Pre-ordered!

bayhota · Mar 12, 2012

Handtec cant confirm anything at the minute, other than they are awaiting stock from their suppier, and are expecting it tomorrow, but they dont know how many. They have taking the money from my account and they said to cancel the pre-order would take 5 days to refund, thus meaning it will be at least five days before i could go elsewhere.

angelus97 · Mar 12, 2012

Hi Jaseuk,

After a weekend playing around with your phone what are your impressions of it? Any views changed? If I get the chance I may get mine tomorrow.

Thanks

gabbyevs · Mar 12, 2012

mines on its way finally!

jaseuk · Mar 12, 2012

Good for you gabby, you'll love it.

Angelus, I'm using it to type this response now and I've just wiped and boxed my 8 month old IPhone 4, does this help you out? B-) yeah it's a bit strange going back to android and relearning the nuances but for now and most prob the next two years I'm gonna be happy using this.

angelus97 · Mar 12, 2012

Cheers. It's just the jump to Android from iOS that makes me jittery (even though I'm not a massive fan of Apple). It's just moving to something new, but I do like the sound of the customisation Android offers.

It's weird. It feels strange jumping to a new OS, but before my iPhone no phone I had shared the same OS and I was jumping between manufacturers own OS with every phone I got.

jaseuk · Mar 12, 2012

So this is my battery life today (only 2nd charge since I've had it)

SXS battery life | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

SXS Batt life 2 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Not too bad I think.

gabbyevs · Mar 12, 2012

thanks jase i keep checking my tracking number im so impatient

Tyseyh · Mar 12, 2012

jaseuk said:
So this is my battery life today (only 2nd charge since I've had it)

SXS battery life | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

SXS Batt life 2 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Not too bad I think.

Was a lot of that just on stand by over night?

jaseuk · Mar 12, 2012

I think about 6 hrs overnight tyseyh

angelus97 · Mar 12, 2012

Sorry for sounding dumb, I've not seen the Andoird battery breakdown before (but I like it!).

Does that show that your phone is at 26% after 19h 50m 38s of use? Was the flat bit on the graph at the beginning the phone during the night?

Tyseyh · Mar 13, 2012

angelus97 said:
Sorry for sounding dumb, I've not seen the Andoird battery breakdown before (but I like it!).

Does that show that your phone is at 26% after 19h 50m 38s of use? Was the flat bit on the graph at the beginning the phone during the night?

Yeah it does, and yeah the flat bit will probably be over night

bayhota · Mar 13, 2012

Anyone heard anything from handtec?

iwantanandroid · Mar 13, 2012

bayhota said:
Anyone heard anything from handtec?

Spoke to a fella named Andrew on live chat gave him my order number and was told it will be dispatched today for delivery to me tomorrow. Try doing the same

zafonic · Mar 13, 2012

iwantanandroid said:
Spoke to a fella named Andrew on live chat gave him my order number and was told it will be dispatched today for delivery to me tomorrow. Try doing the same

which colour?

angelus97 · Mar 13, 2012

I'm getting the phone sim free now! I decided I didn't want to commit myself to a new 24 month contract so have changed my Vodafone monthly account to pay as you go as it'll work out a lot cheaper for me.

No real surprise that the Vodafone store was no help. They told me to phone them even though I was stood in their store and there were no other customers in there. Fortunately the representative on live chat through their website was very helpful. Didn't try to sell me anything, understood why I wanted to change the contract and sorted it all very quickly.

bayhota · Mar 13, 2012

Mine has been despatched, but ive no tracking number.... what service do they use, i take it from the email its not royal mail for phones?

iwantanandroid · Mar 13, 2012

zafonic said:
which colour?

Just the black one fella

one-eyed-willy · Mar 13, 2012

mines been dispatched from tesco mobiles

will be here tomorrow

angelus97 · Mar 15, 2012

Glad I tried moving to pay as you go. Now been offered a sim only contract of 600 mins, unlimited texts and 500mb internet for

jonmorris · Mar 15, 2012

Buying SIM-free, or prepay if you can get a phone unlocked (or easy to unlock) is the way to go as you now have a load of flexibility.

For example, you might not top-up for a bit (but still receive calls) or you can go on a 30 day rolling contract and when a better tariff comes along, just change - and keep your number.

A little bit of effort over a 24-month contract stealing a fortune from you every month, even when you use it less (and charging you when you use it more) but worth it.

What's more, you can change phones as often as you like.

Anyone that takes the time to grab a calculator or load Excel can sit and work out the cost of ownership and will usually see that it's cheaper to pay up-front.

angelus97 · Mar 15, 2012

Unless I get offered an even better and cheaper sim only deal at some point, I can see myself sticking to this for the foreseeable future and just buying a phone whenever one comes out I like.

gabbyevs · Mar 15, 2012

thats a good deal angelus

i wish i could have afforded to buy outright but i just dont have that sort of money

jonmorris · Mar 16, 2012

Just a quick note to say that the Sony Center in Tottenham Court Road (near TCR tube) got their delivery of Xperia S's in this morning. I popped in on the way back from the new iPad launch.

Stupid me forgot to ask how much they were selling them for, but they opened one up and it comes with a second screen protector but NOT any NFC tags.

Still, if anyone is looking for one (SIM-free) then maybe other Sony stores got them too.

Pre-ordered!

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