The ZTE Blade (Orange San Francisco) is a far better choice than the Wildfire
S. Same specs, but has a 640x480 screen and better display overall. Even if
you do get one locked to orange, there are free aps on Android Market that
will work out your SIM unlock code easy peasy.
I use an HTC Desire (bravo), have for nearly 18 months. Can't see a need to
replace it as it does everything I need.
For the Samsung, I cant really comment. Only ever used the SGS (I9000), which
is a VERY nice phone.
In all honesty, I'd try find a cheap HTC Desire .. Lovely phone!! It will do
everything you want and should your curiosity play wicked, more.
On Monday 03 October 2011 17:24:23 Paul Tansom wrote:
> A bit of a vague subject, but I'm looking at the possibility of finally
> getting a smartphone and at the moment the HTC Wildfire S and the Samsung
> Galaxy Ace are looking to be fairly decent entry level options. Has anyone
> any experience of these? I've seen some comments that the HTC can be a bit
> slow with the 600MHz processor, and the Galaxy is only 800MHz. Clearly it
> depends on how well they are designed to some extent, but both run Android
> (so I assume should be good with Linux). I think the Ace is the front
> runner at the moment for the better screen and marginally faster
> processor.
>
> As for usage, which will define whether performance is an issue to some
> extent, I will no doubt use it for web and email, but calendaring and a
> SIP client are of particular interest (clearly I need the right network to
> not block SIP traffic!). I'm not a bit gamer on my phone, but then I only
> have a Samsung G600 at the moment, so who knows with a smartphone!
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