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by Bruce Ure at 10:37 16/02/07 (Blogs::Bruce)

I'm feature-fatigued.

My Nokia sliding-face pile-of-shite (I've really gone off Nokia, from being fiercely brand-loyal for 10 years to now actively looking for another make) has broken and I need a replacement.

I want a PHONE. All it needs to do is let me make and receive calls, vibrate, support my bluetooth headset for driving, store my phone numbers, and let me send texts. Long battery life would be nice, too.

I don't want cameras, GPSs, games, video cameras, sound file editors, slow and clunky operating systems, huge screens, MP3 players, radios, broadband, blogging software.

The O2 Jet is damn close (if a little large, but with an incredible up to 20 days standby to make up for it), but annoyingly it's O2 only, and I'm tied to T-mobile 'til October.

Anyone know of anything similar?

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Basic phones	Bruce Ure - 10:37 16/02/07
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Re: Basic phones	Simon - 11:33 16/02/07
I've been using a PAYG Nokia 3410 for the past few years, and it just keeps going. Kris has had her slightly earlier model equivalent for almost 7 years. Available second hand from: http://www.keep-talking.net/ My Dad is using what appears to be a Binatone phone, nasty orange plastic thing he got from a boot sale and has almost no features at all aside from text and a phone book. I think he recharges it about once a month. -- simon
Re: Basic phones	Bruce Ure - 12:38 16/02/07
Brilliant, thanks for that. They must go on ebay for about 25p. --
Re: Basic phones	Steve - 12:25 16/02/07
If battery life is important, stay away from 3G or at least ensure 3G can be turned off. I've a couple of phones I use for work - an HTC Excalibur (http://www.europe.htc.com/products/htcs620.html) and a Samsung Blackjack (http://www.samsungblackjack.com/). The HTC is my favourite at the moment mainly because of the widescreen and the QWERTY keyboard. I haven't played with the Blackjack much yet. I can't remember what they cost, whether or not they're available here yet or which ones T-mobile will be offering. So this is likely completely useless info. (On the other hand, I get to wave my willy around...) -- stevepa
Re: Basic phones	Bruce Ure - 12:37 16/02/07
lol, I think a QWERTY keyboard and huge screen rather misses the point. And anyway, it's not a phone, it's a fucking mainframe. In fact they're both the size of dinner plates! And they are both fairly and squarely "smart phones" so they are anathema to my requirement for simplicity. Thanks though... nice willy ;-) --
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