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  1. Webby

    Webby F1 Veteran

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    I need a cellphone that is only a phone.
    No cameras, games, email, mp3 player, none of those useless extras.
    Address book and ringtones are fine.
    Do they still make phones that are this simple?
    And
    Would it even be worth it? I know they make most of their money off of the service and not the actual phone itself so should I even bother with this?
    Thanks
    Merry Christmas
     
  2. bobafett

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    Good luck. I finally gave up the search after a long time of using an older nokia and bought the Imate SP5. Looks like a real phone, will do everything including your laundry. Quad-band is the real key.

    --Dan
     
  3. Samy

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  4. FIAutoSports

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    A "dumb" phone that I issue out to our users is the Samsung SCH-A630. Simple flip phone, not even an IR port to transfer numbers over. Verizon is the carrier.
     
  5. WJHMH

    WJHMH Two Time F1 World Champ
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  6. j15

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    nokia 3315, simple pleasures
     
  7. judge4re

    judge4re F1 World Champ

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    I use a Nokia 6108 in China. Only "feature" it has is a pad on the inside that you can write Chinese characters on for the dictionary feature. Great phone.

    I'm not a big fan of the Blackberry I have for the USA.
     
  8. Dubai Vol

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    If you can find one I highly recommend the Nokia 2650, but looks like the US version is the 2651:

    http://www.nokiausa.com/phones/2651/

    Small, simple, cost me $80, and best of all it has a 13 day battery time between charges.
     
  9. OC Speed Junkie

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    I still have my old Nokia 8890. Best phone I have ever had. Nokia's are probably your best bet.
     
  10. bobafett

    bobafett F1 Veteran

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    Agree. I rue the day I gave mine away.

    --Dan
     
  11. Artherd

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    #12 Artherd, Dec 26, 2005
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    ******** Nokia is full of themselves! "The Vivacity of life?"

    I've got an i830 that I pretty well like. Small, metal, chicks dig it. I only wish it were bluetooth enabled :(
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  12. gougoul

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    I got the 8800 as it was out, and never looked back.

    I don't care as well about all the techi-crap i'll never use anyway.
     
  13. PeterS

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    "Chicks dig it"? I don't think that antenna is long enough!
     
  14. judge4re

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    It's not how long it is, it's how you make it long...
     
  15. PeterS

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    I guess it has a vibrate mode....
     
  16. Webby

    Webby F1 Veteran

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    haha thanks guys. This has helped a lot. I will look into each of these phones more closely
     

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