Best dumbphone/flip/candy bar phone you ever owned

**steve0617** · 08-23-2012, 11:41 AM

Finances are forcing some downgrades in our home. Smartphones are getting downgraded.

I'm going to go back to a flip/candy bar/dumb phone on Tmobile. Wondering what phone you all look back on with fond memories as a great phone you owned at the time you had it. I'll find a used one once I figure out which one to go to. Wife had an old beat to hell Nokia candy bar that we still have but even that's too destroyed to use again.

Ideas?

Thanks

**zorak950** · 08-24-2012, 03:14 AM

I still own my Motorola v195s. That thing is indestructible.

**ChromeJob** · 08-26-2012, 11:31 AM

Don't laugh, but I loved my Nokia 8290. Going to Symbian, and the 3650 was great. I miss the solid reliability of those...

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**Droid669** · 08-26-2012, 11:33 AM

I have 2, LG shine and Motorola Z9

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**olliegrl** · 09-03-2012, 10:37 PM

Moto Rizr. LOVED that phone...too bad it won't work anymore. At least mine won't. My dad has a moto flip, real basic. He's had it for about 5 years now and it's still going strong.

sorry to hear about the situation. have you thought about getting a blackberry off ebay or something? at least then you'd still have a full keyboard.

**TauSigmaNova** · 09-04-2012, 03:29 PM

My dad just switched to an Optimus V two months ago. Still wishes he kept his old Moto Razr

**chunkcohen** · 09-05-2012, 01:51 PM

Wow...this brings back memories!

The best dumb phone I ever had in terms of dependability was a Nokia 5190 (if memory serves) back when T-Mobile was still called VoiceStream. That phone was a tank and the battery lasted forever. Sometimes, it'd go for 3 days straight without needing a charge.

But talk about super-basic by today's standards: Monochrome screen, limited internal phone book, no texting capability and a lame game called "Snake". And these phones were like $150 or so back in the day with a contract.

I've had a few Moto StarTAC flip phones back in the day on Sprint, too, but those were really flimsy and broke on me all the time.

**piizzadude** · 09-05-2012, 01:53 PM

LG voyager... I loved that thing.

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**olliegrl** · 09-05-2012, 04:32 PM

Remember all those crazy phones Nokia came out with? The ones that looked like gameboys? I do miss all the fun colors phones used to come in though. I love my white GS3, but if it came in a nice pink or green, I'd be even happier.

I got Tmo when it was voicestream. Man...so long ago...

**ChromeJob** · 09-05-2012, 07:11 PM

Originally Posted by olliegrl

Remember all those crazy phones Nokia came out with? The ones that looked like gameboys? I do miss all the fun colors phones used to come in though. I love my white GS3, but if it came in a nice pink or green, I'd be even happier.

n-Gage? A coworker has one of those (his son had one too). Seemed an ugly duckling, but actually was a nice bit of kit. Way ahead of its time, IMHO.

**dobermans rule** · 09-05-2012, 07:19 PM

Originally Posted by piizzadude

LG voyager... I loved that thing.

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I thought the LG Voyager was considered a smartphone back in the day when it came out.

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**piizzadude** · 09-05-2012, 07:51 PM

It was middle of the road it had some touch screen functions but you didn't need a data plan for it.

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**olliegrl** · 09-05-2012, 09:34 PM

i always loved sidekicks. back in the day you didnt need a data plan for that either. ahh that crappy sidekick 3. for the time, i think that was ahead of its time too.