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GX32, E398 or 6230??
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Posted by: Kycleung

Hi, does anybody know which phone is the most recommended out of these three?
I want a good camera and mp3(gx32) but i find nokia really easy to use and also it has a radio which would be cool. But E398 has stereo speakers. So which one??

Posted by: Kycleung

Plz plz plz help me!

Posted by: tequilaworm

well do you want a really good camera? if thats the case, you might want to drop the 6230....

if you want BT (other than headset) you might want to drop the GX32...(you cant transfer files through BT with it)

Posted by: antoxicion

e398 for sure...

better screen, i think it's an overall better phone but that's IMO

<--- bad experiences with nokias

Posted by: tiger33

Quote:

Originally posted by antoxicion
e398 for sure...

better screen, i think it's an overall better phone but that's IMO

<--- bad experiences with nokias

agree

i've used all of these phones

and havent reviewed the E398 www.mototone.co.uk/reviews.asp

i would have to say its an excellent phone

the sharp doesnt have a data bluetooth profile so u can only use bluetooth in headset mode.

Posted by: Pinkas

Why not going with the GX32 ?

*It has a much better screen.
*It has a much better camera.
It has stereo MP3 player, 3D games platform, GPRS class 10, SD 'Hot Swap' slot up to 2GB.

On the other hand, it has a pretty big and rather ugly form-factor. And no Stereo speakers like E398. Furthermore, the E398 will cost less.

I'd say that if you're looking for young & cool features and design, and a very very good value phone, you should go for the E398(and not the Nokia 6230).
And it you're looking for an expensive, Hi-End, superb screen and a MegaPixel phone, you should get the GX32.

Posted by: tiger33

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Originally posted by Pinkas
Why not going with the GX32 ?

*It has a much better screen.
*It has a much better camera.
It has stereo MP3 player, 3D games platform, GPRS class 10, SD 'Hot Swap' slot up to 2GB.

On the other hand, it has a pretty big and rather ugly form-factor. And no Stereo speakers like E398. Furthermore, the E398 will cost less.

I'd say that if you're looking for young & cool features and design, and a very very good value phone, you should go for the E398(and not the Nokia 6230).
And it you're looking for an expensive, Hi-End, superb screen and a MegaPixel phone, you should get the GX32.

Also add that the e398 is also an mp3 player
storage upto 128mb at the minute but by 3rd quarter of this year cards up to 256mb should be available.

Posted by: tiger33

Ooo

one more thing....

the E398 isnt available yet

so if u want a phone now then its between the GX32 and 6230

E398 value for money ??? odd i'm sure its not even been priced yet, i believe that people, reviewers (even myselve) have simply been guessing at prices, even in the official product guide there isnt a guide line price for the device yet.

Posted by: Kycleung

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Originally posted by tiger33

agree

i've used all of these phones

and havent reviewed the E398 www.mototone.co.uk/reviews.asp

i would have to say its an excellent phone

the sharp doesnt have a data bluetooth profile so u can only use bluetooth in headset mode.

Thanxs for all advice, they helped me loads.
To tiger33, can you tell me which mp3 player quality is best out of 6230 and GX32. Obv. e398 has best quality

, but what about the two others.
Thanxs agen

Posted by: tiger33

Quote:

Originally posted by Kycleung
Thanxs for all advice, they helped me loads.
To tiger33, can you tell me which mp3 player quality is best out of 6230 and GX32. Obv. e398 has best quality , but what about the two others.
Thanxs agen

i would say GX32 is a little better

but they are both really standard with MP3's and its the head phones that u use that makes the most difference to quality

Posted by: Kycleung

Quote:

Originally posted by tiger33
i would say GX32 is a little better

but they are both really standard with MP3's and its the head phones that u use that makes the most difference to quality

Oh rite yeh of course. Do u know if u can use ur own headphones with the 6230 or GX32? Or do you have to use special ones like included in the box?

Thanxs

Posted by: tiger33

Quote:

Originally posted by Kycleung
Oh rite yeh of course. Do u know if u can use ur own headphones with the 6230 or GX32? Or do you have to use special ones like included in the box?

Thanxs

umm good question

not sure cant remember

would be surprised if u couldnt use your own

Posted by: Kycleung

Quote:

Originally posted by tiger33
umm good question

not sure cant remember

would be surprised if u couldnt use your own

Oh ok thanxs

. One more question, du u no if u can browse the phone eg send txt msgs while using the mp3 player??

Thanxs

Posted by: cy88

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Originally posted by tiger33
umm good question

not sure cant remember

would be surprised if u couldnt use your own

You sure you used all phones before?

I am using 6230 myself and have actually used GX32 and e398 as well (Not as much).

Nokia uses Pop Port for headphones, you cannot use normal headphone. It comes with a stereo one in the package.

GX32 and e398 i did not have a chance to test out the mp3 function because i didn't have a big enough SD and T-Flash card(this is what e398 takes) around. However as far as i know, it uses a plug that is same as MPX200, 2.5mm. I recall the GX32 and the pre-production model e398 only came with a normal handsfree. Need a confirmation on it.

Therefore they do not support normal headphones unless you modify it.

I personally liked the 6230 due to the facts that:
-Small
-FAST..fast like monochrome phones
-Good camera (VGA)
-nice mp3 ringtone
Great reception

GX32 is definitely good for it's screen and camera however the BT limitation really turns me down. Also it's HUGE.

e398 is little long, but it does have the nice "rubbish" feel in hand. The screen is slight better than V600, camera same, stereo speakers sound really nice. You can actually feel the bass in hand.

Reception-wise 6230 wins over GX32/e398 hands down. Not that the sharp and motos are bad, but just cannot be compared with 6230 (1900Mhz).

Only down side is the screen size of the 6230.

Posted by: antoxicion

Quote:

Originally posted by cy88
You sure you used all phones before?

I am using 6230 myself and have actually used GX32 and e398 as well (Not as much).

Nokia uses Pop Port for headphones, you cannot use normal headphone. It comes with a stereo one in the package.

GX32 and e398 i did not have a chance to test out the mp3 function because i didn't have a big enough SD and T-Flash card(this is what e398 takes) around. However as far as i know, it uses a plug that is same as MPX200, 2.5mm. I recall the GX32 and the pre-production model e398 only came with a normal handsfree. Need a confirmation on it.

Therefore they do not support normal headphones unless you modify it.

I personally liked the 6230 due to the facts that:
-Small
-FAST..fast like monochrome phones
-Good camera (VGA)
-nice mp3 ringtone
Great reception

GX32 is definitely good for it's screen and camera however the BT limitation really turns me down. Also it's HUGE.

e398 is little long, but it does have the nice "rubbish" feel in hand. The screen is slight better than V600, camera same, stereo speakers sound really nice. You can actually feel the bass in hand.

Reception-wise 6230 wins over GX32/e398 hands down. Not that the sharp and motos are bad, but just cannot be compared with 6230 (1900Mhz).

Only down side is the screen size of the 6230.

don't really count that as a down side since all the features it has... BUT put aside next to the k700 i'd take the SE cuz of the screen.... nokia should start gettng new designers.

Posted by: tiger33

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the e398 which i reviewed came with stereo headphones. but in general i believe they will come with standard headphones as the bookleft i recieved with the phone confirmed this.

(Of couse i'm not really a big fan of nokia so never really pay much attention to their products, and wasnt really testing the 6230 for its MP3 functions, Also with the Sharp again i was simply testing the camera and not really going into depth with the MP3s)

but yeah it would make sense if the nokia was using the pop connector because they are releasing alot of new products to go with that connector too.

i used the phones in europe on the T-Mobile and the Vodafone networks and i would say that the GX32 was maybe that little bit better than the E398 on reception but that is only due to a slight problem i had with the E398 with the sound being hollow in big city areas (may have been a problem with my model, because i remember one of the batches of V300's i had also experienced the same problems)

on another note , the E398 is also lacking video recording unlike the other phones

E398 is more of a fun phone than the other models so if you want to have fun with your phone and you also like the lighting effects on the phone then i would go with the E398 over the other two models.

If you want a more professional device then the Nokia is the better bet.

If you want a good camera phone then easily the Sharp (although it is a litte on the big side)

P.S any headphones can be used with the sharp and Motorola phones as long as you get old of the necessary adapters i.e http://www.gpsexplorer.com/jackadapter.html)

Posted by: tiger33

O by the way

when the E398 does get released onto the market it will be packaged with a 64MB T-Flash Card

and if i'm correct the nokia only comes with a 32MB MMC

maybe cy88 can confirm that.

But we need to remember that if you are planning on getting a phone now then you're only real options are the Sharp and the Nokia

as the E398 isnt even available yet

and when the E398 does come out it will be released only a few weeks before the MPX100, and other phones.

(MPX100 comes with a 1.3mp camera)

Personally i'm actually holding out on getting a new phone because this summer (in europe at least) there are alot of nice phone coming out onto the market, If you can wait then way not hold off a little and see what the following phones have to offer first

Siemens S65
Samsung D710
Samsung E800
Motorola MPX220
Motorola MPX100
Nokia 7610

(assuming you are in europe)

Posted by: BMWFilms

The GX-32 has the best screen on the market and is quite a slick looking mobile but then the BT and other restrictions count against it. However, I'd still go for it cuz inspite of all the faults, I think it's the best handset out there...just my two cents oh and for us North Americans especially- it's quad band

Posted by: cy88

Quote:

Originally posted by tiger33
O by the way

when the E398 does get released onto the market it will be packaged with a 64MB T-Flash Card

and if i'm correct the nokia only comes with a 32MB MMC

maybe cy88 can confirm that.

But we need to remember that if you are planning on getting a phone now then you're only real options are the Sharp and the Nokia

as the E398 isnt even available yet

and when the E398 does come out it will be released only a few weeks before the MPX100, and other phones.

(MPX100 comes with a 1.3mp camera)

Personally i'm actually holding out on getting a new phone because this summer (in europe at least) there are alot of nice phone coming out onto the market, If you can wait then way not hold off a little and see what the following phones have to offer first

Siemens S65
Samsung D710
Samsung E800
Motorola MPX220
Motorola MPX100
Nokia 7610

(assuming you are in europe)

You are correct, 6230 comes with 32MB MMC. But the e398 i got didn't have any T-Flash card

Posted by: tiger33

Quote:

Originally posted by cy88
You are correct, 6230 comes with 32MB MMC. But the e398 i got didn't have any T-Flash card

Yep thats because the cards are not available yet

(only a lucky few have them

Posted by: grdnwsl

Ok, my question about the GX32 is this; How is the reception on it? Is it as good as the V600? So far, that seems to be one of the best performing GSM phones out there right now, as far as being able to pull a signal is concerned.

Posted by: araouf

I dont like the way the 6230 looks at all. It looks cheap and ugly and has a very small screen. In real life the phone looks much worse than in pictures.

Posted by: cy88

Quote:

Originally posted by tiger33
Yep thats because the cards are not available yet

(only a lucky few have them

They are avaliable, but not to the public

Plus they will have no use for them before they get the e398

Posted by: tiger33

Quote:

Originally posted by cy88
They are avaliable, but not to the public Plus they will have no use for them before they get the e398

thats what i meant by "lucky few"

;-)