OrangeWolf
Gawd
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- Jan 6, 2011
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I'd appreciate your help selecting a new phone for my dad (he's almost 70). He has a basic plan from AT&T.
He doesn't use his phone for anything but making occasional phone calls and sending text messages about twice a week. He (strongly) prefers a flip phone. No fancy keyboard or screen or options, no need for internet or music players, etc.
The problem is that he lives way out in the country and reception is really poor. He has an old LG that is dying on him and on average it has 1-2 bars (out of 5) at best in their house. He bought an AT&T Z222 to replace it, but it has 0 bars in their house most of the time, sometimes jumping up to 1. So he's returning that.
He'd like another phone in the <$30 range. He does not have a "free upgrade" or whatever, though he'd probably be willing to buy refurbs.
TL;DR -- Need a cheap, basic flip phone that will work with AT&T and is known to have better-than-average reception. Alternatively if you can direct me to a site with information regarding the reception/antenna I can look around myself and find something.
He doesn't use his phone for anything but making occasional phone calls and sending text messages about twice a week. He (strongly) prefers a flip phone. No fancy keyboard or screen or options, no need for internet or music players, etc.
The problem is that he lives way out in the country and reception is really poor. He has an old LG that is dying on him and on average it has 1-2 bars (out of 5) at best in their house. He bought an AT&T Z222 to replace it, but it has 0 bars in their house most of the time, sometimes jumping up to 1. So he's returning that.
He'd like another phone in the <$30 range. He does not have a "free upgrade" or whatever, though he'd probably be willing to buy refurbs.
TL;DR -- Need a cheap, basic flip phone that will work with AT&T and is known to have better-than-average reception. Alternatively if you can direct me to a site with information regarding the reception/antenna I can look around myself and find something.