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4.0 stars
"Very nice phone"
Pros: Small, well thought out unit.
Cons: Some minor glitches.
Summary: I've had this phone for almost a month. I think if you keep in perspective what you paid for this phone you get some nice features.
A few people don't like the external display, but I really don't know what you expect out of a postage stamp sized display. It does dim out to save power but you can press an external button and it illuminates. All I really need to see from the outside is the time, battery charge and who is calling. It does that. So it's monochrome.. it's not a HDTV.
There is a difference between what you can do with SIM card addresses and the addresses you save in the phone. This is a drawback. For the few people I have that I want to be able do use the more advanced address book feature I put an entry in each location. If you have hundreds of friends get a different phone, or hire a social secretary.
There is a glitch when you insert a non standard character in a text message. The cursor goes to the beginning of the message. Usually two pushes on the rocker pad gets you back to the end.
The camera is only marginally useful. It's good enough to take a picture of that really fat lady at the train station to show your wife, but not much more. Your subject needs to be close and well lit. Personally I've always thought the idea of putting a camera in a phone is weird. Why not a nostril hair trimmer or a hole punch?
What I like best is it's small size and the battery life.
I think for the average joe this is a very nice phone.
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