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4.0 stars
"stylish, cool slide, a few difficult characterisitics"
Pros: slide design, display, reception, electronic features
Cons: dialing difficult, greasy smudges easily, ringer not loud enough
Summary: There is a lot to love about this phone, such as the super-cool slide design, the excellent display, reception, and I'll even give it durability, given that I have dropped it from waist height 3 times, with no problems.
However, I have a few specific medium sized problems.
First is dialing. Dialing this phone with one hand (such as while driving) is very difficult, for two reaasons. One, the buttons are too small and close together, unless you have very small, girly thumbs. The other reason is that the dialing buttons are too close to the bottom of the phone, which makes it almost impossible to (with one hand) dial the 0, #, 8, or 9 keys without cramping your thumb, and/or dropping the phone. (Same situation with my Sirius Sportster remote control.) This is a huge deal for me, considering how much I drive and use the phone.
The other situation is the ringer volume. If you get to the menu setting for the ringer volume, and set it all the way high, it will play a sample ring, which has a very loud ring. But once you push "OK" to set it, and then receive a call, it doesnt play nearly as loud as the sample ring. At its highest setting, the ringer volume is barely sufficient, while driving 75mph in my 2006 Chevy Impala, with the radio on level 25 (out of 45), and the phone sitting on the door grab handle. I give you the specifics to prove that my hearing isn't bad.
To conclude, the phone performs excellently, for everything it attempts. The two problems above render it almost useless to a guy like me, that drives highway speeds a lot, and works in somewhat noisy environments.
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