Philips in general

As a journalist who'd been on call 24 hours a day virtually 365 days a year for almost 40 years the thought of permanent relief from the constant sound of telephones seemed like heaven when I retired four years ago. That's why I let the explosion in mobile phone use fail to overwhelm me - until a few weeks ago. The reason rests with Sid, a 10-year-old Sheltie belonging to my daughter. We're looking after Sid while my daughter is working for two years in the Cayman Islands and I take him for long walks twice a day, usually out on the farm land about a mile from my home. It's pretty bleak and lonely and you rarely see anyone. Then, one night, ...  Read the complete review

Over the past 3 years', my family have bought 5 mobile phones, been given two, broken one, and lost one. Sounds like a league table, doesn't it, and I wonder where that would that place us in the league ? Anyway, we bought a coupla Ericsons for the daughters when they were at University which we ran by paying for a year 'up-front', then getting new sim-cards each year so that we could reduce costs (my opinion to follow on this type of scheme). There is, in my mind, no debate as to the desirability of such items for students, and they got our daughters out of a number of 'scrapes' and difficulties during their university lives. ...  Read the complete review

I once vowed I would never buy a mobile phone - I think mainly due to the fact that people can get hold of you wherever you are (if you have it with you, and the 'I'd better take it just in case' effect seems to make sure of this)! And I stuck to this vow BUT I was bought a mobile phone for Christmas last year! It's on the Orange Pay as you talk network, so I haven't had to fork out for contracts or anything, and I generally don't have any credit on it - but it has come in very handy after all! This particular phone is quite big (my brother says it's like a brick!) but it's not heavy. I've seen other people's mobiles and ...  Read the complete review

Over a year ago I bought my Philips Savvy on a pay-as-you-go contract with Virgin Mobile. It's not cutting edge design anymore, but it hasn't aged too badly. Since I got my phone through Virgin Mobile, it has a dull blue fascia. However I am aware that you can purchase a Savvy in more brighter colours. It really depends on where you go for your phone. (When you buy your phone, be aware that the colour isn't going to change - you cannot purchase interchangeable covers for it unlike a Nokia, for example.) The Philips Savvy comes with standard features such as an address book and caller ID, but it does have a few nifty gimmicks as well. If ...  Read the complete review

I have a Philips Diga phone, on the Easylife Tariff. The phone is pretty basic, but has everything I could need. I get a good reception using the BT Cellnet Network, nearly everywhere I go. I mainly use text messaging to communicate with my friends and family. I bought this phone so people can get hold of me in an emergency. When I bought this phone it cost £89.99, but there was a send away offer to claim a £40 call voucher. In the box there was also a questionnaire, which entitled you to another £2.50 voucher. I have been using this phone now for nearly two years, it holds all the numbers I have in my address book and there are lots of them. ...  Read the complete review