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In reply to the discussion: Need some technological advice. [View all]FarCenter
(19,429 posts)30. I have a Nokia 828 and it works fine for me
Nokia HERE Drive + has US maps installed on the phone, so the GPS directions work without using your data quota.
Contacts sync with Outlook Express on my PC automatically via hotmail.
I'm not a big user of games or apps, so the fact that it has several tens of thousands fewer apps than iPhone or Android doesn't matter.
I haven't used the others, but from experience and from reviews, the actual phone, mail and texting functions are among the easiest to use.
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I can handle that, I'd rather not but I look at this as a 5 year purchase....
redstatebluegirl
Sep 2013
#12
Okay. Take your time, do some research on websites, and don't make a hasty decision.
Hong Kong Cavalier
Sep 2013
#15
It's always the monthly costs that put the kibosh on it for me. What are people REALLY paying??
WinkyDink
Sep 2013
#54
Is it one of those 'Obamaphones' that the right wing idiots are yelling about?
Koko Ware
Sep 2013
#63