(18 Aug 2013, 8:55 am)Andreos1 wrote An old school Nokia E5 on Symbian.

Nobody uses Symbian out there any more, but there are some cracking apps out there.
Currently running my internet on Opera Mini and love it.

The battery life is starting to get a bit iffy, but had it a couple of years and its doing me.

Can't get away with touchscreen phones, so going to stick with qwerty when this goes the journey I think.

We had E5 handsets from work for a while. They were extremely unreliable though, and most of us were having to reboot them 4 or 5 times a day. We've now got Blackberry 9900s which at least I find a lot better.

(18 Aug 2013, 9:02 am)fozzovmurton wrote Hey mate, I wouldn't touch Sony Ericsson's products with a s****y stick, I had a Xperia X10 on a 2 year contract with Vodafone, had problems with the battery, it wouldn't charge sometimes and had to go back to Vodafone 4 times in 2 years to get fixed, I ended up swapping for a Samsung Galaxy Ace, you should consider Samsung Galaxy S4, my old man has just got one and they are good phones.

I've never had a problem with Sony Ericsson phones personally. However, I do find that most of my phones I have suffer from battery life after a while. Wasn't too bad with a Blackberry, as I could pick a new battery up relatively cheaply. I had a Sony Ericsson C90 for a while, and it worked fine after I put a OEM image on it - came loaded with bulkware thanks to O2.

(18 Aug 2013, 9:04 am)Daniel wrote I tend to get a new phone every twelve months as a birthday present, but likely going to have that as every twenty four now that I have other presents in mind.

Following on from my ongoing love for BlackBerry (despite all of its flaws), I've switched to Android. I first got the 8520, followed by the 9300, and then the 9360 before getting a Samsung Galaxy S4. Absolutely love it though, and can't fault it (yet!)

I find that the average ten hour battery life of the S4 is no good for me, so I have to keep the 9360 running alongside it, which also serves me for approximately 8 hours.
I think if I had decided to get the iPhone 5 rather than the S4, I would have had to jailbreak it to customize it slightly. That's one reason I didn't like BlackBerry so much - everything was set in its ways and it was far too simplistic. I like to be able to change what I like, when I like (Android!!)

Blackberry really don't make bad phones. They're just falling behind in the smartphone market, and get slated as such. I started off almost 10 years ago now when I was issued a 7730 through Vodafone. Pain in the backside to carry round, but was great having email on the move - was pretty much unheard of back then. From there, I had an 8100, 8800, 9000, 9700, and then eventually the 9900. Never been disappointed one yet, but I wouldn't have one of the touchscreen models. It wouldn't feel like a Blackberry to me without a keyboard.

Samsung Galaxy S4 is a great phone. Apart from design (which Apple will always win), it's light years ahead of the iPhone 5. It also keeps right up there with the HTC One. I've never actually had an Android handset for years. Was put off by the old T-Mobile G1. Extremely slow and clunky to do anything with.

A couple of good reviews I was looking over:
Samsung Galaxy S4 vs iPhone 5
Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Sony Xperia Z vs HTC One