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4.0 stars
"The operative word being PHONE!"
Pros: Simple, great battery life, great sound quality
Cons: No auto keypad lock
Summary: My work phone cannot have a camera, so it limits what phones I can choose from. Even without that limitation, I'd still choose one without a camera. What I need is a phone that remembers its a phone first and everything else second. That is a rarity these days. I went into two different AT&T stores looking for a simple, reliable phone with good battery life. Both times the sales clerks acted like I had the plague when I didn't get all excited about a Razr or Blackberry. One of them literally turned his back and walked away when I told him I wasn't interested in text messaging or accessing the internet. AT&T and the rest need to wake up!!!! There's a whole lot of people out there that'd stampede to their door if they'd just offer a simple reliable phone! The JitterBug is going after the senior market with success. Why in the heck isn't someone going after the folks like me that just need a phone to make calls, receive calls, and keep an address book? Huh? I mean come on. I don't give a flip about taking pictures, listening to music, seeing what the weather is in Minneapolis, or having Snoop Dog for a ring tone. Most of the people I know would toss their current phone in the trash if you'd offer a phone that is just a PHONE!!!!
Anyway, back to the review...I bought the C168i for $19 for all the reasons above plus I was sick of extending my contract just to get a phone for a reasonable price. I chunked the "GO" phone SIM card that came with it and stuck my regular SIM card in. Works like a charm. So far, it has fantastic battery life, is easy to hear for someone with less than perfect ears, and does EVERYTHING I need it to do and darned few of the things I don't. As above, the only drawback so far is the lack of an automatic keypad lock like I used to have on my old Nokia. Seems a no-brainer to have such a feature on a stick phone, but I can live with having to lock it manually as long as it keeps doing everything else as it should.
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