Life of current mobile handsets.

Hullo DEEPAK! I am ill qualified to answer theis discussion because I am simply hopeless at assessing the merits of a gadget.But how can I fail to participate in a friend's discussion?So, here I am. First of all I do not have a mobile with me right now.We had a second one at home along with my son's but it is not being used right now.I think it is a Nokia.I need to activate it next month .I am que diffident about using the handset because I suddenly feel deaf while answering it.I guess I would fall in line once I use it actively.Sorry for my useless response.[I can write 8 lines without any real information .

Hi Deepak, How are you? Hope you are doing well. I am not using a Nokia phone but my hubby is using the same and two set of phone is with him. One is from his office and the other is his personal. One of his set is three years old and is a simple set already started making problems. The other one is having facilities of camera, video etc and almost two years old and right from the beginning it has problems (even though it is a costly one). Sometimes it will get struck and I don’t know if there is any virus problem because he is loading songs from other sources. I agree the Nokia set is stronger than other mobile sets otherwise I can’t find any advantage.

You may be right. I remember the very first cellphone was 3210 and it lasted for about 6 years. Well, it's still working but the batter is already drained and needs a new one. It was pretty durable because it was dropped several times but didn't have any problem. However, the recent Nokia phones are not made to last like the first models. Well, they are getting cheaper so I believe the materials are not as good as the first ones. My favorite Nokia phone was the 2626 because it can store more than a thousand messages which for me is very important. A phone is a device to call and be called, to send and receive text messages. But now phones are getting more sophisticated and complicated but they don't last very long.

I think that nowadays everything is made to NOT last long. It's just a way to keep making more money. Things are not made to last anymore. Cell phones are not an exception. A cell phone already had a short life span in the sense that there are always new models with new features coming out, so people were already getting new ones while the older ones still worked, but the manufacturers need to get rich faster, hence the small life span. I actually had the same thing happening to my nokia phone a few years back. I could receive calls, and I could attempt to make a call just by paying attention to the numbers and hoping to have entered it right, but nothing showed on the display. I had a LG one that lasted less than one year too. It's funny because I was talking with a friend about things not lasting as much anymore, just a few days ago. We started talking about cars, but it applies to everything, really. It's not that they can't make things to last, it's that it doesn't suit them, they have to make money faster. They can't be waiting 20 years until the person needs to buy a new car, they wouldn't be making the money they do. I had my old fridge for 16 years. Ok , so maybe it wasn't super modern with all the bells and whistles, but it was a great fridge and served its purpose: Keeping the food cold or frozen depending on which compartment I was looking at. About 5 years ago, it finally broke - very understandable - and we had to buy a news one. We checked a lot of different ones, most with all this make ice thingy ( I wonder why that would be needed, isn't it just as good to feel the trays and put them in the freezer? ), and a cold water dispenser, and dual air whatever thingy , and super d-dooper trays and compartments and of course all those things make them more expensive. I kept thinking to myself, why would I want all this? It's just eye candy, in the end what I need is just to conserve my food. We finally decided on one - no cold water dispenser no ice maker thingy etc :) -. I worked fine until the fifth year. The year the warranty was over. I have been having trouble with it ever since, to the point that I have been considering buying a new one since I had days were it didn't cool at all - although the freezer part of it is fine - and I lost milk and a few other things. Thankfully a friend of mine was able to get me one, and we're trying it now to see if it works well before bringing it up. I know I'm kind of off topic on this but really what I want to point out is that things could certainly last longer, it would be easier for the manufacturers to make them to last, but it's not in their interest. Things are lasting less and less time and we're faced with having to buy them more often each time.

I think that it all depends on how often you use the phone and how much you charge it etc. I've heard overcharging it, or charging it for short times in a car can be harmful to the phone, and maybe even the car. We don't use our cellphone that often, now more then we had before, but even then it's never used at home except to send a text message to a friend if need be. Everyone knows our home phone number and knows to contact us at that number instead of the cellphone first, and then if we're not home to call the cellphone. I used to be obsessed with my cellphone, but that was when I was living with my grandparents and they hardly ever answered the phone, it always went to the answering machine.

Hi Deepak I agree with you that nokia company handsets are the best compared to others.. but still now a days we cant hope them to use for very long time.. I too had one 6030 set it was nice till 2 years after purchasing it.. then one day it got drenched in rain and speaker gone.. It got repaired but even now some times speaker will not work properly..

The slimmer and more technologically advanced the phones are the more delicate they become. Sometimes they don't function too well because of some impact and at times they would start malfunctioning on their own. For this reason although i've used high end palm pda's ,i still prefer and use simple older models which are rugged.

I still consider Nokia sets to be best. It is also the case the navigation is very easy compared to the others. But I have bought 7210 supernova in February. I am not happy with it. The features are good but at that time, the pack did not contained data cable and extra memory stick. without them it is just useless. I think there are complains like yours in some sets.

Hi dpk! I don't know about their life span, but I have insurance on mine through the provider that I'm using, so that if anything goes wrong with it, it will either be repaired or replaced. I haven't had to use it though, as of yet (knock on wood). Happy mylotting!

The older version of nokia brands are known for their heavy duty usage. Even when you accidentally drop it, you can easily assemble it back and the impact has no effect on the smooth working of the handset. I have even accidentally put my mobile phone in the washing machine and together with my laundry went to 3 spins which took about 20 minutes being soaked in water. I dismantle the whole set and use a hairdryer to dry it and after a day it came out just fine. I don't see it happening with the latest models in the market. They are more fragile.

Nokia handsets are supposed to be one of the best in our country but I have not used a Nokia handset for a very long time. Just now both the mobiles that I use are Motorola. These handsets have not given me any trouble for the last few years so I do not feel like switching to another handset now.

Hey, I actually think the the handsets that are made these days are really of low quality. While a few years ago, the phones that they used to make were of really high quality. And when you would drop them, they wouldn't break. Make sure you have a good day, God bless and Happy Lotting!!

Hello deepak! We always have bad experiences about nokia mobile phones. Just like you, my sister bought a nokia mobile phones after one year, something's wrong with it. It's working but you can't see the screen, it's like blank or something. The technician said that probably my sister dropped it off on the floor (which is true..hehehe)So I believe that mobile handsets nowadays are too fragile.

Nokia handsets seem to last much longer than others and I would definitely get a Nokia if I weren't so spoiled now by the functionality of the blackberry and ease of use. Nokia is a sturdy brand and I got one for my son.

Nokia is the only that has got a better battery life