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            5 --[ New dumb phone at last, it cost £11.50 but came with £10 credit.
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            8 I have been on the search for a true dumbphone for a long time now [0], the
            9 best I could achieve, without spending a small fortune, was running
           10 a Nokia 2.3 smartphone with a minimal launcher which I paid £60 for.
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           13 Normally I try my best to get stick to older and low-tech hardware, with
           14 3G being turned off already by Vodaphone, Three and then EE by 2024, its
           15 just making that harder. On this occasion I splashed out and spent
           16 £11.50, technically though it was £1.50 since it came with £10 worth of
           17 credit, yup half the price of a overpriced coffee. On the retailers
           18 product page it says that £10 will be added to your basket to cover the
           19 price of the credit but it doesn't so the total should £11.50 instead of
           20 £21.50! Lets be honest though, that's still quite cheap.
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           23 Before I tell you where, the phone in question is a Nokia 105 4G.
           24 Features are limited to a music player, the radio and snake - that all
           25 really. This is what it looks like too:
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           28          ___
           29         |---|
           30         |[_]|
           31         |:::|
           32         |:::|
           33         `\   \
           34           \_=_\
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           37 Total belter right? Unfortunately the best place to check it out is over
           38 on good old http [1] protocol. It's good so far, it has dual sim so
           39 I was able to put in my existing simcard as well as the freebie that was
           40 included.  It also has a slot for an microSD upto 32GB which I have used
           41 to load up on music.
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           44 So where can you grab this bad boy from? Argos UK [2] go fill your boots
           45 while it lasts!
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           48 [0]: gopher://jay.scot/0/phlog/009.txt
           49 [1]: https://www.nokia.com/phones/en_int/nokia-105-4g
           50 [2]: https://www.argos.co.uk/product/3100660
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           53 .EOF