Key Wireless Phone Features to Consider

Size and Weight

In the infancy of cellular communications, wireless phones were bulky and heavy, and even had to be plugged into a cigarette lighter or car console in order to work. Eventually technology freed them of the base unit, but until very recently they were still cumbersome. Yet they were easy to find in a handbag or hanging off a belt clip, and they withstood abuse.

Durability is an Important Factor

So when you’re considering your new wireless phone, think first about the abuse it might experience. Do you drop your phone a lot? Does it find its way onto the floor of your car? Do you have a job where your phone is in serious physical danger unless you keep it hooked onto your belt? If your wireless phone is subjected to elements, physical strain, or overuse, you may want to consider a bulkier candy-bar style phone.

Candy Bar Style Phones -- A Sweet Name ... But is it Right for You?

The candy-bar style wireless phone is fashioned after the handsets of the last decade—square-ish, no flip cover, no swivels, and heavier. The best way to protect the screen and keypad, which are constantly exposed, is to get a thick leather cover with a plastic view window. If you will clip the phone to your belt, make sure it’s sturdy—and that you don’t sit on it if it resides near your back pockets. Some of the heavier phones also come in slider form.

Wireless Phone Options for People Who ... Misplace Things

Larger, heavier phones are also good for the person who loses things. If you have a handbag or briefcase that contains many different items, a larger, bulkier cell phone will be easy to spot—this is also advantageous for people who misplace their phones and call the handset from another phone so they can trace the ring!

A Wireless Flip Phone

If you don’t need that kind of protection for your phone, you may not want to deal with the extra weight. The wireless flip phone may be just fine, or the swivel phone. The covers on these wireless phones protect the display, but become the earpiece when flipped or swiveled open.

Features Do Effect Size and Weight

Keep in mind that some of the size/weight aspects of your wireless phone will depend on features. For instance, if you have already decided that you need a palm computer wireless phone, you will likely have a heavier, bulkier handset. Along those lines, if you want a nice camera phone, the heavier candy bar style wireless phones have far and away the best quality picture and screens.

Summary and Parting Thoughts

In the end, your needs will likely help you decide on the size and weight more than any other factor.  Of course, you will want to weight and balance all featuresd and factors to make very certain that you obtain the wireless phone that will best serve your needs.  Because people depend so heavily on a wireless phone in this day and age -- and likely you do the same -- it is vital that you get a wireless phone that really does work for you.