Don't buy a Nokia 1800 ($80 phone)

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ajw

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#424778 6-Jan-2011 21:15

neoprint:
richms: The nokia 1100 was IMO the best of the cheap nokias that just make phonecalls and sms.

I fully agree, I loved my 1100. Would go a solid fortnight off the one charge with lots of use. I miss it but I'm not sure if I could go back to it now :(

The Nokia 1110i was also a good entry level phone.

jbard

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#424779 6-Jan-2011 21:16

Zach:
savag3: The Nokia 1616 is in this price range and I when I had a look at one seemed pretty decent for a calling and SMS only phone.
Same phone (1616 has a speaking clock, 1800 has FM radio), different case. They share the same?User Guide.

I have used the 1616 and it's the same (actually, I should have used 1616 in the title because that's what 2 degrees is selling currently but they list the 1800 on their site...)?

Left: 1616 | Right: 1800

the 1800 has a speaking clock

Zach

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#424835 6-Jan-2011 23:45

Okay thanks I can't update my post now, but that means the 1800 is a slightly better phone with the added FM radio.

Zach

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#424979 7-Jan-2011 14:59

Scratch that. The 1616 does have built-in FM radio.

So it's just the function of the asterisk (*) key that changes.

bazzer

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#424982 7-Jan-2011 15:08

My dad doesn't mind this phone.

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#424992 7-Jan-2011 15:49

now that you've said it ... i'm beginning to loathe my phone! but the 14 day standby might have something to do with me not binning it just yet

Zach

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#425008 7-Jan-2011 16:45

bazzer: My dad doesn't mind this phone.

Really? It has the same problems right? Does it take 3 seconds to load the Inbox? I suppose this wouldn't bother a lot of people but when you've come from a basic 5-year-old phone that fairs better, it doesn't make much sense. When did tech start going backwards?

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Zach

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#425012 7-Jan-2011 17:10

I just checked the 1616 now, and currently it takes ~7s to open the inbox list, ~3s to open the message ~7s to exit the message, and going through the message list lags.

Sorry, I have a bad habit of expecting to be able to edit messages.

jbard

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#425015 7-Jan-2011 17:14

Zach: I just checked the 1616 now, and currently it takes ~7s to open the inbox list, ~3s to open the message ~7s to exit the message, and going through the message list lags.

Sorry, I have a bad habit of expecting to be able to edit messages.

On mine that is not the worst problem, often when searching for messages i will type 5 to find all contacts with j in the name but for no reason it will type k or l or sometimes 5 and will lag for a good 3-4 seconds before i can delete that letter and retype it.

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#425021 7-Jan-2011 17:34

Also the delay before moving to the next digit varys a lot on the dirt cheap nokia I tried, sometimes quickly like it should, sometimes close to a second so you end up turning your B than an A into a C

Richard rich.ms

Zach

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#425056 7-Jan-2011 20:27

jbard:
On mine that is not the worst problem, often when searching for messages i will type 5 to find all contacts with j in the name but for no reason it will type k or l or sometimes 5 and will lag for a good 3-4 seconds before i can delete that letter and retype it.

I couldn't type letters to find contacts either. I think a factory reset fixed this. Some setting must have disabled letters by default... Mine still lags though, even with the pointless icons removed and different display settings.

Zach

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#425077 8-Jan-2011 01:05

Solved.

Move the contacts off the SIM (don't know why I didn't try this earlier). Lag is created when the phone accesses the SIM contact list.

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