Nokia 5100
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CNET Editors' Review
The good: Rugged design; water-resistant; speakerphone; decent battery life; built-in flashlight and thermometer.
The bad: Inconsistent call quality; buttons aren't terribly tactile.
The bottom line: The sports model of cell phones, the rugged Nokia 5100 is packed with nifty features but offers middling performance.
With its durable design, the Nokia 5100 is a good choice for students or outdoor types who may not always treat their phones delicately. While it provides some extras that will appeal to traditional users, many of its features are on the offbeat side and have limited appeal to most consumers.
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With its durable design, the Nokia 5100 is a good choice for students or outdoor types who may not always treat their phones delicately. While it provides some extras that will appeal to traditional users, many of its features are on the offbeat side and have limited appeal to most consumers.
The phone's vibrant color screen and the keypad's white backlighting make this unit easy to use in low-light settings. We like the placement of a dedicated power switch at the top of the unit, but we had to press it extremely hard to get it to work, often needing two or three attempts. As the volume-control buttons are integrated into the rubber casing on the side of the unit, they also need an extra bit of pressure, though not as much as the power button. It's easy to wade through the menus, thanks to a simple graphical interface and the well-placed navigation buttons. The call answer/end buttons, however, are rather small and placed too closely to the surrounding navigation buttons, making it easy to strike the wrong key.
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