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Cellular Phone Forum / Country Specific / Australian Group / December 2006Inexpensive mobile phone ?
I need to replace my CDMA phone. Does anyone here have a recommendation for a replacement please ? I do not want a phone with a card in it that I have to constantly keep renewing. I would also prefer NOT to have text messaging... Web access... Email facilities... Photo capability... Something to make a cup of coffee in the morning... etc. etc. In other words I want a phone to make PHONE CALLS. Yes, I know that is a rather radical notion BUT can anyone suggest something suitable please ? A bonus would be something I could buy without having to be tied into a phone plan. Regards, John. > I need to replace my CDMA phone. Does anyone here have a > recommendation for a replacement please ? Questions: Which carrier are you currently with. How important is coverage? (i.e. are you out in the middle of nowhere where the coverage levels of CDMA are important) >> I need to replace my CDMA phone. Does anyone here have a >> recommendation for a replacement please ? >Questions: >Which carrier are you currently with. Telstra. >How important is coverage? (i.e. are you out in the middle of nowhere where >the coverage levels of CDMA are important) I live in Melbourne metro but I go to places like Warragul in country Victoria. I am perfectly happy with my CDMA phone but it needs replacing and there is little point getting a CDMA replacement with CDMA closing down. Regards, John. John said.... > I live in Melbourne metro but I go to places like Warragul in country > Victoria. I am perfectly happy with my CDMA phone but it needs GSM has good coverage along the Princes Highway/Freeway. But it starts to get patch as you head into East Gippsland. For that, you're better off with NextG. But, as of two weeks ago, NextG's coverage isn't up to that of CDMA's as I found out. >I need to replace my CDMA phone. Does anyone here have a >recommendation for a replacement please ? [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > >Regards, John. http://store.vodafone.com.au/mobile_detail.cfm?mobID=59 $99 If you wait a little longer, Telstra's NextG may come out in prepaid. Expensive at the moment, otherwise. Have you spoken to Telstra about an upgrade? They're doing deals for CDMA users. >>I need to replace my CDMA phone. Does anyone here have a >>recommendation for a replacement please ? < snip > >http://store.vodafone.com.au/mobile_detail.cfm?mobID=59 > $99 >If you wait a little longer, Telstra's NextG may come out in prepaid. NextG ? What's that ? >Expensive at the moment, otherwise. Have you spoken to Telstra about >an upgrade? They're doing deals for CDMA users. Actually, I did get a letter from them about upgrades but I have mislaid it. :-( That is a good price but I don't know if vodaphone have as good a coverage in places such as Warragul, Moe, Morewell, Traralgon etc. in country Victoria. Thank you for the recommendation. I will see if I can find out how the coverage compares to Telstra. Regards, John. >>>I need to replace my CDMA phone. Does anyone here have a >>>recommendation for a replacement please ? [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > >Regards, John. Don't know those places, here is a coverage map, http://www.vodafone.com.au/rep/coverage/australian.jsp?gs=foryou&hd=coverage&st= australian&ss=coverage_maps NextG is Telstra's replacement to CDMA and a leap forward in speed and reliability on GSM. http://www.nextg.com.au . >>>> I need to replace my CDMA phone. Does anyone here have a >>>> recommendation for a replacement please ? [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >> coverage in places such as Warragul, Moe, Morewell, Traralgon etc. in >> country Victoria. >> Thank you for the recommendation. I will see if I can >> find out how the coverage compares to Telstra. The union bludger has found that the NextG coverage is pretty decent there. Better than GSM. > Don't know those places, here is a coverage map, > http://www.vodafone.com.au/rep/coverage/australian.jsp?gs=foryou&hd=coverage&st= australian&ss=coverage_maps > NextG is Telstra's replacement to CDMA Yes. > and a leap forward in speed and reliability on GSM. That last is pure bullshit. And its got a dismal choice of handsets compared with GSM too. http://www.nextg.com.au . < snip > >>>>I need to replace my CDMA phone. Does anyone here have a >>>>recommendation for a replacement please ? >>< snip > >>>http://store.vodafone.com.au/mobile_detail.cfm?mobID=59 >>> $99 >>>If you wait a little longer, Telstra's NextG may come out in prepaid. >>NextG ? What's that ? < snip > >>That is a good price but I don't know if vodaphone have as good a >>coverage in places such as Warragul, Moe, Morewell, Traralgon etc. in >>country Victoria. >>Thank you for the recommendation. I will see if I can find out how the >>coverage compares to Telstra. >Don't know those places, here is a coverage map, >http://www.vodafone.com.au/rep/coverage/australian.jsp?gs=foryou&hd=coverage&st= australian&ss=coverage_maps You beat me to it. :-) >NextG is Telstra's replacement to CDMA and a leap forward in speed and >reliability on GSM. http://www.nextg.com.au . Well, even though I am happy with the reliability of CDMA in the country areas that I have gone to IF it is better then that could be handy. :-) Not sure however how the NextG compares to the other G's 3G ? 2G ? GSM ? All pretty confusing for "newbies" IMO. Thank you, and the other contributors to this thread. Regards, John. other-news@usa.net said.... > Expensive at the moment, otherwise. Have you spoken to Telstra about > an upgrade? They're doing deals for CDMA users. Such as? I'm starting to think that I may have jumped the boat a bit quick. When I transfered to NextG from CDMA the local Telstra shop didn't really offer me any deals that weren't available via say the Telstra website. Case in point was the data blocks and a coupla months free data use, or whatever it is. I'm chasing that one up. Oh, for those interestd, I got my second bill for my NextG phone yesterday. This month I racked up nearly $40 of data packet charges, and for very little data use. Unfortunately it's not itemised. I'll be chasing this up with Telstra on Monday. > other-news@usa.net said.... > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Unfortunately it's not itemised. I'll be chasing this up with Telstra on > Monday. Its all itemised, what are you on about? Look in the Packet Data charges section Michael said.... >> Unfortunately it's not itemised. I'll be chasing this up with Telstra >> on Monday. > > Its all itemised, what are you on about? Look in the Packet Data charges > section I was refering to the online version where I couldn't find any itemised data. I've received the paper one today which does have the itemised data. The list only shows the date and the amount in kb and cost. Pity it doesn't also show what sites I visited... :-) Whatever, for something that I rarely use now, since the gadget factor has worn off, it still cost me considerably more than I expected it will. I'll wait and see for the third bill before I decide whether a data pack is worth buying. > Michael said.... > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > I was refering to the online version where I couldn't find any itemised > data. I've received the paper one today which does have the itemised Thats interesting Never tried it because i dont have OLB on my service I'm sure the whole lot shows up so not sure whats happening there John said.... > I need to replace my CDMA phone. Does anyone here have a > recommendation for a replacement please ? If it's for coverage then NextG is really your only choice. All of the NextG phones have all the features that you don't want. Given that the basis of the NextG network is all this fancy stuff, it's unlikely that they'll make a phone that doesn't do all this. > I need to replace my CDMA phone. Does anyone here have a > recommendation for a replacement please ? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > I would also prefer NOT to have text messaging... What a stupid thing to say >> I need to replace my CDMA phone. Does anyone here have a >> recommendation for a replacement please ? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >What a stupid thing to say What a stupid thing to say. -------------------------------------------------------- If this was a perfect world, we, probably, wouldn't be in it. >> I need to replace my CDMA phone. Does anyone here have a >> recommendation for a replacement please ? >> I do not want a phone with a card in it that I have to constantly >> keep renewing. >> I would also prefer NOT to have text messaging... >What a stupid thing to say Nope. The only people who would want to text message me are spammers. No thanks. I already get sufficient spam through my email account. I also don't want a repeat of my current Qualcomm QCP-860 phone text situation. Regularly having it "beep" at me "Msg memory is full..." is pretty annoying. Pressing the envelope key did/does NOT give me a list of text messages as per the instruction manual. So I cannot see/erase what is there. Regards, John. >>> I need to replace my CDMA phone. Does anyone here have a >>> recommendation for a replacement please ? [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Nope. The only people who would want to text message me are spammers. > No thanks. I already get sufficient spam through my email account. Its stupid for so many reasons - a) almost all new phones (if not all), have text messaging - b) youve always had the choice to ignore incoming messages, or bar incoming SMS through your provider > I also don't want a repeat of my current Qualcomm QCP-860 phone text > situation. Regularly having it "beep" at me "Msg memory is full..." is > pretty annoying. Pressing the envelope key did/does NOT give me a list > of text messages as per the instruction manual. So I cannot see/erase Seems to work fine for me, as well as every other QCP 860 owner out there >>>> I need to replace my CDMA phone. Does anyone here have a >>>> recommendation for a replacement please ? [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Seems to work fine for me, as well as every other QCP 860 owner out there I think he is after a rotary-dial mobile. Might be some spare in the Maxwell Smart props box, aka shoephone.  SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com >>>>> I need to replace my CDMA phone. Does anyone here have a >>>>> recommendation for a replacement please ? [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > I think he is after a rotary-dial mobile. Might be some spare in the > Maxwell Smart props box, aka shoephone. Lets get him a PAMTS 007 phone < snip > >> Nope. The only people who would want to text message me are spammers. >> No thanks. I already get sufficient spam through my email account. >Its stupid for so many reasons >- a) almost all new phones (if not all), have text messaging I guess the idea of "choice" is something the Telcos haven't heard of. >- b) youve always had the choice to ignore incoming messages, or bar >incoming SMS through your provider Been there. Done that. After being told to turn this off telstra has re-enabled the service and/or I have accidentally pressed some button that turned it on again. >> I also don't want a repeat of my current Qualcomm QCP-860 phone text >> situation. Regularly having it "beep" at me "Msg memory is full..." is >> pretty annoying. Pressing the envelope key did/does NOT give me a list >> of text messages as per the instruction manual. So I cannot see/erase >Seems to work fine for me, as well as every other QCP 860 owner out there Well, perhaps I am doing something wrong ? The manual on page 26 says "Press (the envelope icon on the keypad) to display the messages list." When I do that nothing in the display changes at all. What steps do you take to see old text messages ? Regards, John. > < snip > > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > I guess the idea of "choice" is something the Telcos haven't heard of. Telcos dont manufacture phones. >>- b) youve always had the choice to ignore incoming messages, or bar >>incoming SMS through your provider > > Been there. Done that. After being told to turn this off telstra has > re-enabled the service and/or I have accidentally pressed some button > that turned it on again. Crapshit Hi, Try this one. Has full Optus coverage and simple GSM phones: http://www.isim.com.au/Prepaid/Home.aspx at 39 cents a minute any time/day to any number in Oz is pretty good these days You only pay for the calls - no connection fees , no plans, no minimum to spend per month etc.. Once setup on the net, recharge is done automatically Regards, Ori > I need to replace my CDMA phone. Does anyone here have a > recommendation for a replacement please ? [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Regards, John. |
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