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Yes its true why should they give us phones that are not as they should be when signing upto pay them money. Its complete crap. I remember Vodafone saying years back that customers gave them great feedback about how each phone they upgraded to in their range was instantly easy to use cos all the menus were the same. BOLLOCKS!! Same as what Orange make us believe that customers love it.
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Posted: 2009-03-27 18:38:00
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Signed.
Don't know if this'll make a difference but branding on handsets is a pet hate of mine, one reason I stay away from Orange and Voda (unless I went to CPW - but is there a guarantee you'd get a sim free contract handset?)
My C905 has only slight O2 branding, but as Number1 has said Google Maps is crippled on it as it can't access the GPS, only the mast info
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Posted: 2009-03-27 19:16:44
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Wonder if there is a way of sending this thread to the networks lol
Send it onto the men at the top
[ This Message was edited by: Bonovox on 2009-03-27 18:47 ]
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Posted: 2009-03-27 19:35:00
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i dont think its a big problem. If you dont want branding choose a network like o2 who dont go over the top. Branding is fine if its a contract phone because it still belongs to them until you finish paying it off so they can do as they please really!
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Posted: 2009-03-27 23:05:41
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On 2009-03-27 23:05:41, golemsmate wrote:
i dont think its a big problem. If you dont want branding choose a network like o2 who dont go over the top.
You should see the LG Renoir I've just had on my upgrade with O2. Was more than just the usual added screensaver/startup and shutdown animations installed.
The box barcode sticker actually reads O2UK.
The instructions are O2 specific and show the O2 menu's in the guide.
The browser has been completly replaced with an O2 Active link.
The Google Applications icon (for Gmail, Maps etc) had been removed and had been replaced with a Yahoo Applications icon for all of Yahoo's services.
So glad I've managed to debrand it to the lateest open Euro firmware.
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Posted: 2009-03-28 01:53:05
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Yeah O2 do put a fair few things in of their own but not normally horrible menu icons unless its their own branded phones like the O2 Cocoon for instance.
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Posted: 2009-03-28 02:32:00
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I think the manafacturers should just say "no". Imagine how many complaints phone manafacturers get from people with disabled features
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Posted: 2009-03-28 04:24:27
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I hope many, but probably not. People don't complain quickly, in private they do, but they wont write letters or emails that easily. I think the BBC has this thing that if one person writes a letter it means that 50.000 people are bothered by it, the other 49.999 people just can't be bothered to complain. If only SE and other company's would do the same they would see there is a problem. But I doubt it, most likely your complaint ends up in the in box of some cubicle worker who dismisses it and never looks at it again (like what happened to my complaint/case at SE). Sad but true.
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Posted: 2009-03-28 08:22:55
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On 2009-03-28 08:22:55, blerk wrote:
I think the BBC has this thing that if one person writes a letter it means that 50.000 people are bothered by it, the other 49.999 people just can't be bothered to complain.
LOL this is so true!
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Posted: 2009-03-28 18:42:44
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you're fighting a losing battle and the petition is a waste. mobile phone networks brand their phones for the following reasons:
a) to provide a revenue source (eg links to download ringtones, games, etc from the network website)
b) to establish a corporate identity.
c) to make it easier(according to them) for the customer to transfer from one brand to another. in a way, it's a weak form of lock-in.
[ This Message was edited by: Brightspark on 2009-03-28 19:31 ]
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Posted: 2009-03-28 20:30:44
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