Nokia 6100 or something else ?

El Greco

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El Greco
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I'm about to buy a new mobile phone. I'm interested in a very light phone with a loooong lasting battery. I don't care at all for cameras, bluetooth, bells & whistles. After a quick review of the possible choices, I think that Nokia 6100 has the best duration/weight ratio. (I know that this model has been discontinued but I can find it).

Any other ideas ? Or any reason not to buy this particular model ?
 
Last time I needed a new phone I opted for a Siemens A55. It's small, light and well made. Range is very good, calls are loud and clear - both are better than the £200 Sony-Erikssen one it replaced. I can get something like 3 or 4 days out of a single charge, chatting maybe an hour or so a day. Best of all it's incredibly cheap. I paid £20 for it - and from a shop, not a man in a pub ;).

No bells or whistles, except polyphonic ring tunes (aaargh! Lucky they're optional!) and WAP browser.

I can't recommend it enough if you want a good, basic phone. And at that price, you really can't be robbed.

(And of course if you are robbed, you've only lost a £20 phone).
 
I can reccomend the Sony- Ericsson T68i - had one for about 18 months great little colour phone.
 
Well, you have a point of course. But the price is of no concern to me, not because I enjoy phone gadgetry, but because I am hardly impressed by new models. All I'm interested in is size & battery. So, my next phone will be one with a significantly longer-lasting battery, or a much lighter one. Given the tendency of new models to be more bulky and heavy (because of added features), I don't suppose I will be changing my mobile phone during the next 3-4 years (at least). So, I spend less money compared to people who change cheaper models but more frequenly. Mind you, I still use a Nokia 6110. It is so old that people have forgotten it and they think it is a new model when they see it again :D

T68i was also under consideration but 6100 is so much slimmer...
 
Siemens A60. Cheap (40 UKP on pay as you go - free on contract). Super light: 85 grams. Long battery life: 250 hours standby, 300 minutes talk. Fairly small: 110 x 47 x 23 mm (not as tiny as some more expensive phones).

It's tri band. Colour screen. GPRS and a couple of games. Polyphonic.

Has no camera, bluetooth or Infra Red beamer - but what do you expect for forty quid?
 
Here in the US, I'm using an LG VX4400. It's not a top of the line phone, but a fan wrote an absolute SUPER hacking tool that allows me to put on an unlimited numbers of ringtones, wallpapers, addresses, calendar dates, and games/apps.... all for free (with purchase of $25 cable).

In fact, the only thing that limits me is the memory on the phone.

http://bitpim.sourceforge.net/
http://www.rogerbinns.com/vx4400/vx4400faq.html
 
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