Help me choose a feature phone (sub-R200)

[hj2k_x]

What am I looking for? A very simple feature phone (not a smart phone) with a focus on battery life, call quality and ability to send sms (and type easily).

Like this one here:

https://www.ackermans.co.za/pr...4-TREND-MOBILE-A4#.XAz-Nua6IwA

My question is: there are a lot of phones you can get for R200 or less. Is any of them any good?

I'd use them as backup phones for when the apocalypse comes. Or when there is loadshedding and everyone's fancy smartphones have run out of battery. I'd grab a few phones and put a SIM in each so we (family) could at least stay in contact via sms or calls if we needed to(assuming the apocalypse /loadshedding hasn't taken out the cell towers). Also for when we are out running in case thieves / murderers want to steal our things, I'd much rather give them a R200 feature phone than a fancy smart one.

Bonus would be colour screen, dual SIM capability, and SD card slot (to use as mp3 player).

Let me know your thoughts / suggestions.

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[SCHUMI4EVER]

I would have said the cheapest Nokia but that hasn't been an option for over a decade. (And HMD hasn't yet done any super cheap ones).
And even back then the cheapest was over R200, I think it was about 900. Don't think I'd touch anything else.
In America you've got entire networks just built around cheap feature phones but there's none of that here, just individual stores which sell this or that chinese thing. And with them being generally exclusive to this or that store I don't think they have enough of an identity to select a best one because the name is made up by the store selling it and the only way you would have come across it is buying from that specific chain.

 

[hj2k_x]

I would have said the cheapest Nokia but that hasn't been an option for over a decade. (And HMD hasn't yet done any super cheap ones).
And even back then the cheapest was over R200, I think it was about 900. Don't think I'd touch anything else.
In America you've got entire networks just built around cheap feature phones but there's none of that here, just individual stores which sell this or that chinese thing. And with them being generally exclusive to this or that store I don't think they have enough of an identity to select a best one because the name is made up by the store selling it and the only way you would have come across it is buying from that specific chain.

Interesting.

I'm obviously not expecting much for R200. Basically a walkie talkie with sms functionality and a good battery...

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