Posted by nathangeen
Just bought a Sharp GX30, what a phone!!!!
I don't think that I could ever go back to Sony Ericsson again!
No laggy software, a decent camera, loads of available memory, wow!
Companies such as Nokia, SE etc are in trouble now, how can they compete with a phone like this???
Posted by BobaFett
Hm... And what about support?
Posted by stuartdb87
Just cos sharp gx30 has the 1mp camera! Just wait. Se will come back again
Posted by mmsman
well no actually sharp has:
bluetooth, sd, 240*320 screen 262k, etc etc etc
it's a very good phone but you can't really buy it if you are not with vodafone right? i mean that's the only problem with that phone....
Posted by BobaFett
I dont buy a fone cos of memory and quality of camera. Theese things arent the main and most important features in my eyes.
Posted by kapitan jackal
SHARP? nice brand for a washing machine
Posted by axxxr
The GX30 is a good feature packed phone I agree But spoils it for me is the Voda Branding!..I will eagerly await for the K700!!..Roll on June.
Posted by bart
only the uk has got sharp phones, sharp is still very unknow to most people, they don't have a full support like SE or nokia have. and do you really think that sharp is better then the se phones? come on what future does sharp have with just a few models? and what about there OS nothing beats an SE phone, and when you see the new menu thats on the Z1010 and K700 you'll see that the great SE menu system has even improved more, its the best availeble and it will remain so for the next years.
so if you want to buy sharp, good for you, but don't think you're better
Posted by JohnM
My sharp dv camcorder, video, and tv are good. Oh forgot my sharp microwave too! Phones wise, only seen a gx1 my mate had it was total sh!t.
Posted by waja800
The only Sharp phone we have in Malaysia is the GX-27, modified version of the GX-20, customized for maxis, our local telco. N apart from pic quality, I must say that it is no where near SE.
Posted by Stan
mmmmmmmm Sharp they make a mean Microwave
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Posted by wapt
Sharp's new UMTS phones will run on Ericsson Mobile Platform.
Posted by nathangeen
In what part of my post did I say I was better??? Strange man?
The K700 is a couple of months away, the Sharp is here now, has been out for a month already! The K700's screen is only half as good, it doesn't have memory expansion, has a lesser camera, can only play a couple of mp3'd due to it having 32 mb of mem but only about 14mb free to the user, the list goes on. It is a nice phone, but the GX30 is still better.
I agree that the S700 could rival the GX30, similar screen 1.3 mp camera, but this phone is 6 months away. The GX30 will be 7 / 8 months old by then.
Sharp are ahead of the game, why? Because they have a massive pedigree in the far east, wolrdwide for that matter now! Asia is a place that have 2mp camera phones already made by Sharp amongst others, they would laugh at our technology if they came to europe.
Sharp is the only company bringing us remotely in line with them and they deserve to be respected for that.
In reply to an earlier question, the GX32 is out now, a non branded alternative to the GX30, so you can put any sim into it!
*attached is a pic from my gx30*
Posted by axxxr
That pic i must say is very quality!..Did'nt expect it to that good!!
Posted by nathangeen
Come on stan, you live in South Wales, suprised you have seen a Sharp microwave!!!
Posted by nathangeen
The phone is good mate, for the casual user its the best out there, does everything well.
Only thing that it doesn't have menu wise that SE has is music dj. But the composer on it is apparently v.powerfull, just more difficult to use.
Posted by DragonEye
sharp is ahead of the game in terms of basic functions paked with features.
the gx30/32 is loaded with everything the average person would want.. and it's quad band.
better than any current phone out there in gsm i'd have to say yes. (not including pda phones etc etc)
the menu is decent similar to the SE interface. but very expensive and the price doesn't seem to drop like other phones.
i can't wait to ge one...
Posted by nathangeen
In the Uk the GX30 sim free is down to £319.99. On a Vodafone contract direct the price has just dropped to £30 on a 400 minute talkplan, but you can also get it from many websites for free, I did
I think that they have done this to bring its price more in line with the other manufacturers handsets, more of a price for the mass market
Posted by Marcus_129
How about the battery time of GX30?
Posted by slattery69
it really is a nice looking phone and easily one of the best mid range phones out there and i do agree se has nothing to compete with it at present
a few people have mentioned what i would call the down side and that been i dont want to be on vodaphone and i dont buy sim free as i find phones cheaper on contracts
also 1 phone doesnt make a good company but its a big step in the right direction
i have played with a gx20 and that was a great phone and easy to use and i use a t610 and 6310 and found no problems with menus etc
someone mentioned about service all i would say on that as i dont know what sharp are like is
yes se after service in terms of firmware upgrades is very good but if the product is right out of the box you shouldnt need them
lets be honest the speed of sms and menus should be right from the start you should nt need to go to a service centre to get an upgrade for the basics
Posted by 701
Not available world-wide, no service-support, very expensive, re-sale value is nuthin' as no1 knows this phone, very, very expensive.I am talking about drawbacks here
It's a good phone but it's not a good deal.I'd rather wait for the S700, which i do in fact.
And u say sharp is better in the TITLE! And it's not true, Sharp is a midget comparing to
Posted by Stan
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We still have gas street lamps!!!!
Posted by Marcus John
I sold my T610 to a Maldivian room boy, for a £150. As soon as I got back off holiday, they release the GX30, which I snapped up on an upgrade for £115. The truth is the only reason to have a GX30 is the camera, it surpasses anything on the mobile market in England at the moment. It really did take me back...........BUT the phone has major flaws that anyone who has owned and used a T610 or T68 will whinge about....and I am whinging alot. Text speed is good but it can't keep up with my speed, for example when I type 'just' it comes out as 'juv', now this may not seem such a pain but once it's happened 50 times, you soon start wanting to throw the camera elsewhere. Also why have bluetooth when the only reason it's there is to connect to a headset, this phone WILL NOT connect to a PC, therefore having to buy a data cable.....which isn't out yet. Once you've owned a phone as versatile as a T610 eg. themes, shortcuts, a decent calender, you find it very difficult, in my opinion downgrading. I am seriously considering getting the K700 just to relive my theme making days!! The only thing stopping me is that damn camera....it is awesome.
Posted by 701
@Marcus: now that's a brief but good point
Posted by nathangeen
Couldnl't agree more, what's the point in releasing the phone if its not 100 %.
I have had the GX10, GX20 and now the 30 (obviously) never had one crash, slow down etc. Perfect right from the word go.
Sharp mobile UK have great support through Vodafone and a very helpful customer service centre themselves too, called them reference accessories, they called me back, gave me all the info I needed etc.
Agreed, Sharp are still establishing thereselves in europe, but in the far east (biggest mobile market) they are heavy hitters.
Just search the web for some of the phones they have over there, v.impressive. (I will try and find some links too).
Also battery life on the GX30 is better that the GX20, will last at least a couple of days between charges with average usage.
Posted by nathangeen
LOL
We still have gas street lamps!!!!
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Good stuff, nice place though mate, just a bit behind, Im a city boy in Bristol unfortunately
Posted by nathangeen
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Bet if you put a GX30 on ebay you would have no problem selling it for top dollar mate!!!
And Sharp are not midgets compared to Sony Ericsson, but that wasn't the point in the first place. The GX30 is better than anything SE has out at the momemnt, nothing will rival the handset for at least 6 months from SE.
By then Sharp will no doubt be close to releasing yet another handset, again well ahead of its time.
Posted by batesie
T610, voted phone of the year in several countrys. sharp should stick to what there good at.... making fu**in vcr's
Posted by BobaFett
Its nice to see how different companies try to enter into the mobile biz, but let fones make by the real master...
Posted by nathangeen
The Nokia 8310 was voted best phone across europe too a few years ago, does that make it comparable to the T610 then?
Posted by JohnM
Well you can't compare these 2 phones, unless they were available within 6 months of each other or something like that, not over 2 years!
Posted by Marcus John
You gotta admit, when you first got hold of that T610, the camera totally let you down, it was ok on screen but transferred over to PC it was pants. And even now considering the K700, I still wish they would have stuck a better camera in there, not the olde world VGA crap. SE should have addressed this and led the market with a 1.3 mega pixel and higher resolution screen from the start. I would sell the GX30 now if it was the case.
Posted by Ruvjet
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Very ignorant statement, I expected better from you Bart.
Sharp invented the cameraphone in November 2000 with the J-SH04 (google it), delivered the worlds first megapixel cameraphone in May 2003, and the worlds first 2 megapixel cameraphone with the simultaneous release of both the V601SH and SH505is last November.
They are the 3rd biggest phone manufacturer in Japan.
Outside of Japan, they have been making phones for all Vodafone territories since October 2001. That includes all of Europe, Australasia and parts of Africa. Not just "the UK".
Last week they released the SH900i for DoCoMo, without doubt the best phone the world has ever seen.
Click here a little education about recent Sharp phones.
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Posted by nathangeen
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But the T610 is dated next to a GX30, so its not even a decent comparison, that was my point.
I like SE, have had a T610, the Camera agreed was a real let down. Software bugs, only 2mb memory etc.
My point in the initial post isn't are Sharp a bigger company etc, only that there phones currently are better than SE. All phones have their faults, GX30, T610, but on the balance of things theb GX30 is definately the best handset I have owned, and I have owned alot of handsets
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Actually here in Portugal we have all of them: GX10's,GX20's and GX30...
Posted by nathangeen
Thanks for the support Ruvjet, somebody who knows their phones and is willing to sucome to the fact that SE arn't they only decent phone manufacturer. Sharp are pioneers and have been raising the bar for years.
Posted by Marcus John
nathangeen:
I would say GX30 is the best phone in the market today (in England), but have to admit I loved my T610, the ability to personalise it to how I wanted it somehow outweighed my feelings toward the GX30, even though technically superior.
Posted by slattery69
Its amazing how a bit of competition has the se diehards panicing and bringing out the usual excuses you cant compare the phones you cant trust them there just a small company se lead the way . Just accept that someone else has made a good phone that se cant challenge for 6 month and hope this gives them a kick us the arse to raise there game
Posted by stuartdb87
Its just personal opinions. Iv never had any problems with /// or SE. Nokia, Sharp, Motorola and Sendo i have had problems with. So im sticking with SE. Other people may think otherwise
Posted by nathangeen
Agreed, and I also agree with the customisation of themes etc or lack of it, but is this essential, the GX32 has better menu screens etc anyway, its just vodas standard boring menus as usual that spoil it. But themes are something I had on my Nokia 6600 and only ever changed them a few times. Nice to play around with every now and then though I guess. Not a selling point for me personall though.
"Sorry was agreeing with slatter there"
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Posted by mmsman
yes i agree that sharp is becoming a great manafacture in the mobile world, gx20 and gx30 are just awesome, but i still have to say that sharp isn't very "world-wide" like sony ericsson and nokia, sure you can get a sim free sharp from the net but i have never bought a phone without a contract, it just isn't worth it to pay five times or more for the same phone, well i don't know how operator contracts work in other countries but you don't feel a difference here....
anyway my point is that sharp is a very good firm and some comments here are quite idiotic.....
but there are two things killing sharp
1. it's not an easy phone to get if you aren't on voda....
2. they just don't have enough phones, look at nokia or others then look at sharp....
btw: i'm not talking about japan, that's a totaly different area....
Posted by nathangeen
Yes they have a lack of european phones, but what they bring out, like you say is and has been quality.
Ok without the range you loose the indivuality of owning a different handset from other people, but when the handsets you bring out can't be touched, why saturate the market with cut down Nokia esc products, i.e same phone, various forms.
Posted by slattery69
Great point mmsman and the others who just slag phones off as there not se theres a load of good phones out there dont shut them out as there not se get what suits you and your needs if thats se so be it but if something else is better for you why not get it just cause its not se you slag off nokia users for been lazy and show the same double standards yourselves
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Good stuff, nice place though mate, just a bit behind, Im a city boy in Bristol unfortunately
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I know this has thread has been hijacked but hey, South Wales aint a bad palce. beers cheap, ermmmm that about it LOL.
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Posted by nathangeen
Dont worry Stan, your not missing much, beer in Bristol, V.expensive. Out on my birthday the other day, spent £140, not sure how and all for the hangover from hell
Posted by sahran
lets face the truth SE phones have the worst camera phone,
and from the samples pictures i saw between N6230 & K700 i think N6230 won correct me if i'm wrong .
but i'm SE fan and i'll buy K700 ... SE forrrrrr everrrrr
Posted by TheWhizz_68
Here you go a unbranded gx30 ... gx32
Alot of money and you might get cutsom fees on top if your unlucky , would be well over £400 gbp then.....
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBay[....]item=3397597703&category=48466
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Posted by nathangeen
I too love SE, but having bought the Sharp GX30 im beginning to wonder just how long a loyal comsumer base will last.
There is only so long people can fight temptation before they give in
Also yes, the GX32 is expensive at the moment but that is because its just come out. Wait a few weeks and it will be alot more affordable, this happens with any new model of phone.
Just look at the Nokia 6600
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Posted by BobaFett
What do u like the most in it?
Posted by lalilulelo
i like sharp phones too.... good cg silicon, and camera but why not they do their product marketing also... dont just stick to voda or maxis.. open shops in cities for phone selling and customer service