[David Mackenzie]

I'm not really a mobile phone expert, so hopefully someone can help me out.

My old Sony Ericsson T610 is from late 2004 and is showing its age. This phone is fine (apart from the fact that the joystick thing on it doesn't seem to work very well anymore, making menu selections difficult) but I've always been annoyed at how slow it can be - sometimes it'll just freeze momentarily then spring back into life 5-10 seconds later. Very annoying.

Can anyone recommend me a phone that's:
* cheap
* can access the Internet
* fast
* Tri-band (so I can use it in the USA next summer)

* Oh, and Pay As You Go.

Here's the features that I don't need:
ringtones or cameras.

Thanks in advance!

[doofus]

as youre used to sonyericsson here: http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?...=pp1&pid=10389

get it on pay as you go here : http://www.three.co.uk/personal/pric...al_sek610i.omp

or nokia 6288:
http://www.three.co.uk/personal/pric...al_nok6288.omp

[Tejstar]

Have you looked at the Nokia 6300 - it's a very simple phone (by today's standards) but has a great design and works fast too.

[David Mackenzie]

Thanks guys, both of those Nokias look right up my street, I'll look into them. I should have mentioned, I'm not so keen on buying another Sony Ericsson with a joystick because mine stopped working properly and was always a pain to begin with... I'll go with buttons so Nokia it is.

Edit: just realised the Sony you linked to doesn't seem to use the joystick design. Decisions...

Thanks!