Mobile Phone Recommendations

[Dr_Pepper]

Hi sorry to distract you all from the TC and Cinqmeister show thread! I need any recommendations for a new phone as my ancient 3210 has finally died. My specification so far:

-On vodafone pay as you go.
-Preferably Nokia
-No crappy little buttons!
-Cheap as possible definately less than £100.

I have seen some cheap ones about but I was thinking it would be great to have a camera one, and I have seen one (a Sagem something) for £70 so does anyone know any others cheaper, must be on pay as you go vodafone though because all my mates are also on vodafone, makes it a lot cheaper!

Cheers for any help.

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[Helz]

Errrrmmmm was that Orange or Vodafone? I am confuzzled [?]. Are you sure you don't want a contract - you can get some really decent phones very cheaply even with a £10 contract . I can do no better than recommend my 6600 and I'm sure Sammi and Stu would agree.

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[Dr_Pepper]

Sorry I've got orange on the brain right now having been looking at their website. It's voadfone 'smartplus' that I need, I'm definately not a contract person I have worked it out endless times I don't spend £10 a month.

I've edited the post+ I'll check out the 6600 now - thanks.

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[Helz]

The 6600 will cost more than £100 on PAYG I think, sorry . That was why I mentioned a contract as what you pay extra for with monthly charges you make back by getting a better phone. Plus once you have a phone with a camera you will be sending and receiving MMS left, right and centre

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[Dr_Pepper]

Yeah too expensive I'm afraid - as a poor student I'm definately going to stick to pay as you go. This is the one I've found so far:

http://www.thelink.com/martlinprd/store/lin_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0398977882.1086620173@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccdadclhfdhegecflgceggdhhmdfhl.0&page=Product&sku=994849&category_oid=-18464&fm=0&sm=1&tm=undefined

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[custard]

look on ebay.loads of cheap phones.i flicked and the first one i saw was a 3310 unlocked on buy it now £29.99

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[custard]

or lok on my old fave expansys.a few under a ton http://www.expansys.com/d_gsm.asp#A

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[The Negotiator]

T300 is a nice little colour phone with a cam attachment, sometimes go for about £30 on ebay (without cam) - bargain for what it is! Like the T610 but the cam attachment makes it a lower model. I like it a lot and would replace my ageing phone with it. NB: the t300 isn't a current phone/probably 18 months or more old, just IMO good value for money second hand.

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[JonnyBoy]

I bought a Nokia 6510 off ebay just before christmas, cost me £65. They're only about £45 now; nice small phone and well-built, some useful extras like loads of memory for texts/numbers etc. I much prefer it to all these big heavy new phones with colour screens and cameras!

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[custard]

good little phone but forget the cam attachment,its poo.expansys have a few decent phoes on the 70-80 mark and as their sim free your not tied to any network

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[Dr_Pepper]

Thanks everyone will get looking into them. Custard were you talking about the T300 when you said the camera is rubbish?

I'm thinking I'm definately going for one with a camera now...



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[custard]

Originally posted by Dr_Pepper
Sorry I've got orange on the brain right now having been looking at their website. It's voadfone 'smartplus' that I need, I'm definately not a contract person I have worked it out endless times I don't spend £10 a month.

I've edited the post+ I'll check out the 6600 now - thanks.

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you dont spend £10 a month but your paying for the handset and higher call costs on PAYG.cheaper calls/texts on contract and a free phone

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[The Negotiator]

DP, carefully consider camera phones, don't expect to use it for anything but silly shots. They are usually about 0.3MP (i believe?) which is pretty awful!

Custard; I didn't know the cam was bad, if i bought one I wouldn't buy the cam though, have a nice digi cam and don't see the point (personally) in having a poor quality cam on a phone...

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[custard]

even by phone standards its poor,in anything but super bright light it shows nothing.sonyerricson are bringing out a 1.3 Mp phone soon and nokia have a 1Mp cameraphone but if you want real quality buy a sperate camera.P800 takes respectable enough pics

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[The Negotiator]

Ah, cams that need bright sunshine! Been there, done that! I guess a lot of mob cams are like that though and considering no flash could also be a problem?



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[Dr_Pepper]

I don't have (or want really) a digital camera so that's why it would be nice to have a phone that did it, I don't really care about the quality it would only be for novelty value probably plus it would just be handy even without good quality.

As for contract, no I have decided that vodafone payg is what I need, When I say I don't spend £10/month I mean nowhere near, while I'm at Uni I don't talk to mates at home as much and use email a lot more. I paid £80 for my 3210 probably 5/6 years ago and I want to do that again really - I definately don't want a contract! Thanks for the heads up anyway but I have worked it out.

The Sagem MYV65 is looking good at the moment, £80 at the link there are some reviews saying the camera is excellent.

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[sammiboo]

i agree with helz the 6600 is a great phone, it is about £250 on pay as you go

hello custard - dont forget your promise of a pic mr hottie lol

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[whitewabbit2001]

ive got 6100 nokia its good

 

[JonnyBoy]

Sammi...6600...ugh! [xx(]

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[Dr_Pepper]

Both too expensive for me unfortunately...

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