New phone for the hills

[LennyJ1]

Found this article and thought it would be a great phone for the hills.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2289540/Talk-IS-cheap-New-mobile-phone-goes-sale-just-1.html

[specimanYak]

Not bad as a spare phone to keep in the rucksack for emergencies, i like this one though, runs on an AA battery:

http://goo.gl/fnIeY

[whoRya]

I looked at that one before Yak, and ever since it comes up as an advert on every bloomin' website I look at now!

[LandyLiam]

The SpareOne phone looks good, but at $99 i'll just continue to bring an old phone as backup, which also works without sim card, a lighter option is to bring a spare battery for my main phone 

[Wolf_Larson]

I only use a tesco £15 phone full time, I don't like fancy phones 

[specimanYak]

I looked at that one before Yak, and ever since it comes up as an advert on every bloomin' website I look at now!

Yep, it's happening to me as well. 

The SpareOne phone looks good, but at $99 i'll just continue to bring an old phone as backup, which also works without sim card, a lighter option is to bring a spare battery for my main phone 

It's retailing for about £40 - £50 in the UK which is a bit steep for what it is, the fact it runs on an AA battery is its main selling point but it doesn't send or receive text messages which is a bit of a drawback. As a first generation device it will get better in later versions, hopefully a more rugged, waterproof design with the SMS option.

[Ed]

I looked at that one before Yak, and ever since it comes up as an advert on every bloomin' website I look at now!

Yep, it's happening to me as well. 

The SpareOne phone looks good, but at $99 i'll just continue to bring an old phone as backup, which also works without sim card, a lighter option is to bring a spare battery for my main phone 

It's retailing for about £40 - £50 in the UK which is a bit steep for what it is, the fact it runs on an AA battery is its main selling point but it doesn't send or receive text messages which is a bit of a drawback. As a first generation device it will get better in later versions, hopefully a more rugged, waterproof design with the SMS option.

My ultimate solution would be:

http://tinyurl.com/cwcqx9c

Sony Xperia Z - all the features of a modern android smartphone - but waterproof. People take underwater pics with it and dunk it in a glass of water, so it's safe to say it'd survive use in heavy rain at the least.

But poor battery life you cry. That's why I have one of these (it also charges my headtorch:

http://tinyurl.com/bpt4he3

A new trent IMP120D Icarrier. Holds 12000 mah - so can charge my phone six times, my head torch five times, or a combo somewhere in between. Bring the charger with it and you only need one overnighter in a B&B to charge it up for every four days or so on a big trip. You'd probably need a drying room by day four anyway. I'd say you could get a fortnight out of it if you kept phone use down to essentials.