Hunting for a new mobile phone

Mentioned I was waiting for a few mobiles to come out and thinking to buy 1 of them. They are:

Nokia N96

N85

Samsung Omnia

and Sony Ericsson X1.

Samsung Omnia was the first to come out, and also the first got crossed out of my list. Let's just say Windows Mobile sucks. It's tedious, and makes me love iPhone even more.

Nokia N96 was the second. The OS was slow and unstable. And it's ridiculously expensive. So, it's out.

I haven't put my hands on N85 yet. The price tag looks okay. But with 1000hr+ life time, the A-OLED screen is very short-lived, even it looks spectacular. So, it's probably a "NO" for N85, too.

And there is the Sony Ericsson X1. Rumor said it's coming out next week, priced almost the same as N96. But just like Omnia, it uses WM, that I ain't looking forward to.

Besides these four, Nokia got their very first touch screen mobile coming on the way, 5800 XpressMusic.

Rumor, again, said it will be launched in Hong Kong on 5 Dec. This new baby got me all curious. Will it be as responsive & good as iPhone? Nokia's suggested price for it is just 250euro, which is way cheaper. The price alone almost won a "YES" from me.

But, (yeah, here comes the "but") some big man in Nokia revealed they are working on a few future touch screen mobiles. There may be a Nseries touch screen coming out in 2009. So, I probably won't go for 5800, instead to wait for the N "Touch".

Still, I will get a new mobile before X'mas.

I've got a plan for the next time back to HK. I will get my hands on N85 & X1, and N82. If I don't like N85 nor X1, will buy N82.

Since the launch of N85 and N79, N82's price dropped at least a good $500, and will drop some more. It's really good value, and most importantly a very nice smartphone.

... starting to wonder, who was I convincing?

I was again excusing for being shopaholic.