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Old 27 February 2017, 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by JackClark
I'm buying that Nokia when I see it. Was looking for a new Android but this will be much better.


http://www.techradar.com/news/new-no...u-need-to-know

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, i'm not sure. It's not quite got the same form factor as the original. That and I'd have liked a better camera.
Old 27 February 2017, 08:50 AM
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i just need something that makes calls using a sim I have from a contract, I had a cheap Android thing but it **** itself and I've been sim swapping since... rubbish.
Old 27 February 2017, 03:19 PM
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Matter of interest,does it do email?

Not too fussed.Reality is,want it as a telephone
Old 27 February 2017, 03:23 PM
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And ca you ask your provider to simply send you a sim card that fits?

Or is that too easy and doing them out of moey.lol
Old 27 February 2017, 05:05 PM
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its got opera browser ...

it looks a bit tacky / snide imo
Old 27 February 2017, 05:26 PM
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A novelty phone which will soon wear off....
Old 27 February 2017, 06:12 PM
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Well,its a telephone,it makes and receives calls and its battery lasts for yonks.

Makes sense to me : )

Mobiles have turned into kids toys IMO
Old 27 February 2017, 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by JackClark
i just need something that makes calls using a sim I have from a contract, I had a cheap Android thing but it **** itself and I've been sim swapping since... rubbish.
I still use my V50 for times I don't want to carry the 7. It is the size of my thumb, clips to my jeans unnoticed and with 1 slide of a button on my 7 I have all calls diverted.
Old 27 February 2017, 10:33 PM
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Quick sample of some of my collection.


The t68 was the first phone to have a colour screen and the little Nokia next to it I still use when out camping etc.

Oh and they all still work.

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i had the t68, great lil phone.
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I'm curious if Jack had mobile life before apple
Old 03 March 2017, 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by dpb
I'm curious if Jack had mobile life before apple
Of course @JackClark did, he's as old as the hills!
Old 03 March 2017, 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by dpb
I'm curious if Jack had mobile life before apple

My money is on an Ericcson or Nokia.

Mind you,apart from motorola can't remember who else made mobiles before smart screen mania.lol
Old 03 March 2017, 10:19 PM
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I was lucky enough to have a company mobile from the early nineties, we were a young tech company so I had lots of nice devices. I paired via infrared to my Psion and later Palm Pilot. There's video of me demonstrating a possible piece of malware on a Palm Pilot.
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Originally Posted by lozgti1
My money is on an Ericcson or Nokia.

Mind you,apart from motorola can't remember who else made mobiles before smart screen mania.lol
Spot on. Pus some weird US devices.
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When I say paired I mean using the mobiles as.a modem, blazing fast as you can imagine.
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I remember Bluetooth arriving and people thinking I was crazy for spending so much on tech that would never catch on.
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lol.Registered my interest.And I will be getting one

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...one-warehouse/
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Originally Posted by lozgti1
lol.Registered my interest.And I will be getting one

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...one-warehouse/
Have you not seen the reviews on these? they are sh1te!
Old 09 March 2017, 06:06 AM
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lol. I can live with losing 40 quid

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Originally Posted by lozgti1
My money is on an Ericcson or Nokia.

Mind you,apart from motorola can't remember who else made mobiles before smart screen mania.lol
Panasonic made some pretty snazy phones their P1 (i think) was a revelation in the days of phones the size of house bricks, they brought out a phone the size of a small tv remote control,(one inch x 5 inches) then NEC brought out the thinest at about half an inch thick those were the days... that's when the real jump in technology occurred, from briefcase to palm of hand inside 5yrs... imagine where we'd be now if it had continued at such a rate... the mind boggles.

And yes I was in the trade 30yrs ago when the only cars we fitted phones to were Rolls, daimlers, bentleys, jags.
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Originally Posted by bioforger
Have you not seen the reviews on these? they are sh1te!
It's really not though, it's a matter of expectation and a lot of the reviews seem to be expecting it to be something that it was never going to be.
Old 09 March 2017, 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by neil-h
It's really not though, it's a matter of expectation and a lot of the reviews seem to be expecting it to be something that it was never going to be.
No Neil you are wrong, it's just a piece of marketing ****. The only one thing people were expecting it to be was rugged, which it isn't, so it fails at the first step.
Old 09 March 2017, 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by bioforger
No Neil you are wrong, it's just a piece of marketing ****. The only one thing people were expecting it to be was rugged, which it isn't, so it fails at the first step.
As someone who'll also buy one the first thing I wanted it to be was basic, the second cheap, rugged wasn't on my list.
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Originally Posted by bioforger
No Neil you are wrong, it's just a piece of marketing ****. The only one thing people were expecting it to be was rugged, which it isn't, so it fails at the first step.
Why would you expect it to be rugged? The original 3310 wasn't particularly.
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What? of course it was, you could throw it around, drop it onto concrete and it wouldn't bat an eyelid. Also if you are going to put a cam into the new one, why make it a sh1tty 2mp shooter, at least give it something half decent, it's complete poo.

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Old 09 March 2017, 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by bioforger
What? of course it was, you could throw it around, drop it onto concrete and it wouldn't bat an eyelid. Also if you are going to put a cam into the new one, why make it a sh1tty 2mp shooter, at least give it something half decent, it's complete poo.
I can live without a camera on my telephone.On the basis it's a ......telephone
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Originally Posted by lozgti1
I can live without a camera on my telephone.On the basis it's a ......telephone
meh kiss goodbye to your £40
Old 10 March 2017, 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted by bioforger
What? of course it was, you could throw it around, drop it onto concrete and it wouldn't bat an eyelid. Also if you are going to put a cam into the new one, why make it a sh1tty 2mp shooter, at least give it something half decent, it's complete poo.
The 3310 was no more rugged than any other phone of that generation (except ironically the ruggedised version Nokia did) and I'm yet to see any proof the new version is any less rugged.

As for the camera, agreed. I really don't see the point in fitting a token gesture, they may as well have not bothered. Especially given a 12mp sensor wouldn't have cost much more.
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Originally Posted by bioforger
meh kiss goodbye to your £40


I'm having one.Because I'm sad.And archaic



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