Help me find a dumbphone!

November 19, 2014 4:29 PM

Which dumbphone should I get? Special snowflake details inside.

Hello,

A friend would like the best non-smartphone on the market that contains the following qualities. She has AT&T service. I believe it's possible for her to bring in an aftermarket phone and have them hook it up.

-Lots of memory
-A decent battery
-A decent camera
-A full qwerty keyboard.

Does anyone have any suggestions based on personal experience?

posted by nurgle to Technology (4 answers total)

As a data point, the Nokia x2-01 is a candy bar style phone which has a qwerty kbd, lower quality camera (0.5 MP), better battery life than smartphones I have used, and some storage plus an SD card slot. Also can do 2g data (which is slow). It was marketed as a messaging phone.
posted by Radiophonic Oddity at 4:50 PM on November 19, 2014

I'd get a used Nokia E71, but I'm crazy that way.
posted by wierdo at 7:28 PM on November 19, 2014

I can't really speak to the camera quality, but I've had and loved a Nokia E71 and a Palm Pixi - both still work fine and their battery life is top-notch.
posted by littlegreen at 8:08 PM on November 19, 2014

A Nokia Asha 210 might be right up your alley:

http://www.microsoft.com/en/mobile/phone/asha210/

Expandable memory, it should last a good while in a pocket, QWERTY, and a 2-megapixel camera. That's about as good as you're going to get camera-wise I'd say, as long as you're requiring those other things. You can grab an unlocked one on eBay or the like for $75 or so.
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 2:05 PM on November 20, 2014