mobile phone for £80 or under

jay12

ok so any suggestions. i have my eyes set on a sony eriicsson c510
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sony-Ericsson-C510-Mobile-Phone-Vodafone-PAYG-/250417956064?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_MobilePhones_MobilePhones&hash=item3a4e12c4e0

any one have one? what d'you think of it?
any other suggestions?
my brother has a samusung tocco lite(£80 as well i believe) and i really don't like the touchscreen on it so i'd prefer one with buttons or a very good touch screen

thanks

Anonymous

I guess you can't have a contract phone at your age eh?

jay12

yeehaamcgee wrote:

I guess you can't have a contract phone at your age eh?

if i wanted to i could but i'm not gonna use my phone that much so a tenner would last for ages i guess. and my dad wouldn't let my older brother get a contract so i doubt he'll let me, but i could ask anyway, lets see what you would suggest anyway

The Northern Monkey

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NOKIA-5210-unlock ... 2441wt_962

Great phone, I used to have one... The cover is uber durable and can be changed colour if needed.

Plus its cheap as chips and is a phone!

The Big Cheese

If you could gret another tenner together, I would ge tthis
http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/mobile ... PEARL/PPAY

jay12

bigbenj_08 wrote:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NOKIA-5210-unlocked-grade-B-warranty-UK-stock-/360197631907?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_MobilePhones_MobilePhones&hash=item53dd73afa3#ht_2441wt_962

Great phone, I used to have one... The cover is uber durable and can be changed colour if needed.

Plus its cheap as chips and is a phone!

, no thanks

The Northern Monkey

urgh.. blackberrys feel and look censored !

Jay if all you want is a phone to call + txt, just get an old nokia like the one I posted and save £50 for your bike!

The Big Cheese

bigbenj_08 wrote:

urgh.. blackberrys feel and look censored !

Jay if all you want is a phone to call + txt, just get an old nokia like the one I posted and save £50 for your bike!

Better than bloody iphones mate!!!

jay12

bigbenj_08 wrote:

urgh.. blackberrys feel and look censored !

Jay if all you want is a phone to call + txt, just get an old nokia like the one I posted and save £50 for your bike!

well i already kind of use an old nokia(it's my mums) and i'd prefer something nicer and with one of those old nokias you'd get laughed at, and i have money spare atm so i wouldn't mind spending about £80

Anonymous

jay12 wrote:

bigbenj_08 wrote:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NOKIA-5210-unlocked-grade-B-warranty-UK-stock-/360197631907?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_MobilePhones_MobilePhones&hash=item53dd73afa3#ht_2441wt_962

Great phone, I used to have one... The cover is uber durable and can be changed colour if needed.

Plus its cheap as chips and is a phone!

, no thanks

Those things are wicked. I had one that survived being driven over, being dropped off the side of Snowdon, being skated over, swimming with it accidentally in my pocket, a friend's dog chewing it, etc etc.
AMAZING phone

It only died when we dropped it in a pint during a drunken wedding reception, then forgot about it there whilst the speeches and toasts were being done

And besides, if you're hardly ever going to use the phone, what's the fekkin point spending 80 quid on one? (Unless you're a chav, of course, but then you'd just steal one)

The Northern Monkey

mmmmmm not according to the management at work... they just binned all the blackberrys for iPhones because they make more sense.

Anyways.. I doubt Jay needs either a blackberry or iPhone!

smegurmum

if it was my money i would go for the Sony K770i, i had one before my HTC, got a great battery life and awesome camera

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VODAFONE-SONY-ERICSSON-K770I-3G-BLUETOOTH-MP3-NEW-/330432183985?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_MobilePhones_MobilePhones&hash=item4cef4afeb1

jay12

bigbenj_08 wrote:

mmmmmm not according to the management at work... they just binned all the blackberrys for iPhones because they make more sense.

Anyways.. I doubt Jay needs either a blackberry or iPhone!

exactly, i don't mind spening this much but iphones and most blacberrys are silly money

Mickey Eye

Get the same as my first phone....



Okay don't. It was terrible, but back then they actually considered the fact that you could swap out its battery for 9 AA batteries some kind of feature. I can't even imagine how large it is now.

jay12

Mickey Eye wrote:

Get the same as my first phone....



Okay don't. It was terrible, but back then they actually considered the fact that you could swap out its battery for 9 AA batteries some kind of feature. I can't even imagine how large it is now.

that was my dad first phone. i thought it was cool as back then. was fun to play around with

The Northern Monkey

yeehaamcgee wrote:

jay12 wrote:

bigbenj_08 wrote:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NOKIA-5210-unlocked-grade-B-warranty-UK-stock-/360197631907?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_MobilePhones_MobilePhones&hash=item53dd73afa3#ht_2441wt_962

Great phone, I used to have one... The cover is uber durable and can be changed colour if needed.

Plus its cheap as chips and is a phone!

, no thanks

Those things are wicked. I had one that survived being driven over, being dropped off the side of Snowdon, being skated over, swimming with it accidentally in my pocket, a friend's dog chewing it, etc etc.
AMAZING phone

It only died when we dropped it in a pint during a drunken wedding reception, then forgot about it there whilst the speeches and toasts were being done

And besides, if you're hardly ever going to use the phone, what's the fekkin point spending 80 quid on one? (Unless you're a chav, of course, but then you'd just steal one)

hehe yup! used to use mine as a rugby ball in class at 6th form
It got kicked, dropped thrown about... didn't do anything to it! infact I reckon i still have it somewhere!

Anonymous

smegurmum wrote:

if it was my money i would go for the Sony K770i, i had one before my HTC, got a great battery life and awesome camera

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VODAFONE-SONY-ERICSSON-K770I-3G-BLUETOOTH-MP3-NEW-/330432183985?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_MobilePhones_MobilePhones&hash=item4cef4afeb1

I have no idea what it's like where you live, but Sony phones are useless here in Worth Nails. They all seem to be terrible at picking up a signal.
Fantastic in-built cameras though.

jay12

yeehaamcgee wrote:

smegurmum wrote:

if it was my money i would go for the Sony K770i, i had one before my HTC, got a great battery life and awesome camera

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VODAFONE-SONY-ERICSSON-K770I-3G-BLUETOOTH-MP3-NEW-/330432183985?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_MobilePhones_MobilePhones&hash=item4cef4afeb1

I have no idea what it's like where you live, but Sony phones are useless here in Worth Nails. They all seem to be terrible at picking up a signal.
Fantastic in-built cameras though.

my brother has a sony w302. picks up signal fine

Anonymous

bigbenj_08 wrote:

hehe yup! used to use mine as a rugby ball in class at 6th form
It got kicked, dropped thrown about... didn't do anything to it! infact I reckon i still have it somewhere!

Yeah, we used to do that whilst waiting for a taxi to turn up to pick our drunken carcasses up in town

The Northern Monkey

Sony Erricson phones work for about a month... both me and the GF got one (different models) and we both had problems with durability and longevity... hated it!

Torres

I've got the C510; it's not a bad phone.
The cameras pretty good; which is why i got it; however, there's no point wasting money on a phone if you're not going to use it often. Who gives a censored what it looks like; a spare £50 quid may come in handy at some point, maybe not even for bikes; but if you constantly spend money just cos you have it and you can, you'll never have any.

peter413

Just get a ten quid phone.

I had a Samsung from Asda that cost a tenner untill recenty when I got my Tocco Lite (which is amazing, can't think why you don't like it).

I destroyed my old Sony Erricson almost immediatly on the bike but the old Samsung, well, I have crashed directly onto it, dropped it in many puddles/rivers, dropped it about 10 foot etc etc and all it had was some dust in the back of it when I opened it up to get the sim card out.

Obviously my Tocco Lite is fully insured, it will even get replaced if I smash it up with a hammer

The Northern Monkey

peter413 wrote:

.Obviously my Tocco Lite is fully insured, it will even get replaced if I smash it up with a hammer

prove it :P

Anonymous

bigbenj_08 wrote:

peter413 wrote:

.Obviously my Tocco Lite is fully insured, it will even get replaced if I smash it up with a hammer

prove it :P

Ive got a video of me doing that to an HTC Magic somewhere except with a brick. Straight swap on Vodafone total business cover.

jay12

found a few more cheaper ones i like
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-SAMSUNG-S3550-BLACK-MOBILE-PHONE-VODAFONE-PAYG-/250614085643?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_MobilePhones_MobilePhones&hash=item3a59c3780b

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sony-Ericsson-W395-Yao-Mobile-Phone-T-Mobile-PAYG-/330353668297?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_MobilePhones_MobilePhones&hash=item4cea9cf0c9

Kiblams

why has no one suggested CEX? In my experience they are cheaper then eBay and you get a years warranty.

You can get some pretty decent Windows Mobile and Android phones for under £80 if you don't mind a few scratches and no manual

The Northern Monkey

hehe CEX is a good lace to find your stolen property too!

mrfmilo

jay12 wrote:

found a few more cheaper ones i like
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-SAMSUNG-S3550-BLACK-MOBILE-PHONE-VODAFONE-PAYG-/250614085643?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_MobilePhones_MobilePhones&hash=item3a59c3780b

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sony-Ericsson-W395-Yao-Mobile-Phone-T-Mobile-PAYG-/330353668297?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_MobilePhones_MobilePhones&hash=item4cea9cf0c9

Don't get the Samsung. My mate has that Ericson, pretty good phone. Decent camera, great music player, but a little bit flimsy.

jay12

mrfmilo wrote:

jay12 wrote:

found a few more cheaper ones i like
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-SAMSUNG-S3550-BLACK-MOBILE-PHONE-VODAFONE-PAYG-/250614085643?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_MobilePhones_MobilePhones&hash=item3a59c3780b

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sony-Ericsson-W395-Yao-Mobile-Phone-T-Mobile-PAYG-/330353668297?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_MobilePhones_MobilePhones&hash=item4cea9cf0c9

Don't get the Samsung. My mate has that Ericson, pretty good phone. Decent camera, great music player, but a little bit flimsy.

why not?

Anonymous

Kiblams wrote:

why has no one suggested CEX? In my experience they are cheaper then eBay and you get a years warranty.

You can get some pretty decent Windows Mobile and Android phones for under £80 if you don't mind a few scratches and no manual

Windows Mobile? AAAARGH! Biggest pile of censored (for consumers) to ever grace the face of the earth.

Windows phone 7 though (coming out later this year) looks absolutely gob smackingly awesome.
I have no idea what's happening at MS, but Office2007, Win7, server 2008, the new Exchange system, and now the new Windows Phone - holy cow, they're repeatedly pulling amazing things out of the bag these days.

mrfmilo

jay12 wrote:

mrfmilo wrote:

jay12 wrote:

found a few more cheaper ones i like
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-SAMSUNG-S3550-BLACK-MOBILE-PHONE-VODAFONE-PAYG-/250614085643?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_MobilePhones_MobilePhones&hash=item3a59c3780b

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sony-Ericsson-W395-Yao-Mobile-Phone-T-Mobile-PAYG-/330353668297?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_MobilePhones_MobilePhones&hash=item4cea9cf0c9

Don't get the Samsung. My mate has that Ericson, pretty good phone. Decent camera, great music player, but a little bit flimsy.

why not?

Just don't like the interface/programmes, plus it feels abit sh*t. Overpriced for what it is.