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Nokia 1280 has the biggest letters in the contact list menu among any phones I have tried including for example Nokia 1110. All your requirements have been men

Nokia 1280 has the biggest letters in the contact list menu among any phones I have tried including for example Nokia 1110. All your requirements have been men and even one more - extreme durability not comparable with any brand new Chinese one. BL-5C is maybe the most popular battery for phones also used by some other radio devices just make sure your replaceable battery is not a crap. Monochrome display is an absolute king for those who needs simplicity.

tocs3 2y ago
The Nokia 1280 (and 1110), I believe, uses the GSM network and it is closing down. If I am wrong I might give it a try. I will be looking at batteries if I end up building something so thanks for the battery info. I wonder if I could use a nice-ish colors screen so grand-kids can send photos (feature creep already, maybe not a good idea) so I will also bo looking at screens.
- eimrine 2y ago
  What an idiocracy to lose an experience these phones provide! I hope GSM will live forever in my lands because newer phones have laughable durability. Color screen is not a friend if your hands works too bad to hold the device without dropping it down. Also freedom for designers to mess up with color dimension and less-pixel-size dimension tends to produce ugly interfaces not compatible with elderly people because these dimensions are almost never be used for good. Any devices with color screen is never considered as a durable item or well-made menu, and any device with monochrome one typically is robust and render abilities of display is always used fully.
  - tocs3 2y ago
    Where are you (country)?
    - eimrine 2y ago
      Ukraine.
  - shortrounddev2 2y ago
    For modern 5G infrastructure, GSM vs CDMA doesn't matter. However, for older phones that run on legacy networks it will only matter up to the point that they dismantle anything older than 4G I believe
shortrounddev2 2y ago
Will a 1280 work on modern telecom infrastructure? Wikipedia says it's 2G and I don't think there is any 2G infrastructure left
- tocs3 2y ago
  No, we had o get new phones a while back because the closed up the 3G network.

tocs3 2y ago

The Nokia 1280 (and 1110), I believe, uses the GSM network and it is closing down. If I am wrong I might give it a try. I will be looking at batteries if I end up building something so thanks for the battery info. I wonder if I could use a nice-ish colors screen so grand-kids can send photos (feature creep already, maybe not a good idea) so I will also bo looking at screens.

eimrine 2y ago
What an idiocracy to lose an experience these phones provide! I hope GSM will live forever in my lands because newer phones have laughable durability. Color screen is not a friend if your hands works too bad to hold the device without dropping it down. Also freedom for designers to mess up with color dimension and less-pixel-size dimension tends to produce ugly interfaces not compatible with elderly people because these dimensions are almost never be used for good. Any devices with color screen is never considered as a durable item or well-made menu, and any device with monochrome one typically is robust and render abilities of display is always used fully.
- tocs3 2y ago
  Where are you (country)?
  - eimrine 2y ago
    Ukraine.
- shortrounddev2 2y ago
  For modern 5G infrastructure, GSM vs CDMA doesn't matter. However, for older phones that run on legacy networks it will only matter up to the point that they dismantle anything older than 4G I believe

shortrounddev2 2y ago

Will a 1280 work on modern telecom infrastructure? Wikipedia says it's 2G and I don't think there is any 2G infrastructure left

tocs3 2y ago
No, we had o get new phones a while back because the closed up the 3G network.