I need a mobile phone.

[sharplittleteeth]

I don't really want one. I didn't really like having one the last two times I had one. But the girlfriend has been hassling me to get a mobile phone, and I reluctantly admit it would prove useful.

So can anyone recommend a decent, cheap phone?

Pre-paid, probably. All it needs to do it voice and text. Although a decent contacts book (ie not just names and numbers, but also addresses) would be good.

Comments

[greylock.livejournal.com]

Don't do it, man.

[andricongirl.livejournal.com]

he has too, im sick of ,
A) not being able to contact him when hes on the net at home or out,
and B)
taking calls for him when the above goes for his friends trying to contact him :p

[greylock.livejournal.com]

Went on a holiday in the country.
Every, even on cave tours, phones were fucking ringing.
They give me the shits.

(1) Get ADSL - no net contract problems.
(2) Deal. :)

[ms-kismet.livejournal.com]

I'd suggest the nokia phones, they seem to have a few less troubles than the other companies.

For prepaid from telstra - I'd suggest the Nokia 3200. ITs a good littel phone - same as the one that horngirl has.
Optus only seem to offer the Nokia 3120 online (but there may be more instore)

All of the newer Nokia's offer storing of addresses and additional contact details on the phone's internal memory (in addition to the space on the sim which is phone number only) so either of those ones should do what you want, just depends on how much you want to pay and what other features you want. Might be worth checking the call rates and then popping into one of the stores for that company and having a chat to them.

[http://users.livejournal.com/raven_/]

I have a nokia - could well be the 3200, or similar, older.

You can get cheapies, relatively new, from eBay, if you're up for that sort of shenanigans. Or get a prepaid from pretty much anywhere - Aust Post, Telstra, K-Mart, etc.

I've had a few nokia's - I like them lots.