n96 or iphone

[gregwilliams333]

Want to start a new contract but I am not sure what phone to get as they both have good qualities. touch screen on the I phone and 32g worth of memory in the n96
what's peoples opinion

thanks Greg

 

[coatesy]

iphone imo ive had a nokia n95 constantly crashed.

 

[Bucko]

I've only ever had Nokia phones since my first brick 9 years ago and a swore i'd always stick to them....i got the iPhone 3 months ago and haven't regretted it for a second.

The only downside for me is the lack of a good camera but i've got a good digital camera anyway.

 

[gregwilliams333]

camera dont bother me that much neva use it really iphone it is the gonna get the 16gb one to

 

[Bucko]

Get the 16gb if you can, i've got the 8gb but it's easily taken 1200 songs, loads of photos and about 20 applications from the Apple Appstore with a couple gb still left. It's great, it's basically an iPod Touch with a phone built in.

 

[Ian_182]

Are these still only on 02

 

[Bucko]

As far as i know, unless you 'Jailbreak' it...whatever that means.

 

[KDF]

Want to start a new contract but I am not sure what phone to get as they both have good qualities. touch screen on the I phone and 32g worth of memory in the n96
what's peoples opinion

thanks Greg

Having used both I would say my money would be on the Iphone. The N96 doesnt really offer anything over the N95 (other than extra storage), and is a bit buggy just now. My N95 is rock solid and I have never had it crash in the last 9+ months.

The Iphone is great, but doesnt have some of the features the N95 does.. and can be frustrating trying to do a simple thing like change a message/email alert tone !

 

[KDF]

As far as i know, unless you 'Jailbreak' it...whatever that means.

Don't need to jailbreak it, just buy a turbosim.

 

[Andy_con]

am i correct in saying you cant send photos over mms with the iphone?

 

[Revels]

You can, but not straight from the box.

iPhone is best phone available.

 

[Andy_con]

lol so the iphone cant send straight mms........... great...............

 

[gregwilliams333]

so cant you text any one then,

 

[gregwilliams333]

you can do it look here http://forums.ilounge.com/showthread.php?t=200180

 

[Andy_con]

haha so you have to send it via e-mail and you cant receive mms either....

heres my take on the two phones.

i have the n96, yes very similar tothe n95 but the features have been improved and its a awesome web phone. has better features than the iphone but at the moment it is buggy. but these bugs will be fixed with software updates in the future.

my best mate has the iphone, yes it looks very pretty and it operates very smooth. its lacking features over the n96 but the software has no bugs.

typing a tx can be tricky if you have big fingers like me, but in general i like the touch screen

 

[Bucko]

I've never really sent MMS since the novelty wore off 2 years ago so that part doesn't bother me. I also never forward texts so that also isn't a feature i miss. It's just so nice to have a phone that doesn't turn itself off or crash randomly.

 

[meady100]

If you can possibly get a go on each, you will realise that this is not even a question!!

 

[Fletcher]

iphone

 

[beatjunkie]

had n95 for over 18 months, got an iphone now, never looked back, its the bomb!

played with n96 bored me, just a bigger n95!

 

[Mells]

n96 is huge and imo is really poorly put together, but then £45 a month for an ipod is crazy.

 

[Daz]

iPhone.

 

[*JimmyJ*]

IPHONE.

 

[Bucko]

n96 is huge and imo is really poorly put together, but then £45 a month for an ipod is crazy.

Yeah that would be crazy if it was JUST and ipod but it's a little more than that mate.

I've honestly never even touched an N96 but i'm sure it's exactly the same as any other nokia