Good mobile phone

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I'm looking for recommendations for a decent mobile phone which doesn't have to be a smart phone. I know other factors come in to play such as providers and area but on a level playing field what phone shines? The important thing is that it is a good solid performer for making and receiving calls and decent battery life. The only other requirement is a good camera maybe 8 megapixel upwards. I use my Ipad mini for most things and believe me I always have it with me :o Satnav, booking calls, emails is all done on the Ipad. I have even thought about going back to my old Blackberry. Anyone have a recommendation or what works for you?
 
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Casio Gzone Ravine 2 if you want a flip phone.

The things are basically indestructible.

For smartphones, I'd go with an S5 or a Nexus if you want Android or an iphone. You could always go the WinPhone route, but get a nokia if you do.

I played with the Blackberry Z10 and Q10 and they seemed like decent phones.

I can't tell you anything about camera specs, but I hope this helps point you in the right direction.
 
Look no further -> Here's the best mobile phone ever made :)

Seriously.

  • Great sound quality.
  • Long battery life (can last as long as a week on a single charge).
  • Bluetooth.
  • Very inexpensive.
  • Perfect size: Not too small, yet not too big to slip into a trouser pocket.
(not to mention that it also happens to work with the factory-fit hand-free system in my 12 year old Audi S8, which is a big plus for me)

It has no built-in camera, of course, but when you need to take photos you can always use ... well, a camera.

I've used the 6310i for years. I replace them, whenever they get a little tatty, with a refurb. You can buy them refurbished from around £30-£50, often with a charger and spare battery, in brand new condition.

Don't get me wrong, Smartphones are great -- I own a Samsung S4 Active in fact -- they're great, that is, as a portable computer. I use my S4 for emergency remote assisting, server rebooting, etc and, being the water-resistant, shock-proof model, it's a great GPS navigation device for my weekend hikes over the moors. I almost never use it as a phone though.

The 6310i was the last proper mobile phone, in my opinion. After that, with the introduction of cameras, web browsing, GPS, etc, etc, etc, etc, it all kinda went a bit crazy. Mobile phones have a million different uses now, yet excel at none of them.

My 6310i phones have become somewhat of a talking point with my customers too. They're usually shocked to see me, their techie (and self-confessed technophile) using such an old model.
 
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Moltuae said:
Look no further -> Here's the best mobile phone ever made :)

Seriously.

  • Great sound quality.
  • Long battery life (can last as long as a week on a single charge).
  • Bluetooth.
  • Very inexpensive.
  • Perfect size: Not too small, yet not too big to slip into a trouser pocket.
(not to mention that it also happens to work with the factory-fit hand-free system in my 12 year old Audi S8, which is a big plus for me)

It has no built-in camera, of course, but when you need to take photos you can always use ... well, a camera.

I've used the 6310i for years. I replace them, whenever they get a little tatty, with a refurb. You can buy them refurbished from around £30-£50, often with a charger and spare battery, in brand new condition.

Don't get me wrong, Smartphones are great -- I own a Samsung S4 Active in fact -- they're great, that is, as a portable computer. I use my S4 for emergency remote assisting, server rebooting, etc and, being the water-resistant, shock-proof model, it's a great GPS navigation device for my weekend hikes over the moors. I almost never use it as a phone though.

The 6310i was the last proper mobile phone, in my opinion. After that, with the introduction of cameras, web browsing, GPS, etc, etc, etc, etc, it all kinda went a bit crazy. Mobile phones have a million different uses now, yet excel at none of them.

My 6310i phones have become somewhat of a talking point with my customers too. They're usually shocked to see me, their techie (and self-confessed technophile) using such an old model.
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Yes I had one of those as a company phone many years ago and it was great. Obviously no camera will be an issue but I could work around that. Thanks for all the suggestions so far.
 
Martyn,

Im still using a Galazy Blaze smartphone. Why I am is because I got it when I had a T-Mobile account. After the two years I had them unlock it and I totally reloaded it with IceCream Sandwich. I have rooted this thing and all and it works better than when I first got it. I bet you could get one of those pretty cheap and unlocked.

Overall, I really like the Galaxy phones. However, Buying one unlocked seems to be the key. :) I also went with straighttalk for my service and using At&t towers in my area. Im pretty happy with everything now.

coffee
 
Good god, whatever you do, don't go back to crapberry.

I used to have a little Motorola few years back. Really simple to use and done the job (make and receive calls) and cost a tenner from Tesco.
 
Well it depends on the ballpark of what you want to outlay.
I use a Samsung Galaxy s4, I use this all the time onsite has heaps of very good networking features [available for download]. I use inSSider and other networking apps to help with diagnosing and configuring wifi networks for clients.
No real need to root device, I did when I got it first, but realized no need really.

As for battery life well every phone will deplete battery with constant use of wifi and other apps. Its essential to determine what is chewing up your resources on your phone. Constant usage of internet and camera will of course degrade it, as will emails. I set my emails to push whenever I need to check and I turn off bluetooth, GPS and wifi till I need them.,Saying I never use Bluetooth :P. I also have a resource monitor installed, which can check what is taking up most of my battery life.
 
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Martyn said:
......I use my Ipad mini for most things and believe me I always have it with me :o Satnav, booking calls, emails is all done on the Ipad. I have even thought about going back to my old Blackberry. Anyone have a recommendation or what works for you?
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You, good sir, are a very VERY bad influence [emoji6]

Since our TN pub based business meeting, I now have an IPad mini, in a glorified hand bag, with PCRT on it. I'm also in the process of getting a windscreen mount.

All sound familiar ?

As for a phone, it may be worth while hanging fire until the iphone 6 phablet comes out ..... Sometime.
 
bertie40 said:
You, good sir, are a very VERY bad influence [emoji6]

Since our TN pub based business meeting, I now have an IPad mini, in a glorified hand bag, with PCRT on it. I'm also in the process of getting a windscreen mount.

All sound familiar ?

As for a phone, it may be worth while hanging fire until the iphone 6 phablet comes out ..... Sometime.
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Don't forget sat nav for your iPad mini, you'll never use one of those small devices again. I ended up just getting an iPhone 5C but as I said before I don't use many of the functions on there because of the mini. Sorry for being a bad influence on you. ;) I hope you haven't taken to wearing back-to-front trousers as by another certain member? :)
 
Personally, if you use the iPad all the time, I would stick with Apple for a phone, just because you'll be able to keep everything in sync easier. I use the camera a lot on my 5S and it provides a very good quality photo.

On a side note, in the UK at the moment there are issues with calls dropping on O2 and Vodafone. This is due to those two networks using each other's masts for the 4G rollout. They are having issues with the configuration. Only reason I mention this is that of you are on either of those networks, you may experience this and blame the handset like I've seen many do.
 
karloz said:
Personally, if you use the iPad all the time, I would stick with Apple for a phone, just because you'll be able to keep everything in sync easier. I use the camera a lot on my 5S and it provides a very good quality photo.

On a side note, in the UK at the moment there are issues with calls dropping on O2 and Vodafone. This is due to those two networks using each other's masts for the 4G rollout. They are having issues with the configuration. Only reason I mention this is that of you are on either of those networks, you may experience this and blame the handset like I've seen many do.
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I'm on EE, and I find the service patchy at best. I'm out of contract soon so I'm looking for another provider. I found O2 to be pretty good previously, so I may investigate Tesco, as they use the O2 network, and may be cheaper.
 
I use O2 too. Always been fine until this recent call dropping issue. They'll sort it eventually though. To be honest, I haven't had it happen myself for a few weeks now.

I put the wife on GiffGaff as they use the O2 network too. So you always have that option too if you are not looking for a lengthy contract.
 
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