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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
4.5 stars
"Good, solid phone"
Pros: easy to use, rugged, speaker phone, earpiece
Cons: price, limited ring tones, no free games
Summary: For me this phone is just about ideal. I tend to drop phones often. This phone is solidly constructed and encased in hard rubber. I've dropped it already and no harm done. The hinge mechanism feels solid. The phone has a nice weight to it.
I use cell phones as phones. I mean that I use them to talk to others. I'm not into texting and I don't care about cameras, mp3 players, surfing the Internet, or watching videos on my phone. So, that being said, this phone delivers the goods on voice quality from the handset earpiece. It's clear, the signal is strong even in areas where my other phones have been weak. The speaker is excellent. It's easy to hear the person on the other end and the other person doesn't seem to notice that they are on speaker.
The buttons and controls on the phone are ideally configured for me. I have big fingers and the raised, larger, buttons make this phone easy to operate for me.
One drawback to this phone is that using a bluetooth headset could be more clear sounding. It's better once you download the latest v1.2 software that promises to fix some glitches in the bluetooth software of the phone.
Also, the price is outrageous. The phone is a good quality phone and yet $299 seems to be about $100 too high for such a simple phone. The construction is solid and it's a good quality design and yet, it seems a bit pricey to me.
All in all, an excellent phone for those of us who are hard on our cell phones who want a simple phone that does what a phone should do, deliver quality sound both for you and the other person on the other end. If you want extra bells and whistles this phone is not for you.
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