A very durable phone - until it sheds its keypad. Then it's totally unusable. I had mine fixed under warranty. The rubber flap covering the connectors at the bottom also broke.
Now the phone is 16 months old, more issues have emerged. The text messaging application is so buggy that it crashes-to-standby at least twice a day. Sometimes it doesn't crash, it just hangs, and I have no choice but to reboot the phone. And turning it on takes about two minutes - no good if you need to call an ambulance (yes, it once delayed me calling an ambulance).
The key placement also means I frequently hit cancel by accident when texting, so I have to find my half-written message in Drafts. This usually involves the Messaging app hanging again, me swearing, and rebooting the phone again.
The Sports application can not be exited. It runs in the background draining power as long as the phone's on. The Sports feature is a gimmick anyway - if you're serious about sport, you'll have a device that does it properly - like a serious photographer wouldn't use a camera phone.
Speaking of power... it lasts a grand total of two days at standby. An hour on the phone and that's about it.
Some nice features - like a pedometer, and the very useful torch - but it's missing some basic things. There is NO STOPWATCH and NO COUNTDOWN TIMER. I don't want a bloody World Clock if I can't time my pie in the oven.
Don't buy it. For your own sanity. You'll thank me.
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General 2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900. Size Dimensions 107 x 45 x 18 mm, 77 cc. more
Weight 103 g. Display Type TFT, 256K colors, Size 208 x 208 pixels, 1.7 inches, 31 x 31 mm. - Downloadable themes Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones Speakerphone Yes Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall Call records Detailed, max 30 days Internal 8 MB storage, 64 MB RAM Card slot microSD (TransFlash), up to 2GB Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 Infrared port Yes USB Yes, v2.0, Pop-Port Camera Primary 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels Video Yes, QCIF Features OS Symbian OS v9.1, Series 60 rel. 3.0 CPU ARM 9 235 MHz CPU Messaging SMS, MMS, Email Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML Radio Stereo FM radio; Visual radio Games Snakes, Groovy Labyrinth + Java downloadable Colors Black and gray Java Yes, MIDP 2.0 - Dust and splash resistant - Sports tracking (stopwatch, steps calculator, caloriesburned) - Text to speech capabilities - 3D motion sensor - Push to talk - MP3/AAC/MPEG4 player - Flashlight - T9 - Voice command/memo - Organizer Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 860 mAh (BL-5B) Stand-by Up to 270 h Talk time Up to 4 h
Advantages: Sturdy, easy to use,sport option available, Nice games available for the phone. Disadvantages: Small screen, not very good for videos, no support for 3g
zentrix 27.10.2007 (27.10.2007)
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