After having sat down and had a long think about what mobile phone to get i have pretty much decided to stick with the candybar design mobile phones of the past and decided to go ahead and purchase a Nokia E52.
I had look at either getting an iPhone 4 or Blackberry Bold 9780 or the new Samsung Galaxy. However all the phones mentioned have features that i would probally not even utilise.
The positive thing about the Blackberry is it has Blackberry Messenger but after a long think it really is no use to me because i would only have 1/2 contacts with which to communicate with and its not something you can easily use when travelling abroad.
iPhone 4 is fancy but I feel it is impractical i.e touchscreen would not be the easiest way to chat via msn etc same with the Samsung Galaxy.
I decided to go with the E52 since it has the classic design with a standard 1-0 keypad (easy to sms and drive :p JOKE ofcourse!), big screen etc and full of the features will need i.e GPRS, 3G, Wifi etc!
The design is excellent! Well built and feels solid in the hand!
I had heard of some firmware problems but these have been rectified with an updated firmware version from Nokia!
So E52 it is! I am currently searching for a phone InshAllah I will find something that will benifit me.