Another cell phone thread

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by Carruthers

There was no 'up front' cost for the phone and £15 ($22.50) per month on a two year contract, buys 500 mins talk time, 5000 texts and 500mb of data.

Keep an eye on that. Coming from a non-smart-phone, 500mb might seem like a lot, but the phone is going to make using that up very easy.

I'm not saying to buy more data, just keep in mind that there are apps that can use it very quickly.

[Carruthers]

Originally Posted by glatt

I started getting annoyed with the battery after a year and a half. But you put up with these annoyances for a while before you do something about it. Replacing the battery was actually fairly easy. Ebay sells these inexpensive battery kits with jewelers screwdrivers included, and there are tons of videos on youtube showing how to do it. If I could go back in time, I would have replaced the battery after a year. File this in the back of your mind for future reference.

Done!

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Keep an eye on that. Coming from a non-smart-phone, 500mb might seem like a lot, but the phone is going to make using that up very easy.

I'm not saying to buy more data, just keep in mind that there are apps that can use it very quickly.

Yes, I'm wary of coming a cropper on that front so my usage will be carefully monitored. No, make that very carefully monitored.

[glatt]

It's easy to just have it run on wifi when you are at a hot spot so you do your heavy lifting with that.

[Carruthers]

Originally Posted by glatt

It's easy to just have it run on wifi when you are at a hot spot so you do your heavy lifting with that.

I've got it working on my wifi network OK. In the event of web access being required, and no available wifi network, does it default to the cell phone network and use up data that way?