I need a new cell phone and although I'm reasonably wel up ther with most other technologies, I know bugger all about cell phones and every time I talk to my provider, it sounds like they're talking a different language to me.

All I want from a phone is as good a battery life as possible, for as little money as possible, the ability to make and receive calls and SMSs. If it could store e-mail and physical addresses etc as well, or work like an address ook, that'd be a bonus, but it's not a necessity.

I don't care about cameras, internet, music, TV, radio and all that other bollocks, I just want a simple cellphone.

So, can anyone give me any ideas of what makes/models I should be asking the people from the planet Zog who work in the shop for please?

Steve:

I really can't help much because the battery life issue varies from phone model to phone model and even seems to vary from set to set, factor that in with the continuing replacement of models with a "newer, improved" version which usually means more bells and whistles which use more batter power. However, most of that problem is easily solved by getting a portable car charger which just plugs into the cigarette lighter.

Searching for a signal will burn up your battery power in a very short time. I keep my phone turned off until I need it and hopefully until I am in an area with a decent signal.

This is useless information, but the best signal receiver/picker upper I ever saw was a long antiquated Nokia set, now at least 4 years old and no longer available.

This may be coming a bit late. I second the Nokia brand of phone.
I just got a new one, a 6085 because I wanted some thing blue thooth capabile.
My old 6102 left on 24 - 7 needed a charge about every other week. Of course the time you are talking or listining cuts that time down a bit.
The 6085 is just a month old now and seems to work as well. Of course it has all the bells and whistles but you do not need to use them if you so choose.
By the way they are a Finish product.

Al

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Originally posted by alleyyooper:
This may be coming a bit late. I second the Nokia brand of phone.
I just got a new one, a 6085 because I wanted some thing blue thooth capabile.
My old 6102 left on 24 - 7 needed a charge about every other week. Of course the time you are talking or listining cuts that time down a bit.
The 6085 is just a month old now and seems to work as well. Of course it has all the bells and whistles but you do not need to use them if you so choose.
By the way they are a Finish product.

Al

I have an el-cheapo Nokia cant remember the model number. I believe the thing would pick up in a cave with no windows and the door closed. I will never buy another LG though.