"Cheap Mobile Phones UK - Introduction Info Guide"
You need the best information around, and in this time-pressured world,
you need just the vital yes-or-no decision-making information.
That is exactly why these info guides have been created. They are not written by the 'marketing boys'
from the big companies, or the phone dealer salesman, who will just tell you "Yes, its a marvelous phone"
in order to make a sale. These punchy info guides will tell you exactly what a phone will do and will
not do.
If a phone is not worth its weight, we will tell you. For example, if you want a phone that is easy to
use, do not even go near a Sagem!
Why? Simply ... the menu system. You will find easier MENSA tests !
You should read this Info Guide Introduction in full, to the end of the page, because it contains the
skimmable easy-read overview summary of all the Info Guides.
Legal Bit.
In these info guides, the 'Phone Facts' are purely objective features of the phones. Everything else
in particular the 'Phone Feelings' sections, is offered
as opinions of those who have used the phones, and insider dealers who have worked in the
industry for some years, and their personal response to them.
Info Guide
When analysing any phone, you need to consider 4 Key Criteria.
The phone must be ...
- Reliable
- Durable
- Easy-to-use
- Offer whatever specific features you want (e.g. Internet access, Digital camera, personal
organiser, etc or nothing.
it is important to remember these 4 Key Criteria as you soak up the straight-talking details in
these info guides. We will tell if a phone is or is not ...
- Reliable,
- Durable,
- Easy-to-use, and
- Has all the features you need.
The only thing to be added to this, is that when deciding on a phone, remember that this is something
that you are going to be carrying and using everyday (assuming you are, of course), so how important
is it to you that it is small, pocket friendly, and light. If it is going to be with you every day add
up the benefits of ...
Benefits
- Small
- Light
- Pocket friendly
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Down-side
- Possible increase in price that these benfits may bring
- Big hands may find small phones hard to work
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WARNING: Don't always go for the newest phone. If you do, you will be the one taking
it back to the repair centre. When a new phone is released, there are often 'introductory glitches'
that take a few months of user experience before they are fully ironed out. If you buy a phone
within the first 3 months of its release, you a being a 'Human Guinea Pig' for the manufacturers.
Always buy your phone after it has been out for at least 3 months.
Now, on with the phone break-down. Read on ...
The Top 5 "Go-Get" Phones
Based on these 4 Key Criteria, these are the current top 5 phones ...
- Nokia 8310
- Samsung T100
- Nokia 6310i
- Nokia 7650
- Nokia 3410
(Do you notice a Nokia theme? ... There is a reason that Nokia has 95% market share - they are SO
easy to use, and if you have used one type, you can pick up any other Nokia and use it straight away)
As an added-extra, let's throw in the
Siemens MT50.
It is only marginally less easy-to-use than the Nokia's
The Top 5 "Walk-AWAY" phones
- Motorola T191 - Gives up talking to the charger. In our experience, had the highest percentage
of faulty returns.
- Nokia 8210 - The screens are notorious for dieing on you - repeatedly (Nokia's only failure).
- Sagem 3020 - Impossible menu system.
- Samsung A300 - Very unreliable external screen and battery - one of the highest percentage of faulty returns.
- Ericsson T300 - Camera phone with ... a terrible camera image quality !
NOTE: In these hard hitting free info guides, you will not find details on all phones. Why?
Some are not worth wasting time writing about. The phones you will find here have been tried
and tested. If its not here, it's not worth it.
Now, lets compare the benfits of each Top 5 "Go-Get" phones, in brief...
Nokia 7650 - click here
for full info
The top end of the price spectrum, but worth it. Expext to pay just less than £200 for a contract upgrade
(i.e. getting a new phone after having the pay-monthly contract for over 1 year) - you will find it cheaper as a new
pay-monthly contract.
Why is it so expensive?
Simply, it is the ONLY consideration if you want a digital camera phone. The picture quality
is astounding, even in low light, especially when you compare the quality of the likes of the Sony
Ericsson T68i and the Ericsson T300
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Samsung T100 - click
here for full info
A great colour screen, polyphonic ringtone mobile phone. Stylish, easy-to-use, and small, with an
external screen (so you can see who is calling) on the flip-lid (so you can protect the phone while
it is in you pocket).
A great, new, small, light and user-friendly phone.
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Nokia 8310 - click here
for full info
Some would say a ladies phone, but guys, dont listen to them! An awesome, small, pocket friendly,
easy-to-use Nokia, with FM Radio (and free twin-ear handsfree eariece that makes listening to the radio AND
talking on the phone a much higher quality experience and much easier to hear. Great for drowning out street noise
etc when you are on the phone).
It comes with the handy Nokia 'Personal Organiser', so for those of you that need the odd prompt to remember
the doctors appointment, business meeting or wedding anniversary, you can set an alarm and a message to go
off at any given point in the future. So don't ever forget that anniversary or birthday! No excuse.
The only thing to be said against it is that if you have BIG hands, then you may have trouble
with the small keypad. Conversely, for those of you with less-than-meat-slabs for hands, its size means you hardly
notice it in you pocket. Follow the "more info" link to see the life size picture.
As a personal aside, we all use the 8310, and we dont have small hands! ...
(Do you get the impression we like this phone? ... )
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Nokia 6310i - Click here for
full info
This has all the features and benefits of the 8310 above, minus the FM Radio ... but plus (or minus) any size
issues. It is taller and slimmer, with a larger keyboard, so for all you large-handed men and women out there, this
is your ideal candidate.
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Nokia 3410 - Click here
for full info
If you want a phone that 'does exactly what it says on the tin', this is the one for you. No frilly,
fancy tricks, just robust make-calls, receive calls plus a few sound features, like alarm & note reminders,
some games and a stop-watch.
The Nokia 3410 fulfills the 4 Key Criteria points - reliable, durable, easy-to-use, plus features.
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Where to get the phones.
You should read the full info guides linked to above, or find alternate phones and manufacturers below.
You will find a link to potential retailers at the bottom of those pages. By then, you will have enough
information to make a decision on which phone is right for you
Now that you have read the Info Guide Introduction, and overview summary, go to the Info Guide
of your choice now.
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