Mobile Phones

[landyhubbard]

Anyone have a view on thew best mobile for boating types- I have a Motorola Razr which is crap. My priorities would be for something with a daylight viewable screen, fairly rugged- as long as I can make calls i am not interested in anything else. Is there such a thing?

 

[Talbot]

I have used my Nokia 6310i for the last 6 years and even now the battery still lasts more than 3 days.

Tri-band and has worked fine all round the world. dont know why they stopped making it.

 

[rushers]

I agree with that, 6310i is absolutely first class even though it is somewhat aged, would'nt swop mine having tried several others.

 

[muckypup]

The new nokia N series which use symbian s60 rev 3 come with fantastic web browsers which allow you to view full web pages as they were supposed to be. Very useful down at the boat for checking online forcasts etc

S.

 

[Dave99]

I went through 7 motorola razrs last year - most either snapped in half or fainted at a sniff of salt water. One time one of them was carefully stowed in the chart table on a 35fter and it died on a 4hr trip - water ingress!

 

[alan8376]

Get a Nokia??? Aptly named, 'Builders Phone'. Comes built with: Torch, Compass and spirit level, surrounded with sturdy rubber casing.

 

[MoodySabre]

I agree that the Nokia 6310i is excellent. My local Carphone Warehouse still has a few and last time I looked there were some on ebay. Not sleek by current standards but very useable and, importantly for us older gits, you can have the names displayed in large font and use the phone without finding your glasses first!

 

[Gordonmc]

I'll go with that. My 6310i batteries lasted for the whole of a fortnight's trip without recharging, switched on each day for a check on calls and messages. On average I made a couple of short calls each day.
The buttons are big enough for a clumsy like me to use.
I had a problem replacing the previous phone when it went for a swim. I recovered it from the bottom of the marina and asked for the same model. I managed to get a reconditioned second hand job.

 

[andy_wilson]

Nokia 5140i is rubber cased - a vain effort to make it water resistant (note not water proof). Display is reasonable in the sun.

Nokia 5500 sport is metal cased but has rubber seals. Symbiam O/S and for some reason, unable to display contacts in any way other than small!

Consider both of the above splash proof and likely to stand a chance in a damp, salty atmosphere, no more.

 

[Porthandbuoy]

The Nokia 5100 is very rugged and (almost) waterproof. I've had mine for years now. It's been rained on, dropped in curry and beer, and it still works great.

 

[Abigail]

6310i the best phone we've ever used on board. Now linked into an aeriel up the mast because it also had a good 'car' set up which hasn't been improved on. We use it with different sims for calls and data when a bit further offshore.

Which local E Coast carphone warehouse was that please? I'd make the trip to buy another one.

If you can't get one I've had two sony ericssons which have done fine. I can't remember the old one but it didn't do 3G so have upgraded this year to the k600i which has done fine living aboard and getting from Ipswich to Cadiz.

 

[jmp]

Another 6310i fan! Come on Nokia why not keep making a proper no nonsense phone that goes on and on .

 

[jonathankent]

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Come on Nokia why not keep making a proper no nonsense phone that goes on and on .

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Doh... they wouldn't make any money /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Ecosse120]

I always use Nokia but what I added last year above my very small chart table was a mobile phone holder, this means I don't loose it and it is well away from most of the water!! Paid £1 at a boat jumble.

 

[David_Jersey]

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I went through 7 motorola razrs last year - most either snapped in half or fainted at a sniff of salt water. One time one of them was carefully stowed in the chart table on a 35fter and it died on a 4hr trip - water ingress!

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Fookin 'ell! I upgrade my phone after around 7 years, and it looks like I will need to go through all that again /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif ...........I shoul dhave asked I guess /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[andy_wilson]

Nokia 5100...

ia a bit out of date now, it has been replaced by:
5140 then
5140i then
5500

 

[andy_wilson]

Not quite

But the market is driven by the networks who need:

1. Phones that go out of fashoin so people come back to re-commit every year or so to get a new handset, and;

2. Phones packed with the potential to spend money in ways other than voice calls, eg web browsing, picture messaging, tune downloads etc.

 

[davehu]

Yes Nokia,

I am still using the 1100, simple cheap and reliable, Suits me

 

[wearesailing2]

Vodafone do a "vodafone simply" It just a phone which works

 

[Bilgediver]

I have fixed inside the boat a car kit to take a Nokia 6310i and the antenna is one of the licence holder variety on the window behind a curtain.

I have a Nokia telephone handset connected to the car kit so can make semi private calls as I don t use the hands free facility other than to alert me of a call.

The handset is on a long curly lead which reaches the cockpit so the phone stays in its rack inside.

All parts are available from friendly installers.

The handset is a standard component and there is a socket for it on the car kit. Replacing the handset on its mount terminates the call

The 6310i has big buttoms for clumsy geriatrics /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif


John