones, rather than getting new phones that don't do anything. Okay I know Three can't work out exclusivity deals with phone manufacturers to get things like the iPhone or the Palm Pre, but what Three can do is release decent phones. Not only do they release decent phones, but I would probably say Three has the best overall range of Smartphones out of all the networks, considering that the majority of Three's lineup consists of only smartphones.

In reference to you Blackberry comment, Blackberry's are good, but they are not ready to go into normal people's homes yet, considering that Blackberry's don't have basic functionality like WiFi, I don.t understand why people call them smartphones. Also in terms of multitasking, if Multitasking is that important to you, you wouldn't get a blackberry, you'd get a Maemo or Symbian device, considering they are FAR more capable of multitasking.

The N97 Mini may be 6 months old, but Three had it from release date, and not only that, they had the original N97 from Day One, and why on earth would they get rid of a phone that is evidently quite successful for some other phone that may not be as successful, instead what Three try to do, is test out all the phones see which ones they like, see which ones experts like and see which one the general public likes. Then after that Three would consider stocking the phone. And your comment about the N97 is rather funny considering it's been out for 6 months and within that whole 6 month period O2 haven't stocked it once, due to Nokia threatening to preinstall Skype. Same goes for Orange.

The next thing you went onto made you look most stupid to be honest, you say that HTC simply were 'contractors' which is a completely false statement. From day one HTC have been making phones. You may not have heard of them, but that is generally because of the UK networks fault, as they wanted to hit a specic audience, which for HTC originally was business users, as HTC created the first Windows Mobile Phone, and also the first phone with 3G, so they weren't 'contractors' and I think they would be offended by that statement.

Three are no where near going bust, they are gaining market share at a rapid rate and are rapidly growing. They are the first UK network to trial 4G so are already looking ahead.

If you are going to pick up any phone from Three, make it be the HTC Hero, as they have a Year's free Spotify Premium which is an amazing deal. If not wait a tiny bit as Three are due to get both the Legend and the desire.

[Casanova]

Okay, let's try posting this and typing it out again for the third time.

I mean no disrepect, but you have no idea what you are talking about. Three has one of the best network coverages in the UK, and also one of the fastest 3G Networks, so I don't see any problem with the Three Network. Also considering that I am on O2 and only get EDGE connection at my home, whilst a Three user is getting 3G coverage at my home, I really don't see why going mainstream can have any overall benefits? Three also offer some quite good deals, and when it comes to using their network they don't have the crappy restrictions that mainstream networks such as O2 have, which means that it is against their T&C's to access VOIP applications, such as Skype. Hence why O2 do not even stock the N97 or N97 Mini, as Nokia has plans to put Skype on all its handsets.

Also, 'older stock' I don't quite get what you mean there, when Three have some pretty decent phones, rather than getting new phones that don't do anything. Okay I know Three can't work out exclusivity deals with phone manufacturers to get things like the iPhone or the Palm Pre, but what Three can do is release decent phones. Not only do they release decent phones, but I would probably say Three has the best overall range of Smartphones out of all the networks, considering that the majority of Three's lineup consists of only smartphones.

In reference to you Blackberry comment, Blackberry's are good, but they are not ready to go into normal people's homes yet, considering that Blackberry's don't have basic functionality like WiFi, I don.t understand why people call them smartphones. Also in terms of multitasking, if Multitasking is that important to you, you wouldn't get a blackberry, you'd get a Maemo or Symbian device, considering they are FAR more capable of multitasking.

The N97 Mini may be 6 months old, but Three had it from release date, and not only that, they had the original N97 from Day One, and why on earth would they get rid of a phone that is evidently quite successful for some other phone that may not be as successful, instead what Three try to do, is test out all the phones see which ones they like, see which ones experts like and see which one the general public likes. Then after that Three would consider stocking the phone. And your comment about the N97 is rather funny considering it's been out for 6 months and within that whole 6 month period O2 haven't stocked it once, due to Nokia threatening to preinstall Skype. Same goes for Orange.

The next thing you went onto made you look most stupid to be honest, you say that HTC simply were 'contractors' which is a completely false statement. From day one HTC have been making phones. You may not have heard of them, but that is generally because of the UK networks fault, as they wanted to hit a specic audience, which for HTC originally was business users, as HTC created the first Windows Mobile Phone, and also the first phone with 3G, so they weren't 'contractors' and I think they would be offended by that statement.

Three are no where near going bust, they are gaining market share at a rapid rate and are rapidly growing. They are the first UK network to trial 4G so are already looking ahead.

If you are going to pick up any phone from Three, make it be the HTC Hero, as they have a Year's free Spotify Premium which is an amazing deal. If not wait a tiny bit as Three are due to get both the Legend and the desire.

Yeah, i have no clue do I? Fair enough, explain why I have no clue? Explain why hutcheson are considering cutting their losses with their network?
As for the signal comment, I work in scotland. I work in scotland and don't work elsewhere. I live in central scotland, every three customer I speak with speaks of their lack of coverage. I'm not sure how the signal is for english customers as believe it or not i don't deal with english or welsh customers!

As for o2, they lack signal because apparently they can't afford the expansion planned for the fact they lost too much money on their apple investment. When they lost the exclusivity other customers went to voda or orange. Reason being Vodafone have the best 2g signal and Orange have the best 3G signal.

Three do not have the best 3g signal. Their internet and 3g services are advanced, for the fact they ARE a 3G network. But i can argue this for the fact if you go buy three dongle your postcode is searched to see you will receive a signal, when roaming for a three signal in scotland it's notoriously difficult. I can say this having a brother whom used three for over three months (believe it or not he wanted a signal with any phone he had ).

Three stock handsets that either have been out on the general market for a long while, or a selected few handsets they do get the rights for straight away. At the moment they have the vivaz and the n97 mini which they're pitching as their flagship handsets. I don't deny they offer good deals, but their "smartphone" stock isn't the best - i believe it's orange. IF not orange definately will be. They've taken the "Best 3G network" advertisement, getting a good response and they're planning on running with it.

Blackberry's are mainstream. They were the first smartphone on the market? The vast majority of what i sell week to week is iphone and blackberry. I have a blackberry bold. I have wifi (where did you hear "no wifi" rubbish?), HSDPA, 3G capabilities, applications, multi tasking capabilities, the best functional calander or planner on the market amongst other things. I understand blackberry's were created for the business minded, but not now-a-days. As for symbian their products are fabulous, but only recently. If you use one compared to say, a HTC HD2 you notice that windows is better than symbian.

As far as I'm aware three as always and have been always and consistently at the bottom of the pecking order when it comes to what stock they're receiving. I can't say that for sure, but for instance they stock many phones which are two years old? They receive stock which is old IN MY OPINION and the fact is it's far more reduced and cheaper. They don't sit there and pick what they want, they stock what they can. For instance, no other mainstream phone shop stock three handsets - why? - because three can't afford to have more stock. they can't afford to stock their dealers!

I said contractors as in, they MAKE the phones for other companies? for instance they made the google one. Did you see HTC on that handset anywhere? NO. You're taking what i said and twisting it. They've always made phones or componants just didn't make phones for themselves until recently.

I understand you obviously enjoy three as a network and you enjoy using them... oh you don't. All i've said is a collective of my opinions, other's opinions and hard fact i know of. Please don't attack other users when you dislike their statements .

[OmgItzDanxD]

I have an iPhone, I love it.

Edited by MattGarner (Assistant General Manager): Please do not post pointlessly.