From: black.hole.4.spam{at}gmail.com (Don Hills)

In article , Randall Parker
 wrote:
>Do some of the cellphones let you see who is calling without opening them up?

My old Ericsson T20 does most of what you want. I've just bought a new
battery for it, it was much cheaper than buying an equivalent function new
phone (Nokia 1100 series). I'm going to keep it until it falls apart, which
may not be forever as it wasn't the most reliable model of its day.

>I'm thinking I want a phone that has these capabilities:
>
>1) See the calling number without opening it up.

Yep, does that.

>2) Turn off the ringer for just the current call once one sees which caller ID
it is.
>BUT the ringer should work for the next call that comes in so that you can see
who is
>calling the next time.

Press the volume button (on the side) twice.

>3) Be able to turn off the ringer and shunt them into voice mail via an
external side
>or top button. In other words, only open it up to take a call or make a call.

Press the volume button 3 times.

>4) An MP3 player/FM stereo with a jack for headphones.

Not built in. Available as a little clip-on for the base of the phone, cuts
out when the phone rings.

>5)  Vibrate rather than ring to let you know when receiving a call.

Yep. Also has "just vibrate for the first 5 seconds, then full ring
tone" option.

>6) Be able to switch between vibrate, ring, and no ring via an external
button.

Nope. Have to flip it open and press the "C" button.

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