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Posted by Mr Miyagi
Hi people
I have the Nokia N73 this is a insurance replacement handset, i have had it over a month now but the buttons are going sqeaky on it. The volume button and some of the keypad buttons, my old N73 never had the sqeaky problem at all, but even though i love this phone so much, i am wondering should i just get a replacement model and sell this phone?? I can't go back to the insurance company and get it replaced since they wont take it and exchange it just cuz its sqeaky. And i dont think the manufacture warrenty will cover it, since they will say its nothing to do with a manufacture fault.

So what should i do? sell it and get another model of another type of phone, i wouldnt want to sell it and buy another N73 just incase the same problem occurs.

On my current phone yes i do like the camera, but dont take many photo's often if i do, i just send them to mates or put them on my computer, i dont print off my photos, so i think 2 or 3 mega pixel is just fine, i do listen to music on my n73. i would not mind having a phone with wifi, i think it would be an added treat, but then again i would only use it once in a bluemoon, i do like to have 3g even though i dont use it, i think its handy to have, the size of the phone should either be n73 size or a bit smaller, i have had slides in the past, but the creaky of slides of some nokia phones put me off it.

So apart from that i don't know what else to right about my requirments, can anyone else help of advice.

thanks in advance

miyagi


Posted by A L 3 X
if your insurance covers loss or theft say you lost it in a taxi and theyl give you a replacement and block the old, either that or brick it by stopping halfway through a flash...id use the first method then u got rid of the squeaky keys

Posted by QVGA
N76, 'nuff said

Posted by fatreg

On 2007-06-26 21:28:43, A L 3 X wrote:
if your insurance covers loss or theft say you lost it in a taxi and theyl give you a replacement and block the old



DO NOT DO THIS!

reporting a faulty phone was lost/stolen is a criminal offence and can carry 5 years in jail.

Posted by A L 3 X
know people who've done it lots of times, just 'lose' it on purpose then, how would they find out tbh

Posted by Mr Miyagi
thanks alex but i only got this phone a month ago, and will have to pay £30 again excess fee for another phone, and it will be the n73, or n80 or lg shine, thats what they offered me before, and the n76 lol not my type qvga, if i was to get a phone by selling this phone i wouldn't want to spend too much on it, just the profit i get from my n73, plus maybe a small bit extra towards another phone. i wont have a chance to upgrade till november, to another phone for free with o2 so dont know if i should wait, or wot other options i should go for???

don't worry fatreg i wasn't going to do that, :S

[ This Message was edited by: Mr Miyagi on 2007-06-26 20:33 ]

Posted by QVGA

On 2007-06-26 21:30:35, fatreg wrote:

On 2007-06-26 21:28:43, A L 3 X wrote:
if your insurance covers loss or theft say you lost it in a taxi and theyl give you a replacement and block the old



DO NOT DO THIS!

reporting a faulty phone was lost/stolen is a criminal offence and can carry 5 years in jail.


just like 250,000 $ fine for piracy which never happens?
but yeah, i wouldnt take the risk

Posted by fatreg

On 2007-06-26 21:31:36, A L 3 X wrote:
know people who've done it lots of times, just 'lose' it on purpose then, how would they find out tbh



i know people that have done it to, but a) it's insurance fraud and b) it's a criminal offense..

Mr Miyagi works/worked for O2, I hope he knows the ins and outs of reporting stolen/lost phones.

It really really isn't advisable.




Posted by A L 3 X
umm whats wrong with LG shine, anyway....umm how about k810i or w880i you can get em cheap on here now, i would recommend n95 but bit pricey

Posted by QVGA
N80 seems like the logical choice

Posted by Mr Miyagi
fatreg ur right i know it all, lol so i don't want to go down that route. alex the lg shine has "problems" the ammount of returns at o2 we get with that phone its unreal and the N95 yeah too pricey plus its buggy software at the moment, don't quite fancy it. da phone would have to be a symbian based phone series 60 3rd edition or better, i like the active standby a bit too much. i am thinkin e65, but not sure :S

QVGA the N80 i think that was withdrawn by the O2 network for being too buggy with too many software problems, not sure if thats the case right now though for that handset is it? i was thinkin of that handset too before but don't know if its still got major issues or if its all been fixed by latest firmwear, can anyone else who have this phone advise me plz?


[ This Message was edited by: Mr Miyagi on 2007-06-26 20:39 ]

Posted by QVGA
From what i've heard numerous times, all firmware problems were solved with the latest update.

Posted by Mr Miyagi
I am thinkin of Nokia E65 people, not the N80 now, what do people think of it, anyone had it?

the E65??



Posted by QVGA
Better than N80. Its an excellent phone

Posted by Mr Miyagi
thanks QVGA i am going to read up some reviews on it though, see what is said about it, but i have heard its got a very good battery life, i think boba has this phone too :S

Posted by Mr Miyagi
what is the slider like on this phone? is it creaky? and is the firmwear stable??



Posted by QVGA
very good slider, extremely reliable firmware.

Posted by $herry
Hold on people...how come the e65 is better? id recommend the n80..that phone rocks...it was the 1st phone that i used for an entire year..it was so good.i get rid of others after 4-5months...go for the n80..the camera rocks too!! defo worth a buy!!

Posted by QVGA
E series have a better firmware than N series. The active standby is better, the battery life is better(twice as better), its smaller and the firmware is stable.

Posted by Alexandra
K800/K810.......the perfect phone! Never given me a problem.


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