The Smartphone Thread

[mercalia]

anyway I have ordered some capactive pens from Ebay. 10 for £1.75 if I read the advert right

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10x-MINI-Universal-Capacitive-Stylus-Pen-for-ALL-Moble-Phones-Tablet-IPAD-IPHONE/290980476703?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649

looks to me like they have a cable to secure in the headphone socket when not in use?

[Cunobelin]

I need a second phone ( I keep personal and work separate) and have just bough an updated Nokia 8110. Does maps, email and the real basics.

I'm impressed!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nokia-8110-4G- ... 5Q5QM?th=1

Even more impressed?

£29 from GiffGaff, and delivered following day

[Cunobelin]

The 8110 runs on KaiOS, a stripped down version of the system designed by Firefox

... and apparently it is VERY cool phone

[Cunobelin]

anyway I have ordered some capactive pens from Ebay. 10 for £1.75 if I read the advert right

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10x-MINI-Universal-Capacitive-Stylus-Pen-for-ALL-Moble-Phones-Tablet-IPAD-IPHONE/290980476703?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649

looks to me like they have a cable to secure in the headphone socket when not in use?

Personal experience is that you change fingermarks for rubber skid marks

[mercalia]

anyway I have ordered some capactive pens from Ebay. 10 for £1.75 if I read the advert right

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10x-MINI-Universal-Capacitive-Stylus-Pen-for-ALL-Moble-Phones-Tablet-IPAD-IPHONE/290980476703?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649

looks to me like they have a cable to secure in the headphone socket when not in use?

Personal experience is that you change fingermarks for rubber skid marks

well worth a try at less than £2. I have been eyeing other peoples phones at Lidls etc and they all seem to have greasey screens.

[mercalia]

I need a second phone ( I keep personal and work separate) and have just bough an updated Nokia 8110. Does maps, email and the real basics.

I'm impressed!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nokia-8110-4G- ... 5Q5QM?th=1

Even more impressed?

£29 from GiffGaff, and delivered following day

it dont seem clear whether it is unlocked as it says it is then says you need a giffgaff sim card?

[Cunobelin]

I'm impressed!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nokia-8110-4G- ... 5Q5QM?th=1

Even more impressed?

£29 from GiffGaff, and delivered following day

it dont seem clear whether it is unlocked as it says it is then says you need a giffgaff sim card?

My apologies... I am on GiffGaff and just plugged in my present SIM

[mercalia]

well the capacitive styli came to day. 10 for just £1.75 they have a soft foam like tip and a little cord to attach in the ear piece socket. They are quite small about 1.5" long. Much impressed. since I am not a mobile fanatic just an occasional user suites me fine

[mercalia]

if any one is after a nice genuine leather case for their phone you might look here - Snakehive. They had a special offer on my Lumia 635 phone, a nice leather case ( not pu leather ) for just £12 incl postage, very quick delivery and very nice it is too! You cannt beat the smell of naked leather?

https://www.snakehive.co.uk/

[Sweep]

The 8110 runs on KaiOS, a stripped down version of the system designed by Firefox

... and apparently it is VERY cool phone

It does look interesting but I read in one review that it doesn't have T9 texting.

True?

I bought a cheap old fashioned phone for someone for a special purpose recently and discovered that that didn't have T9 either. I was amazed. I'm all for non flashy straightforward functionality but that strikes me as plain bonkers.

[mercalia]

The 8110 runs on KaiOS, a stripped down version of the system designed by Firefox

... and apparently it is VERY cool phone

It does look interesting but I read in one review that it doesn't have T9 texting.

True?

I bought a cheap old fashioned phone for someone for a special purpose recently and discovered that that didn't have T9 either. I was amazed. I'm all for non flashy straightforward functionality but that strikes me as plain bonkers.

what is T9 texting?
you mean this?
"T9 is a predictive text technology for mobile phones (specifically those that contain a 3x4 numeric keypad), originally developed by Tegic Communications, now part of Nuance Communications. T9 stands for Text on 9 keys"
I HATE that on my old nokia

[Sweep]

The 8110 runs on KaiOS, a stripped down version of the system designed by Firefox

... and apparently it is VERY cool phone

It does look interesting but I read in one review that it doesn't have T9 texting.

True?

I bought a cheap old fashioned phone for someone for a special purpose recently and discovered that that didn't have T9 either. I was amazed. I'm all for non flashy straightforward functionality but that strikes me as plain bonkers.

what is T9 texting?

predictive texting.

[mercalia]

seems like even cheaper on Amazon - 10 for just 76p incl postage How on earth can that be done at that price
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mini-STYLUS-PENS-CAPACITIVE-Blackberry/dp/B00DDZN178/ref=pd_rhf_ee_s_pd_crcd_0_10?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00DDZN178&pd_rd_r=bd8b8289-0ea6-49cf-8eef-00ba8559dee9&pd_rd_w=sC6lG&pd_rd_wg=gPYuA&pf_rd_p=93811830-6983-4ca0-90b8-1bf06b788aaa&pf_rd_r=7PZ6F67T5T1PQHK1ETNC&psc=1&refRID=7PZ6F67T5T1PQHK1ETNC

length is about finger nail up to knuckle

[irc]

seems like even cheaper on Amazon - 10 for just 76p incl postage How on earth can that be done at that price

Because our postal service subsidises Chinese postage to the UK.

United Nations UPU class China, the second biggest economy in the world, as a Category 3 Economy along side Gabon. This entitles Chinese online retailers huge international postal discounts. Packages can be sent to the UK for less than a penny. And it’s the UK mail service and the cost of our stamps that picks up the tab.

http://www.vatfraud.org/blog/stop-subsi ... inal-dues/

[mercalia]

well I have now had my first smartphone for 2 months and I like it: Living in London there are 2 apps that are proving very useful - a) a bus app that shows the bus stops on a map and the buses ( numbers) due - as displayed by the screens at bus stops b) a train time table app for any station that shows departures and arrivals times and platforms. I do notice though that the ones that people zombie with on the buses or trains are very thin compared to mine ( not really worried ). So the question is how reliable are these esp these ultra thin ones. So an informal poll how long your have lasted and why it failed.