Sam
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Hello friends, at the moment I have a Nokia 7250 for my work phone  whilst it has served me well over many years I need to replace it now as the sound is distorted whenever I am on a call, and signal seems to be an issue as well nowadays.
My other half had an old Nokia C1 something or other which I was going to use but for some reason I can hear the other person on the call from the BACK of the phone more than from the earpiece at the front of it (no I didn't have it on loudspeaker, I checked!).
Can anyone recommend me a cheap phone that I could go and buy from the shops today that has clear sound quality in calls, and doesn't lose signal? I am only wanting it for phone calls, that's it. Don't care about Internet/Facebook/email/whether it's touchscreen or not/whether it runs on Android or not etc.
Thanks 
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willay
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I roll with a proper shit cheap phone since my last HTC died over a year ago, this looks like the updated version
http://shop.tescomobile.com/mobile-phones/pay-as-you-go/samsung/e1080i?deal=3409
It does the job, doesnt crash, have to delete textes sometimes (  ) but its great on battery. Take it with me on festivals and can last 4-5 days on the battery.
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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How cheap?
iPhone 3G - £50-100
Blackberry of some sort?
I just use some proper brick from tesco for about a tenner.
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Dom
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Huawei G300 - £100 New
Nokia E71/E72 - £40-100 Secondhand
Sony Ericsson T or K series - Have a K610i (same as Willay, use it for festivals etc), last ages, is a shit phone though in terms of features (no bluetooth etc) but it's rock solid. The updated K700/710i (i think) is suppose to decent as a 'shit' phone.
All depends on your budget though.
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
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Cheap Blackberry would do the trick would it not?
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Adam_B
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Registered: 13th Dec 00
Location: Lancashire
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We got a samsung one for a tenner recently from tesco to take to India, battery died as I walked out of Manchester airport 8 days later! Didn't use it much but it was switched on the whole time.
[Edited on 27-04-2012 by Adam_B]
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Matty L
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Registered: 10th Aug 04
Location: cheshire
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Get a samsung galaxy Y, carnt go wrong for 80 quid and does alot
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AlunJ
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
Location: Newport
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They have some cheap arse Nokia things in my local tesco for £30, free sim card as well usually last forever on battery etc
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richc
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
Location: Ilkeston
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Blackberry curve.
I have one (aswell as a broken iphone). Never ever had an issue with signal, unlike the iphone. Limited internet access so you find your self only using it to call or text. With the iphone, i use to find myself pissing around all day on the net/apps
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Cavey
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Registered: 11th Nov 02
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Cheapest Nokia for a tenner or so... solid as a rock, lasts a week on 1 charge, and has a torch on it 
can't find the model number atm tho http://www.mobiles.co.uk/vodafone-nokia-1800-pay-as-you-go.html that's the fella 
[Edited on 29-04-2012 by Cavey]
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