what is the most "old school" gsm handset I can get??

[Rainbowss]

I work for a Canadian Gsm provider, and a few of us thought it would be funny to carry the oldest and biggest gsm handsets our network would support. We all have blackberry pearls/curves, and it would be refreshing to use something old school. The phone would need to have either 850/1900. I would prefer the phone to have custom ringtones or ones that can be programmed like the nokia 3590. The phone would also need to support sms

 

[Aok706]

Motorola still sells bag phones for people who work in remote areas and need the signal boost. I think they go up to 2 amps. If that isn't old school, I don't know what is. =p

http://www.motorola.com/consumer/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=6842e59e1572d010VgnVCM1000008206b00aRCRD&show=productHome

There's also a modernized brick phone out there, but unfortunately it has the dual euro/asia gsm bands only.

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/18338.php

 

[Julius E]

That bag phone will burn a hole in your head

 

[lizannn86]

What about a Moto brick? Always wanted one, so I can have an extra level of protection while on the street lol

Not sure where you can get it, but ebay should be a good start

Moto Brick

 

[Matdoz]

ace587 has a ericsson ch688 and my friend got a nokia 6190 off of ace a few months ago. Both fairly old with only 1900 gsm

 

[Olyvardos-3]

lol

 

[Adam and Joy W]

Motorola v60g is pretty old school, though probably one of the best phones ever produced. It's really too bad they can't update it with a color screen and some new features while retaining the original design.