Give the magic: HP dv5t
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1.0 stars
"2 phones in almost 2 years"
Pros: decent keypad, good set of features
Cons: so so battery life, poor reception, poor quality charger connector
Summary: I've gone through 2 of these phones in the past 2 years nearly, one being the older 120c with the feeble green backlit display and it worked OK until the connector port on the bottom of the phone went out so I could not charge the battery. The second phone is the 120e I think that has the blue display (and it's much easier to see in low light as a result) but reception was even worse and the jack for the headset does not work at all. And now almost a year later, the chargers (both home and car) need to be pushed in really good to make contact and the car charger won't stay connected without coming out while using.
I know people who can both make and receive phone calls inside of buildings and often I can't. My phone now beeps whenver the receptions is shoddy while inside the grocery store and the previous phone never did that that I was aware of.
The display is OK, keypad is OK and I liked the features it has but that's about it though.
I've had 2 other phones and I think they were better phones. The first being when I was with Soicestream (now Verizon) and it was the then new Nokia 6150 and the second phone was through Qwest and it was the Kyocera thin phone, tri-mode. Outside of it locking up at times and being partially smashed by my car hood (worked fine but the display was broken and I had to reconnect the battery but still worked for a short while) near the end of my time with Qwest, it did well.
This is by far the worst of the phones I've own since 1999.
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