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Recently I have purchased a lot of high end phones but today my VX1-mini phone arrived from ebay which is on the opposite end of the spectrum at only £20.

The phone boasts 90 hours standby and 100 hours talktime on a 400ma battery. It does sms with t9 has several ring tones and a built in speaker phone. The display is clear and the buttons very big for the times you cannot see the keyboard. Its also sim-free and dual band so no 3g here.

In all it is a back to basics handset for the times when I don't want to take out a high end device. The other use I have is to leave it in my car with a payg sim card for emergencies.

Because I rely on smartphones I have noticed that should I need to make a simple call, not forgetting this could be an emergency call. I am either fighting with a smartphone OS or a ridiculous boot up time all of which could be vital needed seconds.

Pessimistic as this may sound but the last thing on my mind insuch a situation is if I have hit the right key or if I cannot get a GPS lock when all that I want to do is a make a call.

The phone is functional, fulfills a purpose and could be useful to take away on holiday thus parting with my myriad of other expensive handsets I would normally take. It is also a handset that I can afford to lose or damage on a night out.

But I do honestly hope I don't get the chance to use it in an emergency. However if I do have to use it, I can trust that I am not waiting whilst looking at a manufacturers logo and the time is ticking......
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