Mum has been using my Nokia 3315 from high-school for about 13-15 years now and unfortunately the phone looks like it's finally worn out. The problem is because of the way the phone market has changed there's seemingly nothing as good as the 3315 out there anymore, when you consider what she's been used to for the last 15 years (ie. a phone that works consistently for making calls and sending texts with a battery that lasts for 3 to 5 days without going flat).
She is an older woman and has zero interest in anything smartphone related. Doesn't care about emails or the internet and has no experience with any touch screen devices. The other massive factor is that she lives in the bush and has been on the same Telstra prepaid sim for the whole time. Only Telstra customers can get reception up there and only certain handsets seem to be able to find signal even then. As it's a fireprone area, whatever we get has to work there without dropping out.
Can anyone recommend a good phone for these circumstances? I've checked a bajillion reviews and nowadays good battery life is considered to be 16 hours even on low powered simple smart phones, and all the cheap old-school phones I look at seem to be really little and hard to operate, and/or seem to have sub-par network capabilities (though admittedly I have no idea what impact this will have on someone who only wants to be able to make calls and send texts).
Any help would be appreciated. It's really bizarre that in 2015 you can't really find something as good as hardy and decent as a 3315.
Is it an option to buy another 3315 or something similar?