I went through several GSM phones trying to find the ideal one with a loud (I'm hard of hearing) earpiece and ring volume and good reception and battery life.
Ones I've tried and didn't like:
Motorola V180
Motorola V220
Ones I liked but sold because I have too many phones:
Nokia 3595
Ericsson t39
Ones I still have:
Nokia 6010
Nokia 1100
Ericsson t28
Motorola V551
Samsung x427m
Motorola C195
The Nokia 3595 and 6010 are basically the same phone and were ideal except that I prefer a flip. If you need a solid inexpensive basic bar phone, look no further than these Nokias.
The Nokia 1100 is
small for a bar phone but lacks the loud volume and ringtones of its bigger brothers, but it has a flashlight built in.
The Samsung x427m is a far better basic flip than the Moto v180 or v220.
Also, unlike Motorola, Samsung has their PC sync software available as a free download.
The Moto V551 isn't as small as the Samsung, but it has more features, decent earpiece volume, and a bigger color display coupled with an outside LCD caller ID display.
The Moto C195 is a Mexican market (telcel) phone that I got for dirt cheap from a guy on fleabay
after some hassle and works OK.
It's about as small as the Nokia 1100.
Anyone needs a phone, make me an offer.
