[...]places like China, India, Thailand etc. [...]
ELECTRONIC GEAR: Nokia – The AK-47 of Cell Phones So when 3rd world rebels, bearded High-Speed low drag types, spies and Mercenaries need to make a call what phone do they pick-up? When I get the call to hop on a plane to some 3rd world war zone for a ridiculous amount of money what type of phone do I throw in my bag? Sony Ericsson? No way, it’ll break in a week. Motorola? It won’t last 3 days before it breaks into two pieces. iPhone? **** no [I would rather use two tin cans and a string than anything “I” in the 3rd world.] So what is my and just about every other operator’s choice for a cell phone if we will be working in some of the most hostile and hardest use environments in the world? Nokia – any model Yep, just about everyone I tell this too is surprised when I say “I would rather use a pay phone than use any cell phone but Nokia in a War Zone”. But walk around a base in Iraq or around a city in Africa and you will see what I am talking about. Nokia is one of the most prevalent phones in the third world, and for good reason.