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Recommend a decent, cheap mobile phone?
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostMy other issue with smartphones is batter life. I'm from the generation who is used to a phone lasting all week, not charging every day!
Is it possible to turn off internet connectivity (wifi+3g) easily so when in the house it's just a phone and doesn't suck all the battery? Or do I simply have to accept owning a smartphone means a different way of thinking?“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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Not sure if they are still available, but if all you want is phone and text functionality, I had a Nokia 6310i which has 14 days battery life and worked fine for 4 years til I went Smartphone/IPhone.Never has a man been heard to say on his death bed that he wishes he'd spent more time in the office.Comment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostI don't want a fancy smartphone, just a mobile with decent call quality (i.e. I can use it without having to go into a quiet room), battery life, etc. I will put my existing SIM in and carry on as before.
Recommendations... are there any Nokia ones worth having (every phone I owned was a Nokia) or do I need to go elsewhere?
- Dual band
- No camera
- No MP3
- Battery 35 day standby
- Nice and small (unlike most smart phones)
- Cost: 10 quid from PC World "unlocked" with your own PAYG SIM.
Don't take that as a recommendation. I only tried one out in store on behalf of a friend, but it had a clean display and a nice feel - I liked it as "a phone" and for a tenner you can't go wrong. IIRC, the next model up is larger size, has MP3 and dual-SIM but you'd need to check that.Last edited by Contreras; 28 June 2012, 08:31.Comment
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