Is it worth getting branded P900

Hassan wrote:Hi just wondering if it's worth getting orange p900 with buggy firmware:? Which you can't even update from SE online update service.

Thanks

There are two simple answers to this question.

No - Orange is an evil company don't touch them.

No - operators which lock their phones don't trust you, don't trust them either.

lotus49 wrote:There are two simple answers to this question.

No - Orange is an evil company don't touch them.

No - operators which lock their phones don't trust you, don't trust them either.

anyway it's not a matter of trust, as I believe that Orange and other companies that get SE to make them their own Firmware pay them a lot (and I mean a lot), so to make sure you won't get the phone from them and use it with another company, they simply lock it!

it's business :?

You're right I have. I have been privileged to receive worse customer service from Orange than I have had from any other commercial organisation I have ever dealt with. I would never have any business relationship with them under any circumstances.

As far as the firmware goes, my friend has a P800 on O2 and the only differences that we could find between his phone and mine were configuration-related (like the startup video). If you say that Orange have paid SE to write Orange-specific firmware, I am sure that you are right, but why would anyone want it?

You end up suffering a phone that cannot be used on other networks (which has been a problem for me on several occasions) and which cannot be kept up to date.

I stick to my previous answer - don't do it.