Best Cell Phones for No Frills, Basic

Analyzing reviews from 93 Sites…

8 out of 9 products found

Sort By

Overall Battery Life Ease Of Use Mp3 Player No Frills, Basic Text Messaging More ▼

Business Design Full Keyboard Games Gps Navigation International Use Playing Movies Reliabililty Smart Phones Taking Pictures Wi-Fi

For No Frills, Basic, people talk about

functionality
battery life
size
sound

Price (Go)

Brand: Select

Features: Select

Motorola V197

$48.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i needed a cheap, basic cell phone to replace the recently-deceased free phone i got when i signed up for cingular (now at&t) four years ago.
from www.amazon.com
want a good basic easy to use phone with no complaints?
from www.amazon.com
basic communication phone with bluetooth that works well.
from www.amazon.com
this is a great basic phone.
from www.amazon.com
the battery life is phenomenal and that is expected because its a 1000+ mah for a very basic phone.

Read more reviews

Positives: Great Functionality, Long Battery Life, Easy To Use, Battery Life: 8 Hours

2 RECOMMENDED by 3 people for NO FRILLS, BASIC

RIM Research In Motion BB8900CURVE Curve 8900

$230.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
4) the non-intuitive nature of some of blackberry's menus (i'm used to fairly basic menus, and blackberry piles some stuff together that doesn't seem to match up in my mind);
from www.amazon.com
the device is basically the bb bold with a different casing.
from www.amazon.com
so basically i thought i was the **** when i bought my motorola ming (a1200) 2 years ago.

Read more reviews

Positives: Compact, Nice Functionality, Excellent Connectivity, Battery Life: 5.5 Hours

3 RECOMMENDED by 7 people for NO FRILLS, BASIC

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Smartphone

$383.00 Est. at Amazon

from Shane, www.newegg.com
nokia's upper-echelon phones, but then they'd be locked-down and stripped of basic functionality in order to make you dependent on pay-for services like a-gps.don't think twice about buying the 5800!
from www.amazon.com
aside from having to do that, it's a great phone, lots of features, basically everything i'll ever need & much more.
from www.amazon.com
basically...this phone is fantastic especially price-wise!!!
from www.amazon.com
the user interface seems like a quick and dirty job, it is basically the s60 v3 operating system with some bigger icons to make selection by touch a little easier.
from www.amazon.com
i have used lots of different phones, from the basic razr flip phone through several different windows mobile & blackberry smart phones, and even the greatly over-hyped iphone, and this is by far my

Read more reviews

Positives: Nice Connectivity, Compact, Great Functionality, Battery Life: 8.8 Hours

4 RECOMMENDED by 5 people for NO FRILLS, BASIC

Nokia E71 Cell Phone

$393.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
basically because of very few and subtle advantages found on the finnish product wanting a phone of proper size capable of my e-mail, multimedia and web searching needs.
from www.amazon.com
all the basic phone capabilities (voice clarity, sound, connection) are as as good as any other.
from www.amazon.com
with everything i need that includes almost all the basic features in this phone by not over complicated the interface.
from www.amazon.com
things that i like are the basic design, sturdiness and quality.
from www.amazon.com
the iphone has great graphics and nice applications, but is a pretty basic device.

Read more reviews

Positives: Great Functionality, Compact, Long Battery Life, Battery Life: 10.5 Hours

5 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for NO FRILLS, BASIC

RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330

$133.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.bestbuy.com
however, now that i've gotten the basics down pat as well as some more advanced feature use under my belt i have to say i now see the allure of the blackberry platform!
from www.amazon.com
sprint also offers a $100 rebate on this phone with the correct documentation and receipt of purchase, which means that in the end, you basically have paid nothing for the phone itself.

Read more reviews

Positives: Great Connectivity, Excellent Functionality, Long Battery Life, Weight: 4.2 oz.

Nokia E63 Cell Phone

$268.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
had a basic lenntek headset ($20) from costco and it rendered the songs beautifully.
from www.amazon.com
this phone can basically do 99% of what the e71 can do except for the gps.
from www.amazon.com
you also have 110mb of space free on the phone (a ton) for basic apps, and of course you can buy a microsd card for even more memory.
from www.amazon.com
per at&t, the $10.00 media basic plan i had from jump street was not qualified with the phone and i was required to purchase separate data & message plans.
from www.amazon.com
the best upgrade for any basic phone user.

Read more reviews

Positives: Excellent Functionality, Nice Connectivity, Compact, Display Size: 320 x 240

Samsung Sway SCH-U650 Cell Phone

$118.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i was really looking for a basic phone (but not too basic) with good features and a great looking exterior.
from www.amazon.com
if you're not a texter, and looking for a decent, stylish phone with all the basic features, this is an excellent choice.
from www.amazon.com
it's awesome as far as basic phones go.
from www.amazon.com
overall this is a very good if basic phone.
from www.amazon.com
i just got back from verizon, and the guy basically said, "yep, that's how those phones are.

Read more reviews

Positives: Battery Life: 4.5 Hours, Display Size: 240 x 320, Multimedia Features: Integrated Digital Camera,MP3 player,MPEG4 video playback,Video Player,Video Recorder,Polyphonic ringtones, Weight: 3.56 oz.

LG Dare VX9700 8 GB Cell Phone

$78.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i know lg made a site( http://www.lgmobilephones.com/phone.aspx?id=8712 ) thats basically a picture manual for the lg dare and it really helped learn the phone also.
from www.amazon.com
there are tweaks and downloads available so that you can basically do it but there isn't a feature that is as straightforward as activesync available.
from www.amazon.com
i have an apple ipod touch mp3 player which is basically a first generation iphone without the phone.
from www.amazon.com
if it is all you have then it's better than nothing, but a basic $100 gps receiver is better than this.
from www.amazon.com
ok, i don't have time for a full detailed review but i'll try to cover the basics.

Read more reviews

Positives: Compact, Easy To Use, Nice Functionality, Display Size: 240 x 400

Palm Treo Pro Smartphone

$405.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it's basically a ten page pamphlet.
from www.amazon.com
the touch screen generally improves over the basic smartphone experience, as being able to click a link with the stylus is much nicer than navigating with buttons.
from www.amazon.com
even though the backlight is off, the screen is still quite easy to read for this basic info.
from www.amazon.com
how about covering something basic like telling you how to change ringtones?
from www.amazon.com
i had a really difficult time trying to figure out if the stuttering was caused by the headset or the phone only to discover, for some reason, if you shut off the screen while media player is going,

Read more reviews

Positives: Compact, Easy To Use, Nice Functionality, Battery Life: 5 Hours

Also Try

More ▼

Not What You Need? Try:

More ▼

Electronics

Cell Phones

Best Cell Phones for No Frills, Basic

Motorola V197

RIM Research In Motion BB8900CURVE Curve 8900

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Smartphone

Nokia E71 Cell Phone

RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330

Nokia E63 Cell Phone

Samsung Sway SCH-U650 Cell Phone

LG Dare VX9700 8 GB Cell Phone

Palm Treo Pro Smartphone

Screen Clarity

Loud

Mail

Business Phone

Qwerty Keyboard

Brands

Battery Life

Display Size

Multimedia Features

Weight

Network Type