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Ive seen may threads about the release of the P990 on other networks and ive been trawling through them all just to find any info on its release date on Orange. So i thought lets have a single thread on it and please post any Orange info you have in here !!!
Current state of play with Orange after a 10 min call with them is that the info you get on their website is the same info that they Orange upgrades team get. Although it says september release i have a feeling it will be october now if not november !!
I am really peeved with this as ive got myself an 18 month contract and signed up for thier internet (12 months) so i'm locked into them and just have to wait. So come on all you Orange users please use this post to get all the info on the release of this phone in one place !
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[ This Message was edited by: Mr[NiK] on 2006-10-02 11:51 ]
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Posted: 2006-10-02 12:47:15
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come on people im sure one of you out there works for orange give us the info that we need !!!
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Posted: 2006-10-02 13:51:30
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ive been due an upgrade since dec05, but chose to wait as i was very happy with my p910i. There was a lot of evidence pointing towards a march released date for the 990 anyway.....HAHHAHAHHAHHAHHA
now its October, and orange are saying it could be anytime in the next 6 weeks. they also told me that in June and April of this year.
The stark truth is that apart from the W900i which Orange have never supported, there is just no other phone's out there that remotely interest me.
So im having to wait and wait and wait for the bloody P990i.
I had a shot of a Vodafone handset last week in store, and i must say i wasnt inpressed at all....the Software was as slow as a week in prison.
Reading thru the main 990 discussion though, it seems that a good workaround for the speed issues relating to it have been sorted, and im sure SE will be upgrading the Firmware pretty quickly as there are thousands of complaints.
Apple are releasing an iPhone at Macworld 2007 in January......anyone care to take a bet on wheather orange will have released the p990i by then?
didnt think so.....
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Posted: 2006-10-02 14:04:11
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On 2006-10-02 14:04:11, vincebio wrote:
ive been due an upgrade since dec05, but chose to wait as i was very happy with my p910i. There was a lot of evidence pointing towards a march released date for the 990 anyway.....HAHHAHAHHAHHAHHA
now its October, and orange are saying it could be anytime in the next 6 weeks. they also told me that in June and April of this year.
The stark truth is that apart from the W900i which Orange have never supported, there is just no other phone's out there that remotely interest me.
So im having to wait and wait and wait for the bloody P990i.
I had a shot of a Vodafone handset last week in store, and i must say i wasnt inpressed at all....the Software was as slow as a week in prison.
Reading thru the main 990 discussion though, it seems that a good workaround for the speed issues relating to it have been sorted, and im sure SE will be upgrading the Firmware pretty quickly as there are thousands of complaints.
Apple are releasing an iPhone at Macworld 2007 in January......anyone care to take a bet on wheather orange will have released the p990i by then?
didnt think so.....
i think its been much the same for many other orange customers ! voice your opinions now !!1 who else is waiting on orange to release htis phone and what excuses have u heard from them so far!! all i get is that orange are still testing the phone etc !!!
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[ This Message was edited by: Mr[NiK] on 2006-10-02 13:16 ]
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Posted: 2006-10-02 14:15:48
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I phoned up on friday, they wouldnt give me any info as to when it'll be released. If they butcher it with rubbish branding i wont get it and i'll wait to see if the rumoured iPhone comes out. If it had come out 6 months ago i defintiely would have bought it without hessitation, now im not so sure.
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Posted: 2006-10-02 14:40:21
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I phoned up on friday, they wouldnt give me any info as to when it'll be released. If they butcher it with rubbish branding i wont get it and i'll wait to see if the rumoured iPhone comes out. If it had come out 6 months ago i defintiely would have bought it without hessitation, now im not so sure.
yeah me too....although the iPhone may not be much of a smartphone, at least it will be properly hooked up to iCal, Address Book, iTunes and iChat etc.
i must say the Vodafone version was NOT branded much at all...
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Posted: 2006-10-02 15:10:03
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whentheleveebreaks wrote:
.... If they butcher it with rubbish branding ...
You can bet on it!
One of the reasons the phone is being delayed on Orange is because they'll be working on their crappy generic smartphone interface for it.
My P910i from Orange would have been ruined if it hadn't been for the fact that I was able to override Orange's interface with the Sony Ericsson Desktop (courtesy of a tip on this very forum). Perhaps there'll be a similar workaround for the mess Orange will no doubt make of the P990, but I won't be taking any chances.... If I do decide to get a P990 (and the jury's still out as far as I'm concerned), it'll have to be an unlocked, unbranded one.
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Posted: 2006-10-02 15:18:30
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whentheleveebreaks wrote:
.... If they butcher it with rubbish branding ...
You can bet on it!
One of the reasons the phone is being delayed on Orange is because they'll be working on their crappy generic smartphone interface for it.
My P910i from Orange would have been ruined if it hadn't been for the fact that I was able to override Orange's interface with the Sony Ericsson Desktop (courtesy of a tip on this very forum). Perhaps there'll be a similar workaround for the mess Orange will no doubt make of the P990, but I won't be taking any chances.... If I do decide to get a P990 (and the jury's still out as far as I'm concerned), it'll have to be an unlocked, unbranded one.
Only reason that i got to go with then is that im tied in by my internet deal and its gonna be a free phone !!!
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Posted: 2006-10-02 15:48:39
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whentheleveebreaks wrote:
.... If they butcher it with rubbish branding ...
You can bet on it!
One of the reasons the phone is being delayed on Orange is because they'll be working on their crappy generic smartphone interface for it.
My P910i from Orange would have been ruined if it hadn't been for the fact that I was able to override Orange's interface with the Sony Ericsson Desktop (courtesy of a tip on this very forum). Perhaps there'll be a similar workaround for the mess Orange will no doubt make of the P990, but I won't be taking any chances.... If I do decide to get a P990 (and the jury's still out as far as I'm concerned), it'll have to be an unlocked, unbranded one.
if you could PM me with details about that and how i go about overriding this p910i i would be very grateful!
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Posted: 2006-10-02 15:59:53
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I have recently received a N80 from orange and it does not have any of there crap software on it.
My n70 did, but that was last October.
I too am interested to see what a mess Orange will make of the phone and as a result I'm thinking of going with o2 as they appear to leave the phones alone.
My girlfriend has a k800 and it has no operator software, also my orange sim cards work in it.
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Posted: 2006-10-02 16:37:33
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