You can still get 2 weeks of battery life. Get a Nokia 1100.
It's a trade-off, mate. You're standing at a Lamborghini showroom and saying, "Man, does anyone else here remember when cars used to give us 21 kilometres to the litre?"
Ok, to clarify that's exactly what I did.
I was an iPhone 3G/GS user for years, and went back to a Nokia C1-02 2 years ago.
It gives me:
- 2 weeks battery life
- Edge internet via Opera Mini for when i really need to look something up
- email access via inbuilt client for when i really need to check any urgent email
Advantages:
- I don't need to worry about running out of battery and not being able to call or message the people that matter to me because my phone spent all of its power connecting to networks to get data that is irrelevant to my day to day happiness or convenience
- I have a very good keyboard to type messages an email
- I don't need a data plan (my €10 plan comes with 150Mb bundled internet that is more than enough for the browsing and email I do)
- I don't worry about loosing / dropping / my phone being stolen
- I don't need covers
- I can go to the beach and not worry about a sprinkle of water and some sand getting in it
- The phone fits in my pocket (any pocket, on any type of clothes)
- I'm not constantly inundated with status updates
- When I'm with friends I'm not checking facebook, or settling bets on wikipedia, or showing them that great new game, I'm just with them...
- When I'm alone, I'm reading a book or contemplating, instead of being absorbed by a never ending stream of entertainment
Disadvantages:
- I did miss maps for a while, but quickly went back to the habit of asking strangers for directions which returns an extra human touch to my day
No one says that. Either you say it strangely: "50mpg" or you say it correctly: "5L/100km". If you use imperial units, you must invert every fraction in your life as punishment.
Your facetious comment, amusing as it is, has spawned a discussion below that is comical in its absurdity. Let me put an end to it.
We use the unit 'kilometres per litre' when discussing mileage in India, the country where I was born. Now, India is not the most populous nation in the world, but I wouldn't be so harsh as to call Indians 'no one' ;)
It was meant as a joke, no insult intended. I do not usually post jokes in forums such as HN, but the fuel consumption fraction is a pet peeve of mine. I couldn't resist it.
I teach GMAT classes, and recently, in the effort to be less US-centric, the GMAT started stating problems in metric units. They, however, still use the US fuel consumption fraction, not the European one, and it feels doubly odd.
I did not know India used this strange mix. Learning new stuff every day.
No need to go back that far. 1202 http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_1202-2573.php is even better, I believe. Seriously, I was using it until last week, when I decided it's time for a smartphone.
It's a trade-off, mate. You're standing at a Lamborghini showroom and saying, "Man, does anyone else here remember when cars used to give us 21 kilometres to the litre?"