M8 substitutes for now

22lambo · 07-01-2008

OK, most of us who have been waiting for the M8 can't wait for it any longer or It's time to get a new phone and the M8 is STILL not out so you want to buy a Touchscreen phone (unlocked).

For the poll, please vote for the phone you would buy now with your budget and in the comments say what phone you would get regarding the price.

These are some phone I thought would be a good M8 substitute:

1. Unlocked Iphone: >$500
2. Samsung Tocco F480: $500
3. HTC Diamond: >$700
4. LG KE850: >$325

I cant think of any others but if you have any other phones, please comment them below. Thanks!

darkado · 07-01-2008

iphone, the most fun of all

SteveMB93 · 07-01-2008

N95, the HTC Diamond when it comes down in price. The XPERIA will be amazing.

Skinny101 · 07-01-2008

Well, I would go for the HTC Diamond. I can afford it but I don't know if I could justify spending so much on a phone especially when I will probably replace it in about a year and a half. I reckon if I really wanted it I would buy it anyway though as long as I had enough money for it.

Yeeze · 07-01-2008

Well if I would be Korean I would go for the Samsung AnyCall Haptic...

Well I think I would go for the HTC Diamond, but I am still hoping that AnyCall Haptic will make it to Europe some day...

gulhalim · 07-01-2008

samsung i-900 omnia is good too

xgaming · 07-01-2008

I prefer to have the HTC Diamond but I find it to expensive right now, so I'll choose the iPhone

jmanjohns · 07-01-2008

Hi guys, first time poster long time lurker. I was waiting for the M8 for months but my Motorola died and I needed to find a replacement. My requirements were pretty specific and I had a lot of trouble finding the right model. I wanted a windows mobile candybar touch screen smartphone with Wifi, GPS, and EDGE (minimum preferably 3G) for <=$400. My preferred device was the M8, but it isn't available so I had to look around. I found some promising Chinese clones of the IPhone (Daxian X999 and X999+ and the Cect W500) but they were of questionable quality and very hard to find reputable resellers for. There were very few options until I stumbled upon two Taiwanese smartphones meant for the American market (and from reputable brands). These two phones are the Asus P827 and the Pharos GpsPhone 600 (also sold under its OEM brand as the ETen GloFish X500. The Asus I think is slightly nicer and has a lot more buttons (in case the touchscreen gets tiresome), but it was universally panned in reviews as being very very slow. The Asus can be had new for less than $350 if you look around and I got myself a brand new Pharos off of ebay for $370. I may sell it later if the next gen phones are far superior, but so far I'm pretty happy. Can't decide whether I should have gotten the Asus as all touch controls are a bit obnoxious, but the pharos is a zippy, small, and just all around awesome phone (comes with full fledged GPS software too).

aniym · 07-03-2008

the neo1973 openmoko phone (2.8", wifi, unlocked, lacks 3G) will be globally available starting July 4 for $399:

OpenMoko Neo FreeRunner available for order July 4, shipping July 7 - Engadget

might be interested in this, since i couldn't care less about overpriced and slow US data plans.

SJanos · 07-03-2008

I've already heard about freerunner. It's cheaper because it uses openmoko linux which is opensource, so the software is free. And I think the development was also a bit cheap. Maybe it's a copyleft thing. I don't know much about economy though.