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I've tried hard to avoid knowing much about these things. Just want to make and receive calls. Yes, I know I'm a dinosaur!

Got a new phone on plan from Telstra back in 2007 - an LG thingie. Not as good as my first LG but it worked. Out of plan now and they called me up some months ago and gave a discount to keep going. So I did. But the LG has obviously reached its specified obsolescence date and is starting to switch itself off - no it's not a flat battery. So time for a new phone.

Went into Telstra, they said best for you, if you are happy with your current plan, is to buy a new handset, swap over SIM card and carry on happily into the future. OK, that'll do me. But not overly fussed with their cheap handset offerings. Wandered through Crazy Johns, "3", Vodaphone - nothing excited me much. I'm looking to spend a whole $100-130!!

Checking around, I reckon I can do better off the internet shops. I like the (bit old now - 2008 vintage) Nokia 5220 XpressMusic handset. I can get that for $135 plus postage.

BUT - when I got the LG thingie, it was 3G and I had to get a new SIM card. Do I have to buy a 3G phone for the SIM card to work in it? Or can I buy a GSM (is that called "2G" now?) handset and insert my SIM card? The Nokia 5220 is not 3G.

Happy to be enlightened, thanks everyone.