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Can anyone recommend a cheap cell phone that works on ATT? - SteveO - 11-29-2007
My lady friend has destroyed her Nokia 6120 or whatever their basic flip camera phone was called a year ago. She apparently dropped it so many times that the clamshell halves kind of separated. Contract expires in April, she may be switching carriers so she just wants a basic phone 'til then...wants to keep her number so pay-as-you-go is probably out, plus she'd have to pay to break her contract. (Assuming pay-as-you-go phones don't work if you have a regular ATT contract and try to slip your sim card in.)
So she just needs another flip phone (doesn't like candy bars) on the cheap. I'm sure eBay has a bunch, I just need a recommendation from you, my favorite cyber neighbors. She wants:
Voice dialing
BT (not mandatory but would be nice)
Still camera function
ATT compatibility
Muchas thankas.
Re: Can anyone recommend a cheap cell phone that works on ATT? - Gareth - 11-29-2007
You can buy a cheap AT&T pay as you go phone and just put her SIM in it. You can throw out whatever SIM/phone number they send you.
Just got the tiny refurbed Pancera flip for $30 shipped for my boss and did the SIM swap.
Re: Can anyone recommend a cheap cell phone that works on ATT? - GGD - 11-29-2007
[quote Gareth]You can buy a cheap AT&T pay as you go phone and just put her SIM in it. You can throw out whatever SIM/phone number they send you.
Just got the tiny refurbed Pancera flip for $30 shipped for my boss and did the SIM swap.
You can usually find the cheap AT&T Go Phone at places like Wal-Mart for about $20, just put the old SIM into the new phone and it will work instantly.
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=7731301
Re: Can anyone recommend a cheap cell phone that works on ATT? - JoeBob - 11-29-2007
I just bought a Moto F3 on ebay for $31, nice little phone.
Basic as can be, no camera, no mp3 player, but tough, and killer battery life.
I second the Gophone suggestion, get the cheap phone and switch sim cards.
Re: Can anyone recommend a cheap cell phone that works on ATT? - ho'ard - 11-29-2007
My 6030 has been a major trooper:
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=nokia+6030+AT%26T&category0=
If she decides to momentarily overcome her dislike of candy bars.
Re: Can anyone recommend a cheap cell phone that works on ATT? - kap - 11-29-2007
Nokia W735 is a basic as it comes. It has camera and Cingular/ATT compatible. No BT nor voice dialing. I have dropped it four times spilling all its guts. Still it works.
Re: Can anyone recommend a cheap cell phone that works on ATT? - SteveO - 11-29-2007
Thanks very much, one and all. Think I'll keep it simple and cheap and pick up the $20 Wally World ATT gophone. That way she can destroy it 2 or 3 times and it's still almost as cheap as anything else.