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LG Viewty or Samsung Soul? Help me decide (before Saturday)

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nomoremagnolia · 11/09/2008 11:11

Am due an upgrade and have narrowed it down to these two, but can't decide between then. I'm not adverse to the touch screen on the Viewty as I'm used to using a PDA but am tempted by the Soul as I have always been impressed with Samsung phones in the past. 3 have only just added the Soul this month, I had already decided I wanted the Viewty before that but am now tempted by the Soul!!
Any advice on, or experience of, either is really appreciated

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snickersnack · 11/09/2008 11:26

The Viewty is ok but I find the text function really really annoying. I love the camera, it's fantastic. I had to download Opera Mini onto mine as the LG installed browser was rubbish and kept crashing. I'm quite fond of it now, but probably wouldn't choose it if I was looking again.

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nomoremagnolia · 11/09/2008 11:50

Thanks snickersnack. Anyone else got any views (especially on the Soul) Internet is one of the things I use on mobile so any experience on that side of things is especially helpful (MN addiction? What MN addiction?)

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sillybillybee · 11/09/2008 15:18

Avoid the viewty like the plague!! Back with details later, I'm already late for the school run

masalachameleon · 11/09/2008 15:20

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sillybillybee · 11/09/2008 16:39

Right the viewty - 2 weeks after getting it it was charged overnight and at around 10am had gone off, I realised it had probably done this a few times when I'd thought it was just the battery dying (when it hadn't been charged). After trying to turn it back on and it wouldn't I had to remove the battery and sim card for it to work again. If you google viewty and turned itself off you will see it is a very common fault.
The Soul my sister has and she can't fault it, I had a play on it when she visited and it seems really nice to use, I'd go for the soul above the viewty, then again I'd have anything above the viewty lol.

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nomoremagnolia · 11/09/2008 20:50

thanks both - and well done masalachameleon on not needing your 'B' to answer!
So what is it about the Soul that you liked sillybillybee?

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nomoremagnolia · 11/09/2008 20:52

thanks both - and well done masalachameleon on not needing your 'B' to answer!
So what is it about the Soul that you both liked so much?

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cwtchy · 11/09/2008 20:53

Both me and my friend have LG phones, although not the Viewty, and they are both shiteous. I will never buy one again.

In fact, I have gone back to using my old Samsung, it was that bad.

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nomoremagnolia · 11/09/2008 20:53

Sorry - thought I'd stopped it posting the first time when I realised you both have experience of the Soul.

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sillybillybee · 11/09/2008 21:05

The Soul was just nice lol. Buttons were a nice size and easy to press, like most phones its easy to find your way around it if you're used to the brand iyswim. Nice big screen but still a nice sized phone overall. I did only have a quick go with it and for once didn't play with the ringtones and games lol. Oh and the camera is good, I'd say better than the viewty, I tried taking pictures in a club and they weren't good at all but my sis has some on facebook in a club from the soul and they're good.

TheRealMrsOsborne · 11/09/2008 21:07

I have a soul and really like it, no idea about using it for the internet though as i never use it for that

babyjjbaby · 11/09/2008 21:50

the souls i very nice the camera is fab easy to use battery lasts well and the internet is very quick i can't fault it tbh

flubdub · 11/09/2008 21:52

I have a viewty. The only thing i dont like is the texting, as its hard work, plus you have that stupid pen stuck to the side of the phone, which Iv taken off.
It has frozen a couple of times when iv tried to send a txt. I do wish i hadnt got it tbh.

SheSellsSeashellsByTheSeashore · 11/09/2008 21:56

i heart my samsung soul. brilliant camera feature, good mp3 player with good battery life while listening to music. it comes with its own headphones/handsfree. no memory card for storing lots of pics but amazon do them really cheap i got mine for £4 inc delivery.

oh yeah and the phone itself is not bad either

SheSellsSeashellsByTheSeashore · 11/09/2008 21:59

sorry forgot to mention dh keeps trying to take it away from me as the sms tone isnt very loud so i never answer his texts and it annoys him.

we will be divorced if anything happens to my soul!

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nomoremagnolia · 12/09/2008 09:55

Well maybe for the sake of my marriage I'd better get the Viewty then! Actually you guys are definitely swaying me towards the Soul. Got to decide soon and still torn. My sister has the Viewty and loves it...

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nomoremagnolia · 12/09/2008 19:00

How is the call sound quality on the Soul? I have been googling it and the most common complaint is that the sound isn't very loud on calls or on the ring tone (not too bothered about the ringtone voume, but sound quality on calls worries me) The biggest complaint about the Viewty seems to be the battery life - is this a true reflection?

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babyjjbaby · 12/09/2008 19:27

i find the sound ok on the samsung

spendalittlelivealot · 15/09/2008 16:40

I love the viewty but mines had it i dropped it andthe camera lens broke battery life is shite i have to admit though

JRocks · 15/09/2008 16:44

I have a Soul, and on the whole I'm pleased with it. Some calls are quiet I've found, but not all, and there seems no logic as to why.

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