Being the hip-and-current consumptive monkey that I am, my phone is a 15-yr old Nokia 6230i.
While this has given astonishingly sterling service (not 15yrs straight, but still), it's starting to get a bit tatty / glitchy and I've been looking at alternatives.
I was intially tempted by the growing market of not-that-smart-phones; with Nokia "re-releasing" a load of "updated" old models (really just taking some visual cues and banging the old name on a totally different product) however these all appear to be more like crippled Android phones rather than true dumb phones.. which seems to be de rigueur in this field.
I've just re-discovered a vintage Nokia 6300 in the draw that used to belong to my ex, and it looks like a really classy little phone for what it is - being thinner, more robust and less plastic-y than the 6230i.. considering it's probably the fat end of 15yrs old too I think the design has aged remarkably well.
Anyway, I'm going to try and re-flash / re-set it as it's got grotty ancient Virgin branding on the UI and I'd like it clean. How viable this is remains to be seen, however looking on ebay I see you can buy them "new" for about twenty quid - does anyone know the score with this? I've seen that many old Nokia models are still availalbe "new" - is it safe to assume these are still in production for "emerging" markets (like India, for example)..? If so, does anyone know how the quality compares to vintage equivalents?
I'm not sure what generation these phones are (2g or 3g) however I'm aware that these standards are being phased out by 2033 at the latest (with 3g probably this/next yr; 2g should apparently last a bit longer). If not spending a while lot I'm happy to use one for as long as it's got until the plug is pulled.
Is anyone into old Nokias? If I do end up buying one, I'd be interested to hear any recommendations
While this has given astonishingly sterling service (not 15yrs straight, but still), it's starting to get a bit tatty / glitchy and I've been looking at alternatives.
I was intially tempted by the growing market of not-that-smart-phones; with Nokia "re-releasing" a load of "updated" old models (really just taking some visual cues and banging the old name on a totally different product) however these all appear to be more like crippled Android phones rather than true dumb phones.. which seems to be de rigueur in this field.
I've just re-discovered a vintage Nokia 6300 in the draw that used to belong to my ex, and it looks like a really classy little phone for what it is - being thinner, more robust and less plastic-y than the 6230i.. considering it's probably the fat end of 15yrs old too I think the design has aged remarkably well.
Anyway, I'm going to try and re-flash / re-set it as it's got grotty ancient Virgin branding on the UI and I'd like it clean. How viable this is remains to be seen, however looking on ebay I see you can buy them "new" for about twenty quid - does anyone know the score with this? I've seen that many old Nokia models are still availalbe "new" - is it safe to assume these are still in production for "emerging" markets (like India, for example)..? If so, does anyone know how the quality compares to vintage equivalents?
I'm not sure what generation these phones are (2g or 3g) however I'm aware that these standards are being phased out by 2033 at the latest (with 3g probably this/next yr; 2g should apparently last a bit longer). If not spending a while lot I'm happy to use one for as long as it's got until the plug is pulled.
Is anyone into old Nokias? If I do end up buying one, I'd be interested to hear any recommendations
