Which phone for the bluetooth option?

[chrisboyle999]

afternoon folks.

ive just dropped and smashed my phone .

i know there is a sticky for leon bluetooth compatible phones, however i'd like to know which phones you lot out there have that seem to work particularly well, and which phones that are listed as compatible but you wouldnt recommend.

my current food bag full of pieces was made by samsung, but i am not loyal to a particular phone brand.

my needs are in order;

1 call clarity,
2 ringer volume,
3 leon bluetooth compatibility,
4 mp3, walkman music player
5 camera

your opinions welcome

 

[S8N]

BlackBerry Pearl

 

[SHADY-NINJA]

just a word of advise.
stay away from over sophisticated phones.
and try somrthing as simple as Nokia 6300.
bluetooth connection with my car with the silly nokia n95
was crap.
Nokia 6300 the connection was excellent

 

[Michael B]

I agree, my Nokia 6233 connects and disconnects all the time..

My work phone, a very bog standard 6021 works perfectly..

 

[Cupra R]

My Nokia 6230i works perfectly.

But it is an old phone now, but I got this after ordering the Cupra. So as to be able to fully use the Bluetooth.

 

[JonoUK]

Mine's new ish SEk800i and not had any problems at all... but the buttons are weird

 

[cupra2007]

D900 samsung!!highly recommended!

 

[scoobysnax]

My Nokia 6230i works perfectly.

But it is an old phone now, but I got this after ordering the Cupra. So as to be able to fully use the Bluetooth.

I agree, I got a Motoralo V3 and had to ditch it as texting was so un-intuitive, and went back to a Nokia 6310i. Cheap, but great functionality - syncs with Outlook and ALWAYS works with the car. Useful camera for those outabout moments and cost nowt

 

[TDI PEP]

I have the Nokia 6300 and works fine with the Bluetooth in the car.

 

[onemark1]

stay away from nokia n-series

 

[AL2007]

last phone was a samsung which was ok
the one before was siemens which was rubbish
before that a long line of nokias

The wife has always had sony errickson and swears buy them so 12 months ago I got a w810i

I upgraded the 512mb memory card for a 1gb and have to say its the best mobile I have had.
Ive knocked it, dropped it, scratched it, it still sounds fine.

Camera is good.
Connected to the leons bluetooth straight away and have had no problems.
MP3 is great, (It is a walkman phone after all) I was going to get an ipod but never bothered after I got the phone and use it all the time when down the gym.
Its really easy to click and drag tracks once you have all the software loaded onto your pc.
In process of getting a two way adapter so can play it through the Leons aux and will let you know how it sounds.

Its upto you what you get, im sure there are phones that look better but I will definately get another sony errikson when I upgrade and I hate to say this but.... the wife was right

 

[chrisboyle999]

In process of getting a two way adapter so can play it through the Leons aux and will let you know how it sounds.

would appreciate it if you would do that, and let me know where you find a lead. ive decided to go with the w850i, so now just waiting for the car to go with it!!!

 

[AL2007]

would appreciate it if you would do that, and let me know where you find a lead. ive decided to go with the w850i, so now just waiting for the car to go with it!!!

I couldnt find a two-way adapter anywhere, if anyone can please let me know.

Best I could find was a 'Stereo 3.5mm Jack plug lead' made by Nikkai. I got one from maplin for £4.49.
It has 1.5m of cable which even when taped up looks a bit unsightly, but it works.

I have had different types of adapters for MP3 players on previous cars, mostly the radio transmitter type that tunes into a vacant fm radio station and you always get a certain amount of background noise and interference.

The trick is to have the volume on the phone turned up about 2 thirds and the volume on the phone the same, if you play around you should be able to cut out all background noise.

You may have to re adjust the bass and treble as the settings through the aux connection are different to those on radio and CD.

Its ok but I dont think the sound is quite as clear as playing a CD