New phone.

[Jordy]

This shows you have no clue what your talking about considering Whampoa Hutchinson is Three? They are a company who around the world runs under the Three Network. They aren't just based in the UK, Three is a global company owned by Whampoa Hutchinson, so cutting ties? Erm, I'm not quite sure how companies can cut ties with themselves so please don't give me a load of bull. Also you may live in Scotland, that means you have no experience of Three in the rest of the country, just because you've heard from a few three customers up there in Scotland doesn't mean it gives you the right to go **** off Three.



O2 haven't lost money from their Apple agreement, on the contrary O2 gained a lot of money, and the reason they lost it wasn't because they had poor network coverage, the reason they lost it was because Apple were getting offers that they couldn't refuse from other networks such as Orange, who already sold the iPhone in France, and Vodafone who also already sold the iPhone elsewhere. It wouldn't be down to the poor network coverage considering AT&T have one of the worst networks in the US, yet it still has the iPhone Exclusivity. It's also not the biggest subscribed network in the US. Also Orange does not have the best 3G Signal, I actually wanted to check my facts on this and it turns out Orange claims that they have 93% coverage of 3G Signal in the UK, which makes them claim they are the largest. However independent studies show that Three have 95% UK coverage, and also are planning to improve that this year up to 98%. This is because not only do they use their own individual masts, which are powerful and are plentiful, but in 2008 they agreed to share masts with T-Mobile to take their 3G Coverage as well.



Your area you live in does not classify the whole of the UK, I have seen many areas in the UK, where people can't do nothing but praise Three for their coverage.




Three stock some of the best smartphones, they obviously won't beat Orange/O2/T-Mobile/Vodafone as they are a much smaller company, however the brands they do have and the phones they do have are pretty good. Also the phone named the INQ is one of the most social phones and won phone of the year last year, and lo and behold that was actually produced by Three. So you can't say they don't get some good phones. Orange I would never say hold the best smartphones, I would say O2 do as they have the latest smartphones first, such as HTC HD2, Palm Pre and they even had the iPhone.




Blackberry were not the first smartphones to market, that was actually a Palm PDA. Remember the first blackberry was only a Pager, whereas the first Palm was an actual smartphone. Blackberry's still aren't mainstream, they are for business people, and RIM are desperately trying to make them user friendly, and yes they are becoming mainstream but they're not quite there yet. I am also guessing you have the latest iteration of the Blackberry Bold as most Blackberry's still do not have WiFi, but RIM are desperately trying to make phones with WiFi as the original Blackberry Storm had no WiFi. Also, Symbian is way better than any Windows Mobile Device out right now, although the HTC HD2 is the best Windows Mobile Phone I have seen in a long time.



Erm, Three does choose what phones it wants to have. Three has the choice to stock any phone they want, bar the exclusivity deals of course. They can more than afford it, they are just targeting a different market to the other companies. Some of its stock is old, but then you can say that about most American carriers who are stocking some phones that you would not believe still exist.



The Google G1, was only called that because T-Mobile asked for the branding rights. It was actually meant to be called the HTC Dream, as it is called in other countries abroad. The Google Nexus One, also has a counterpart called HTC Legend, which is pretty much the same but without the Google Experience, just because HTC sell the naming rights, doesn't mean it is any less of their phone. Also, the Google Nexus One does have a mention of the HTC rights if you open the actual phone, or read the user manual. They've always made phones for themselves and sold them with HTC branding for years and years, so you are wrong when you say they didn't make them for themselves until recently.



I don't use the Three Network, no, I use O2. I use O2 for a reason, such as people have the choice to use whatever networks they want. Also you have tried backing up your opinion with false facts, which I have simply corrected. So I haven't attacked your opinion, I have attacked your false facts. Thank you.

Thank you for the pieces of history and unnecessarily large essay writing. The fact you think Symbian is better than any Windows Mobile device makes me laugh, the HD2 is far better than any Symbian phone, you clearly have something against Windows Mobile.

I have two friends who live in large towns in England and I hear nothing but trouble from them about Three's coverage, they rarely get over 1mbps and their customer services sound like some of the worst out there. While this may not be a reflection of the whole company and all their coverage, I have only heard bad stories and I wouldn't go near Three with a barge pole tyvm.

[marriott0.01]

True but doesn't that other US carrier use a different sim or something? Meaning Apple would have to do another version.

They use a different Network Band, not a different SIM. So like it's a different frequency like x

[Cheryl]

if they stock either the HTC HD or HD2 they are both great

[AgnesIO]

Lol at casanova. He ays he 'works in the mobile industry' - but considering he was a assistant hairdresser before..

I take it 'working in the mobile industry', is actually standing at a desk in carphone warehouse serving people??

[Describe]

I would recommend the Sony Ericsson Satio (Idou) to anybody!

[marriott0.01]

I would recommend the Sony Ericsson Satio (Idou) to anybody!

I would never recommend this phone. The amount of problems that it had at launch was just too many and there is nothing really special about it. The 12.1 Megapixel may sound flash, but people are forgetting it's not always about the amount of megapixels but it's rather the lens quality, and the quality of the pictures on the Satio aren't as amazing as people make out. Also this phone is the buggiest phone I've seen in a long time, and it came as no surprise when Phones4U and Carphone Warehouse stopped selling it earlier. However, they've resumed selling it now because of a newer version. Still, Sony Ericsson Satio should be avoidable.

I've heard Three should be getting the Sony Ericsson X10 which is a really good phone. There's no multitouch which is a shame, but still it's a really good phone. Although it's not ready for release because once again Sony Ericsson have to iron out bugs, when it is, it should be pretty good.

[The Professor]

You sure you meant the E63? That was released back in 2008. If you were then fair enough but surely he could get a new version?

Really? Damnn I just went on the 3 site and saw a nokia qwerty phone called the E63 advertised and assumed it was a new model It might still be a pretty competant phone though (A)

[Neil]

Wow an arguement more than help but yea, admittedly 3 does have a terrible signal where I live, it's almost impossible in my house sometimes, problem is I have to because they're deals are pretty good and they are cheap, seems the HTC phones no longer on their contracts anymore though.

Edit - Quite like the look of the Sony Ericsson Satio, shame about the phone cost.. XD