Mobile Nigeria Forum

http://www.mobilenigeria.com/viewtopic.php?id=50  for your phone models.

dem, me too just like TIM, i think i am addicted to my phone. by the way i rarelly even use my PDAphone. its always in the room, scared of those pick pockets, because i had a bad ex[erience with them, besides there is one thing TIM didnt mention, i play games while waiting for the train.

I just bought Sagem Myx-5m and a new glo line, i hope to start enjoying the set when i get the wap activated, but meanwhile am using the alarm, play the game when am bored (Megabox conquest my favourite), also enjoy using the speaker when making a conference call home with my younger ones, it also brightens up my room when NEPA fails as usual, i know its not the best set in the market, but the set is just like my baby cos its my first colour phone. Looking forward to downloading ringtones from wapsites. Anyone ever done that with a Sagem Myx-5m? Pls let me know if it works.

I use the Nokia 3310 phone and apart from sending SMS,making and recieving calls on it( those are the primary uses of a phone right?  ), I also make use of the alarm, reminder and sometimes the calculator. Oh there is the Space impact and snake 11 games which i enjoy playing. When i start getting tired of the look of the phone i simply change the cover and believe me the phone is as old as when GSM started in Nigeria-it's still working perfectly well.

I hope nobody out there would crucify me for saying this  - if I want to take pictures, i'd get a digital camera, i could never use a phone to check emails and browse the internet, screen is too small, so i have my good old laptop, who cares about picture messaging, MMS when i can only send it to people that has phones that support that feature and so on............Call me old fashioned and whatever but i dont need an all-in-one phone, thank you!

@patricia,

There is no need to feel somehow about your choice. I agree perfectly with your attitude towards the mobile phones.

Functionality is the keyword. I used my 3310 too till it was given a merciful termination by a thief, in fact, my friends shouted halleluyah when they heard.

If I have my way, I won't use more than Nokia 6210.

Camera phone et al is for "posing" by most buyers.

No apologies ja re

Last edited by axeprince (2005-03-26 21:08:56)

I use a nokia 1100, and you bet I virtually use everything in its menu: from the messages(most regular), to contacts where i usually like to assign tones and speed dials, to tones where i like to so often change my ringtone. Alarm is most useful to me, as well as reminders , i use the reminder till it is full!

I also play the game when I am bored and compose ringtones if i have got a new one i like. The calculator is something I rarely use cos it is sorta cumbersome for me.
The greatest of all I guess is the Flashlight. If i don't use it early in the morning to dress up, I am using it in the evening, thanks to Nepa!

I would love to use the timer on my phone, but it's just too cumbersome.  I would love to use it to time my cooking, because I burn food a lot.  I just can't get myself to sit down in the kitchen doing nothing but waiting for food to be ready.  The kitchen happens to be a staircase and two rooms away; you can't smell your food until it's completely burnt!

Some of these phone companies just trick people into buying phones that cannot function properly in Nigeria.  I have an E-700 Samsung and cannot even download ringtones or wallpaper!  The infra red can only transfer the phonebook and you can't store a face to a particular name. The camera is cool anyway and has prevented me from getting a digital camera. The calc comes in handy all the time including the scheduler, organiser and conversion table. Looking for a more functional phone.

delarontus wrote:

Some of these phone companies just trick people into buying phones that cannot function properly in Nigeria.  I have an E-700 Samsung and cannot even download ringtones or wallpaper!  The infra red can only transfer the phonebook and you can't store a face to a particular name.

That is no trick. Those are issues peculiar to the phone. It was designed not to be able to do those things.

A little extra research on your part before buying would have revealed that.

Before I purchase a phone, I find out to the tiniest detail what it can, and what it cannot, do. I make no assumptions.

For example, infrared on a Samsung or Nokia is not as versatile/functional as on a Siemens or SE. The former usually deliberately restrict what you can do with infrared.

Tip: Always do your homework

seun wrote:

So what are the best sites to use for phone research and comparison?

www.gsmarena.com is a good place for statistics/specifications. Note that specifications alone do not say much about how well the phone functions.

Good sites for user reviews include:
1. http://mobile-review.com/review-en.shtml
2. http://3lib.ukonline.co.uk (for Smartphones)
3. http://imobile.com.au/phonereviews
4. http://mobileburn.com
5. http://my-symbian.com (for Symbian smartphones)

These 5 sites give you detailed insight into the actual performance of phones. There are others, but these are very good.

@AYA: Thanks, got carried away with the ad but now i know better.
@mamba:I think Siemens phones are not user-friendly but thanks 4 d advice.