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4.5 stars
"Very good phone, is what it is!"
Pros: Beautiful Screens, Signal, Big Keys, Ticker
Cons: Ticker... camera phone lower quality.
Summary: Topeka, KS, Cingular service. Just got the phone yesterday, but I've played with it enough now to be pretty pleased with how it is working.
Very nice fit and feel, love the non skid surface it has, and also like that it has some weight to it. VGA camera is adequate, but not great, but as others say, buy a digital camera to take nice pictures and get over it. I do not have a problem with the volume button on the side, but I am able to put it on 'soft' which does not alow you to adjust it from the outside. Vibrate and other options probably will help, I don't know what someone would do if they need it on loud.. my SO has one also, and we will see how he gets along with his today.
Keys are big and easy to use, the center 'mouse' is very easy to use, personalizing the keys is easy.
Reception is crystal clear, and signal strength is equal to or better than the nokia 6340i that I had (TDMA/GSM quad band phone)
I'll know better when I do my 3.5 hour run to Nebraska in a few weeks, and will try ou the speaker phone then as well.
Both inside and outside screens are nice and clear and easy to read. I've turned the brightness down to the lowest setting, and it is plenty bright. The menu is different, but pretty intuitive, I am able to find and personalize most things without the manual. I'm not taken by the ticker...on the fence on that one, but I get my news fix from the Net on a computer. Seems to have quite a few ads on the ticker so far.. bleah.
Acessing the net for the channels on the ticker is very easy. There is a pause between accessing, but not as bad as my
s l o w phone connection at home.
Not much for ringtones, but I'll get it figured out how to add some, hopefully without a ton of money spent.
I'm going to try the blue tooth headset.. haven't yet.
Checking out the battery life, but there are quiet a few options, screen saving, turning off the ticker, etc that would probably extend it.. I like having the options to do that.
If the phone is as durable as the old nokia I have, I'll be in tall cotton.
Cingular service went thu a rough patch till they got the AT&T towers on line and figured out. Since then the signal quality is greatly improved. I still hit 'bald spots' but they are generally in valleys and low spots between towers, something none of them can fix 100%Updated
works really well. I have found the ticker and bluetooth will run down the battery faster than you would expect.. but still lasts a day to day and a half.
I'm going to turn off the ticker, and only use the headset on long drives. My SO also has one, charged it once, and still has full bars after two days. (ticker off, no bluetooth usage)
I still highly recomend this phone, love the clarity in reception and talking.Updated
works really well. I have found the ticker and bluetooth will run down the battery faster than you would expect.. but still lasts a day to day and a half.
I'm going to turn off the ticker, and only use the headset on long drives. My SO also has one, charged it once, and still has full bars after two days. (ticker off, no bluetooth usage)
I still highly recomend this phone, love the clarity in reception and talking.
