Mobile phones for Mother's Day

By Joseph Hanlon on 01 May 2009

Gone are the days of Stepford wife mothers who cook in high heels and form a faceless workforce devoted to their families and their homes. Today, our mums come with in-built personalities.

Luckily there's a mobile phone to match every mother. For the high-flying matriarchs there's the business-focused BlackBerry Pearl Flip, for the fashionable mum there's the LG Prada phone or the Samsung F480.

For the mum who has recently become a nanna, LG's excellent Renoir camera phone with its 8-megapixel camera is perfect for taking pics of the grandkids.

With Mother's Day just around the corner we've compiled a list of the best phones for mum, whoever she may be.

BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220

The first BlackBerry clamshell looks great and does the basics well, though its lack of 3G data speeds is disappointing.

Editor's rating:7.3 User rating:3.9
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  • Good: Sleek design • Gorgeous screen • Wi-Fi • 3.5mm headphone socket
  • Bad: No 3G • BlackBerry browser needs a few tweaks • Form factor not suitable for taking photos or watching video
  • Specs: Flip • Wi-Fi • 128 MB • QWERTY keyboard • See more specifications
  • RRP: TBA

Topics: phones, mother's day, mobile phones, mobile, samsung, nokia, blackberry, z610i, sony ericsson, pearl, S500i, g600, 8120, 6300, mother, mum

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Comments (2)

  • knowledgable bloke commented on 01/05/2009 21:22 Report abuse

    You can with Three (and probably most other carriers), just ask to set the cut over date in advance and they will give you a temp number until you bring your number across, only problem is you may be paying 2 plans your old one and the new one, until you port the number out and hence terminate the old contract.

  • ratt commented on 02/05/2007 19:03 Report abuse

    I'd love to buy my wife a phone for a present. Trouble is - you can't port her number over without her knowing about it. Not much of a present then... Even if you buy a handset outright and put her current sim card in, you still have to pay monthly connection fees, so you miss out on the benefits of included calls in plans where you also get the handset. Come on telcos, fix this and you get a huge market boost. Let people port their number AFTER they have connected to a plan (at some later date)

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