[meaty]

I recently got a Nokia C2-01. Very basic thing that is used for calls and texts and doesn't need charging every half a day.

It's also on Giffgaff in the UK so it costs me £20 top up a month for what I was paying around £80 a month for before.

It is a weight lifted from my shoulders in many ways.

[koyote]

£20 on giffgaff? You must make a lot of calls to non-giffgaff users on the go. And how were you paying £80 before?

The advantage of having a smartphone is that you can get by easily on something like their £10-12 plan simply by using data to make free skype/gtalk/SIP calls and everything else is unlimited anyway.

Battery and general reliability wise, nothing beats a good old Nokia though!

[meaty]

Yeah 800 inclusive minutes on that deal. I make a lot of calls (650-700 mins a month).

£80 before: handset included and crap contract.