108 UK Sim Free Mobile Phone - Black

Brilliant Little Phone Love this phone! I spent a while reading reviews of various phones before selecting this one to replace my 15 year old Nokia brick (which was actually still going strong).. It was a great choice so thanks to all you reviewers out there! Why do I love it? Well, it is light, easy to navigate around menu, intuitive, predictive text is great, it has a calendar, alarm, torchlight, calculator, camera amongst other functions, battery lasts at least one week before needing to recharge...oh yes, and it rings (with your choice of ringtone). I transferred my Virgin SIM from the previous phone and it worked without a hitch (well, once someone had pointed out that the card needs to fit under the little metal strip). As others have said, I don't live much in the virtual world and have ample other devices on which online services can be accessed. why make life more complicated than it needs to be. If you want a phone which does what it says on the tin and like to keep life simple, then this is the phone for you!

This is a good basic phone, but it does have certain niggles. 1. You cannot connect a data cable, so the only way to back it up is to save your data to a mini SD card and physically move that to a computer. Equally, you can't transfer data previously backed up in the Nokia PCsuite as although it does have bluetooth, it's the wrong sort! 2. The limited Bluetooth function (slam) does not work with cars. 3. There is a camera, but you need an SD card to make it work and you can only share pictures via Bluetooth. There is no MMS facility. 4. You need a traditional large sim card. Modern tiny ones don't fit. It is possible to get an adaptor, which we happened to have, from another device, which was fortunate as EE insisted on supplying the wrong one. The positives are that it is quick to set up, feels nice in the hand, has a nice positive key pad and the screen is clear. The camera is less awful than expected, the battery life is outstanding and the sound quality is good. In conclusion I would say that if all you want to do is make calls and texts and aren't bothered about picture messaging or hands free in the car, then this is a good choice.

The phone is simple and basic, but exactly what I needed. My previous similar model served me well for more than ten years. I had a few issues when this one arrived and contacted the seller who resolved everything very efficiently. Their customer service was first rate - fast responses, good advice and knowledgeable staff. A very positive experience.

I am a big fan of the Nokia phones, but I will admit, this is my favorite. It works just fine as a phone to make calls, battery last some 4 to 5 day on standby before needing a charge. Add a 32gb micro SD card, it a very cheap iPod, allowing you to carry thousands of MP3 to listen to on the go, and Nokia have kindly included headphones. Unlike expensive smart phones from the likes of Apple or Samsung, you will not be target of thieves, perfectly safe to use whilst walking around busy city streets.

Bought this for the in laws to replace an old Nokia. It turns out that their old one was actually higher spec than this. First thing they commented was how dark the screen was, and it was. The tiny screen's viewing angle is really poor, even me with my fairly good eyes I found myself turning the phone from side to side just to see the screen properly. The phone I received was a fairly standard thing, nothing to get excited about, it takes 1 standard size SIM card, and the screen is really small for today's standards. There is a built in camera, but you need to insert your own microSD card, which I had a spare lying around. Again, nothing to get excited about, the photos taken were low quality, but ok I guess as an emergency camera. There's no flash, so will only work in decent light. Oddly though, there is a LED torch on the top of the phone, which if it were pointing at the same direction as the camera, could have been used as a flash, but no such luck. The one thing stopping me taking all the stars off is the fact that it works well as a phone. The battery life is great, 5 days I had it before passing it on to the in-laws and the battery still had well over half its charge, maybe even 75%. But even on this, it's low price is reflected in that the ring tones are old fashion single tone Nokia type ring tones, common in phones from over 10 years ago.

**it is highly recommended that you purchase earphones with volume control and mic with this handset, reasons below** I've been on a bit of a dumbphone kick recently, purchasing the Nokia 220, 130 and now the Nokia 108. Having become completely disillusioned by smartphones and loathe to become one of those people who sit and stare at them for whole train journeys [and that is most people], I wanted something that would give me basic contact methods but still let me - you know - look up and engage with the world for most of my natural life. I had five criteria: 1. It had to make calls clearly and loudly. 2. It had to be very comfortable to text with. And very responsive. 3. It had to be able to play music well. 4. It had to have a camera - even low quality. 5. One had to be able to add one's own wallpaper. The 108 meets all these. I will elaborate on my first five points a little and as to why they're important, and additionally list any cons. 1. Calls: the phone makes calls very loud and clearly. No problem there at all. There is one con though - and it's the one thing that stops me from giving this phone five stars - and that is that with the headset on - for reasons best known to themselves, Nokia have decided to make the microphone muted. That means you cannot have conversations with a headset/earphones on. You must disconnect them and hold the phone normally. This is a hard minus point for me since I like having conversations with earphones plugged in: it's convenient and fuss-free, especially for long conversations [mind you, I used mobile phones without this commodity up till about 2010, come to think of it - however, if you purchase earphones that have a mic on them it DOES work]. 2. Text: the Nokia 220 has this ability to slow down the longer your text message gets, to the point where it can take one to two seconds for the screen to register your key pressing. Not so with the 108, it's super quick and super comfortable to text with the rubber keys which aren't too stiff either. A real pleasure. Texts are not in threaded view but individual messages, but that's no issue for me. As far as I'm concerned the 108 is excellent as a text-machine. 3. Music quality is very high on this phone, surprisingly as good as my Lumia 820. Maybe even better. The only con is that the third and second highest volume setting are too far apart, meaning that music is either too loud or too quiet. Or so I thought initially. Recently I've been having it on the third loudest setting and my ears must have got used to it - it doesn't seem too quiet anymore at all. I wouldn't recommend having it any louder than that to protect your hearing, to be honest. If you really want more control over the volume, you can easily buy an earphone volume control device from Amazon for £2, or better still, earphones with an inbuilt volume control. 4. Camera: well, it's low quality but a useful feature - back-facing only. I'm not someone who takes a lot of photos but a camera on one's phone is an important addition. For example, the other day there was a power failure in my local train station meaning the ticket gates were left wide open for all passengers. I took a photo of the board saying POWER FAILURE and showed it to the guard at my destination so he could see why I hadn't touched my Oyster in at my departure station. He sympathised and let me through so I wasn't charged extra. Without the picture, I don't think he would have believed me. 5. Wallpaper: it sounds mad, I know, but the Nokia 130 only has three stock wallpapers to choose from and you can't add your own even from SD card. With the 108 you can display wallpapers from your SD card. Weirdly enough, there seems to be a glitch with the 108 which I've read from a couple of other people here in that the phone displays some very faint lines over the picture. Strangely enough, these lines will actually rotate if you rotate the picture too! There is a partial workaround for this: if you're clever enough, you can choose a wallpaper which will blend naturally with the 'lines' so you don't notice them. Other things which are positive: Video files: this phone plays video files from your SD card. It only works with AVI files as far as I can tell, but the phone won't dim the light while the video is playing, which is great. It's a 1.8 inch screen which is tiny, sure, but it's a nice feature. However, the viewing angles are poor and the phone has to be viewed pretty much dead on, but it's nice to have it at all. Weight: the phone is 70g. I've always said that any phone under 100g is an ideal weight, but this one is half the weight of my 820. 70g is such an insanely light weight, you really don't notice you're carrying it. Look: the 108 has a very nice look to it, a sleek, 'piano black' sheen. Looks very nice indeed for what it is. Battery life: sending 10-20 texts a day, listening to a couple of hours of music and making a couple of calls a day, for me the 108 comfortably lasts five days on one charge. It's such an immense plus to have reliable battery life rather than running for the charger every few hours with a smartphone. No internet: Oh yes, the 108 has no internet capabilities. I'm sure you'll manage to check your emails several times a day through other means. Conclusion: the 108 is an excellent handset. It gives you so much for a miserly £20 it's unreal. An excellent addition to the dumbphone catalogue for those who would rather their phone were an accessory to the world rather than vice versa.

Basic phone with colour screen, independent flashlight (doesn't use the screen like some phones do). Battery lasts well over a week between charges (under the following conditions; left on continuously, set screen to turn off after one minute, occasional text message sending but no phone calls). Recharge time takes about a couple of hours. Phone is dual band. Specifically, it uses GSM 900 / 1800Mhz, which means it works in Europe, Asia, Russia, Australia, Middle East, China, Africa, Brazil and Greenland (essentially, anywhere that isn't North and South America, except Brazil). It doesn't work in the US, Canada, Mexico and most South American countries (except Brazil).

This is a great budget phone just what i wanted, I needed a small inexpensive phone to use at times when my smart phone was too big or heavy to carry, and this phone main advantage is its weight, you just cant feel it even in the top pocket of a polo shirt. it works well and is so simple to use, the bluetooth photo exchange is simple also but i found it would not pair with my speakers. its well worth the money. and if all your looking for is a slim, cheap, and light phone then this is it.

el teléfono no es lo que esperaba. Solicito la devolución y me llama el vendedor para convencerme de que me quede el teléfono porque me va a descontar los gastos de envío y devolución y solamente pretende abonarme el 80% del importe alegando que el paquete esta abierto. Es la primera vez que tengo problemas en la devolución de algo en internet. Espero que Amazon haga algo al respecto porque compro bastante en esta plataforma y me gustaría seguir haciéndolo.