Mobile Phone specification help please

Posted by: Guy D on 04 January 2006

I live in a mobile phone blackhole. The parish council keeps refusing mast applications.

I have a cheap Nokia 1100 but am increasingly embarrassed by being unable to communiate with people for business purposes. I was recently in Uncle Peter's demo room with a chap chatting merrily on his mobile (I had no signal, we were both with O2), so clearly phones vary in their reception.

How do identify which phones are good at being phones? I only need to ring and text, no interest in the other phone functions.

Advise please, thank you in advance.

Guy

Posted on: 04 January 2006 by Paul Hutchings

I've only ever had Nokia's as in my experience they work reliably and are simple to use, with mobile phones I'm afraid I don't give a shit about anything other than making phone calls, sending texts, and not crying if I drop it.

Might it just be broken? Usually the networks are pretty good at changing phones if there's a problem, especially if you spend a bit and they think you're leaving.

Paul

Posted on: 04 January 2006 by Tony Lockhart

Have a look in the mobile phone mags. They usually rate them for reception performance.

Tony

Posted on: 05 January 2006 by Guy D

Thanks, I shall check out the mags.

I think it may well be my phone, now out of guarantee, as my wife has an identical phone and it has always worked much better.

I doubt the companies will be fighting over my business as my top up last year mounted to a frightening £30!

Guy