Nokia 215 - 30 day battery?

obsidianclock

Hi guys,

Next week I'll be ordering the Nokia 215 from Germany as it doesn't seem to have come out here in Ireland yet.

A review or two here:

http://www.microsoft.com/en/mobile/phone/215/

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/nokia-215-microsofts-cheapest-internetready-phone-launched-at-29/521486-11.html

http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/microsoft-unveils-nokia-215-its-cheapest-ever-smart-phone-priced-at-just-24-30884021.html


Very excited at proposed battery life and support for Facebook Messenger.

Also hoping it'll help me overcome my smart phone addiction!

I will be posting my own review here in a couple of weeks, in the meantime would love to hear from anyone who has bought/is planning to buy the phone and your thoughts.

beauf

obsidianclock wrote: »

....hoping it'll help me overcome my smart phone addiction...

Aren't these apps a cause of that?

Has facebook, but only a 0.3mp camera. I don't it tbh.

allthedoyles

I have a Nokia 220 company paid phone

Its crap , but battery life is better than any phone I've seen before .

I don't use the apps on it

beauf

Most of the older 2G only phones last for a couple of weeks, if not more on standby.

obsidianclock

beauf wrote: »

Most of the older 2G only phones last for a couple of weeks, if not more on standby.

Very exciting. I have heard 2G is more reliable if slower, let's hope that's true too!

beauf

Turning off 3g usually saves a lot of battery life. If your network has 2G. It stops it hunting between 2&3 which also saves battery.

beauf

I wonder will the screen be decent. I've noticed the screens on new low cost phones seem to be very poor compared to older non smart phones. Sunlight visibility being especially poor.

jimmynokia

Phones on line have it for 59 euro daylight robbery.

obsidianclock

beauf wrote: »

I wonder will the screen be decent. I've noticed the screens on new low cost phones seem to be very poor compared to older non smart phones. Sunlight visibility being especially poor.

Hi beauf,

I looked on Amazon at the Nokia 225 which seems to be similar and some reviewers have said they find it hard to view the screen in direct sunlight.

Speaking for myself I think I can contain my desire to check text messages until under cover and if I needed to make an emergency call, it wouldn't be necessary to see the screen to do it, but understand that people who were travelling e.g on the bus might find this a pain.

obsidianclock

jimmynokia wrote: »

Phones on line have it for 59 euro daylight robbery.

Is this phonesonline.ie? I couldn't see it on there, only the Nokia 220/225? Have I missed something?

jimmynokia

http://www.phonesonline.ie/microsoft-215-dual-sim-black.html you can get it on amazon cheaper try the uk or de