[Gllug] OpenMoko Neo Freerunner

James Laver james.laver at gmail.com
Thu Apr 30 16:32:18 UTC 2009


On 30 Apr 2009, at 17:17, Christopher Hunter wrote:
>
> I had my first iPhone for exactly one week - it was provided by my
> (then) employer.  In that time I managed to complete just two phone
> calls.  It was replaced under Warranty because Apple thought it  
> might be
> "faulty".  I kept the two further replacements for another week -
> neither would work properly in much of London, and couldn't find a
> network out in the countryside.  O2 is meant to have the best  
> coverage,
> but the iPhone will go a long way to destroying their reputation!
>
> Further research revealed the receive sensitivity was markedly worse
> than my old Nokia, and the transmit power was pitiful.  The battery  
> life
> was appalling - typically less than a day.  It was a relief to  
> return to
> the relative sanity of a cheap Nokia phone that "Just Worked™"!
>
> Chris

I'm quite hoping the neo won't suffer from that.

I too use a cheap nokia, and unlike all my friends' phones, it never  
crashes, fails or arses up. I don't even know the model number. I do  
know you can get one for a tenner on virgin mobile though.

--James
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