View Full Version : mommy dear needs a phone!!!
prateek
08-19-2004, 04:15 AM
hey guys
my mom needs a new phone and she needs a phone wid no frills like camera, mp3 player etc.
just a good nice colour screen, sms, phone book.
dat is it
she had a p800 before(well me and my dad gave it to her wen we were gettin peanuts for sellin it after my dad upgraded to the p900)
my mom isnt a tech geek so got tired of it and still doesnt know how to use most of the features of it.
she needs a handset which is not more than rs 12k (usd 250-270 max)
i have the following handsets in mind- nokia 6610 , motorola v303 , siemens cf62 , samsung (autofolder one)
i cant decide on wat phoneto get her which is easy in operation and has not to complicated features
pls suggest any of these models or any other good one in this range
pls help
(and if there is any girl in this forum- her opinion will be very useful)
Nraged
08-19-2004, 04:19 AM
Yepp same as my mum - your best bet is to take her to the phone shop and pick a phone based on the tarriff and ease of use. I'd stick to Nokia for ease of use. My mum can now send and recieve SMS - wow - this is progress.
Cya
Ruler_70
08-19-2004, 04:45 AM
hey guys
my mom needs a new phone and she needs a phone wid no frills like camera, mp3 player etc.
just a good nice colour screen, sms, phone book.
dat is it
she had a p800 before(well me and my dad gave it to her wen we were gettin peanuts for sellin it after my dad upgraded to the p900)
my mom isnt a tech geek so got tired of it and still doesnt know how to use most of the features of it.
she needs a handset which is not more than rs 12k (usd 250-270 max)
i have the following handsets in mind- nokia 6610 , motorola v303 , siemens cf62 , samsung (autofolder one)
i cant decide on wat phoneto get her which is easy in operation and has not to complicated features
pls suggest any of these models or any other good one in this range
pls help
(and if there is any girl in this forum- her opinion will be very useful)
Check the following:
Nokia 3100, 6610, 7210.
Another really basic phone is the samsung C100.
Everything else either has cam, mp3 and a hoard of other stuff.
rohan123
08-19-2004, 07:05 AM
nokia 3100 or 6610
samsung x430
commedecargons
08-19-2004, 10:21 AM
Yepp same as my mum - your best bet is to take her to the phone shop and pick a phone based on the tarriff and ease of use. I'd stick to Nokia for ease of use. My mum can now send and recieve SMS - wow - this is progress.
Cya
hehe... My grandpa had a Nokia 5110 when he's 73 and he never sent any coz he didn't know how to. Now, he's 81 and he sent me an SMS 2 days after i bought him a SE Z200.
P.S. People should throw away the Dead Idea of Nokia being the only easy phone to use. Nokia is one of the latest to adaptors to the 9 or 12 icon menu UIs which is proven to be the most intuitive UIs and currently adapted by most manufacturers nowadays.
cdover
08-19-2004, 11:52 AM
I'd stick to Nokia for ease of use. My mum can now send and recieve SMS - wow - this is progress.
Cya
Yes, my Mum loves her 3310, she knows how to use it pretty well, but now she's gotten used to the X100A I gave her, and she's pretty quick with both now :). I guess you get used to phones after a while, no matter how difficult they are.
T230 scores very high amound mummies ;)
its cheap, easy to use, great buttons and a good battery. not to much fuzz just a good phone.
cdover
08-19-2004, 02:58 PM
T230 scores very high amound mummies ;)
its cheap, easy to use, great buttons and a good battery. not to much fuzz just a good phone.
The T230 is great. Though I think the screen is too small - my Mum's eyesight is failing...
my mam has the 6310i and 7600 - took me quite a while to teach her how to use them both, she didnt have a clue at first. now she's sending photos and using her bluetooth headset - all by herself, they grow up so fast don't they ! *tear wells up in eye* :D
cdover
08-19-2004, 04:00 PM
my mam has the 6310i and 7600 - took me quite a while to teach her how to use them both, she didnt have a clue at first. now she's sending photos and using her bluetooth headset - all by herself, they grow up so fast don't they ! *tear wells up in eye* :D
Wow really?? Darn, that's fast. I taught my mum how to sms, and call, and that's about it...she can look for names in the phonebook though, found that out by herself!:).
commedecargons
08-19-2004, 07:47 PM
my mam has the 6310i and 7600 - took me quite a while to teach her how to use them both, she didnt have a clue at first. now she's sending photos and using her bluetooth headset - all by herself, they grow up so fast don't they ! *tear wells up in eye* :D
wow, they really grow fast.... but i don't bother teaching my mum. My last TV set, we've used it for about 13 years and till the day we dumped it... she's still not sure of how to use it. But, i had a grandpa who listens to MiniDisc, ask me to burn MP3 operas.... imagine that -- MP3 Pavarotti...
Ni+Mh
08-20-2004, 01:11 AM
Prolly a Nokia 2100, 3100, 6610?
Box215
08-20-2004, 02:42 AM
hey, maybe your mother would like a flip phone. You coud look at the SE Z200 or the Samsung E100
difenbaker
08-20-2004, 03:28 AM
maybe a 3100 or a 3200?
My mom has a 3100 - always gets a kick when it rings, coz of the rythmic lighting effects! At first, she was just texting and calling, now she wants all sorts of ringtones and wallpapers, hehehe.... :D
Anyway, the phone is pretty small, very handy, and has more than 2 days of standby time. And if the casing gets scratched or if she drops the phone, she can very easily change it herself. In fact, from time to time, she changes it just to suit the occasion, or the clothes she's wearing.
:)
cheers!
Ruler_70
08-20-2004, 04:02 AM
maybe a 3100 or a 3200?
Id recommend the 3100, i had one for 7 months and its great phone, but i definitely DONT recommend the 3200, especially to someone that isnt very good with working with phones, the 3200 is VERY unuserfriendly.
prateek
08-20-2004, 04:51 AM
hey watever phone i show her she just says dat this is good- this is also good. she just wants a phone wid a low price(i donno y moms dont want to spend on a cell phone even though they waste so much in their clothes, shoes, costemetics etc.....)
well we have centered out some of the handsets- samsung x430 nokia 6610 se t230
but still cant decide. i think she will go for the t230 if she likes it in person
any more suggestions?
sir50pence
08-20-2004, 11:44 AM
Well the ultimate simple phones are the Nokia 2600 and Nokia 2650.
The 2600 is a candy-bar phone and the 2650 is a flip phone they are technicly the same phones so it's if your mom either likes one shape over the other.
You do have to remember that they are either coming out this month or in september.
Here are links to these phones websites.
http://www.nokia.com/nokia/0,,58710,00.html
And
http://www.nokia.com/nokia/0,,58709,00.html
prateek
08-20-2004, 12:22 PM
she'll be gettin the phone day after tomm. so i dont think she is gonna wait till dat time(today she dropped the p800 for the nth time and the screen i kinda funny- fluctuates after some time)
so maybe shell decide at the shop only
sir50pence
08-20-2004, 12:30 PM
How about the Nokia 3510i.
Look at the link below.
http://www.nokia.com/nokia/0,,2187,00.html
3100 come on, buttons aren't good, price is much higher then other phones and you get the same thing. and i think mum would like some nice real polytones ;)
sir50pence
08-21-2004, 04:27 PM
What do you have in mind then bart?
cdover
08-22-2004, 12:25 AM
What do you have in mind then bart?
He obviously had the NOKIA 3120 in mind... :rolleyes:
T230 its a really nice phone, and alot of people who have it love it.
prateek
08-25-2004, 04:47 AM
hey my mom decided on the handset
she got a nokia 6100 as it was really small and light and pretty cheap too(rs 8000 , usd 175)
she liked the size dat is it
is that cheap :s i would call it a rip off.
cdover
08-25-2004, 09:34 AM
US$175 is a fine price, don't listen to Bart. I bet if it was free he'd still think it was a rip off :rolleyes:.
prateek
08-26-2004, 11:38 AM
hey dat is d lowest price i was gettin it for
wid a 2 yr warranty
and insurance
price here i just 120euro. and prices here for most phones are high, i would even call 120euro high for what you get
difenbaker
08-26-2004, 08:11 PM
hey my mom decided on the handset
she got a nokia 6100 as it was really small and light and pretty cheap too(rs 8000 , usd 175)
she liked the size dat is it
congrats!!
cheers!
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