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Recommendation for basic phone with excellent reception and battery life

6 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/recommendation-for-basic-phone-with-excellent-reception-and-battery-life.98805/

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jingalala Original post #1
Oct 1, 2008 at 1:11 AM
Friends,
Plz suggest a basic phone with excellent reception, battery life and loud speaker for my grandma(She is hard of hearing).She just wants to make and recieve calls.

Budget-2k
esumitkumar
esumitkumar #2
Oct 1, 2008 at 1:32 AM
Nokia 3310...The best EEENT phone par ab woh nahin aata :(

ur best bet is Nokia 1200 I beleive..do see it in a showroom before buying

*www.indiagsm.com/viewdetails.php?pid=385&brand=Nokia
J
jingalala #3
Oct 1, 2008 at 1:38 AM
esumitkumar said:
Nokia 3310...The best EEENT phone par ab woh nahin aata :(

ur best bet is Nokia 1200 I beleive..do see it in a showroom before buying

*www.indiagsm.com/viewdetails.php?pid=385&brand=Nokia
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Dost

Motorola phone ke baare mein aapka kya khayal hai.(Though i don't want a flip phone)
Don't you think they are better reception wise?:p
vilas_patil
vilas_patil #4
Oct 1, 2008 at 12:08 PM
@jingalala I would suggest you to go for Reliance CDMA LG R3000 Or any phone in this range..
You can get within RS 1200 to 1500 with lifetime incoming validity. And beleive me.. Reliance CDMA voice quality is cristal clear and very loud even without speaker.. (however LG R3000 has speaker). My Grand Father is quite comfortable using this phone.
But Battery life is not long though.
I have personally used Reliace CDMA for a very long time
chinawall
chinawall #5
Oct 1, 2008 at 10:17 PM
well , maybe u can try nokia 2626 its 2k , very good battery life and good call quality.Bought it for my dad recenty who wanted a very simple ,basic phone. I think its a good one below2k.

goodluck!


Btw there is also nokia1650 ,also very good battery life and call quality,reception etc

I really think from nokia below 2k this two r very good ( i dont know about other models much at this cost)
J
jingalala #6
Oct 2, 2008 at 3:08 AM
vilas_patil said:
@jingalala I would suggest you to go for Reliance CDMA LG R3000 Or any phone in this range..
You can get within RS 1200 to 1500 with lifetime incoming validity. And beleive me.. Reliance CDMA voice quality is cristal clear and very loud even without speaker.. (however LG R3000 has speaker). My Grand Father is quite comfortable using this phone.
But Battery life is not long though.
I have personally used Reliace CDMA for a very long time
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Dude,
I am looking for a phone with good battery life as my grandma lives in a village where there is electricity problem.