** John Cooper <l...@discoverlinux.co.uk> [2011-10-03 18:05]: > On 03/10/11 17:24, Paul Tansom wrote: > >A bit of a vague subject, but I'm looking at the possibility of finally > >getting > >a smartphone and at the moment the HTC Wildfire S and the Samsung Galaxy Ace > > There is very little between them so I'd go for 2.3 (gingerbread) on > the HTC. > Ace is supposed to be upgradeable but check this. I've got a Samsung > Galaxy S2 which is excellent but I would be just as happy with > the HTC equivalent. ** end quote [John Cooper]
Thanks for the info everybody. >From the details I got from the Phones4U store (euch, their adverts make me cringe!) the Galaxy now seems to ship with 2.3 pre-loaded. The Desire S looks good, but I doubt I'll stretch to that right now, my current usage doesn't justify a contract, so upgrading on Orange and then likely switching to GiffGaff is on the cards - so £150 for the phone and £60 per year in topups should do it (more than I currently topup, but to get the package benefits and allowing for increased usage it seems fair). It is still comfortably below the cheapest contract and would supply more minutes, etc. I may well wait for a bit to see if the new iPhone has an impact on pricing, but somehow I doubt it - well, little impact except on older iPhone models and I don't want one of those! -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 ====================================================================== Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Crawford House, Hambledon Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6NU -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------