(just for fun) Who has the oldest tariff/handset in use

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> So U etc have only just gone. They also offered a 'call any one BT
> Landline free' tariff- my first mobile in 2000. I don't know how many
> people were still on that, but I can see it might have made sense for
> some people to stick with that tariff. Did that tariff have a name?

Pay and Go best friend.
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<[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Like I say, just for fun. Someone was mocking my 3330 the other day,
> but I bet it's a spring chicken yet!
>
> Handsets have to connected and in at least weekly use-not in a drawer.
>
> Many old tariffs would be poor value today, but anyone still on 'U'
> PAYG or Orange Everyday 50 contract?
> For certain patterns of use they might still make sense.
>

I'm still using a Nokia 6310i, and until 10 or so months ago had Line 1
Everytime 200 Line 2 ED50 - a kinda "archived" combination.

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[email protected] wrote:
> Like I say, just for fun. Someone was mocking my 3330 the other day,
> but I bet it's a spring chicken yet!
>
> Handsets have to connected and in at least weekly use-not in a drawer.
>
> Many old tariffs would be poor value today, but anyone still on 'U'
> PAYG or Orange Everyday 50 contract?
> For certain patterns of use they might still make sense.
>
I only stopped using the old mr30 just under a year ago when Orange
inadvertently allowed free upgrades on the Virgin equivalent tariff -
I'd shied away from cutting up the old SIM. I've got a spare mr30 as
well - it might be nice to unlock them

A 5110 that my dentist gave me 4 years ago only packed up about 3
months ago (display faded out). I still have 3210 3310 and 2x3510 which
may get used on trips abroad

I also have the O2 puffl contract that a couple of people mentioned. I
think it originally came with a 3310 for £200, but I just got a SIM
for £69. The 50 minutes mostly get used for 0844, 0845, 0870 calls.
It's possible now to register this deal for online billing and stop the
99p a month for itemised billing.

When I took out a 3 contract about 20 months ago, CPW offered £20
part-exchange discount, and I bet I surprised them with a Motorola
Flare - I had to find a larger Jiffy bag than theirs to get the
original box in.

In message <[email protected]>,
[email protected] writes
>Like I say, just for fun. Someone was mocking my 3330 the other day,
>but I bet it's a spring chicken yet!
>
>Handsets have to connected and in at least weekly use-not in a drawer.

I have a fleet of elderly relatives all happily on OVP-Virgin with Nokia
402 handsets

>Many old tariffs would be poor value today, but anyone still on 'U'
>PAYG or Orange Everyday 50 contract?
>For certain patterns of use they might still make sense.

The OVP-V/ED50 combo still works well for me. Lengthy daily evening
calls are the norm, so a typical use of 600 mins a month (out of a
bundled 1500 or so) for £9 isn't too bad.

I still use my Motorola D170 on occasion; especially when I'm going out
and expect to have more beer than is healthy. Having a mobile that only
a few people know the number of isn't such a bad thing. Similarly having
a phone that isn't desirable and would be difficult to lose isn't a bad
thing either.
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[email protected] wrote:
> Like I say, just for fun. Someone was mocking my 3330 the other day,
> but I bet it's a spring chicken yet!

My daily use handset is a T39. Superb phone. I can see my wife sticking with
her OVP-VM 6310i for ever more and my Mum is similarily attached to her
v3688.

In message <[email protected]>, Grant
<[email protected]> writes
>[email protected] wrote:
>> Like I say, just for fun. Someone was mocking my 3330 the other day,
>> but I bet it's a spring chicken yet!
>
>My daily use handset is a T39. Superb phone. I can see my wife sticking with
>her OVP-VM 6310i for ever more and my Mum is similarily attached to her
>v3688.
>
>
Got an old 1610 on O2 PYG used occasionally for fun, still same
battery! My first digital phone

Use a 7110 on Virgin PYG @ weekends and on site - with Brick sized
battery
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"DeeBee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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[snip]

> and my Dad is still using his old Motorola MR30, now that
> is a brick, on an Orange PAYG and the phone is still gong
> strong. In fact I got him a cheapo Moto C139 when thay
> were £10 last year at CPW, but he still uses the MR30
> !!!!!

As I said, I still have my MR30 but can't use it as the battery is dead.
Anyone know of anywhere I could get one to suit it..? Just for fun I'd
like to try it again, also can it be unlocked..? It was on Orange but I've
got a Virgin SIM I'd like to use in it.

Ivor

> DeeBee

In message <[email protected]>, Ivor Jones
<[email protected]> writes
>"DeeBee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]
>
>[snip]
>
>> and my Dad is still using his old Motorola MR30, now that
>> is a brick, on an Orange PAYG and the phone is still gong
>> strong. In fact I got him a cheapo Moto C139 when thay
>> were £10 last year at CPW, but he still uses the MR30
>> !!!!!
>
>As I said, I still have my MR30 but can't use it as the battery is dead.
>Anyone know of anywhere I could get one to suit it..? Just for fun I'd
>like to try it again, also can it be unlocked..? It was on Orange but I've
>got a Virgin SIM I'd like to use in it.

Http://www.flatbatt.co.uk/Batteries/.../motorola.html

£7.95

Not used them myself, so don't know if they're any good mind.
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"Gyp" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In message <[email protected]>, Ivor Jones
> <[email protected]> writes
>>"DeeBee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]
>>
>>[snip]
> Http://www.flatbatt.co.uk/Batteries/.../motorola.html
>
> £7.95
>
That's more than a MR30 is worth

Steve Terry

"Steve Terry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Gyp" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > In message <[email protected]>, Ivor Jones
> > <[email protected]> writes
> > > "DeeBee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > > news:[email protected]
> > >
> > > [snip]
> > Http://www.flatbatt.co.uk/Batteries/.../motorola.html
> >
> > £7.95
> >
> That's more than a MR30 is worth
>
> Steve Terry

Probably, but it is a little bit of history. Any idea if they can be
unlocked..? I know it's a single band phone, but as I said I'd like to try
a Virgin SIM in it.

Ivor

On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 21:32:21 +0100, "Ivor Jones"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>"DeeBee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
>[snip]
>
>> and my Dad is still using his old Motorola MR30, now that
>> is a brick, on an Orange PAYG and the phone is still gong
>> strong. In fact I got him a cheapo Moto C139 when thay
>> were £10 last year at CPW, but he still uses the MR30
>> !!!!!
>
>As I said, I still have my MR30 but can't use it as the battery is dead.
>Anyone know of anywhere I could get one to suit it..? Just for fun I'd
>like to try it again, also can it be unlocked..? It was on Orange but I've
>got a Virgin SIM I'd like to use in it.
>
>Ivor
>
>> DeeBee


Ivor,

we sell high capacity 1200mAH Fonerange Japanese MR30 batteries for
£9.95 including postage.

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On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 22:11:31 +0100, "Ivor Jones"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Probably, but it is a little bit of history. Any idea if they can be
>unlocked..? I know it's a single band phone, but as I said I'd like to try
>a Virgin SIM in it.
>
>Ivor

Don't know of any way of unlocking this one, if you get a "Motorola
Graphite" - I think those are T-Mobile locked

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On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:44:51 +0100, RDD <[email protected]> wrote:

>In message <[email protected]>, Grant
><[email protected]> writes
>>[email protected] wrote:
>>> Like I say, just for fun. Someone was mocking my 3330 the other day,
>>> but I bet it's a spring chicken yet!
>>
>>My daily use handset is a T39. Superb phone. I can see my wife sticking with
>>her OVP-VM 6310i for ever more and my Mum is similarily attached to her
>>v3688.
>>
>>
>Got an old 1610 on O2 PYG used occasionally for fun, still same
>battery! My first digital phone
>
>Use a 7110 on Virgin PYG @ weekends and on site - with Brick sized
>battery
>--RDD

7110 should be used with slimline Nokia Li-ion battery

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"Unimobiles.com" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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[snip]

> Ivor,
>
> we sell high capacity 1200mAH Fonerange Japanese MR30
> batteries for £9.95 including postage.

Thanks for that. Are they NiMh or Li-Ion..?

Ivor

On 22 Oct 2006 07:35:45 -0700, [email protected] wrote:

>Like I say, just for fun. Someone was mocking my 3330 the other day,
>but I bet it's a spring chicken yet!

I use a Panasonic GD55. It's on Orange VM OVP.

My daughter uses a Motorola v3688 on Orange PAYG with the everlasting
5-a-day Out Here texts.

Other family members use a Nokia 3510 (horrible phone) and a Nokia
7610 (I also use one as a modem) and my car's phone thinks it's on
CELLNET though it has a Tesco sim card in it (large size, of course).

We do have a Nokia 2140 in use, but not often.

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