new mobile phone +28 rep

[efq]

I mean I have a blackberry curve 9300 and I love it. Haven't had one problem ever. I'm on O2.
It's fast, the new OS 6 software is slick and stylish, simple and clear. BBM is amazing and the internet and so on is so easy to use but if you don't like BlackBerrys then that's your choice.

[Sunny.]

Blackberrys are good dont get me wrong. I have the Curve 8900. But the problem is the the cheaper ones like 8900, Curve 8520 are not 3G and therefore the internet isnt the best and not very fast.

If it was up to me with a budget of 150 id deffo go with the HTC Wildfire
http://www.phones4u.co.uk/shop/shop_...5E1%2504%25CFq

Prices range between 130-150 depending on the network but really it depends on ur specific needs. The phone however is great for social networking and general browsing. I know of a few people who have the phone and love it and i had a quick play around on it. Very responsive and internet is quite fast

[Conservative,]

My friends highly recommend Blackberry Curve (get for free with £10.21/month contract on virgin media but I know you've still currently got a contract)

or get an android

[Zuth]

I recently got a HTC Smart from Tesco and it costs around £100, its o2 pay as you go and when you buy it you get 10 free top up which gives you unlimited internet and 300 free texts, its not a smart phone like the other HTC's it use's something called brew (don't ask me what it is cause i haven't a clue). Its a touch screen and has relatively fast internet. I think its a great price and is practical

I wouldnt go for the above, my mum has just had to buy a new phone because of it, it crashes all the time, the touch screen is unresponsive and it's just plainly rubbish for it's money. I was going to suggest an iPhone but with your price range, it won't be possible. I would however suggest the new Sony xperia, my mums just got it, it is really good for the money, comes with wifi and it's an android phone so you can download apps ect. It's only £100

[Casanova]

Or go to a Phones 4u and they'll pay off your remaining bills, depending on what you're looking for!?

I'd recommend a S.E x10 mini tbh, sounds the best idea. Durable, nice size, and the best touchscreen a phone that size has been and probably will see for a year or two?
The curve 8520 is a poor man's blackberry, it's terrible. There's a reason why the Bold's and Torch don't have problems... people are paying good money for them!

[beth]

do not get a blackberry, bane of my ******* life.

[Casanova]

top tip for any smartphone, but it network branded and NOT unlocked because they're liable to fix it. especially orange, they're fantastic. To this date i've had 11 of their phones... including three different types of handsets.

[Thomas]

i'd go for the black berry i hear good things about them

[beth]

i'd go for the black berry i hear good things about them

just to expand on an earlier point for matts budget (£150 down) he's just gonna able to get the blackberry i have the 8520 and it is the worst phone ever. the only blackberry that has any substance is the torch and you pay for that substance. the curve is a mess. everybody i know at uni and at college who had one wanted to throw their's out of a window. they're glitchy, they crash, everything is terrible quality. the touchpad gets filthy amazingly quickly as does the curve itself, it always looks a mess. and bbm isn't THAT great a feature, there's only two people i regularly bbm on there, and to be fair i text one of them more than i bbm them! if youve got unlimited texts, which is what i have, then bbm is pretty useless.

i've had THREE of the same blackberry in and out of replacements. it's a joke. and anyone who tells you their blackberry is "good" is indenial.