I can't be the only one that needs a compact robust mobile phone that
doesn't need recharging every day and does the basics very well. I have
had a Nokia 6303i for ages and that was ideal until it had a terminal
encounter with a bucket of water. I have gone back to my previous 6300
but its battery life was never much good when new and is much worse now.

I am in the market for a new mobile phone, but I have very specific
requirements for maximum standby time and talk time between charges. I
have no need of facebook, twitter or 3G on this phone. It does need to
last well and work when it accepts incoming calls on lowish battery. It
is no use if it bumbles along and then dies sounding the ringtone!

It is likely to be used a lot in regions of poor 2G signal coverage and
so when in use will be transmitting at or near maximum power.

My jaundiced view of the present mobile phone market is that touch
screen all singing all dancing web browser things are now de rigeur. Not
what I want at all. Even considering buying another 6303 secondhand
which would at least give me something I know my way around.

A quick survey of classic mobile phones gives me the following
candidates (but it is hard work finding talk/standby hours).

Ranked in order of battery life (and probable robustness)
Talk Standby / hours
Samsung XCover 19 1000
Samsung GT S5260 II 7 900
Nokia Asha201 7 890 (alpha keypad)
Nokia 206 20 680
Nokia C5 12 600
Nokia C7 5 650

All in theory with better figures than the 6303.

I have my suspicions that makers standby hours are measured inside a
hermetically sealed Faraday cage with no ambient RF signals at all. I
never get anything like the makers claimed standby life on mine.

Any other suggestions for well built classic mobiles with *really* good
battery life (or with extended life aftermarket batteries)?

Any experience of these phones and suggestions of which to avoid?
(some come in various flavours with variations in battery life)

In theory the Samsung XCover would appear to be a good candidate and
would have survived the dunking that killed its predecessor.
It is a bit on the chunky side though...

Thanks for any enlightenment.

--
Regards,
Martin Brown

On 18/04/2013 11:33, Martin Brown wrote:

I can't be the only one that needs a compact robust mobile phone that
doesn't need recharging every day and does the basics very well. I have
had a Nokia 6303i for ages and that was ideal until it had a terminal
encounter with a bucket of water. I have gone back to my previous 6300
but its battery life was never much good when new and is much worse now.

I am in the market for a new mobile phone, but I have very specific
requirements for maximum standby time and talk time between charges. I
have no need of facebook, twitter or 3G on this phone. It does need to
last well and work when it accepts incoming calls on lowish battery. It
is no use if it bumbles along and then dies sounding the ringtone!

It is likely to be used a lot in regions of poor 2G signal coverage and
so when in use will be transmitting at or near maximum power.

My jaundiced view of the present mobile phone market is that touch
screen all singing all dancing web browser things are now de rigeur. Not
what I want at all. Even considering buying another 6303 secondhand
which would at least give me something I know my way around.

A quick survey of classic mobile phones gives me the following
candidates (but it is hard work finding talk/standby hours).

Ranked in order of battery life (and probable robustness)
Talk Standby / hours
Samsung XCover 19 1000
Samsung GT S5260 II 7 900
Nokia Asha201 7 890 (alpha keypad)
Nokia 206 20 680
Nokia C5 12 600
Nokia C7 5 650

All in theory with better figures than the 6303.

I have my suspicions that makers standby hours are measured inside a
hermetically sealed Faraday cage with no ambient RF signals at all. I
never get anything like the makers claimed standby life on mine.

Any other suggestions for well built classic mobiles with *really* good
battery life (or with extended life aftermarket batteries)?

Any experience of these phones and suggestions of which to avoid?
(some come in various flavours with variations in battery life)

In theory the Samsung XCover would appear to be a good candidate and
would have survived the dunking that killed its predecessor.
It is a bit on the chunky side though...

Thanks for any enlightenment.

I bought a nokia 2610 off EBay (which looked brand new) but found I
couldn't read anything on the screen outdoors. I couldn't even see the
clock, so it's now languishing in a drawer

In message , Martin Brown
writes
I have my suspicions that makers standby hours are measured inside a
hermetically sealed Faraday cage with no ambient RF signals at all.

I think you might have that the wrong way round. I suspect they test
near a receiver, so the transmit power can be negotiated down.

If it were me, I'd try to get another 6303i, and probably end up
storming out of these useless mobile phone shops.

I like clamshell phones and am fairly happy with my Nokia 2720, which I
bought in an emergency for daughter when she dropped her phone in the
bath. She then lost this one, she bought another, and I inherited this
when it re-appeared.

It bends a bit when I sit on it, but hasn't broken. The battery lasts
from 4 to 7 days, even though it has a relatively small battery
(850mAh?) = fairly quick to charge. The camera is mediocre and, because
of the clamshell, is often behind a hand or finger.

What depresses me is the price. I bought this at £30, the second one was
£40 and they now seem to be £70 or £80, which is ludicrous for a basic
phone.

I've been into quite a few phone shops over the years because of
daughter, phones and the bath, and am always amazed by the lack of
choice for basic models. I can't understand why clamshells seem so rare.
--
Bill

Bill wrote:

What depresses me is the price. I bought this at £30, the second one was
£40 and they now seem to be £70 or £80, which is ludicrous for a basic
phone.

I've been into quite a few phone shops over the years because of
daughter, phones and the bath, and am always amazed by the lack of
choice for basic models.

Try a supermarket instead:
http://www.tesco.com/direct/sim-free...349&pageLevel=
Nineteen quid.

which I found from he
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08...ors/print.html

I can't understand why clamshells seem so rare.

Lack of demand?

Different things are popular around the world. IIRC the clamshell
is more popular in the East, BICBW. An example I am more confident
of is that the USA really *likes* (or liked) little stubby aerials
coming out of the top of their mobe, and the Europeans really
*disliked* such.

In message , Fevric J. Glandules
writes
Bill wrote:

What depresses me is the price. I bought this at £30, the second one was
£40 and they now seem to be £70 or £80, which is ludicrous for a basic
phone.

I've been into quite a few phone shops over the years because of
daughter, phones and the bath, and am always amazed by the lack of
choice for basic models.

Try a supermarket instead:
http://www.tesco.com/direct/sim-free...ack/326-4349.p
rd?skuId=326-4349&pageLevel= Nineteen quid.

which I found from he
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08...iors/print.htm
l

That Tesco site for the Nokia 100 says

Power
Standby Time (hrs) 840
Talk Time (hrs) 432

which surely cannot be right.

And I went to Tesco looking for a clamshell phone. They had nothing
suitable.

And I have a Sony Xperia which is great for listening to internet radio
at home via wifi, but would be hopeless carried round in my pocket with
the keys, coins, tape measure etc etc. Its battery lasts 48 hours at
most, and it never makes a phone call.
--
Bill

On 18/04/2013 15:55, Bill wrote:
In message , Fevric J. Glandules
writes
Bill wrote:

What depresses me is the price. I bought this at £30, the second one was
£40 and they now seem to be £70 or £80, which is ludicrous for a basic
phone.

I've been into quite a few phone shops over the years because of
daughter, phones and the bath, and am always amazed by the lack of
choice for basic models.

Try a supermarket instead:
http://www.tesco.com/direct/sim-free...ack/326-4349.p
rd?skuId=326-4349&pageLevel= Nineteen quid.

which I found from he
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08...iors/print.htm
l

That Tesco site for the Nokia 100 says

Power
Standby Time (hrs) 840
Talk Time (hrs) 432

which surely cannot be right.

And I went to Tesco looking for a clamshell phone. They had nothing
suitable.

And I have a Sony Xperia which is great for listening to internet radio
at home via wifi, but would be hopeless carried round in my pocket with
the keys, coins, tape measure etc etc. Its battery lasts 48 hours at
most, and it never makes a phone call.


Standby time (2G): 609.3 h
Talk time (2G): 6.7 h

http://www.nokia.com/gb-en/phones/ph...pecifications/

--
Rod

In article ,
says...
That Tesco site for the Nokia 100 says

Power
Standby Time (hrs) 840
Talk Time (hrs) 432

which surely cannot be right.



If you take that "Talk Tine" as minutes rather than hours, it sounds
about right, so it's a typo.

--
Sam

In article , Bill
scribeth thus
In message , Martin Brown
writes
I have my suspicions that makers standby hours are measured inside a
hermetically sealed Faraday cage with no ambient RF signals at all.

I think you might have that the wrong way round. I suspect they test
near a receiver, so the transmit power can be negotiated down.

If it were me, I'd try to get another 6303i,


Got one of they and its now on it's original battery for some 3
years;!...

and probably end up
storming out of these useless mobile phone shops.

Yes most useless establishments they are..


I like clamshell phones and am fairly happy with my Nokia 2720, which I
bought in an emergency for daughter when she dropped her phone in the
bath. She then lost this one, she bought another, and I inherited this
when it re-appeared.


Used to have a Motorola clam shell but it was involved in an accident. I
survived it didn't;!,...

It bends a bit when I sit on it, but hasn't broken. The battery lasts
from 4 to 7 days, even though it has a relatively small battery
(850mAh?) = fairly quick to charge. The camera is mediocre and, because
of the clamshell, is often behind a hand or finger.

What depresses me is the price. I bought this at £30, the second one was
£40 and they now seem to be £70 or £80, which is ludicrous for a basic
phone.

Shows that their good then.

I've been into quite a few phone shops over the years because of
daughter, phones and the bath, and am always amazed by the lack of
choice for basic models. I can't understand why clamshells seem so rare.


Suppose the is the market as perceived by the makers they never think of
those who just need a simple phone!...

--
Tony Sayer

Bill wrote:
In message , Martin Brown
writes
snip
I've been into quite a few phone shops over the years because of
daughter, phones and the bath, and am always amazed by the lack of
choice for basic models. I can't understand why clamshells seem so
rare.

Although they are very popular in the USA, the hinge adds an extra level of
unreliability

Steve Terry
--
Get a free GiffGaff PAYG Sim and £5 bonus after activation at:
http://giffgaff.com/orders/affiliate/gfourwwk

Martin Brown put finger to keyboard:

I can't be the only one that needs a compact robust mobile phone that
doesn't need recharging every day and does the basics very well. I have
had a Nokia 6303i for ages and that was ideal until it had a terminal
encounter with a bucket of water. I have gone back to my previous 6300
but its battery life was never much good when new and is much worse now.

I am in the market for a new mobile phone, but I have very specific
requirements for maximum standby time and talk time between charges. I
have no need of facebook, twitter or 3G on this phone. It does need to
last well and work when it accepts incoming calls on lowish battery. It
is no use if it bumbles along and then dies sounding the ringtone!

snip

Look at the Samsung E1200
http://www.tesco.com/direct/sim-free...samsung-e1200-
black/786-3368.prd

I have an earlier model but with the same battery specs (800hr standby,
10hr talk) and I only recharge once every week or two.

On 18/04/2013 11:33, Martin Brown wrote:
....
Ranked in order of battery life (and probable robustness)
Talk Standby / hours
Samsung XCover 19 1000
Samsung GT S5260 II 7 900
Nokia Asha201 7 890 (alpha keypad)
Nokia 206 20 680
Nokia C5 12 600
Nokia C7 5 650

All in theory with better figures than the 6303.

I have my suspicions that makers standby hours are measured inside a
hermetically sealed Faraday cage with no ambient RF signals at all. I
never get anything like the makers claimed standby life on mine.

Any other suggestions for well built classic mobiles with *really* good
battery life (or with extended life aftermarket batteries)?

Any experience of these phones and suggestions of which to avoid?
(some come in various flavours with variations in battery life)

I had the Nokia C5, mainly because it was the one of the few phones for
which I could get a carrier that would link it into my car's hands free
system and built-in aerial. I then kept forgetting to take it out of the
car when I got out, so it usually ended up staying in my shirt pocket,
linked to the car by Bluetooth, instead. I have quite a lot of low
signal areas around here and I doubt that being inside a car improves
reception. I never had any problems with battery life while putting it
on charge once or twice a week.

Colin Bignell

On Thursday, 18 April 2013 11:33:48 UTC+1, Martin Brown wrote:
I am in the market for a new mobile phone, but I have very specific
requirements for maximum standby time and talk time between charges. I
have no need of facebook, twitter or 3G on this phone. It does need to
last well and work when it accepts incoming calls on lowish battery. It
is no use if it bumbles along and then dies sounding the ringtone!


Can I at least raise the question of "Ludditery"? My wife thought the same as you do, but (despite not being a twitter or facebook user) now loves her poor-battery-life smartphone.

She takes the benefits from it (integrated sat nav, emails out and about, ease of use, voice activation, bluetooth capabilities, sports-tracking, game playing, app using etc etc) and has made adaptations to her concept of required charging - puts it on to charge overnight, puts it in a car charger when she is driving etc etc. For those small penalties, she gets the additional benefits.

It might be a bit like taking a look at Ford Model-T early last century and complaining that it doesn't work well when fed with grass and shod with iron shoes from the black-smiths...

(You may have a perfectly good reason for looking for a more traditional mobile phone, but I thought I'd raise the question at least!)

Matt

On 18/04/2013 13:55, larkim wrote:
On Thursday, 18 April 2013 11:33:48 UTC+1, Martin Brown wrote:
I am in the market for a new mobile phone, but I have very specific
requirements for maximum standby time and talk time between charges. I
have no need of facebook, twitter or 3G on this phone. It does need to
last well and work when it accepts incoming calls on lowish battery. It
is no use if it bumbles along and then dies sounding the ringtone!

Can I at least raise the question of "Ludditery"? My wife thought the same as you do, but (despite not being a twitter or facebook user) now loves her poor-battery-life smartphone.

You can raise it - yes.

I have access to an Android smartphone and 3G dongles but what I want
from this phone is absolute longevity in fairly adverse conditions.

Bluetooth is useful, WiFi would be nice, but battery life is paramount!
I'd prefer it to have a decent (for a phone) 3Mpixel camera but would
happily compromise on that to get longer battery life.

She takes the benefits from it (integrated sat nav, emails out and about, ease of use, voice activation, bluetooth capabilities, sports-tracking, game playing, app using etc etc) and has made adaptations to her concept of required charging - puts it on to charge overnight, puts it in a car charger when she is driving etc etc. For those small penalties, she gets the additional benefits.

It might be a bit like taking a look at Ford Model-T early last century and complaining that it doesn't work well when fed with grass and shod with iron shoes from the black-smiths...

Or today looking at showrooms that only offer insane overweight SUV gas
guzzlers with bulldozer, crane and cherry picker attachments fitted as
standard when what you want is a sleek motorbike to get from A to B.

(You may have a perfectly good reason for looking for a more traditional mobile phone, but I thought I'd raise the question at least!)

Matt

If I could have a smartphone that would do 600+ hours on standby then I
would quite happily use one. I am not a Luddite by any means, but
neither am I someone who buys the latest model of phone because it has a
fancier case, 100 more pixels or a 2% increase in processor speed.

I know how often the smartphone needs recharging and I don't want that!

--
Regards,
Martin Brown

On 18/04/2013 14:20, Martin Brown wrote:

snip

Bluetooth is useful, WiFi would be nice, but battery life is paramount!

Why? I just charge mine overnight using a £20 bedside clock radio.

Don't get me wrong - I'd happily pay for the convenience of long life
batteries. But that's all it is to me - an inconvenience that can be
overcome quite easily.

Rob

larkim writes:

On Thursday, 18 April 2013 11:33:48 UTC+1, Martin Brown wrote:
I am in the market for a new mobile phone, but I have very specific=20
requirements for maximum standby time and talk time between charges. I=20
have no need of facebook, twitter or 3G on this phone. It does need to=20
last well and work when it accepts incoming calls on lowish battery. It=
=20
is no use if it bumbles along and then dies sounding the ringtone!
=20

Can I at least raise the question of "Ludditery"? My wife thought the same=
as you do, but (despite not being a twitter or facebook user) now loves he=
r poor-battery-life smartphone.

She takes the benefits from it (integrated sat nav, emails out and about, e=
ase of use, voice activation, bluetooth capabilities, sports-tracking, game=
playing, app using etc etc) and has made adaptations to her concept of req=
uired charging - puts it on to charge overnight, puts it in a car charger w=
hen she is driving etc etc. For those small penalties, she gets the additi=
onal benefits.

It might be a bit like taking a look at Ford Model-T early last century and=
complaining that it doesn't work well when fed with grass and shod with ir=
on shoes from the black-smiths...

(You may have a perfectly good reason for looking for a more traditional mo=
bile phone, but I thought I'd raise the question at least!)

I don't expect more than one person in a hundred to agree with me, but
I find that one charge lasts several months so long as I remember to
keep the phone switched off. :-)


--
Windmill, Use t m i l l
J.R.R. Tolkien:- @ O n e t e l . c o m
All that is gold does not glister / Not all who wander are lost

In message , Windmill
writes
It might be a bit like taking a look at Ford Model-T early last century and=
complaining that it doesn't work well when fed with grass and shod with ir=
on shoes from the black-smiths...

(You may have a perfectly good reason for looking for a more traditional mo=
bile phone, but I thought I'd raise the question at least!)

I don't expect more than one person in a hundred to agree with me, but
I find that one charge lasts several months so long as I remember to
keep the phone switched off. :-)

Avoidance of nuisance calls can also be achieved by failing to charge
altogether.

On T my ancient Sharp 770SA currently does about 5 days standby. How
much of a problem is *part* charging?

--
Tim Lamb

Tim Lamb writes:

In message , Windmill
writes
It might be a bit like taking a look at Ford Model-T early last century and=
complaining that it doesn't work well when fed with grass and shod with ir=
on shoes from the black-smiths...

(You may have a perfectly good reason for looking for a more traditional mo=
bile phone, but I thought I'd raise the question at least!)

I don't expect more than one person in a hundred to agree with me, but
I find that one charge lasts several months so long as I remember to
keep the phone switched off. :-)

Avoidance of nuisance calls can also be achieved by failing to charge
altogether.

But then you can't send that unanticipated text to younger daughter
hoping she wasn't in Boston.


--
Windmill, Use t m i l l
J.R.R. Tolkien:- @ O n e t e l . c o m
All that is gold does not glister / Not all who wander are lost

Windmill wrote:

But then you can't send that unanticipated text to younger daughter
hoping she wasn't in Boston.

However, lack of response, due to infrastructure overload, might
well have been even more worrying.

Chris
--
Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


Plant amazing Acers.

Martin Brown wrote:
I can't be the only one that needs a compact robust mobile phone that
doesn't need recharging every day and does the basics very well.
[snip]

http://www.doro.co.uk/

Simple phones, big buttons, long battery life.

--
€¢DarWin|
_/ _/

On Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:33:48 +0100, Martin Brown wrote:

I am in the market for a new mobile phone, but I have very specific
requirements for maximum standby time and talk time between charges. I
have no need of facebook, twitter or 3G on this phone. It does need to
last well and work when it accepts incoming calls on lowish battery. It
is no use if it bumbles along and then dies sounding the ringtone!

It is likely to be used a lot in regions of poor 2G signal coverage and
so when in use will be transmitting at or near maximum power.

Buy a phone for its features, and power it from one of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0098EO61S

12000mAh in your shirt pocket should see you OK, and you'll find a plethora of uses for it.

I use one of these, had it for a couple of years:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000NDQ92W

Charge it from your computer's USB port.

--
Terry Fields

On 18 Apr 2013 14:16:49 GMT, Terry Fields
wrote:

Buy a phone for its features, and power it from one of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0098EO61S

12000mAh in your shirt pocket should see you OK,

It certainly would, if true. You could jump your car from that.

On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:39:41 +0100, just as I was about to take a
herb, Grimly Curmudgeon disturbed my reverie and
wrote:

You could jump your car from that.

If it were at 12 v of course.
--

Cheers,

DrT

** Stress - the condition brought about by having to
** resist the temptation to beat the living daylights
** out of someone who richly deserves it.

In uk.d-i-y Martin Brown wrote:
A quick survey of classic mobile phones gives me the following
candidates (but it is hard work finding talk/standby hours).

Ranked in order of battery life (and probable robustness)
Talk Standby / hours
Samsung XCover 19 1000
Samsung GT S5260 II 7 900
Nokia Asha201 7 890 (alpha keypad)
Nokia 206 20 680
Nokia C5 12 600
Nokia C7 5 650

Nokia 105:
talk 12.5
standby 842
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pho...1133526/review
and apparently GBP13, though I'm not sure you can buy it yet.

Theo

On 18/04/2013 16:13, Theo Markettos wrote:
In uk.d-i-y Martin Brown wrote:
A quick survey of classic mobile phones gives me the following
candidates (but it is hard work finding talk/standby hours).

Ranked in order of battery life (and probable robustness)
Talk Standby / hours
Samsung XCover 19 1000
Samsung GT S5260 II 7 900
Nokia Asha201 7 890 (alpha keypad)
Nokia 206 20 680
Nokia C5 12 600
Nokia C7 5 650

Nokia 105:
talk 12.5
standby 842
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pho...1133526/review
and apparently GBP13, though I'm not sure you can buy it yet.

Theo

BINGO!! Thanks Theo - that looks like it should hit the spot.
(and at that price it is easy enough to take a punt on it)

--
Regards,
Martin Brown

On Apr 18, 4:22*pm, Martin Brown
wrote:
On 18/04/2013 16:13, Theo Markettos wrote:









In uk.d-i-y Martin Brown wrote:
A quick survey of classic mobile phones gives me the following
candidates (but it is hard work finding talk/standby hours).

Ranked in order of battery life (and probable robustness)
* * * * * * * * * * * * *Talk * *Standby / hours
Samsung XCover * * * * *19 * * *1000
Samsung GT S5260 II * * *7 * * * 900
Nokia Asha201 * * * * * *7 * * * 890 *(alpha keypad)
Nokia 206 * * * * * * * 20 * * * 680
Nokia C5 * * * * * * * *12 * * * 600
Nokia C7 * * * * * * * * 5 * * * 650

Nokia 105:
talk 12.5
standby 842
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pho...okia-105-11335...
and apparently GBP13, though I'm not sure you can buy it yet.

Theo

BINGO!! Thanks Theo - that looks like it should hit the spot.
(and at that price it is easy enough to take a punt on it)

--
Regards,
Martin Brown

I got a Nokia 201 recently (£40) and have been seriously impressed by
how long I get without having to charge it. My requirements were much
like the OP's and it has satisfied them with the only drawback being
that it pushes the width of the phone pocket in my jacket a bit.

Rob

In uk.telecom.mobile Martin Brown wrote:
BINGO!! Thanks Theo - that looks like it should hit the spot.
(and at that price it is easy enough to take a punt on it)

And a note about the Samsungs... I don't know the XCover and whatever OS it
runs, but I've used their CDMA featurephones (SGH-something) which look a
bit like the E1200. The OS drove me up the wall - simple things like
turning off the keypad tones seemed to be impossible, so my pocket made
beeping sounds as I walked around. And they have a navpad where the central
click doesn't do anything - you have to press a separate button to the left
to accept/OK/whatever. A truly horrid experience, and I was happy to get
back to a basic Nokia asap.

Theo

In article ,
says...

On 18/04/2013 16:13, Theo Markettos wrote:
In uk.d-i-y Martin Brown wrote:
A quick survey of classic mobile phones gives me the following
candidates (but it is hard work finding talk/standby hours).

Ranked in order of battery life (and probable robustness)
Talk Standby / hours
Samsung XCover 19 1000
Samsung GT S5260 II 7 900
Nokia Asha201 7 890 (alpha keypad)
Nokia 206 20 680
Nokia C5 12 600
Nokia C7 5 650

Nokia 105:
talk 12.5
standby 842
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pho...1133526/review
and apparently GBP13, though I'm not sure you can buy it yet.

Theo

BINGO!! Thanks Theo - that looks like it should hit the spot.
(and at that price it is easy enough to take a punt on it)

I agree, but as far as I can tell it's not available in the UK.

I did see a review which said
"Set to launch at the end of March, we're still awaiting UK pricing and
availability for the Nokia 105"
but "launch" may refer to some other country, not here.

--
Sam

On 18/04/13 20:32, Sam Plusnet wrote:
In article ,
says...

On 18/04/2013 16:13, Theo Markettos wrote:

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pho...1133526/review
and apparently GBP13, though I'm not sure you can buy it yet.

Theo

BINGO!! Thanks Theo - that looks like it should hit the spot.
(and at that price it is easy enough to take a punt on it)

I agree, but as far as I can tell it's not available in the UK.

I did see a review which said
"Set to launch at the end of March, we're still awaiting UK pricing and
availability for the Nokia 105"
but "launch" may refer to some other country, not here.

It has launched in India recently (April 10)






--
djc

Theo Markettos wrote:
In uk.d-i-y Martin Brown wrote:
A quick survey of classic mobile phones gives me the following
candidates (but it is hard work finding talk/standby hours).

Ranked in order of battery life (and probable robustness)
Talk Standby / hours
Samsung XCover 19 1000
Samsung GT S5260 II 7 900
Nokia Asha201 7 890 (alpha keypad)
Nokia 206 20 680
Nokia C5 12 600
Nokia C7 5 650

Nokia 105:
talk 12.5
standby 842
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pho...1133526/review
and apparently GBP13, though I'm not sure you can buy it yet.
Theo

But are those times correct?
I don't believe any of those will out last a Nokia 6310i

Steve Terry
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On 22/04/2013 10:45, Steve Terry wrote:
Theo Markettos wrote:
In uk.d-i-y Martin Brown wrote:
A quick survey of classic mobile phones gives me the following
candidates (but it is hard work finding talk/standby hours).

Ranked in order of battery life (and probable robustness)
Talk Standby / hours
Samsung XCover 19 1000
Samsung GT S5260 II 7 900
Nokia Asha201 7 890 (alpha keypad)
Nokia 206 20 680
Nokia C5 12 600
Nokia C7 5 650

Nokia 105:
talk 12.5
standby 842
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pho...1133526/review
and apparently GBP13, though I'm not sure you can buy it yet.
Theo

But are those times correct?
I don't believe any of those will out last a Nokia 6310i

That is a good question - which is why I asked. I was hoping a few
owners might chime in with how long theirs lasts between charges. Only
interested in models that survive a week or more without any trouble.
(and preferably two weeks)

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Martin Brown

Martin Brown wrote:
On 22/04/2013 10:45, Steve Terry wrote:
Theo Markettos wrote:
In uk.d-i-y Martin Brown wrote:
A quick survey of classic mobile phones gives me the following
candidates (but it is hard work finding talk/standby hours).

Ranked in order of battery life (and probable robustness)
Talk Standby / hours
Samsung XCover 19 1000
Samsung GT S5260 II 7 900
Nokia Asha201 7 890 (alpha keypad)
Nokia 206 20 680
Nokia C5 12 600
Nokia C7 5 650

Nokia 105:
talk 12.5
standby 842
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pho...1133526/review
and apparently GBP13, though I'm not sure you can buy it yet.
Theo

But are those times correct?
I don't believe any of those will out last a Nokia 6310i

That is a good question - which is why I asked. I was hoping a few
owners might chime in with how long theirs lasts between charges. Only
interested in models that survive a week or more without any trouble.
(and preferably two weeks)

You can make a 6310i last a month if you buy an optional 3000mAh li-ion
battery

Only it's a bit bulky being the same size as the original 900mAh Ni-Mh
battery used on the 1997 Nokia 5110.

Steve Terry
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On 18/04/2013 11:33, Martin Brown wrote:

Thanks for any enlightenment.

Got a Samsung GT-C3350. Battery life is _weeks_. Supposed to be
waterproof, though I haven't tested it.

Andy

In article ,
Martin Brown wrote:

It is likely to be used a lot in regions of poor 2G signal coverage and
so when in use will be transmitting at or near maximum power.


Get an old 6310? Probably the best phone I've ever used for reception.

No fancy internet or anything, just a solid phone. Probably why they still
demand decent money :-(

http://www.nokia6310i.co.uk/

(never used these people btw, no idea on how good/bad they might be!)

Darren

Martin Brown wrote:
I can't be the only one that needs a compact robust mobile phone that
doesn't need recharging every day and does the basics very well.

Thanks for any enlightenment.


Nokia 105?

Tim

On 18/04/2013 11:33, Martin Brown wrote:
I can't be the only one that needs a compact robust mobile phone that
doesn't need recharging every day and does the basics very well. I have
had a Nokia 6303i for ages and that was ideal until it had a terminal
encounter with a bucket of water. I have gone back to my previous 6300
but its battery life was never much good when new and is much worse now.


I leave mine switch off and only turn on very occasionally so the
battery lasts for ages though I do have to keep setting the clock and
calendar!

MB wrote:
On 18/04/2013 11:33, Martin Brown wrote:
I can't be the only one that needs a compact robust mobile phone that
doesn't need recharging every day and does the basics very well. I
have had a Nokia 6303i for ages and that was ideal until it had a
terminal encounter with a bucket of water. I have gone back to my
previous 6300 but its battery life was never much good when new and
is much worse now.

I leave mine switch off and only turn on very occasionally so the
battery lasts for ages though I do have to keep setting the clock and
calendar!

Sounds like your clock backup battery needs changing

Steve Terry
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On 18/04/2013 11:33, Martin Brown wrote:
I can't be the only one that needs a compact robust mobile phone that
doesn't need recharging every day and does the basics very well.


I have my suspicions that makers standby hours are measured inside a
hermetically sealed Faraday cage with no ambient RF signals at all. I
never get anything like the makers claimed standby life on mine.



For normal use I have Samsung Galaxy S3 ... superb SMART phone.
On odd occasions where I want max battery life and just phone
functionality I use my Nokia 6310i .... superb device.
Best Nokia phone ever made


BTW if it were in a Farady cage ,... battery life would be worse as it
would be polling on high power to get a connection

On 18/04/2013 11:50, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:33:48 +0100, Martin Brown wrote:

I am in the market for a new mobile phone, but I have very specific
requirements for maximum standby time and talk time between charges. I
have no need of facebook, twitter or 3G on this phone. It does need to
last well and work when it accepts incoming calls on lowish battery. It
is no use if it bumbles along and then dies sounding the ringtone!

Sounds like you are in the market for an *old* mobile phone

Got SWMBO an HTC Wildfire last year. It came preloaded with Facebook, and
unless you go through some quite technical hoops, it can't be removed.

I wouldn't recommend that. I had one and it needed charging every day to
ensure it didn't run out of juice. I didn't use it very heavily.

In message , at 14:11:46 on Thu, 18 Apr
2013, chris remarked:
Got SWMBO an HTC Wildfire last year. It came preloaded with Facebook, and
unless you go through some quite technical hoops, it can't be removed.

I wouldn't recommend that. I had one and it needed charging every day
to ensure it didn't run out of juice. I didn't use it very heavily.

If you disable GPS, wifi and 3G (use just 2G) and attach a "pregnant"
battery, it'll last a week. Probably; mine does.
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Roland Perry

On 18/04/2013 15:43, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 14:11:46 on Thu, 18 Apr
2013, chris remarked:
Got SWMBO an HTC Wildfire last year. It came preloaded with Facebook,
and
unless you go through some quite technical hoops, it can't be removed.

I wouldn't recommend that. I had one and it needed charging every day
to ensure it didn't run out of juice. I didn't use it very heavily.

If you disable GPS, wifi and 3G (use just 2G) and attach a "pregnant"
battery, it'll last a week. Probably; mine does.

Kind of defeats having a smartphone, though. Useful to know, however, as
I've passed it onto my wife.

I used it primarily for 3G and wifi, she won't.