I have been tasked with recommending a new mobile for a girl as I am the local Geek apparently.

Thing is, I know about high tech supercomputer phones, but have no knowledge of fashion phones. Help me out!

The only guidelines are:

Must be clamshell

Must have screen on outside to tell you who's ringing.

Must have camera (at least 2 MP)

Must have good battery life.

Likes SonyEricsson, Motorola

Cannot be too complicated to use.

Any ideas?

A pink one?

I have been tasked with recommending a new mobile for a girl as I am the local Geek apparently.

Thing is, I know about high tech supercomputer phones, but have no knowledge of fashion phones. Help me out!

The only guidelines are:

Must be clamshell

Must have screen on outside to tell you who's ringing.

Must have camera (at least 2 MP)

Must have good battery life.

Likes SonyEricsson, Motorola

Cannot be too complicated to use.

Any ideas?

None ,but suggest re-arranging priorities ,

No1 - must have very good battery life

No2 - Cannot be too complicated to use.

Not sure of rest

(hides under car )

Thankyou very much for your commendable replies!

you know that joke about the Husband Store? What is it about women wanting the moon on a stick?

My wife wanted something similar but ended up with a Samsung U900 Soul. Not Clamsheel, not easy to use but its pink

Samsung slides are very good, and cheap as anything.

I would say w580 but it will only break ing the first 3 months and then take 2 months to get the parts to fix it.

You could look at the new Aura, the V9 or even the u9

Failing that just get a Samsung u900 in Pink. They are ok.

You can get a Motorola Razr in pink, and it checks most of those boxes (not sure about camera resolution).

Ok, so it's not a clamshell, but this should suit most women imho, it can even be coloured pink, be used as a make up mirror and has excellent battery life. Repairs are easy to make and spares can be found in the bin after tea time

Edited 29 January, 200917 yr by Fluffmeister

SWMBO likes the J600 I got her for her birthday

Tesco Mobile Samsung J700 Mobile Phone Charcoal - Tesco.Direct

I tried to get the pink one but luckily it was out of stock. Turned out she hated the pink and likes the charcoal. Battery life isn't great through.

Nokias usually have better battery life.

Tesco Mobile Nokia 3600 Mobile Phone Plum - Tesco.Direct

Oops double post.

No delete button anymore?

Nokia 6600 slide.

Matches very few of the above specs, but I got my wife one for Xmas and she loves it!

Phil