Nokia 1101
My mum’s mobile (Motorola C520) was abo
ut 6 years old and on its last legs. So my dad asked me to get her a new phone for her birthday. His words were, “something cheap, not flashy, she only wants a phone”.
My mum is a technophobe and only uses her mobile telephone for calling people. She always carries it when she is out in the car and that is about it!
So, online I go and start looking for a cheap mobile. No camera required, no bluetooth necessary, she wont want to play games and download ringtones. So where to start?
First of all I looked at Play.com as I know they have a range of mobiles. There I discovered the Nokia 1100. As I read about the features I thought it would be the perfect phone for my mum in the perfect price range. When I started to find it by searching Kelkoo they came up with the next model, the Nokia 1101.
FEATURES
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It has two built in games – Snake and ??
Vibrating ring/alert
Animated screensavers
Stopwatch
Monophonic ringtones
Text messaging
400 hours standby
260 minutes of talktime.
The phonebook holds up to 199 names on the simcard and up to 50 in the phone.
The phone has a built in flashlight, which is simple to use, you just press one of the keys twice to turn it on and once to turn it off. I thought that this would be very useful for my mum when she is trying to find the lock for the car door in the dark.
WHATS IN THE BOX
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The phone comes with charger, manual and sim card. A usual you need to insert the battery and charge for several hours before use.
PHONE SIZE AND LOOKS
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The phone is very light and weighs just 86 grams.
The screen is 96 x 65 pixel and is black and white.
You can get Xpress on covers to change the appearance of the phone.
The original cover has handy grips on the side to help hold it.
The flashlight comes out of the front of the mobile.
COST
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I purchase an Orange phone as my mum is on Orange PAYG and only needed to swap the simcards over.
I purchased mine from The Link for £29.99. Delivery was free. There was also a cashback offer of £10 for trading in the old phone, so the actual cost of the phone was £19.99. This made it the cheapest place that I could find it. I did find it on Dixons for £24.99, but without the cashback this was dearer.
The Link’s trade in was simple, they only wanted the old phone, not the charger and provided a freepost envelope to return this in
MY OPINION
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As mentioned, my mum is a technophobe and I wasn’t too sure how she would take to a new mobile. Would she have to be prised screaming from her old Motorola? I was pleasantly surprised. I nearly gave the game away as I had got a car charger for her and on her birthday my dad gave her the box after I had given her my present, so I told her to open his first!
She opened the box and was really pleased to have a new phone. I swapped the sim cards over and explained how the phone worked basically. She was really pleased with it, especially the fact that it had a little torch in it.
They were just off on holiday with my aunt and uncle (who both text) so while they were away they showed her how to send and receive text messages, something that I thought she would never do! Obviously it is so much easier to text on the Nokias than it was on the old motorola’s which did not link to the address book!
I am really pleased with this phone. It is not flashy, it does not sing and dance, but for somebody like my mum, it is the perfect phone. All she wants to use it for is phonecalls, and maybe now the occasional text!
For around £20-£30 this phone cannot be beaten for a simple to use mobile telephone
