[Zero000]

I currently have a SE W810i and love it a lot (but it does have a terrible hiss), except it's hitting it's prime and I want a new phone/mp3player/ or both. I've been reading around and I hear good things about the D2, but I would really like to keep a phone with mp3 capabilities with 8 gig+. Any recommendations?

I know the iphone is a possibility, but I don't have at&t and I think it will be really troublesome if I try to switch.

 

[3X0]

Uhh, music phones are generally not appreciated here (though I get along with my two N95's well enough), but what provider do you plan on using? CDMA/GSM offer different phones.

 

[Zero000]

I have a T-Mobile, meaning I can just simply get a GSM phone and swap the SIM.

 

[tpc41]

how about an unlocked iphone?

 

[Zero000]

I've been thinking of that, but doesn't a iphone pretty much lose alot of features if i unlock it (data connections and such)

 

[mrdeadfolx]

iPhone dude, iPhone.

 

[tpc41]

i think if you use jailbreak to unlock the phone, there are actually additional features that can be added to the phone...but i could be wrong

 

[tds101]

Man, go iPhone, & jail breaking it just adds functions to it. Get an unlocked model and choose your provider. Sounds like the plan cause no matter what comes out there's no better convergence device available - PERIOD!!! Music, movies, games, calender, browsing the net, GPS - try to top those features w/any other device. My D2 and A829 can't hold a candle to that. The SQ isn't so bad that I'd even think twice about it - the iPhone ROCKS!!! May sound like a kid, but it's a great enough device to make me sound like 1 again!!!

 

[Zero000]

So pretty much the iphone is the mp3/phone killer out there. Nothing else tops it?

 

[tds101]

The sony Experia1 (don't know if it's released yet) comes within striking range - but the TKO will be given to the iPhone IMO. As close to perfect as your gonna' get right now.

 

[hatethatgiraffe]

I have both the Sony Ericsson w960 and the iPhone and the fact I am in bed typing thisvtrom my iPhone listening to ray lamontagne unamped through Shute se530 says it all for me
W960 for me was only thing that came close and it's so far behind my 3g iPhone is lapping it LOL

 

[Kermy]

I'll chime in also. I'm in Hong Kong right now and my iPhone borked out so I went out and bought a Sony Ericsson W760i thinking it'd replace the iPhone as a phone/mp3 player. It does the job but not that well. The software isn't as nice/streamlined as the iPhone's and I get intermittent reboots/cut outs.

Though one nice thing about the W760 and alot of the newer music cell phones is the inclusion of A2DP for bluetooth stereo. Can't believe the iPhones don't have that yet.

Bottom line: I can't wait till I get back to the US to fix my iPhone.

 

[hatethatgiraffe]

be honest tho.... Are there truly any Bluetooth headphones that you would want to listen to over a pair of shures of triple fi's?

 

[Kermy]

Well you can always plug in your headphone of choice to a bluetooth receiver.

Check out the Sony Ericsson DS220, DS205, Sony BT15, etc. I know Nokia and Jabra has their own also. Though I have no first hand experience.

 

[Zero000]

I was tempted to do that, but I stuck with my EX-90s... until I got my Triple fis. The A2DP was also tempting of the connectivity with car speakers and such.