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Hello Esatonians! I was browsing this forum as a guest quite often in the past, and now I have a question to ask, and I think this is the best place to do it.

So, as you may see in the title, I'm going to abandon SE and go for *gasp* Nokia. Series 60 to be precise. I've used SE's for nearly 3 years, the K750 I currently use is my 3rd one. While I like them and consider them probably the best dumbphones ever... I'd prefer to migrate to a smartphone. For the features and to try something fresh. I played with a few S60's, and I'm ready to live without the SE specific features. I'm not sure how long I'd stick with the new phone, I might change again later this year (not earlier than summer holidays though), so I'm not going to spend too much. My priorities are:
-S60 V3
-good music player
-some power, I'm not going to furiously multitask or browse the web, I just wouldn't mind having some fun with some games or an emulator from time to time
-good camera, though it's not that important. I just like to take some snaps from time to time.

After some consideration and looking through prices, I came up with this a list of phones. I'm not sure how good it is (especially with the power criteria) as I'm not that knowledgable with S60 phones yet, but I've included some comments about how they fit my criteria which would probably help you guys help me with my choice . So, the list is:
-N91 (I just love the form factor, even though it's really weird. I know the camera's not too good, and the screen is just mediocre. Though the WiFi is a nice bonus, along with the famous audio quality. I wonder what are the thoughts of N91 users about that)
-N80 (at least it has macro. And WiFi. Though it seems rather fat, and I've heard that the battery life is tragic)
-6120 Classic (compact and with good features. What I dislike is the camera and that it feels rather... basic)
-N73 (I think it fits all my criteria, though it's a bit more expensive than the ones above)

Of course, there might be phones which I've simply ommited. I've heard some good things about the phones like the E51, but I'm not sure if they aren't a bit too... business oriented. I might be wrong though, as the S60 phones I've played with were mainly N series.

So well... I hope you guys will be able to help me with my dilemma.
Thanks in advance!

[ This Message was edited by: wing_0 on 2008-02-15 21:43 ]
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Posted: 2008-02-15 19:57:05
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SE "dumbfones"???thts the dumbest insult u can give [SE]

neway...i guess the n73 shud do just as good...it will take sum time to gt used to the slowness,the low battery life,patheitc multitasking capabilities but u will do good...

the n73 or u can go for the 5700 xpressmusic
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Posted: 2008-02-15 20:03:35
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N81, plain and simple. Its the best phone in nokia's line up IMO. All those you mentioned and very old and rather slow aswell. 6120 has a terrible music player.
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Posted: 2008-02-15 21:21:00
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@se_dude: I used dumbphones in the meaning of feature phones, in other words phones without an OS. SE's feature phones are my favorites, but I need more from my phone.

@QVGA: Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. Especially the bit about slowness and 6120's music player. The N81 is a good choice, though a bit outside my price bracket, I think I'll consider it later on. What I like about the phones I've mentioned is that I could import them for money close to the resale value of my K750. The resale value of the mentioned phones is higher in my country, and during this year I'll most likely have at least one phone to get rid of, so I'd get an N81 at that time.
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Posted: 2008-02-15 21:31:44
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Phones without an OS?? Erm, excuse me, but how would they function if there wasn't something behind it all?

Anyhow, perhaps you should try a newer feature phone, saying that you like feature phones - K750 is really old and extremely poor compared to new phones. K850 seems like a good phone for you.
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Posted: 2008-02-15 21:47:04
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I would advise you to get the N81 but since it doesnt fall in ur price range right now i'd say look at E51, the N73 is old and slow, the 6120 isnt too great either, maybe look at N76 as well
i currently own an N80 and N81 and the battery life of the N80 could never keep up with my N81 and im sure N80 batt life wil be much lower than your K750 so try stay away from N80.
Id say go for N73 but it realy is slow i can't deny that, E51 is your best bet: HSDPA and WiFi, otherwise i suggest checking how much the N81 MicroSD version costs because its price is lower than N81-8GB, N81 has everythng you want and it has the DAC-33 sound chipset similar to the one found in N91.
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Posted: 2008-02-15 21:50:22
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I too suggest the n81
and if not E51

If u dont need s60 then there are nice options such as

6500 slide

5610

6300


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[ This Message was edited by: XPERIA X5 on 2008-02-15 21:02 ]
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Posted: 2008-02-15 22:02:21
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Thanks for the help, especially GUCCI.011, that was just what I needed. If things go right I'll be going for the E51, however if I won't get lucky and my K750 sells for less than it should then I'll get an N91 and stick with that unpractical yet lovely brick til summer holidays, then I'll go for an E51 or even an N81. I think I should last that long.

XPERIA_X5, actually I need S60, if I didn't then I'd stick with SE. I don't like S40 too much, it sort of seems inferior to me, even though it has some nice features. The 6500 Slide is a great phone... then again it's an S40. The Xpressmusic series seems to plasticky to me design wise, that's why I'm not considering the 5700. As for the 6300... I think it'd feel a bit like a downgrade from my K750... at least in terms of features that matter to me.

Oh, and in case if anyone wonders why won't I stick with my K750 til summer holidays... the value of these is dropping rapidly here, that's why.
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Posted: 2008-02-15 22:11:18
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wow..you really are a bitter sod aren't you..fyi..i owned a n73, and didn't suffer any of these problems...

[ This Message was edited by: masseur on 2008-02-17 17:31 ]
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Posted: 2008-02-17 10:54:06
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nothing fanboyish about it...and yea..its an SE forum as stated..and if u dont find urself comfortablein an SE forum..please join sumwhere else...and wat i said was bitter but true...
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Posted: 2008-02-17 10:59:17
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