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On 2005-06-07 13:45:46, kidscruff wrote:
Meh, the Orange branding isn't too bad... and considering it's heavily subsidised, do you really want to pay an extra £300 for a sim-free version, just for prettier icons?
You don't have to pay £300 for a sim free model to get prettier icons, you just go with O2 model instead. Other than an installed optional theme, a GPRS O2 icon in the menu and a few animated screensavers, it is exactly the same as a sim free model anyway. Which is more than can be said for the f*cked up Orange K750i - my cousin has it and it looks dreadful.
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Posted: 2005-06-07 15:10:56
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On 2005-06-07 10:24:34, kaiesha wrote:
Can anyone confirm that an Orange sim will work in an 02 K750?
Well, my dad says 02 K750 came unlocked, and my 02 K700 did come unlocked, so I would say yes it does.
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Posted: 2005-06-07 20:08:09
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On 2005-06-07 15:10:56, Pagnell wrote:
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On 2005-06-07 13:45:46, kidscruff wrote:
Meh, the Orange branding isn't too bad... and considering it's heavily subsidised, do you really want to pay an extra £300 for a sim-free version, just for prettier icons?
You don't have to pay £300 for a sim free model to get prettier icons, you just go with O2 model instead. Other than an installed optional theme, a GPRS O2 icon in the menu and a few animated screensavers, it is exactly the same as a sim free model anyway. Which is more than can be said for the f*cked up Orange K750i - my cousin has it and it looks dreadful.
O2 Cs or Orange CS.
hmmmmmm tough choice!
fatreg
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Posted: 2005-06-07 20:38:47
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On 2005-06-07 00:06:06, darrengf wrote:
The networks mess around with the phone so they can say no matter which orange phone in the future it will have easy access menus.
Lots of customers want simplicity and not something different.
eg Nokia, People buy nokias for the ease of use of menus, 95% of Nokia phones have the same menus, so when the customer updates to a new Nokia, the battle of understanding your phone is half way there.
Switch to a SE or Samsung, and guess what, cusotmer gets confused doesnt use half of the functions of the phone and will prob go back to a Nokia in the end.
This is where the networks step in. So we have Nokia, SE and Samsung. 3 Very different phones, but with simular icons in the menu. Customer is comfortable with the phone, ok the phones will do different things but the customer is happy to go wandering in the menus, why because it isnt to much of a difference to what they see in the first place.
Good Customer Stratergy, Customer thinking and guess what the customer is happy and will buy another phone with the same network because he or she knows what they are getting.
My Mum is 64, I changed her from a Nokia to a Samsung, took me a while to learn her the menus but it the end she know uses Wap, MMS, SMS, Camera and even phone. I then showed her my new k750i. Her words oh the icons are like mine. So already shes happy with the phone and not frightend to use it, even tho its a different brand and look.
It doesnt bother me, I just like a phone to do what the manufacture intended it to, so Orange have changed the icons, but I still have a fully functional phone. Orange dont lock anything on the phone, they just change the icons to the generic Orange all phones have now.
A bit long winded but got there in the end. And she has a samsung (before any body starts) as it looked nice and fits in her handbag pocket!! lol
[ This Message was edited by: darrengf on 2005-06-06 23:08 ]
That's definately not the reason. I have dozens of mobile phones pass through my hands and the only differences between the branded and unbranded models are the appearance of the menus are changed and maybe a couple of features changed. They don't use a standard icon for say the messages menu or change the menu to resemble all of their phones. Not even close. Go use a branded Nokia and then a branded Sony Ericsson and tell me how the branding makes the transition between the two easy....
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Posted: 2005-06-07 22:28:59
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I can confirm my orange sim works in my new 02 K750, not sure if it's fully unlocked, not had chance to have a good luck before I put it on it's intial charge
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Posted: 2005-06-08 14:14:27
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It will work fully. I have tested my O2 K750i with my work Vodacrap sim and the wap/gprs works fine too after the provider settings are entered. I put the poor phone out of it's misery though and put the O2 sim back in and deleted the Vodacrap settings - I swear I heard it let out a sigh of relief
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Posted: 2005-06-08 15:37:10
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Is there any way to get the official SE menu? I hate the Orange icons!!
Regards
Deano
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Posted: 2005-06-09 21:19:14
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Probably only when someone works out how to flash it with unbranded firmware using something like Davinci, or TotalMultiServer or whatever they're called.
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Posted: 2005-06-09 22:30:45
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Just noticed this thread about the Orange menus after updating the K750i on the update service.
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=95022
Seems the menus have changed back to the standard SE ones
[ This Message was edited by: FuricTrax on 2005-06-13 21:34 ]
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Posted: 2005-06-13 22:33:54
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If you update your phone, they are removed and you just get the normal K750 Generic Icons. They look very nice just lets hope they stay that way!!
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Posted: 2005-06-13 22:37:17
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