Posted by OluYom
brym, the much bigger RAM on the i780 provides much better performance. the processor is also more powerful with maximum clock of 624MHz. audio volume is low. video playback is exceptional - actually one of the best, playing DVD-grade videos without having to convert them. i took some comparison shots with the Mogul, and though without flash, the i780 camera is much better than that of the Mogul.
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Posted by brym!
O'Yom: How's the battery life?From the specs on GSM Arena, Samsung included two high capacity batteries(1480 mAh). This capacity beats the battery included in the Nokia Beast N95 8G. If Samsung has truly addressed the nagging battery issue associated with their phones, it puzzles me why 2 batteries were included. What's your opinion?
Posted by OluYom
@brym: So far, battery performance seems to be okay. It is early days yet, but my opinion is that battery life is good. I'm connected to 3G/HSDPA all the time, browsing, managing email, and chatting via Yahoo, and in the space of about 2-3 hours I still have up to 70 percent power. Having used other phones, that looks good. Will drill the battery tomorrow and keep the phone unplugged to see how long it will go under constant 3G usage before it dies. Will update then. One thing I notice, though, is that playing video gobbles up power like nothing I've ever seen with any other phone.
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Posted by mamba
@Oyom, what do you think about switching from P1 to i780, what are the pros and cons?
In fact, do a mini comparison of the 2 phones so that I can decide cos I've been eyeing the i780 for a long time and thinking of selling my p1...
Posted by OluYom
On 2008-07-21 08:19:51, mamba wrote:
@Oyom, what do you think about switching from P1 to i780, what are the pros and cons?
In fact, do a mini comparison of the 2 phones so that I can decide cos I've been eyeing the i780 for a long time and thinking of selling my p1...
here's my comparative review titled Sony Ericsson P1i versus Samsung i780.
Posted by Areafada
@all this talk about samsung is making me have 2nd though bout dumping my E90 for it, is the fone as good as your review O yom?
about my 3g the mtn line i ave is pay as u go, will it work on 3g?
Posted by OluYom
On 2008-07-22 16:16:00, Areafada wrote:
@all this talk about samsung is making me have 2nd though bout dumping my E90 for it, is the fone as good as your review O yom?
That is to say you doubt that I told the truth in my review? You will hear from my lawyer!
On 2008-07-22 16:16:00, Areafada wrote:
about my 3g the mtn line i ave is pay as u go, will it work on 3g?
Mine is PayGo too, and delivers both 3G and HSDPA nicely. I must also mention that my experience and the reports of others show that MTN's packet data tariffs on PayGo are down to about 20 kobo per kb. No news of this on their website though.
Posted by brym!
On 2008-07-22 16:29:29, OluYom wrote:
...I must also mention that my experience and the reports of others show that MTN's packet data tariffs on PayGo are down to about 20 kobo per kb.
No kidding, MTN is 20 kobo per kb?
Posted by mamba
even @ 20k per kb, it still doesn't make sense for heavy users.
thanks oyom..
Posted by OluYom
@brym: Someone had mailed me to say that he observed this reduction in price when browsing on MTN. I ran a series of tests, measuring as accurate as possible data used, and its clear that the current tariff is in the range of 14k-20k per kb. You may verify this easilly too.
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Posted by mariwun
i see the networks have implemented 3g and hsdpa
can anyone do a speedtest and tell me exactly what the dowwnload and upload speeds are?
iv been imensly dissapointed wth sony ericsson because they have not released any substantial phone in a while
nokia is killing them handsdown maybe thats y thier profits fell 97%
the iphone 3g is out and i am dissapointed in that certain features are missing that would make it the perfect phone for its users
Posted by OluYom
@mariwun: You sure are one really disappointed mobile enthusiast! :-D But I'm feeling you. There really hasn't been much to get excited about lately, as manufacturers merely re-hash existing models, adding one or two things and releasing them as new models. Bah.
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Posted by mamba
I really hope Sonyericsson doesn't end up like Moto and Siemens.
All their phones are begining to look and feel the same just like Moto Razr which everyone got tired of eventually. To make matters worse, they don't even know what direction the mobile industry is shifting to. SE do not understand how customers think cos they always differentiate products by excluding features that people want in an all in one device. e.g. W series having poor cam without autofocus and 3.5mm slot, K series having sub par music players, reduced screen sizes in recent phones, very poor fast port, lack of GPS, HSDPA and 16m screens, and worst of them is lateness in releasing announced products which end up being released with outdated features, poor quality and crazy bugs.
Posted by OluYom
@pmamba: SE does seem to be going the way of Moto, Siemens-BenQ, and Alcatel. They are not quite there yet, but its slippery ground they are on now.
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Posted by brym!
All these dooms day talk about SE is making me cherish my P1 the more...the last flagship device from soon to be extinct UIQ platform. I recently spoilt it with a 4gig card and I am almost modding it to death with every new mod that is released.
SE smartphone segment will survive if they continue in their current drive to produce devices for multiple platforms. Hopefully, we shall be seeing SE devices running android, WM, and Symbian Foundation operating systems. Hopefully!
Posted by Ifedisky
@brym:How much did u get a 4 giga?
Posted by brym!
@Ife: Sorry I don't know the price...cos da boss got it for me.
Posted by abubakar
@ifed: I bought a mem stick duo 2 gig for 7k so a micro 4gig cant be more than 10k.
@oluyom: What setting do u use to browse on mtn's 3g? with the barrage of settings they sent me i can make vid calls but all my browsing is still via gprs!!!
Posted by Ifedisky
@Abu:Can u confirm you can make 3G calls on MTN?
At all:Can u imagine MTN 3G is up and running at Onitsha?Talk of spreading real love!
Posted by OluYom
@oluyom: What setting do u use to browse on mtn's 3g? with the barrage of settings they sent me i can make vid calls but all my browsing is still via gprs!!!
I use the regular settings, as follows:
Username: web
Password: web
APN: web.gprs.mtnnigeria.net
IP Address: 10.199.212.2
Port: 8080
On your phone, make sure you set the data connection to "automatic" or "dual mode" or whatever term your manufacturer uses to mean automatic switching between bands.
I notice too that there are times that inspite of the presence of 3G signal, my phone stays connected to GPRS. In those times, if I really need 3.5G speeds, I set the data connection to "WCDMA" (that's Samsung's term; yours may be something like "3G" or "UMTS").
Left to me, I'd leave it permanently on WCDMA. Its just that battery life tends to suffer in that mode.
Posted by brym!
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Posted by brym!
On 2008-07-25 15:52:06, brym! wrote:
On 2008-07-25 13:23:31, abubakar wrote:
@ifed: I bought a mem stick duo 2 gig for 7k so a micro 4gig cant be more than 10k.
It could be more than 10k because the 2gig sells for 7.5k. I just read that the P1 can handle the 8gig, so my eyes are already on that.
All these memory boosts will commit me to my P1 for a long while
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Posted by Areafada
@Oluyom, with these settings i don't ave to visit mtn friendship centers anylonger to use mtn 3g and gprs, abi?
@ oluyom your reviews are dependable reviews.
Posted by OluYom
@area: No; you dont. i purchased a new MTN SIM last week, put it in the phone, typed in the settings, and started browsing. Celtel and Glo need to take a hint from MTN.
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Posted by abubakar
@brym: the difference in prices btwn the cards dont appreciate or depreciate at the rate of the memory. A 128kb card would cost abt N300 to N400!
@oluyom: i did all of that but still no dice. I guess i was pushed to gprs.
@ifed: i thot during my absence u guys would have held a confrence vid call meeting! have u guys not gisted that out yet?
@all: if u are checking this forum from ur phone, pls use the wap site and save a bundle. i haven't used it since the days of free browsing but its really really cheaper!
Posted by OluYom
Abubakar is right about the WAP version of Esato being much cheaper if you are browsing PayGo. That's what I've been using since I switched to MTN PayGo. Plus it appends the phone you are browsing with to the bottom of your post.
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Posted by brym!
On 2008-07-25 23:13:00, abubakar wrote:
@brym: the difference in prices btwn the cards dont appreciate or depreciate at the rate of the memory. A 128kb card would cost abt N300 to N400!
?? No comprehendo!
@O'Yom: I stopped using wap to browse when Operamini was released.
Ur review still omitted how those devices run Operamini. I am asking because on the two HTC Windows Mobile devices I have used, operamini times out when I am writing a long post. Is it the same with the i780?
Posted by OluYom
@brym: I do not use Opera Mini much these days, so I may not be able to give you details of how the app works.
Posted by abubakar
@brym: to make a long story short, becos a 2gig costs 7k it doesnt mean twice the capacity (ie 4gig) would cost twice the price (ie 14k).
as a foot note to oluyom's comment, one thing about opera mini i didnt like back in the day was that even if u visited the wap site with it, it wouldn't place ur phone make and model at the bottom of the post. dont know if the recent versions do now.
im not a football fan but anyone go to abj for the man u vs portsmouth game?
and finally, is there still an embargo on non-techie things on this thread? i can remember the good old days of debating nuclear profilation.... sigh....
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Posted by brym!
@abu: Now I comprehend. But I already know that and I didn't imply otherwise.
About the match when is it kicking off? Will it be televised? I am at naming ceremony now and praying the match will come up much later in the evening.
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Posted by abubakar
@brym: well, u did say that it could cost more than 10k cos the 2gig goes for 7.5k. what other relation to the price were u inferring to?
(dont mind me, im feeling like a lawyer 2day!)
heard the match was for 8pm.
any one know where to get a good tutorial on j2me midlets for bluetooth devices? ie jsr 82?
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Posted by OluYom
abu: I doubt if even the UN can enforce that embargo, so if you can get away with it, go right on. By the way, did anyone here receive the supposed SMS from Celtel announcing their re-branding to 'Zain' from today? I didn't but lots of people say they did.
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Posted by brym!
On 2008-07-27 23:20:00, abubakar wrote:
@brym: well, u did say that it could cost more than 10k cos the 2gig goes for 7.5k. what other relation to the price were u inferring to?
"Could" in the sentence above is used to express possibility.
Rephrased it means, it is POSSIBLE for the price of a 4gig card to be more than 10k because a 2gig card goes for 7.5k.
This also implies uncertainty or doubt on my mind since I don't know the true price.
I said this in reply to your post which implied that a micro 4gig CANT be more than 10k because you bought a mem stick duo 2 gig for 7k.
CAN'T or CANNOT as you used it implies that you are CERTAIN the price is not more than 10k.
So if we do get the true price and it is less or more than 10k, I am correct because I expressed uncertainty by using the word "could" my comment.
(dont mind me, im feeling like a lawyer 2day!)
I don't mind because I am feeling like an English teacher today!
heard the match was for 8pm.
Thanks bro, I watched it on AIT here in Lagos while the true Man U fans trooped down to Abuja to watch it LIVE.
Posted by abubakar
@brym: thank u teacher. next time i wont use loose diction on this thread! getting back to the point, after ur "english lesson", whether it could, would, should or did, what is ur premise that it may or may not be 10k?
and hasnt anyone gotten the actual price yet? i heard recently that the m2 cards have an adaptor for us still stuck in "microstick duo land"! thus easing our migration to newer phones. had i known i would have gone that way instead of pondering how much i could peddle mine once i out grow my P990.
Posted by easydee
Hey, wat's up Nigeria, it's been a long time since i showed up here, i was thinking my account would have been shut down by now, how is everyone, the people i can remember, coola, abu, aya, amby, angel, how are you all? i dont know why, but i took a break from esato and went over to prodigits, it's cool over there, though i think this forum is more matured. But you get to learn the latest tricks, like igprs and stuff. currently browsin 4 free...
Posted by easydee
...on my MTN & Celtel...i mean Zain NG. Guys, i need ur opinion on somethin, i hav 25k and i want 2 buy a nokia or SE phone, any suggestions on a good phone wit good image and sound quality, and applications too, within that price range? I'm thinkin of K810, cos one can use it 4 video calls and it costs 26k. So, pls I'll like to hear your opinions. thanks and be safe @all
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Posted by ambyzown
@easydee: welcome back. its always nice to see oldies coming back "home" The following phones fall into the category u mentioned.
SE K810
SE W850
Nokia 6300
Nokia N70
SE S500
Nokia E50 (1.3mp)
You might find some feature rich samsung phones under 25k if u only take the time to look.
Did I hear free browsing? does ur freebie allow u browse via pc? if yes, pm me with some info. My gprs bills are milking me dry.
Posted by abubakar
@easy: we have lots of MIAs now. before i read amby's SELFISH post on PMing him, i was gonna say u should share the free browsing info with us MATURE members! as well as anyother tidbit u pick up. its all good!
Posted by brym!
The "MATURED" ALSO CRY!
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Posted by Ifedisky
@all: it's amazing, really, that peeps here are just waking up to free GPRS. Take a stroll to nairaland and u'll cry for the provider's.I felt there was an unwritten creed hereabout to see no evil and say no evil so I felt to keep things to myself and my pm accomplices.Believe me I.'ve been downloading 20mb files FOC!! for months now.I NO GO GREE MAKE MY BROTHER HUNGIRI MAKE I NO TALK LA LA LA LA LA LA
Posted by ambyzown
@Ifed: Nna, what are u waiting for? PM me straight away make I join u download 20mb per day.
Its not that we are just waking to free gprs, afterall, free browsing started here, long before Seun left to start Nairaland, but y'know we're gentlemen here with sound moral ethics and believe we should pay for whatever service we use (until water pass garri like in mine and Abu's case)
Posted by easydee
Thanks for the phone info @ amby.
I dont know how secure this thread is, cos we might have Mtn spies, so I'll probably not post anything here, I'll inbox those that ask. As far as i know, celtel or Zain has one trick,(which is really popular) while Mtn has two tricks. My computer recently crashed, so i'm yet to try phone-pc, but i'm sure it works, the most important thing is to first of all get your phone to browse for free.
Posted by Demmy
@area, in was going to respond to ur comeback msg the other time but sth else came b4 i could finish raeding all the posts. welcome back man.
@all about the debate on micro sd price. i was in lag 2 wks ago n went to slot, i think i must have seen a 4gb for 8k5 though i dint pay much attention as i was looking for sth else.
@ifedisky, me thing u've not been fair to the house. house mates should have info. but then there was an earlier post u said any1 interested shld pm u, so i still give u a pass - lol
@oluyom if there's one thing i dint get on this thread, it's the reason behind the change in id - i missed that.
Posted by mamba
Celtel/Zain is still free with the mms thingy, while glo now requires the use of proxy softwares.
MTN is free with the use of proxies on PC as far as I know. Loopholes are everywhere and boys just dey exploit.
If there's any new hack, i don't mind receiving it in my inbox too.
Posted by brym!
This house is beginning to smell like Nairaland "phone" forum...and our maturity is being disvirgined...we are only human right? oops!
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Posted by Ifedisky
@all:LMT 2 pms ok?
How come I see a two giga stick duo in Onitsha for #3.500,abi imitation dey?
Posted by abubakar
@all: can someone put me straight. i thot wcdma was the next gen to cdma2000 3x. but while checking the specs of the w980, i saw it did wcdma. assuming reverse compatibility, does it mean i could use it on a cdma network (starcomms, multilinks, etc) or am i way off? i quickly googled to confirm but ddnt get anything satisfactory. thot one of u egg heads would know! it would be great if se went back to making cdma phones! i've had the intension to look for the last one they produced for my starcomms. think it was a version of the t610.
@ifed: As with every other red blooded nigerian here, i also apply for the awoof browsing info, but those that get the pm should be true blue members! so many times when gist of awoof browsing comes up, "new" members or habitual mias show up requesting. a few days later the link doesnt work. THERE ARE SPIES EVERYWHERE!!!
@mamba: i was reluctant to ask aya/oluyom the same question, thinking its somewhere in the thread. oya oluyom. talk ur own! and did celtel's mms actually work? i never heard of anyone using it. even my friends that work there! abi it works in just a few towns? or is it for postpaid only. pm me the settings if u can.
@oluyom: i'm begining to realise that the phone browser does have some aspects that opera mini doesnt. esp when u regulate urself to wap pages.
Posted by abubakar
@ifed: imitation cards dey! be careful! before u buy, go online and check a few sites that show u the tattle tail signs. but if its legit i go buyo!
Posted by OluYom
On 2008-07-30 12:16:00, abubakar wrote:
@all: can someone put me straight. i thot wcdma was the next gen to cdma2000 3x. but while checking the specs of the w980, i saw it did wcdma. assuming reverse compatibility, does it mean i could use it on a cdma network (starcomms, multilinks, etc) or am i way off? i quickly googled to confirm but ddnt get anything satisfactory. thot one of u egg heads would know!
I tried explaining this a looong time ago on this thread, but we ended up with an argument, and I simply walked away. So, here goes again:
WCDMA, while a CDMA standard, is actually what GSM networks use to deliver 3G (as GSM does not have the capacity to deliver broadband services on its own). This is why GSM networks need a new licence in order to offer 3G, while CDMA networks do not. It is also why they (GSM operators) very often need to setup a parallel network to what is already on ground for 2G/2.5G.
Again, while WCDMA is a CDMA standard, it is not compatible with CDMA 2000 on which the CDMA guys deploy their services. Basically, when you are talking of WCDMA, you are talking of UMTS or 3G on GSM networks. I hope I was able to present it as simple as possible.
In short, the W980 is only GSM-compatible, and won't work with Starcoms, ZoomMobile or any of the non-GSM networks.
On 2008-07-30 12:16:00, abubakar wrote:@mamba: i was reluctant to ask aya/oluyom the same question, thinking its somewhere in the thread. oya oluyom. talk ur own! and did celtel's mms actually work? i never heard of anyone using it. even my friends that work there! abi it works in just a few towns? or is it for postpaid only. pm me the settings if u can.
MMS never worked for me on Celtel (unless I am suffering from memory loss)
On 2008-07-30 12:16:00, abubakar wrote:
@oluyom: i'm begining to realise that the phone browser does have some aspects that opera mini doesnt. esp when u regulate urself to wap pages.
Very correct.
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Posted by easydee
@ all, when mamba said the mms thingy is still on, he didn't mean the real mms, i dont think anyone has been able to send mms on celtel since...forever!
Anyway, what he meant is that the cheat used in browsing for free on celtel/Zain is still on and not yet blocked. it's called mms thingy cos somehow, it has do do with mms settings but not for mms, for wap. Mamba that was wat you meant, right?
Guys i'm stil lookin 4 a 3G Phone unda 25k. a good 1
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