Vodafone offers dumbed down handset

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4566809.stm

Apparently "in response to the backlash against increasingly complex mobile phones", it just does text and calls, not much else. Fine, if you dont want anything that's great. Apart from it costs £80. My brand new 6610i (colour screen, camera phone, GPRS, infrared) cost £80. You can get old crap handsets that do pretty much the same thing as this new one for about £30. Vodafone seem to be taking advantage of technophobia and ripping people off

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good old commercial enterprises! My 3510 does way more than I want (even has WAP) and that only cost about £40! But no doubt some people will think the lack of complexity is worth the extra money. The cheapest Nokia on the market is absolutely ugly though, so at least its a bit better than that nasty rubber thing!