How old is Enda Kenny's phone????

murrayp4

Seriously though..

http://www.irishtimes.com/homepage/images/1224301089489.jpg?ts=1311254244

TheZohanS

t's a Nokia 6310i if I'm not mistaken, legendary phone. Battery lasts 15 days on it. They don't make them like that anymore.

Magic Beans

What's wrong with it? What is the constant obsession with changing phones?

FatherLen

snake was awesome on that phone!

old nokias are awesome

smash

he has an iphone there too

kippy

murrayp4 wrote: »

Seriously though..

[IMG-]http://www.irishtimes.com/homepage/images/1224301089489.jpg?ts=1311254244[/IMG-]

Ah jaysus, absolutely rock solid phone with exceptional battery life, I was sorry I ever sold my one.
Almost every business person who had a phone had one of those. Noting wrong with them, great battery life.
Never had a call in tech support about issues with those phones at all.

mp3guy

If he had an iPhone 4 or a Samsung Galaxy people would be complaining about frivolous government expenses :rolleyes:

Celly Smunt

great phone,best car phone kit too,but anyway i think there is an iphone behind it,like he's holding both at once

Mint Sauce

TheZohan wrote: »

t's a Nokia 6310i if I'm not mistaken, legendary phone. Battery lasts 15 days on it. They don't make them like that anymore.

Not just a 6310?



Which was also a legend if I remember. Still have it some where too.

phasers

What a hipster! Bet he has a walkman too.


Anyway there's clearly an iphone right behind the Nokia.

Ruu_Old

Best phone ever! Love the cool, white backlight! This man can do no wrong right now!

Needler

Those are brilliant phones, they still sell for quite a bit if you have one in good condition.

charlemont

Go Enda Go..:pac:

Quazzie

Needler wrote: »

Those are brilliant phones, they still sell for quite a bit if you have one in good condition.

You can get them for €50 on ebay brand new in the box.

kippy

To answer how old it is, between 6 and 9 years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_6310i

3rdDegree

My wife only recently upgraded her 6310 for a new phone. She must have had the thing for 10 years! It was a rock solid phone and still had an exceptional battery life. I think she regrets letting it go now.

Mr. Manager

Why do people think it's cool to have an old phone!? It's a piece if shít phone.

"oh my phone does exactly what it's meant to do, talk and text. Why would I want it do anything else? Sure then I'd just buy a TV, PC, MP3 player, Newspaper, DVD player and carry them all in my pocket.... by the way did I mention, I'm really condescending and pretentious"

There's nothing wrong with browsing the web, listening to music, watching movies or catching up with social networking on a phone while out an about.

TheZohan wrote: »

They don't make them like that anymore.

...and for good fúckin reason!

Celly Smunt

Cereal Rapist wrote: »

Why do people think it's cool to have an old phone!? It's a piece if shít phone.

"oh my phone does exactly what it's meant to do, talk and text. Why would I want it do anything else? Sure then I'd just buy a TV, PC, MP3 player, Newspaper, DVD player and carry them all in my pocket.... by the way did I mention, I'm really condescending and pretentious"

There's nothing wrong with browsing the web, listening to music, watching movies or catching up with social networking on a phone while out an about.



...and for good fúckin reason!

you're missing the point,they were and still are a great phone,better hardware than any phone on the market now

LenaClaire

I am confused... you are upset with a politician for NOT spending money on a new phone?

Biggins

TheZohan wrote: »

t's a Nokia 6310i if I'm not mistaken, legendary phone. Battery lasts 15 days on it. They don't make them like that anymore.

Actually they do - only the phones are not released of the rest of Europe!

Mobile phones with long-life batteries give newcomers the edge in rural India

Western telecoms giants have been accused of failing to cater for millions of potential customers in the world’s second-largest mobile phone market, opening the way for a fierce battle with new, local rivals.

With 830 million subscribers, India trails only China in market scale and sales of handsets are experiencing explosive growth. Last year alone Indians bought 120 million devices — an average of ten million per month.

But the grip of established groups such as Nokia, which used to control more than 70 per cent of the market, is being weakened rapidly by a flood of low-cost domestic challengers. In the past two years, companies such as MicroMax, Spice, Lava and Karbonn have stolen market share by focusing on cost and their strong understanding of the needs of Indian people, such as providing phones with longer battery life for those in remote communities with limited access to electricity.

“Many big Western manufacturers ignored the rural market in India,” said S. N. Rai, the director of Lava phones, which has sold seven million handsets since launching eighteen months ago. “That was a big opportunity for others. Nokia forgot to understand that their phones used too much power and were not that suited for Indian consumers.”

Foremost among the Indian upstarts challenging the “big five” of Nokia, Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson and Motorola is MicroMax, which was founded by four engineering college friends three years ago. Their main innovation was to make a phone with a 30-day battery life and dual SIM card phones — a key attraction in India, where many people have two or more SIMs, which they switch between depending on the best price plan available at the time.

Rahul Sharma, a co-founder of MicroMax, told The Times: “From the start, I asked: ‘Why can’t we make a phone which will last longer for people in villages who don’t have access to electricity?’ We realised there was a huge market for this.” Sales growth in the past year has been 43 per cent.
Since launching its first model in 2009, the group has grown to control a 7 per cent share of the Indian handset market — placing it third behind Nokia’s 39 per cent, which is falling rapidly, and Samsung, at 17.2 per cent.

After cementing its dominance in rural India, MicroMax then unleashed a branding and marketing campaign in urban India aimed squarely at the youth market, advertising alongside international cricket tournaments. It also tied up with MTV to provide co-branded phones.

It is already selling 1.2 million phones per month in India through more than 100,000 retailers and is taking the formula overseas, to similar markets in the developing world. “It’s been a very good journey for us,” Mr Sharma said. “Right now we are doing well in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and we are launching in Africa.”

Karbonn mobile phones has a similar story and is selling 600,000 phones per month.
Whether the companies will be able to replicate their successes outside India remains to be seen, but there is no question of the challenge they are posing to established groups.

“Indian-made phones are popular because they are cheap but good quality,” Suresh Sundaram, who sells phones on Mumbai’s Lamington Road, said. “I sell more and more of them every month.”

The Times (England) - July 13 2011

jimthemental

pmcmahon wrote: »

you're missing the point,they were and still are a great phone,better hardware than any phone on the market now

No the best hardware was the builder phone from Nokia, we used play keepie uppies with them in school!

mike65

Cereal Rapist wrote: »

Why do people think it's cool to have an old phone!? It's a piece if shít phone.

"oh my phone does exactly what it's meant to do, talk and text. Why would I want it do anything else? Sure then I'd just buy a TV, PC, MP3 player, Newspaper, DVD player and carry them all in my pocket.... by the way did I mention, I'm really condescending and pretentious"

There's nothing wrong with browsing the web, listening to music, watching movies or catching up with social networking on a phone while out an about.

...and for good fúckin reason!

You're one of those tossers who giggles and dribbles on the bus while gorping at their phone aren't you?

mikemac

Brilliant phones and realy popular with businessmen. Great battery life and no problem with car kits

As said, they don't make sturdy phones like this anymore

Cereal Rapist

Cereal Rapist wrote: »

Why do people think it's cool to have an old phone!? It's a piece if shít phone.

"oh my phone does exactly what it's meant to do, talk and text. Why would I want it do anything else? Sure then I'd just buy a TV, PC, MP3 player, Newspaper, DVD player and carry them all in my pocket.... by the way did I mention, I'm really condescending and pretentious"

There's nothing wrong with browsing the web, listening to music, watching movies or catching up with social networking on a phone while out an about.



...and for good fúckin reason!

A fully paid up member of the mindless consumerist world we live in, you must have money to burn.;)

I keep stuff until it stops working! :P

Mr. Manager

pmcmahon wrote: »

you're missing the point,they were and still are a great phone,better hardware than any phone on the market now

I'm not missing the point. They're shíte now. They were good at one point.

mike65 wrote: »

You're one of those tossers who giggles and dribbles on the bis while gorping at their phone aren't you?

In English please

Pherekydes

Cereal Rapist wrote: »

There's nothing wrong with browsing the web, listening to music, watching movies or catching up with social networking on a phone while out an about.

If someone started a thread about the Taoiseach browsing the web, listening to music, watching movies or catching up with social networking on a phone while out an about, you'd be one of the first to complain, I'm guessing.

Biggins

mikemac wrote: »

Brilliant phones and realy popular with businessmen. Great battery life and no problem with car kits

As said, they don't make sturdy phones like this any more

Pissst!

Post 21!

Mr. Manager

mike65 wrote: »

You're one of those tossers who giggles and dribbles on the bus while gorping at their phone aren't you?

Don't take the loser cruiser, I've a car.

Celly Smunt

Cereal Rapist wrote: »

I'm not missing the point. They're shíte now. They were good at one point.

they're still brilliant,best phone you could buy now,you're totally missing the point

Mr. Manager

Pherekydes wrote: »

If someone started a thread about the Taoiseach browsing the web, listening to music, watching movies or catching up with social networking on a phone while out an about, you'd be one of the first to complain, I'm guessing.

No I wouldn't. Do you know why? Because unlike the majority of people who post here, I couldn't give a flying fúck what he does in his spare time. Try find a post of mine where I complain about politicians or anything of the sort.

Cereal Rapist

Cereal Rapist wrote: »

I'm not missing the point. They're shíte now. They were good at one point.

The point is, they were and ARE still good now, if all you want is a reliable phone that is just a phone!

Eradicate

:D:D LOL!!! The OP has eagle eyes!!

Mr. Manager

I'd easily bet my entire salary that the people posting here have decent phones with cameras, radio and MP3 functionality when other crappy phones with none of these things are available in phone stores for €30. Hypocrites

Logical Fallacy

Cereal Rapist wrote: »

Don't take the loser cruiser, I've a car.

Of course you do, how else are you gonna dump all those boxes of cornflakes once you are done?

vibe666

i actually saw someone in the office using one the other week for the first time in a good few years and remembered what a great phone it was.

if you literally only use your phone for phone calls and the odd text, need exceptional battery life and are on the road a lot and need something that fits in a good sturdy car kit, as quite a lot of business people would, then this is still a very good choice.

mike65

Cereal Rapist wrote: »

I'd easily bet my entire salary that the people posting here have decent phones with cameras, radio and MP3 functionality when other crappy phones with none of these things are available in phone stores for €30. Hypocrites

Nokia 6100 until it stops working.

(salary eh? posh ****er)

aidan24326

Cereal Rapist wrote: »

Why do people think it's cool to have an old phone!? It's a piece if shít phone.

"oh my phone does exactly what it's meant to do, talk and text. Why would I want it do anything else?

What if a person is perfectly happy having a phone that just does talk and text and does it well? Ever considered that?

The salesmen can smell you coming alright.

Logical Fallacy

Cereal Rapist wrote: »

I'd easily bet my entire salary that the people posting here have decent phones with cameras, radio and MP3 functionality when other crappy phones with none of these things are available in phone stores for €30. Hypocrites

How are they hyprocrites, all they are saying is that particular Nokia is a quality phone??

Mr. Manager

mike65 wrote: »

Nokia 6100 until it stops working.

(salary eh? posh ****er)

It's what it's called.

aidan24326 wrote: »

What if a person is perfectly happy having a phone that just does talk and text and does it well? Ever considered that?

The salesmen can smell you coming alright.

Fair dues if that's all the person wants their phone for but that's not the case for over, I'd say, 90% of people.

PS, my phone was free. Salesmen was foaming at the lips alright

Skerries

i already have my kidney booked in for sale so i can buy the new iPhone 5

Spacedog

always on 3g = wastes battery
large colour screen = wastes battery
wifi = wastes battery
bluetooth = wastes battery
dicking about with apps, video, music = murders battery
large screen = small buttons (or ****ty tiny touch buttons)
apps = increasingly vulnerable to privacy violation and malware

keep phone on, charged and available for important calls.
get an ipod or a slab for the rest of the horse****.

Jess16

God it pleases me no end to see a prominent figure without a so-called 'smart' phone glued to their ear. There's nothing smart about owning some 'exclusive' piece of technology that's actually more ubiquitous than teabags

Larianne

Cereal Rapist wrote: »

I'm not missing the point. They're shíte now. They were good at one point.

Depends what you want in your phone. If you want to make calls and texts and that is it, it is a brilliant robust phone.

I dropped mine coming out of the luas a few months back and the loud bang it made, people turned around. The screen didn't break though! :pac: (I did drown it though a few weeks after... )

Cereal Rapist wrote: »

I'd easily bet my entire salary that the people posting here have decent phones with cameras, radio and MP3 functionality when other crappy phones with none of these things are available in phone stores for €30. Hypocrites

I currently have a Nokia that cost me 40 euro I think. The most advanced 'application' on it is the flashlight. :pac: It also has a radio.

aidan24326

Cereal Rapist wrote: »

Fair dues if that's all the person wants their phone for but that's not the case for over, I'd say, 90% of people.

I only use mine for calls and texts and alarm function. It has a camera (not a particularly good one) which I rarely use. And I'm certainly not a technophobe by any means. I just don't care about my phone doing anything else.

I can access the web all day or evening on a pc/laptop, I have a camera if I need it, I have an ipod, I don't need a phone to do those things.

Lapin

steve06 wrote: »

he has an iphone there too

The only people I know with 2 phones are drug dealers and pimps.

partyatmygaff

Spacedog wrote: »

always on 3g = wastes battery
large colour screen = wastes battery
wifi = wastes battery
bluetooth = wastes battery
dicking about with apps, video, music = murders battery
large screen = small buttons (or ****ty tiny touch buttons)
apps = increasingly vulnerable to privacy violation and malware

keep phone on, charged and available for important calls.
get an ipod or a slab for the rest of the horse****.

What's people's issue with battery life? Just charge it every night while you sleep. "Problem" solved.

Mr. Manager

aidan24326 wrote: »

I can access the web all day or evening on a pc/laptop, I have a camera if I need it, I have an ipod, I don't need a phone to do those things.

I have a laptop and a digital camera, doesn't mean I want to bring it with me every time I leave the house. It's handy having everything rolled into one

squod

Lapin wrote: »

The only people I know with 2 phones are drug dealers and pimps.

Quears. You forgot quears. Stick phone A) up bum, ring it with phone etc.....

Corsendonk

murrayp4 wrote: »

Seriously though..

http://www.irishtimes.com/homepage/images/1224301089489.jpg?ts=1311254244

I have the same phone, best battery around so ideal for Enda as i imagine he takes alot of calls. I had an iphone but I needed to constantly charge it.

Pherekydes

Cereal Rapist wrote: »

...unlike the majority of people who post here, I couldn't give a flying fúck what he does in his spare time.

If that's true why are you worried about the phone he uses?