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New phone for the hills
« on: March 07, 2013 »
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Re: New phone for the hills
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2013 »
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
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Re: New phone for the hills
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2013 »
I looked at that one before Yak, and ever since it comes up as an advert on every bloomin' website I look at now!
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Re: New phone for the hills
« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2013 »
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  ;)
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Re: New phone for the hills
« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2013 »
I only use a tesco £15 phone full time, I don't like fancy phones  :o
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Re: New phone for the hills
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2013 »
Quote from: whoRya on March 07, 2013
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.  :)

Quote from: LandyLiam on March 07, 2013
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.
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Re: New phone for the hills
« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2013 »
Quote from: specimanYak on March 09, 2013
Quote from: whoRya on March 07, 2013
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.  :)

Quote from: LandyLiam on March 07, 2013
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.
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