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4.5 stars
"Great Phone!"
Pros: Great sound quality, decent camera, ring profiles, easy to navigate, long battery life, finally a phone that's loud enough!
Cons: Nothings perfect, but I don't have any complaints yet.
Summary: I've only had this phone for about 4 days, but I really like it a lot. I work in a noisy environment and this is the first phone I've owned that has a loud enough ringer and earpiece volume. Plus, not only can you turn the volume up, but it has a really clear sound which is easy to hear. My old Samsung suffered from a muffled sound and it was hard to understand callers. I've owned mostly Samsung and Nokia phones. The only "problems" I've had with this phone is getting used to the new interface and interpretive text mode for sending text messages. It's not any worse or better than the others, just different. This phone takes pretty good pictures for a camera phone. Granted the other two camera phones I've owned (Samsung & Nokia) have been pretty basic phones that had a camera thrown in for kicks. Don't get me wrong... you'll want to use a "real" camera for any important shots. I've never had phone with an mp3 player before, so I can't really compare it to others. To me the sound is pretty darn good for such a small speaker, and plenty loud too. It's easy to switch between different ring profiles and each profile can be customized. One of the things in a phone that is important to me is a reminder tone. For example, if I missed a call or text message, you get a beep every few minutes until you look at it. You can turn this feature off too. So, to wrap it up, I've had no problems with this phone. It is the best phone I've owned so far (since the mid 1980's).Updated
Having had this phone for over a week now, I've noticed that the face that the camera lens is on gets scratched easily. Over time, this will effect picture quality since it's hard to take good photos through a scratched lens. So my advise is to be careful what's in your pocket when you stick your phone it there and be careful that you don't lay the phone down on it's face. If it comes down to it, hopefully I'll be able to buff the scratches out. I am still extremely happy with the phone though.
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Can you turn off the interpretive text? I hate using it and can turn it off on the phone I currently have.
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