Nokia 5800 or Samsung Corby Pro?

[frnd08]

Both these phones 5800 and corby pro have similar price tags and similar features. i havent used any phone other than nokia and hence i have a natural inclination towards its products. however i heard that 5800 doesnt really have a responsive touch screen. then again, it runs on symbian 5 which lets say will open up the world for me with its innumerable apps.

ideas and suggestions?

 

[kapvin]

5800 with the latest firmware is outstanding. My wife has it. nokia maps is free so you get turn-by-turn navigation.

with the latest firmware (4.x) you get kinetic scrolling and the screen response issues have been fixed. I have been using touchscreen phones since 2005, and I can assure you that it's better than most.


i would unhestatingly recommend it.

 

[sachin_k5]

I hate touch screens, bought one and am repenting i am a button pusher and i need buttons on my gadgets

 

[theironhorse]

5800 is a good phone however.. if u are a techie guy or if you do not like to be slow go for button phones as touch screen will slow down ur speed*
however the latest firmware have fixed the major bugs with 5800 and nokia will keep coming up with more firmware..

about samsung corby pro


1) faster OS & applications
2) Extra Qwerty key pad
3) drag & drop
4) Radio with recording facility
5) beautiful look
240 x 320 pixels 2.8 inches
90 grams
not 3g
WAP 2.0, GPRS, EDGE
colour : 18-bit (262144 colors), video recording 15fps battery : 960 mAh


nokia :

u get '' N O K I A ''
music quality
dual led flash
carl zeiss lens
battery life..
3.2 inch screen with resolution of 360 x 640
tv out
WAP, GPRS, HSCSD, EDGE, HSDPA
3G
109 grams
24-bit (16.7 million colors)
*************gps*************
3.2 Megapixels
30 frames/s VIDEO RECORDING
battery :: 1320 mAh

and again its a **nokia** u got symbian series 5 ******* doors open for 3rd party apps in thousand and unlimited custom things****

 

[svenkateshsmart]

I hate touch screens, bought one and am repenting i am a button pusher and i need buttons on my gadgets

Hi,

Hate touch screens - why dont you try apple iphone? That will make your feelings turn opposite!


Also, lot of employees in my comp. have samsung corby, from a brief fiddling, I gleaned that touchscreen is good in samsung, not sure of other troubles. Seems you cannot keep the volume low for an incoming call!

Cheers!

 

[thevortex]

Am curious about something. I am one of those guys who likes to have their phone in a belt pouch. So carrying those enormous blackberries in the shirt pocket is out for me.

These two phones in discussion - is there a facility to lock their interfaces up? I mean I dont want accidental brushing up if I have them in a belt pouch. Is that possible?

The other reason I am leery about touch phones is that I normally take a bit of time before I cut my nails and they grow too damn fast . Anybody use these phones with even a little bit of nails grown?

I must confess - more than anything the turn by turn navigation aspect is what draws me to these phones. I am assuming that the Corby also has that?

 

[dmk]

Nokia 5800 is good am using it for more than a year after firm ware update looks nice.
OVI maps free to use in Nokia.
Nice for GPS its free too.

Music also good
Go head with Nokia 5800

 

[kapvin]

Am curious about something. I am one of those guys who likes to have their phone in a belt pouch. So carrying those enormous blackberries in the shirt pocket is out for me.

These two phones in discussion - is there a facility to lock their interfaces up? I mean I dont want accidental brushing up if I have them in a belt pouch. Is that possible?

The other reason I am leery about touch phones is that I normally take a bit of time before I cut my nails and they grow too damn fast . Anybody use these phones with even a little bit of nails grown?

I must confess - more than anything the turn by turn navigation aspect is what draws me to these phones. I am assuming that the Corby also has that?

5800 automatically locks.. you need to move a slider to activate the phone screen.

 

[svenkateshsmart]

Am curious about something. I am one of those guys who likes to have their phone in a belt pouch. So carrying those enormous blackberries in the shirt pocket is out for me.

These two phones in discussion - is there a facility to lock their interfaces up? I mean I dont want accidental brushing up if I have them in a belt pouch. Is that possible?

The other reason I am leery about touch phones is that I normally take a bit of time before I cut my nails and they grow too damn fast . Anybody use these phones with even a little bit of nails grown?

I must confess - more than anything the turn by turn navigation aspect is what draws me to these phones. I am assuming that the Corby also has that?

Hi,

Trust me. I have long nails (will post photos later for authencity or can courier you the bits but you will have to do a DNA test to make sure it is minehyeah:hyeah and am using iphone, and I feel I am using mostly fingertips than my nails. So, you should not have that problem.

The first thing I did before using the iphone is that I ordered 2 casings and then subsequently ordered a dozen from a seller in Hongkong.

Cheers!