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Buying a new Phone, is ELM good (Reception problems) |
NoroBiik
Joined: Dec 30, 2008
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On 2010-08-07 16:38:07, gayannr wrote:
Hi all, I sold my Omnia i900 and now I only have the C902, I'm looking for a replacement phone and came across ELM and it it around US$230 in my country. Here are my questions
1) is it a good deal ?
2) What about signal reception issues ? are they fixed with the latest firmware?
3) Screen quality is better than C902 or or worse ?
4) found a slightly used X10 mini for US$280.
** What is the phone I should go with? ELM or the X10 mini 
Thank you
1) It's an ok(decent) deal - what are the accessories & extras that come with it?
2) My signal reception issues turned out not to be an Elm problem but a problem with my old SIM. Once I had that replaced, reception was pretty good.
3) Ummm.. no idea (I don't have a C902)
4) If just based on price I'd say go for the X10mini - I'd only get second hand phones from someone I know very well though. The term "slightly used" is overused, imho if the phone has been dropped at least once or it's been used for more than a week then the term no longer applies. |
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tranced
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From: Santo Domingo, wonDeRland
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And if you get the Elm, let it be the J10i2.
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gayannr
Joined: Jun 23, 2008
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From: Sri Lanka
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On 2010-08-09 06:05:56, tranced wrote:
And if you get the Elm, let it be the J10i2.
J10i2 : What is that, I know the ELM is called J10i, but what is J10i2, a never revision ? 
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korbindallis
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i never had dropped calls with Elm
may be im in a good reception area !
and the difference between the two is Wifi (J10i2 has wifi & GPS) (J10i GPS)
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Aureon
Joined: Aug 09, 2010
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On 2010-08-09 06:54:20, gayannr wrote:
On 2010-08-09 06:05:56, tranced wrote:
And if you get the Elm, let it be the J10i2.
J10i2 : What is that, I know the ELM is called J10i, but what is J10i2, a never revision ?
In Italy the only Elm model in stores is the J10i2. Maybe the J10i is for different markets or a pre-production unit? |
mriley
Joined: Oct 03, 2009
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From: UK
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@gayannr
I would go for the slighty used X10 mini if I was you  As bono said, the Elm's reception issues come from the antenna being at the bottom of the phone - so when you hold it in your hand, the signal drops. The X10 mini's antenna is at the top of the phone and had good reception and also a very good camera in sunny conditions, which I imagine you'd be interested in coming from a  C902 Cyber-shot 
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gayannr
Joined: Jun 23, 2008
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From: Sri Lanka
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On 2010-08-09 10:40:52, korbindallis wrote:
i never had dropped calls with Elm
may be im in a good reception area !
and the difference between the two is Wifi (J10i2 has wifi & GPS) (J10i GPS)
[ This Message was edited by: korbindallis on 2010-08-09 09:41 ]
Oh I c.. Thanks for the reply mate 
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gayannr
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From: Sri Lanka
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On 2010-08-09 16:49:20, mriley wrote:
@gayannr
I would go for the slighty used X10 mini if I was you As bono said, the Elm's reception issues come from the antenna being at the bottom of the phone - so when you hold it in your hand, the signal drops. The X10 mini's antenna is at the top of the phone and had good reception and also a very good camera in sunny conditions, which I imagine you'd be interested in coming from a C902 Cyber-shot
of course mriley
camera is a very important part of my day to day life, I use my C902 for almost everything though I have a Sony 12MP point and shoot
Anyways I'm thinking of buying the Hazel, around 250$ on eBay, is there any known issues with hazel like ELM's reception problems ??
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Run_dawn10
Joined: Jul 11, 2010
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From: Malaysia
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About coverage, GSM coverage is OK on my Hazel. 3G coverage from what I know is lower than some other 3G phones. Just keep a look out for updates.
I made a lot of calls with a bar of reception but I had no problems with dropped calls.
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