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Best mobile phone to look at Rightmove

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pastmybest
pastmybest Posts: 577 Forumite
in House buying, renting & selling
I hope this is not off topic as I felt there may be others with the same need. I am soon completing on my sale and will be putting my stuff in store and visiting friends and family, here and there, as well as taking time out to see a few places.

I will not have ongoing access to a PC and am not sure if I can get into libraries, etc. So I am looking at buying a new PAYG mobile but one that is affordable and that will get me around rightmove and other similar sites.

So any ideas?

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  • <sebb>
    <sebb> Posts: 453 Forumite
    I use the app for the iphone, and prefer it to the actual full site. I dont have any experience of rightmove on any other phones though and the iphone is pretty expensive.
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I have a laptop and a USB dongle to get online. My phone was manufactured in about 2003 I think.
  • pastmybest
    pastmybest Posts: 577 Forumite
    <sebb> wrote: »
    I use the app for the iphone, and prefer it to the actual full site. I dont have any experience of rightmove on any other phones though and the iphone is pretty expensive.

    My kids have iphones and that makes you envious as you certainly can see all the web sites. Too dear for me.
  • pastmybest
    pastmybest Posts: 577 Forumite
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    I have a laptop and a USB dongle to get online. My phone was manufactured in about 2003 I think.

    I have a laptop and two different dongles - Vodaphone and Three but too big to carry around compared with a mobile.
  • geoffky
    geoffky Posts: 6,835 Forumite
    i phone...
    It is nice to see the value of your house going up'' Why ?
    Unless you are planning to sell up and not live anywhere, I can;t see the advantage.
    If you are planning to upsize the new house will cost more.
    If you are planning to downsize your new house will cost more than it should
    If you are trying to buy your first house its almost impossible.
  • marcg
    marcg Posts: 177 Forumite
    I have a motorola cliq or is it dext (one is the US name). I can't recommend it - it has a slide out qwerty keyboard which is why I got it but honestly, it is rubbish. Touch screen that doesn't work half the time, battery needing charging every day, sometimes can't hang up calls, basic features missing like the ability to search emails by more than just sender.

    But the point I wanted to make is that a touchscreen phone is probably the way to go.

    Just not the one I got.
    I'm an ARB-registered RIBA-chartered architect. However, no advice given over the internet can be truly relied upon since the person giving the advice hasn't actually got enough information to give it with confidence. Go and pay someone!
  • gemmalouanna
    gemmalouanna Posts: 456 Forumite
    I also think the rightmove app for th i phone is great.
  • HouseHunter2010
    HouseHunter2010 Posts: 74 Forumite
    I've got a blackberry and go on the right move site all the time on it, no issues at all.
    Deposit Saved -> £25000 Target -> £25000
    100% of the way there :j
    Target Date -> 31/12/2011
  • Woby_Tide
    Woby_Tide Posts: 5,344 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    any mobile that can run Opera Mini should be OK, i.e. anything that can handle java
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