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Hiyo thread! Looking for a dumbphone replacement for my one that's dying. Country/Provider: New Zealand/Agnostic Current: Samsung GT B2710 Budget: Under 250 NZD Features I want: Durable & IP67, long battery life, compact. Use case: I go tramping a lot, and I don't use internet features on my phones. Things my phone needs to do: call, text, have a custom uploaded ring tone, and weeks of battery life. Things I don't care about: camera, internet, touch screens. Preferable: Very small size, no mechanical parts (clamshell etc) as they tend to die first. Since my use case can be described as 'not spending a thousand dollars every two years', there is zero marketing towards what's new on the market. Help?
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Hello thread. New Zealand is cutting off the 3G network later this year, and so I'll need to upgrade within the next few months. My current phone has done everything I ever needed it to, which is why I kinda ignored society's switch to smartphones. Behold, the Samsung GT-b2710:  My one's still going strong, still got memos to myself from 2013 on it. So! I'm after a dumbphone that will never, ever, touch the internet, not even to update. Brick form factor, compact, preferably water resistant. Must haves: calling, texting, customizable ring and text noises. Colour screen optional. Must not haves: a touchscreen, modern mobile OS's that will probably break. I have previously bitten the bullet and purchased a CAT B35, which looked like it fit the bill on paper, but the second I tried using it I found that its embedded OS (KaiOS) was a unusable disaster, even after updating it. So I'm looking for, how shall we say, hand-on experience? Anyone got a family member stuck in the stone age like myself whose phone they'd recommend? Yes, I know that the local mall will have a bunch of POS burner phones that I don't feel like buying a dozen of to find out how each is terrible in its own unique way.
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Thanks for the tips. Nokia bricks aren't sold in NZ for some strange reason, might look into getting one shipped over. Or just buying a series of $30 cheapos and replacing them as they die, as apparently 'nice' dumbphones aren't a market locally =/
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