I'm a little bit no-nonsense when it comes to mobile phones. A little bit tea and crumpets, hand-knitted scarves, nothing flashy, with a good, sensible ringtone a phone to contact people and be contacted, pure and simple. I'm sure you can imagine the conundrum of seeking out this phone, as everything on the market seems to be bigger, better, brighter which of course translates to smaller, better, brighter in the language of mobile phones.

Imagine my surprise when my mobile phone deal requirements were met! I didn't think I was asking for much a flip-top Nokia without a camera but it was a high and wide search before I became acquainted with the Nokia 6060. We've been inseparable ever since, because I don't need a mobile phone offering much more than calls and texts.

Recently a new upstart has entered our house my boyfriend's Nokia 6500. It's sleeker than mine, comes with a radio and can do all sorts of neat things. We never miss a photo opportunity now (something that I'll begrudgingly admit), and I'm even kind of jealous that his downloaded MP3 ringtone of The Clash's 'London Calling' is so darn cool. This mobile phone offers a quirky design feature in that each 6500 is individually polished, to ensure that no two phones are precise replicas. That's all well and good, but I argue that my mobile phone has also been individually polished and finely engraved by a handbag's collection of car keys, coins and accumulated spiky m iscellanea.

I'm ok with it though. I still feel like a cinematic secret agent when I flip my phone open That's something that the 6500 can never offer me!