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Pizzatheaction
23-01-2016
I have a smartphone, but I don't use it much. I also have an everyday mobile I use as my main source of contact, but that appears to be reaching the end of its life, so I'm looking for a non-smartphone to replace it: something I can use for calls, SMS and MMS, with a keypad rather than a touchscreen. It needs to take a standard SIM, not a mini or micro one.

Could anyone recommend any to me? A lot of websites are a bit coy over whether phones have standard SIMs, the ability to send MMS etc.
lem ramsay
23-01-2016
Nokia 215

http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_215-6910.php

Has the ability to send MMSs and takes a mini sim. Mini sim means the old standard sim. Micro and nano are the smaller types.
jchamier
23-01-2016
Originally Posted by lem ramsay:
“Mini sim means the old standard sim. Micro and nano are the smaller types.”

This picture might help:

http://mobilez.org/support/data-sims...obilez.org.jpg

The "Full size" is the same as a credit card. Mini is what most feature phones use, Micro is the size for the iPhone 4 , and nano was introduced with iPhone 5.
Pizzatheaction
23-01-2016
Thank you, everyone. I didn't realise I had a mini SIM!
jchamier
23-01-2016
Originally Posted by Pizzatheaction:
“Thank you, everyone. I didn't realise I had a mini SIM! ”

No worries - hardly anyone has seen or used a phone with the Full Size SIM.

back in 1994 when Orange launched, there was the Orange Motorola (mr-1)handset, and the Orange Nokia. The Motorola used a full size SIM - a slot on the bottom of the phone was full width across the phone. The lever on the side to eject it could be pressed whilst in a call cutting you off (!).

Nokia sensibly went for the mini SIM

one2one also used the same Motorola model.
Pizzatheaction
23-01-2016
Originally Posted by jchamier:
“No worries - hardly anyone has seen or used a phone with the Full Size SIM.

back in 1994 when Orange launched, there was the Orange Motorola (mr-1)handset, and the Orange Nokia. The Motorola used a full size SIM - a slot on the bottom of the phone was full width across the phone. The lever on the side to eject it could be pressed whilst in a call cutting you off (!).

Nokia sensibly went for the mini SIM

one2one also used the same Motorola model.”

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