A '80 Volkswagon Westfalia filled with cast iron cookware.
Wait, which thread is this?
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It doesnât matter which one. Just get away from your smart phone.
But do buy a good, compact GPS.
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Give up texts! Give them upâthey are a terrible way to communicate and they should be free as in beer. Any plan that upcharges on texting is ripping you off. Fight back, with a Johnâs Phone.
Itâs indestructible. Itâs got a standby time of about three weeks. Itâs adorable. Folks take pictures of my Johnâs phone.
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I canât remember what I used to do before I got access to GPS⌠I guess I just got lost a lot more.
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They definitely share DNA, at least, though I imagine that minor revisions occur with nearly bacterial speed. Given that you can get one to use and 9 failover units for the cost of a low-end âsmartâ phone, Iâd be tempted.
Iâm also just amazed that they can pump those things out for less than the cost of a couple draft pints. Oh brave new world that has so many transistors in it.
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$20 flip phone, $35 unlimited voice, data, and text. (250 meg of 3g data, but whoâs doing data stuff on a flip phone?) http://www.virginmobileusa.com/shop/cell-phones/alcatel-speakeasy-phone/features/#plan
perfect timing! i recently made this decision myself!
the Nokia 515 was my first stop, my friend got one last year and i really liked the hand feel and how classic it was. the price point however was killing me and after consideration, the features of the 515 only make it that much better than the 301 but that wasnât the point in getting this phone, at least for me. the 3.5-5mp camera wasnât going to make a difference. same series 40 OS and gorilla glass on a phone i already figured would be more durable than my smartphone. after knocking the 515 out of the picture, the 208 and 301 were my two contenders. the 130 was too cheap and i feared i would not like the feel. the 208 has notably crummy battery life for a nokia but i did like that it used microsim but using an adapter isnât that bad/getting a new sim. the 301 fits all my needs, it was cheap, the battery lasts for days and it does everything my old Nokia did, plus twitter! iâd say shoot for the 301, if the dumbphone thing seems like a permanent fixture for you the 515 seems like the best candybar phone ever, if only it were cheaper! hope this helps in your decision!
Is there a Tumblr for photos of Johnâs Phones?
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I bought a Blu Samba TV phone for my son. I liked it. I didnât care that it looked cheap, or had a TV antenna included. It was inexpensive and surprisingly durable, plus had the ability to use two SIM cards. I can vouch that it works on T-Mobileâs network GSM network.
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If you can still get an LG env3, theyâre great. Have two in the family, been going for at least five years without any desires to upgrade to a smartphone. Havenât even needed new batteries! Includes flip-phone fun with a qwerty kb for textyness. Even has a free minimalist email app via Verizon thatâs neanderthal enough to keep you from getting too involved.
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One tech feature that Rob has not mentioned - plus or minus - is bluetooth.
I would think that a BT headset contributes to the âmake callsâ value of the device, but it needs to be checked off as a feature by Rob because some low-end devices might have that feature dropped away.
Iâm also assuming he wants GSM or one of itâs ilk and and anything from the CDMA lineage.
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This product seems aimed at persons at yourâŚrange:
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Thereâs a few things that Whatsapp does better than straight-forward texts, but the main two are: free messaging*, including pictures, and group messaging.
The cheapness of messages isnât that important (in the UK you only pay for texts you send, and most contracts give you a bajillion free ones), but itâs very useful if youâre in different countries. As a lot of my friends are from various European countries, they already use it to keep in touch with friends and family back home, so weâve collectively settled on WA as a good way of organising social events.
If you donât know a bunch of people who use Whatsapp already though itâs probably of no use to you.
- it uses data instead of your text allocation, so free as long as youâre on wifi, or cheap the rest of the time
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Not everyone lives somewhere where unlimited texting plans are the norm.
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Pantech Ease P2020
The phone for Jitterbug graduates.
Giant keyboard butons, able to send and recieve calls.
It took me six years to break this big dumb phone.
Now I use its spiritual successor the Pantech Renue, which is more square (litterally).
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Why WhatsApp over something like Google Hangouts? Just first to market?
I took Robâs idea one further; I never jumped to a smartphone at all and when I got to a place where I no longer needed a phone, I quit renewing my contract on my nokia dumbphone. so, no phone whatsoever anymore.
that said, I totally love this phone; in theory, anyhow. more tech you can write on, please.
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Also, when you travel abroad and you want to text but donât want to have to get a foreign SIM or pay your domestic provider an arm and a leg, just use your phone as a wifi device and WhatsApp is free (though you can only communicate with others who have it).
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Second this. My Samsung Intensity II just turned 4 but basically the same phone, slide-out QWERTY keyboard (a must-have). Canât recommend highly enough, in fact the only real issue is you have to unlock the screen to tell the time. And I miss a camera. But then again itâs a $30 device thatâll outlive your laptop.
