This was the first step for me into modern technology considering my previous mobile phone to this had an ariel. I chose this because my daughter was also telling me how good this bluetooth is, allowing you to send things for free and in the end I was persuaded to buy this phone.

This phone, despite being quite old has a slim and lightweight design. Compared to the phones today that you can fit in the palm of your hand it would probably be considered a brick but I thought it was great. At only 111g it didn't weigh too much either which meant it was ok to carry around in your pocket without weighing your trouers down.

When the phone came out, it was available in three colours,black, bronze and cream. What variety! Considering it to be the most sturdy looking, I had the black one.

Unlike phones today, theres not pages and pages of games or 'apps' and the screen resoloution obviously isn't as high so the battery life was considerably long which is good, especially if you use it regularly.

The phone itself is easy to use really, it's compact though making it awkward at times to press the letters you want when texting because they're real close together. Also the screen is small so when you're reading or writing a text, you have to keep scrolling down as it won't normally fit on one screen.

Being an old phone, it doesn't have the features of modern phones that would interest people nowadays, i.e. it has no camera or video recording which is a downside when you see other people taking pictures on their phones because it's nice to be able to have a nice photograph of the kids or grandkids as your wallpaper. Also, the phone can't play music, it has polyphonic ring tones that are just like beeps rather than a real tone which I can see being a problem for many people.

I find older phones so much more hard wearing than these new flimsy modern phones. Mine had been dropped down the stairs and fell out of my pocket countless times but is still in perfect working order despite a few bumps and scratches on the cover. If you do drop them as well, you can buy new housing on ebay for them for a few pound to make them look brand new again.

You can't buy these in stores anymore, at least I can't say I've seen one in a shop for a long time, but they're easily available on ebay for a range of low prices.

I'd recommend this phone for someone who wants a basic phone for texting and calling, because this is perfect for it. It does exaclty what it needs to, is hardwearing and (to me) looks pretty good so it's exactly what I need.