# New, cheep cell-phone?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cheep-cell-phone/350783>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 1, 2006, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cheep-cell-phone/350783 "2006-04-01T00:08:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![1point618](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/c57346/32.png) [@1point618](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1point618)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cheep-cell-phone/350783/1 "2006-04-01T00:08:31Z")

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I recently broke my cell phone by dropping it, and now have to unfortunate task of having to buy a new one, since my warenty was voided. My phone was a Motorolla V330, a phone I bought based on the fact that it had Bluetooth and was of decent construction. My question is, does anyone know of a place I can get a good phone with the following features, for under $100?

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[li]Sim card, so that I can actually continue to use my t-mobile plan.[/li][li]Bluetooth. Not a must, but I’d like it, since my headset and computer take it.[/li][li]No camera/video/mp3 playing crap. I have a digital camera, I have an mp3 player, i don’t need my phone to do all that, thank you very much.[/li][li]Small-ish[/li][li]Caller ID[/li][li]Not necessarily one of the well-known brands (Motorola, Nokia, etc)[/li][li]Alarm clock / calendar functions[/li][/ul]

Flip phone or block phone, decent construction, and not horribly ugly would also be nice. So, in your opinions, does such a phone exist, where could I find one, and what is the best price value?

Thanks.-- Adrian

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**Author:** ![1point618](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/c57346/32.png) [@1point618](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1point618)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cheep-cell-phone/350783/2 "2006-04-01T00:09:54Z")

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Sigh. And like an idiot I misspelled cheap. So much for a college education…

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**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cheep-cell-phone/350783/3 "2006-04-01T00:47:13Z")

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I won’t toot my own horn but I have a couple to T-Mobile compatible phones currently on Ebay for less than $20 each that fit your description. A search should find them and many others.