Seen on the news this morning: Nokia’s £13 phone with a battery that lasts a month
Finnish smartphone maker Nokia has launched a budget mobile that costs less than a cheap rubber smartphone case – and has a battery that lasts one month per charge.
An interesting idea from our Finnish friends. The trend has been for bigger and bigger smartphones that do any and everything, but here’s the Nokia 105, a phone that’s dirt cheap and with a battery life that actually makes sense.
My current phone is a two year old HTC Desire S, and the battery lasts maybe a couple of days if I’m *really* careful and switch off 3G, turn the screen brightness down and only use it occasionally. In regular daily use the battery is down to 10% by bedtime, and it lives on my desk plugged into a USB lead to make it through the day. I’m a fairly heavy user of it though, checking Twitter and emails regularly (yes, and Facebook from time to time). I also watch video on my phone on my commute, read books on the kindle app, check train times etc.
I’m due an upgrade on my current contract in July, and have spent some time looking at the latest & greatest smartphones. I quite like the look of the HTC One X and the Nexus 4, but both are *massive* phones, verging on the mini-tablet. I’m not sure my pockets could cope! And I bet battery life hasn’t improved – bigger screen + faster processor…
So, would I swap out my beloved always-connected HTC for a Nokia candybar phone?
I have to say that I’m tempted. Simplicity of use + a long long battery life sound very appealing…
Related articles
- Nokia 105 hands-on (phonearena.com)
- Nokia 105 and 301 candybar phones announced at MWC, offer simplicity on the cheap (engadget.com)
- Nokia 105: colourful, durable and affordable (conversations.nokia.com)
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I can’t imagine switching down to an old brick phone again. But then I never really use my phone as a phone. After my phone was briefly blacklisted following a loss and subsequent recovery, I didn’t actually notice I had no phone service for a full 24 hours. I never call anyone because I HATE talking on the phone and I use whatsapp with almost all my contacts rather than text.
I never really use my phone as a phone, to be honest. Now I’ve got a tablet, I’m more likely to use that for internet stuff.