My trim Trium...
 Jun 6th, 2003
(Jun 9th, 2003)
Advantages:
Great features and price
Disadvantages:
No photos
Recommendable:
Yes
Detailed rating:
Look & Feel
Durability & Robustness
Battery standby time
Value for money
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Having owned numerous mobile telephones over a the last few years, some that fell to earth with a crash and died there and then, some that simply wore out, others that got lost or just weren't up to the job ,I stumbled across my little Trium 110,a phone that was going to prove my longest owned phone to date and the most practical and loveable. - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Help I need a phone and I've got no dosh!! It was christmas 2002,my Nokia 330 had just fell from my pocket onto the floor and cracked the case and screen(dang).Two weeks til Crimbo so the coffers were at an all time low ,but I still needed a mobile(I have an Autistic child who's school often have to contact me urgently).
Desperate times called for desperate measures ,and having failed to find a descent second hand set in the paper I set about finding the cheapest phone I could in town.
As I had also damaged my sim card I had to also consider the network I would go on to as well, as I mentioned my phone was basically for emergency contact so I needed a reliable service to go with the phone.
An additional requirement
was that it was a pay as you go phone and not on a contract.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - Choices
Having browsed round a few local specialized phone shops, electrical stores, argos and woolworths I discovered three sensible phones for under £50, The Trium 110,Motorola C520,Sagem MC920.
Immediately my eyes were drawn to the Trium and the Sagem as their size and aesthetic qualities were more to my tastes .Further inspection swayed me heavily to the Trium because of the amount of features and options that it had and the fact it was being offered on the Virgin network, one I felt was reliable. - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Cost Woolworths were offering the best deal on the Trium with a special deal if you bought a £10 virgin top-up card at the same time .Paying £10 for the top-up card and £39.99 for the phone with a Pay as you go Virgin sim (including free £5 air time) seemed like and excellent deal and I quickly made my purchase.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - Getting my new phone home
With my new boxed little phone grasped tightly in my hands I rushed back home to have a play.
Charging my unit up, setting it up and finding how to operate the basic functions was very easy, partly due to the easily understandable phone and network guides that were supplied ,and in no time at all I was discovering just how many great features this phone had. - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Features Supports downloadable ring tones
Polyphonic sound (incredible)
Office tools-
Scratchpad (for making notes)
Alarm clock
Auto switch
Calculator
Currency converter WAP (internet access)
4 Games
Phone book (stores 99 numbers)
Internet menu for easy wap access
T9 text feature for sms (predictive text)
EMS(messaging including text, icon and music .Suitable for such occasions as birthdays etc,)
Composer (for composing your own ring tones)
Reminder (for special dates/occasions)
Vibrate mode (for the bored housewife ;-) ).
Multi choice display wallpaper (a choice of different pictures/icon themes that can be displayed on your phone-especially good if you have more than one of these phones in your house as each person can have a different theme displayed)
Integral ariel (no visible/protruding ariel)
Hands free built in
999 dial without sim (even without a sim card fitted into the phone you can still dial 999 and 112 the international emergency number)
Dual band (so it can be used abroad)
Voice box with own recordable message feature (for recording your own messages) is supplied as standard with your Virgin SIM pack Whilst all of these feature can be useful ,to me the most outstanding ones are the ability to dial emergency services even without a sim card ,the alarm clock (as it is essential to me),the optional display themes and of course the polyphonic sound.
The polyphonic sound means that not only are the ring tones far more realistic ,but they can achieve a greater pitch range and play multiple notes at the same time, giving way to some amazing and lovely ring tunes.
The choice of display themes has been great too as i was so impressed by my Trium that last month I went back and bought hubby one too .I have a lovely little dolphin that splashed in and out of water on my main screen, whilst hubby has an endearing little cartoon phone ,so we never get our phones muddled up.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - Aesthetics and durability
Measuring approximately 6" x2" x 3/4 " ,it is quite compact yet big enough to be able to hold and dial on comfortably.
They keypad whilst fairly small has distinctive keys that are easy to press correctly and feel durable. The whole feel of the phone is solid yet not chunky and weighing in at 3 1/2 oz, is the most robust yet attractive phones I have had the pleasure of owning. Two drops on to solid floors and one skim across the car park (as it flew out of my handbag), backs up my feeling that it is indeed a solid and sturdy little fellow.
With a grey back mettalised with glittery pigment and a silver and blue front that is lightly covetous ,it is stylish too.
Even the charger that comes with the phone is relatively small and sturdy.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - Performance
Fully charging the phone takes little more than a couple of hours and leaves you with at least 10 days standby time and a good many hours talk time, currently I have never actually run it out of power.
Using it is easy, as is accessing it's features.
Reception is clear and the volume controls are very effective. - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Conclusion This little sweetheart promises to deliver a multitude of options and extras, which is exactly what it does and with style.
If you can pick one of these up on offer for £40 it will be the best mobile for your money that you can get. If you can't get it on offer and have to pay £50,it will still be the best value for your money .I would have been happy with it if it had cost a fair bit more than I paid as it easily competes functionally with its most up to date competitors that are the high price end of the market.
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18.12.2004 20:44
This phone's £19.99 on several of the networks now on Pay As You Go and it looks like it's going to be the Mother-in-Law's Christmas present... though I'm not sure I like the thought of her and that vibrate mode... lol! Merry Christmas, markd.
08.04.2004 19:51
Great op! x x x Jo x x x
23.06.2003 23:11
Thats brilliant for the price. Chris x