What's the difference between a flash and photo light on an SE handset?

pctech · Sep 11, 2011, 17:51:44

I know that the flash obviously flashes when taking a picture but some say they have a photo light rather than a flash.

I'm assuming this means that it stays on constantly while camera mode is active but presumably its dimmer than an LED flash?

Simon · Sep 11, 2011, 18:18:45

It's a 'manual' flash, so you have to turn it on to take a photo, then turn it off again. There's no auto flash. That's another reason why I wouldn't buy an SE.

Rik · Sep 11, 2011, 18:19:46

You mean you flash automatically??

Simon · Sep 11, 2011, 18:21:57

I don't flash at all with the iPhone! But I'd rather have none, than one I have to fiddle about with.

Rik · Sep 11, 2011, 18:23:09

Quote from: Simon on Sep 11, 2011, 18:21:57

I don't flash at all with the iPhone! But I'd rather have none, than one I have to fiddle about with.

I hope you don't feel deprived.

Simon · Sep 11, 2011, 18:27:34

Only of vast amounts of wealth.

Rik · Sep 11, 2011, 18:29:45

pctech · Sep 11, 2011, 18:30:32

I might just wait for the Arc S which has a flash and 1.4 Ghz Scorpion CPU and Qualcomm MS255T Snapdragon chipset.

Damn it's becoming like buying a PC.

Inkblot · Sep 11, 2011, 18:31:55

That's more powerful than a lot of PC's that I have had!

Simon · Sep 11, 2011, 18:32:39

What about the Samsung Galaxy II?

pctech · Sep 11, 2011, 18:36:20

I love the AMOLED screens but SIM free its over 500 quid which is of course pocket change to an iPhone owner

Simon · Sep 11, 2011, 18:38:04

Not to ones who buy theirs off eBay, it isn't.

pctech · Sep 11, 2011, 18:41:57

TBH Simon during my tenure as a mod on a mobile phone related forum (which is now falling into disrepair thanks for the inaction of the admins) I saw many instances of poor souls buying apparent bargains off fleabay only to find the phone stop working a week later because the seller had reported the phone as stolen.

Simon · Sep 11, 2011, 19:06:40

I may have been lucky, but I'm careful who I buy from, and have bought several phones off eBay with no such problems.

Gary · Sep 12, 2011, 08:29:49

Quote from: pctech on Sep 11, 2011, 18:36:20
I love the AMOLED screens but SIM free its over 500 quid which is of course pocket change to an iPhone owner

You can get an iPhone from the same price Mitch, do some research instead of assuming, and hating on Apple as usual...

Glenn · Sep 12, 2011, 08:45:15

Quote from: pctech on Sep 11, 2011, 18:36:20
I love the AMOLED screens but SIM free its over 500 quid which is of course pocket change to an iPhone owner

Sim free on Amazon £420

Technical Ben · Sep 12, 2011, 11:02:30

Even I knew they were not that bad. Hyperbole?

pctech · Sep 12, 2011, 19:32:03

Just clocked it after I posted.

As I've said before Gary, primarily I want a device that works well as a phone and all I hear from iPhone owners (and I know quite a few) is its great a computer but the phone side isn't so I'm not going to cough up 500 quid for something that doesn't do the basic function well.

Function is more important than form for me and besides as I was told Apple devices don't get problems do they.

To be fair my iPod has only crashed once in the three years I've owned it and the reset procedure worked ok.

Steve · Sep 12, 2011, 20:48:49

Didn't realise there was anything wrong with the iPhone as phone,I can only compare with Nokia,SE and Blackerry amongst which it compares very favourably.

Simon · Sep 12, 2011, 21:07:23

My iPhone has crashed a couple of times, and has dropped a call here and there, but so has every other phone I've ever used. There's no such thing as perfection - a lot of the time signal quality is to blame for poor performance (although, admittedly, some phones seem to hold the signal better than others, the BlackBerry Storm being the worst I've experienced), or, with smartphones, like any computer, they just go bonkers occasionally.

The iPhone is certainly not the worst I've used for call quality, and is certainly better than some, but I still haven't found one to beat the Nokia 6310i. The external sound and speaker quality of the last few SEs I've used has been abysmal, and the HTCs weren't much better, but the iPhone is on a par with the BlackBerry for that. I certainly wouldn't say that the iPhone falls down as a phone. You really need to take the blinkers off, Mitch, if you want a fair comparison of the market.

pctech · Sep 12, 2011, 21:52:10

I currently have the 6700 which is really clear call quality wise.

methinks I'm going to bite the bullet and go for the Desire S as HTCs seem to get rave reviews.

Joking aside there seems to be a lack of android knowledge at work because most carry iPhones and there one Blackberry user so trying to redress the balance a bit too.

Simon · Sep 12, 2011, 22:03:08

I'd have to have the Sensation.

pctech · Sep 12, 2011, 22:43:00

bit wide for me (I only have a small head)

Technical Ben · Sep 12, 2011, 22:44:28

You can go to the doctors for that.

PS In reply to Simon, not Pctech, oops!

pctech · Sep 12, 2011, 22:47:01