[PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist?

David Fleck david.fleck at mchsi.com
Wed Dec 23 13:19:27 UTC 2015


On Tue, 2015-12-22 at 23:45 -0800, King Beowulf wrote:
> On 12/22/2015 11:03 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > On 12/22/2015 11:57 PM, wes wrote:
> >> I'll mail you my Samsung SGH-A107 if you want it.
> >>
> >> http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003MW0OIQ
> >>
> >> -wes
> > 
> > Thanks for the reply.
> > However <*GRIN*>, it has two down-checks:
> >    1. ATT has worst "customer Service" (sic) known to mankind.
> >    2. According to Section 11 of its _User Manual_ [retrieved from
> >  
> > http://theinformr.com/upload/manuals/samsung-sgh-a107-manual.pdf]
> >       It is internet capable, therefore is computer not phone ;/
> > 
> 
> Unfortunately, any phone these days will be driven by a CPU of some
> sort, since all the processing and DSP is done in software rather than
> in special purpose chips.  The truly basic voice only cell phone has not
> been made in over 20-25 years.  Before "smart phones" we had "feature
> phones" - with basic computing capability.
> 
> Now, one can get a nice minimal "feature phones" that are not activated
> on a data plan, and just get a pay-as-you go, no contract voice only
> plan, and turn all the other stuff off on the phone settings.  The
> carrier just turns off internet access.
> 
> Take a gander here for some ideas:
> http://www.wirefly.com/no-data-required-phones
> 
> If wander into Walmart, Best buy, etc, you should find a display of pay
> as you go phones like these.  Among the shadier types in our society
> they are also known as "burner phones."
> 
> Happy Holidays
> -Ed
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Just a cautionary note -- my spouse and I had basic no-contract Motorola
flip-phones until quite recently. However we have heard (and have
anecdotal data to back it up) that the no-contract phones tend to have
significantly worse connectivity.

-- 
David Fleck <david.fleck at mchsi.com>




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