Kyocera K325 Cyclops (Virgin Mobile)

The K325's camera lens gives it its name.

The Cyclops' 1.3-megapixel camera takes pictures in four resolutions (1280x1024, 640x480, 320x240 and 160x120) and three quality settings. Other editing features include three color tones, a white balance, a multi-shot mode, a self-timer, a night mode, eight fun frames and a brightness control. There's also a zoom but it's not usable at the highest resolution. The Cyclops camera doesn't support video recording. Photo quality showed distinct objects with good color resolution albeit with a washed-out effect.

The Cyclops has decent image quality.

You can personalize the Cyclops with a variety of color themes, screen savers, and wallpapers. You can always buy more options and more sounds from Virgin Mobile via the WAP 2.0 wireless Web browser if you're bored with those. Gamers get a choice of two Java (J2ME) titles (Bikini Beach Party and Midnight Bowling) and two demos (New York Nights and Lumines Mobile). More options are available from the carrier.

We tested the dual-band (CDMA 800/1900) Cyclops in San Francisco using Virgin Mobile's service. Call quality was admirable, with clear voice quality and loud volume. At times the sound could be harsh, and there was a minor amount of static but we were pleased with what we heard. Callers didn't report any problems and but they could tell we were using a cell phone. Speakerphone quality was fine but sounded warbled quite a bit and callers could hear us only if we were in quiet surroundings.

The Kyocera K325 Cyclops has a rated talk time battery life of 3.5 hours and a promised standby time of 6.6 days. Our tests revealed a talk time of 4 hours. According to FCC radiation tests the Cyclops has a digital SAR rating of 1.23 watts per kilogram.

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• Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 23 reviews
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• 4.0 stars

  6 out of 7 people found this review helpful

  "good phone, but needs work"

  by ohnedich1313 on March 16, 2007

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• 4.5 stars

  4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

  "Phone is good value for money and best Virgin Mobile flip-phone"

  by duncan36 on July 20, 2007

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  4 out of 5 people found this review helpful

  "has potential but is limited"

  by yruluis on December 14, 2006

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