15 years on standby, or 10 hours talk time.
http://www.spareonephone.com/product.html
My mum could do with one as she always turns her mobile off to save the battery. :slap:
I have a mum like that too.
Did have to check the date at first.
My mother is much worse! :laugh:
It's all very well the phone lasting on standby for 15 years, but are there any SIM cards that don't deactivate after a period of non-use?
Sounds like it might have been ideal for me as I rarely use my mobile, probably less than once a month. However I don't think I'd pay to replace it with one where the battery lasted 15 years as mine lasts at least a few weeks because it's so rarely turned on.
Quote from: Simon on Jan 10, 2012, 12:46:06
It's all very well the phone lasting on standby for 15 years, but are there any SIM cards that don't deactivate after a period of non-use?
Probably not but for emergencies, which this phone would be ideal for, you don't actually need a sim card in the phone anyway.
Think you do in the UK anyway for ID purposes.
Some phones do say 'Emergency Calls Only' when a SIM card isn't installed or active, but others won't even switch on without one.
The GSM/3G standard does technically allow for SIMless emergency calling but even though all UK networks are obliged to carry 999 traffic irrespective of whether the phone has their specific SIM in it or not they block any without a SIM as there'd be no phone number to trace back.
So you can use a locked phone to dial 999.
You can
And lots of people do it accidentally. :)
The phone doesn't appear to me to have a display, it just looks like a window showing part of the battery.
That's why I did wonder whether it was April 1st.
I guess, as long as it has numbers on it, you don't really need a display to use it.
We used to just have dials... ;)
Just what I was thinking yesterday
And those things to go on the end of a pencil or biro...