I’ve just bought a mobile phone!

[Bowler]

Well it’s not new, but refurbished..

No built in camera, sat-nav, mpeg player and a load of other unnecessary functionality that I simply don’t need, it allows me to talk to people who are a long way away. It allows me send text messages. It’s got bluetooth. Meets all of my expectations. End of…

Best of all it’s not so bloody small that I can’t push 3 keys at once..



It’s one of these. £50 off e-bay



Best phone I ever had and I know a bunch of people that refuse to move on to anything else. Are Nokia missing a trick with these "old" phones?

Edited by Bowler on Thursday 9th October 22:31

[DennisTheMenace]

You really cant go wrong with a 6310i fantastic phones , takes me back to the days of the CARK-91 car kit ...

[JulesV]

I've just bought one of those too, its great, I can actually dial a number without pressing four keys at once. Fits my car cradle too.

[Steamer]

They just dont make them to last anymore.




This was my first mobile (10 or 11 years ago now).

Its still going strong as my mom's pay as you go!

[chris_w666]

Thank god for common sense.

[JVaughan]

have 3 car kits (-91's) and about 4 old phones in the garage.
cracking phone.

[Rob.]

The 6310i is without question the best phone I have ever had. Had them as both personal and company phones and never managed to break one - that includes the time I had one fall out of my pocket whilst on the top deck of a car transporter. Down it went bouncing off the metal and crashing to the ground - was still on and despite a few scratches was fine.

[S1mon.]

Both mine & wifes cars have cradles for those, but niether of us have the phone any more. Great phones aswell

[bobthemonkey]

God knows why they don't put them back into production. The parts must be even cheaper by now, and with the R&D paid for, they would start making a profit quickly.

I'd buy one as a backup phone instanty.

[Bowler]

I’m ditching one of these for this “proper phone”



Company “standard” for all managers – crap. Far too small, almost impossible to work out how to use some of the stuff in it. The only problem I’ve got is that I can’t work out how to transfer my phone book to the SIM to put into the 6310i. ‘Spose I’ll be typing in numbers over the weekend.

About the 6310 - I never managed to figure out what the little removable piece on the bottom of the face was all about..

[audidoody]

In old phone copy CONTACTS to SIM. Put SIM in new phone. Then copy CONTACTS from SIM to phone.

Edited by audidoody on Thursday 9th October 23:05

[Rob.]

That removable piece could be changed (obviously) for "customised" or different coloured versions. Why you`d bother I don`t quite know.

[eharding]

Bowler said:

I never managed to figure out what the little removable piece on the bottom of the face was all about..

It's called your jaw - not actually removable (unless you spill someone's bird or call their pint a puff in the wrong circumstances); you just need to flap it about whilst exhaling, directing some of the air through your voice box, in order to use roughly 50% of the facilities of your basic mobile phone. I doubt Nokia have explained it in the manual though.

[okgo]

A newer colour phone that probably better built would do all that, and more that you wouldn't want for the same amount.

6300 imo is the best phone I have owned, I drop it all the time and its not event got a dent. Plus it does all the above and is smaller.

[Glosphil]

Still using the black/gold 6310i that I was given as a company mobile in around 2001/2002. Company gave it to me when I left in early 2003. I have no intention of changing it for as long as it works - and then I shall try to buy another one. Have tried other phones but none come close to meeting my needs as does the 6310i. Lack of camera? - that means I can still use it when visiting companies that ban cameras.

[Bowler]

audidoody said:

In old phone copy CONTACTS to SIM. Put SIM in new phone. Then copy CONTACTS from SIM to phone.

Edited by audidoody on Thursday 9th October 23:05

Sorry, too simple. This would have worked in all other Nokias, but not this none.

Like I say the latest one is crap. I'm buggered if I can work out how to do it

[trooperiziz]

Los Angeles said:

I only discovered recently, after countless panics late for meetings, that when your battery runs out your phone actually has a reserve. Doh!

Type in 3370# and it will recharge fifty percent automatically.

Keep in mind, when that goes you need to recharge the entire battery from scratch plus the hidden reserve "tank."

If I can help somebody as I go along my living has not been in vain ...

My UK flip phone with camera cost £19. My US Nokia flip phone with camera cost $50.

Edited by Los Angeles on Thursday 9th October 23:14

Sweet jesus, there are actually people who believe that crap...

[Biker's Nemesis]

Steamer said:

They just dont make them to last anymore.




This was my first mobile (10 or 11 years ago now).

Its still going strong as my mom's pay as you go!

I had one of those.

Was it really 10 years ago?

[Digger.]

Gone all nostalgic for this now. Used to own a 6310.

Which is a reputable sight to order a 6310i from?

http://www.nokia6310i.co.uk/

Seems expensive, but comes with new battery(?) and 12 months warranty.

[okgo]

Digger. said:

Gone all nostalgic for this now. Used to own a 6310.

Which is a reputable sight to order a 6310i from?

http://www.nokia6310i.co.uk/

Seems expensive, but comes with new battery(?) and 12 months warranty.

Jesus, its not that great.

Its worth 50 at best. Why the NEED to have that phone?