(smart)Phones
Since recently I’ve moved to a new country to attend university here. Alongside with moving and a lot of changes one has to come to think of the more obvious changes and things you need. For example a new phone. While I still travel frequently from Belgium to Holland (my new place of residence) I decided not to cancel my Belgian subscription.
I also decided to keep my HTC Touch Diamond II
A phone I’ve grown used to. However it’s isn’t the most modern phone around and It has a few huge downsides. First of all Windows Mobile 6.5 , Windows mobile in my opinion seems to be a dying platform and as well as that if Windows Mobile 7 comes out you cannot upgrade it you would have to buy a new phone. Also seeing that windows mobile doesn’t seem to be the most popular platform around , the app store doesn’t seem to offer a wide variety of applications.
Therefor I decided to purchase a new phone however the options are wide open – I could go for a BlackBerry , the HTC Desire Z or HD or an Iphone 4. These would all be bundled with a dutch subscription and depending on the phone the price of the subscription changes. Main problem with the Iphone for me is that the price seems to be a bit blown out of proportion. The cheapest subscription around for the Iphone is 44.5 euro per month – presuming you take the 16 gig version – and is a 2 year subscription. For a Blackberry it would be around 25-30 euro and the same would be the case of the HTC Desire HD or Z. Seeing that the price of buying it without the subscription would be about the same for all of the phones (depending on which Iphone you want) I don’t see why the Iphone should be so much more expensive.
(from top to bottom HTC Desire HD , HTC Desire Z and Blackberry Bold 9700)
Both HTC’s are running 2.2 – also known as Froyo. They won’t be available from local carriers here till 22 th of october so I have time to watch some reviews etc.
Anyone here have experience from using a blackberry as well as android in general who could tell me which they prefered and why?
