£20 for an Orange Just Talk phone is great value (Motorola M3788)

Member Name: ahenry

Product:	Motorola M3788
Date:	01/02/01 (45 review reads)
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Advantages: Cheap, functional

Disadvantages: Not for the phone fetishists

If you want a phone for occaisional use, then a Motorola M3788 works well enough, and is cheap.

I've just bought a new one, to replace a phone that was nicked, on Orange Just Talk for £20. This was a price which you could find in a lot of places a few weeks ago. I tried all the UK mobile phone WWW sites and the best I could find was £25 from a ropey-looking dealer. In the end I bought one over the counter at an Orange shop. This meant they registered it for me, and I didn't have to mess about getting one sent by a courier. Most mail order companies now want to see your credit card before they deliver, which means you can't get someone else to sign for you.

I bought the one that got nicked one 6 months ago for £30 with Vodaphone's pay as you go deal, together with £10 of call credits and the standard accessories (leather pouch, chargers for car and at home, and a hands free kit).

So far I've spent about £20 on calls. I don't use it very often and its rarely switched on for imcoming calls, but there are times when its just great.

For instance, I can turn up at a train station, see a minicab pull up to drop someone off, ring up his company and get them to send him to me straight away. Meanwhile people waiting at the official taxi rank have to wait for the properly licensed cabs.

Its nice to have a cheap phone as you don't have to worry about insuring it, or getting too stressed about keeping an eye on it.

As a phone, the speach quality on the M3788 seems clear enough. The only problem I've had with it is that the number 4 key is a bit recalcitrant at times. I'd buy another.

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