Help me buy a tough new Dumb Phone with crazy battery life, please?
Hey.
Now that I am a proud member of the engineering workforce of India, I find my old '08 blackberry becoming more obsolescent by the day. I am in the market for a brand new spanking cellphone, and I need your input. Here are my needs:
1. Should have a really long battery life
2. Should NOT have a touchscreen
3. Does not need to have killer looks
4. Should be able to resist occasional dips in water
5. Should not mind being dropped to the floor often
6. Should not burn a hole in my pocket.
To summarize, I need a cheap-as-hell Dumb Phone with a long battery and some mechanical solid-ness.
Any suggestions? 😀
Edit on 08 August: you can ignore the requirement for "cheap-as-hell" if mechanical sturdiness is being compromised..
Now that I am a proud member of the engineering workforce of India, I find my old '08 blackberry becoming more obsolescent by the day. I am in the market for a brand new spanking cellphone, and I need your input. Here are my needs:
1. Should have a really long battery life
2. Should NOT have a touchscreen
3. Does not need to have killer looks
4. Should be able to resist occasional dips in water
5. Should not mind being dropped to the floor often
6. Should not burn a hole in my pocket.
To summarize, I need a cheap-as-hell Dumb Phone with a long battery and some mechanical solid-ness.
Any suggestions? 😀
Edit on 08 August: you can ignore the requirement for "cheap-as-hell" if mechanical sturdiness is being compromised..
Replies
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Kaustubh KatdareSamsung had this awesome 'WAVE' phone series which they discontinued. I owns S8500 for 2-3 years and it refused to die even after 5 days of use! Grab one if you can get any. -
Nayan GoenkaDude why dont you buy Nokia 1100 or similar model running right now. Ever green in your requirements. Apart from that, it works like a bomb too. You can throw it on others if you are angry and it wont take a glitch. Added feature exclusively. 😛
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Kaustubh Katdare
😨Gurjap4. Should be able to resist occasional dips in water
5. Should not mind being dropped to the floor often -
Nayan GoenkaKaustubh Katdare😨
He wants a phone made of Stone or Steel. Nokia FTW!!!! -
Sarathkumar ChandrasekaranBetter stay with blackberry if you have big pocket.
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Nayan GoenkaCSK AUTOBetter stay with blackberry if you have big pocket.
As i said He wants a phone of steel. BlackBerry is delicate. Plus he isn't into show off business. Look at the points and requirements.
GurjapHey.
1. Should have a really long battery life
2. Should NOT have a touchscreen
3. Does not need to have killer looks
4. Should be able to resist occasional dips in water
5. Should not mind being dropped to the floor often
6. Should not burn a hole in my pocket.
To summarize, I need a cheap-as-hell Dumb Phone with a long battery and some mechanical solid-ness.
Any suggestions? 😀
He wants cheap phone. Blackberry is quite fancy and expensive -
lalThis might be it 😁
What do you know? Make your own Aduino cell phone
Well, jokes apart. You might have to go back to Nokia Symbian series. The good old N and E! -
Sanyam KhuranaConsidering all the points, it would be good if you go for a brand like Micromax or Karbonn..
They have a good battery life, I had Micromax Q75, and it's battery lasted for more than 3-4 days, with average use, and 7 days on standby..
I know these specs are somewhat hard to beleive, but I have experienced that..
Don't go for 2k -3k ranged phones..
try at least for 4k-5k ones...they are really good.. -
Nayan GoenkaI use a Micromax A5110Q too. I think i got the model number right. Well its Canvas2+. If you dont use 3g, it has a nice battery life, but on data connection, battery life sucks. It flows down like an hourglass. And i m frustrated with this
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Ramani AswathHow about this?
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Jeffrey ArulrajThe best thing Try Nokia Asha 300 series they have Super cool looks and less cost and battery Nokia rules the world
Other criterias all are met So no trouble in them also -
Nayan GoenkaNokia batteries are made by samsung actually. RIP the cover, you will see samsung print marks, batch no etc. Atleast the BL450 i saw myself
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lalI don't really think Micromax or Carbon will survive a drop from pretty decent heights. One of his conditions is to survive frequent falls to hard floors 😁
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Nayan GoenkaWell that is why is suggested Nokia 1100 to him in the starting itself. That phone is wild as a beast. Pure muscle damage to anything in its free fall. 😁 That hard rock phone rules!!!
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Jeffrey ArulrajKarbonn compromised on hardware strength to reduce the price of the gadget and so that is out of the list
So is micromax A fall from 2 feet is like fatal for them (Personal experience) -
GurjapHmm. Guess I can relax the requirement for "cheap", but the rest, I really can't.
#-Link-Snipped-#: It's rainy season, and I drive a bike. Also, I am known for dropping my phones rather often.
PS.Very good replies, thanks. -
Anoop KumarGet Samsung Guru series they have insane battery life, standby is upto 15 days.
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Kaustubh Katdare
Maybe time to work on habits! 😉GurjapHmm. Guess I can relax the requirement for "cheap", but the rest, I really can't.
#-Link-Snipped-#: It's rainy season, and I drive a bike. Also, I am known for dropping my phones rather often.
PS.Very good replies, thanks.
Samsung Guru is one nice phone. My friend had it and he was incredibly happy with it. I doubt it resists water though. -
Anil Jain
Nokia - 3315GurjapHey.
1. Should have a really long battery life
Nokia - 3315GurjapHey.
2. Should NOT have a touchscreen
Nokia - 3315GurjapHey.
3. Does not need to have killer looks
Nokia - 3315; Just keep it in Sun light for couple of hours.. it will be all fine again.GurjapHey.
4. Should be able to resist occasional dips in water
Nokia - 3315 -- This can crack the floor 😁GurjapHey.
5. Should not mind being dropped to the floor often
Nokia - 3315GurjapHey.
6. Should not burn a hole in my pocket.
The only challenge is you need to find from where you can get that device in market.
I am sure even a second hand Nokia - 3315 works wonder.
-CB -
Anoop KumarExtra feature:
Nokia - 3315
No one can bully you. throw this phone on anyone and it will hit harder than a brick 😛 -
GurjapAlthough the 3315 was the clear favorite, I have settled on Samsung GT C3322.
Samsung C3322 - Full phone specifications
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