Considering buying a new phone...

Gamefreak501 · 21 Jan 2006 at 21:16

I'm deciding which phone to purchase at the moment, I have a budget of £100 but I would live to spend a little less if possible. I've had my eye on the Motorola V620, it's hardly top of the range, but I think it will serve me well. I have looked on ebay and have found it to be very cheap on there, I have also found that most of the newer models end up not that much cheaper than buying it new.

I'm really just looking for a flip phone, nothing really flash. I like the look of the V3, I would be prepared to stretch my budget out for one but the features don't seem to be good enough for the price.

Any suggestions much appreciated.

Gamefreak501 · 21 Jan 2006 at 21:40

Does anyone rate the Motorola L6 or the Motorola E1 SLVR?

Gamefreak501 · 31 Jan 2006 at 00:36

Well, my brother settled for the Samsung D500 which I gave him some money towards since it was his birthday...

Anyway, I need a new phone fairly soon. I have a k500i that is really starting to annoy me! Sometimes the power switches itself off, the joystick is absolute pap and no longer works properly and half the housing round it has broken off anyway after I dropped it by accident!

So the joystick itself sometimes pops out! I think the recurrent alarm is a little dodgy too. I have had it a little over a year now, but it started messing up about September or October time.

Anyway, I am looking to get a non-joystick phone. I don't have a particular price in mind though I don't want to spend too much - at best I spend £5/month and rarely £10 a month on pay as you go - but never anymore, so a contract phone may not be an option for me bearing all that in mind...

All help appreciated!

Gamefreak501 · 31 Jan 2006 at 10:16

Hey everyone,

Cheers for the help so far,

I should really apologise for any confusion in this thread - I let my brother post on the thread because he needed a phone, but now he has the D500, so I now need recommendations,

The Panasonic looks like a good phone, not sure about the Orange cXXX phones as they seem to have joysticks on them and after the torment of the joystick on my k500i, I'm not sure I really want to go for one!

As for the style of the phone, I am not fussed about whether it flips or not, I don't really like the V3 either. It's a nice enough phone, but it's far too common!

Cheers again for the help so far, hopefully I won't take over a week to come to a decision like my brother did!

Gamefreak501 · 31 Jan 2006 at 21:16

Hmm, the iMate SP3/SPV looks like quite a good phone, memory upgradable too! I might have to keep that one in mind along with the Panasonic

And the Nokia N71! Crikey, I'm going to be a while picking a phone!