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A review by DooYou on Panasonic GD87 June 12th, 2009
Author's product rating:
Look & Feel
Good
Durability & Robustness
Satisfactory
Battery standby time
Good
Value for money
Reasonable
Range of features
Satisfactory
Advantages:
Bluetooth, Nice looking interface, Small and lightweight
Disadvantages:
Slow for writing texts, Games included are not very good, Camera takes low quality pictures
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
Recently, my phone was stolen but I managed to get a new one (this one) by claiming off my home insurance. It is the newer model of my stolen phone. I was expecting great things from my new phone, loads of extra features, an easier to use interface and text messaging that doesn't take you ages to write a simple text. Was I content with my new phone? Yes and no, read on.
The Interface ------------------
Well, there is a vast improvement on the graphical side of the interface compared to my old phone. Easy on the eye graphics such as 3D icons and better resolution gives a clearer screen and makes using your mobile so much more fun. But graphics aren't everything. It is quite hard to find some of the features available on your phone, such as if you want to change your ringtone for example, without looking at its location in the manual it can take you some time to locate what you are looking for. If you ask me, all phones are like that, there should be interactive help on the phone itself or even a search function to find things more quickly. Its such a hassle sometimes, especially if you have lost the manual for your phone :). I'm not saying that its hard to find everything on your phone, just some of the settings such as the LCD backlight for example. All of the main features such as the Camera are easy to find as they are on what I would call 'The Main Menu', the place you are taken when you press the menu button on the phone.
Features ------------
The nine main features are:
1. Settings 2. Contacts List 3. Games 4. Browser 5. Camera 6. Messaging 7. Data Folders 8. Organiser 9. Vodafone
Settings
The place where you can change just about anything on your phone, you name it you can probably change it. You can change the LCD screen colour, where the shortcut button takes you on your phone (top right button when you switch your phone on, mine is currently set to Camera), display settings, alerts, keys, phone settings, clock, call service, call divert, security, network and if your not satisfied just change them back to default.
One of my favourite settings is being able to choose different LCD screen colours depending on whether you have a voice mail, a text message or a mobile call.
You can change the background image of your phone to any image that is currently stored within your phone. So you can take an image of your favourite poster and set it as the background image for the phone.
I mean, seriously, there are so many settings that you could play with the settings alone all day and still not decide which settings you want on your phone. Infact, I find it a little annoying sometimes because there are so many settings to look through that you just can't be bothered. I have only changed a few and left the rest alone.
Contacts List (Phone Book)
Nothing particularly special here, just an ordinary phone book like any other modern phone.
You can create new contacts and the phone automatically stores them for you, I say automatically because on my last phone I had to actually choose where to store them, I had to give each new contact a number and if the number already existed it would ask if I wanted to overwrite the old contact. The disadvantage there is that you forget what numbers you have used, even if you use them in sequence so that is a simple change but a great improvement upon the old model.
You can enter the following details for each and every contact on your phone: First Name, Last Name, Home Num, Work Num, Mobile Num, Other Num, Home Email, Work Email, Other Email, URL, Title, Company, Note, Photo. You can also set separate ringtones for each contact so that you know who is phoning you before you pick up your phone.
You can also insert contacts into groups such as Family. You could put all the contacts who are your family into this group, it keeps organisation to your phone book and you can set ringtones for each group.
There are some other features to the phone book including checking how much storage space you have left for contacts, how your phone book is sorted (e.g. first name or last name).
Games
I have to say, I am quite disappointed with the quality of the games that came with the phone, yes you can download more but they could have created some better quality games for the phone to begin with. Now this is just my opinion so maybe other people really like the games but to me the games are all about graphics without the gameplay and gameplay is so much more important to me.
The games that come with the phone are:
-Space War - basically a flying game where you shoot enemies to kill them. -Rollerkid - You can choose from four different characters and you pull off stunts whilst roller blading along streets. -Panko - A top view game where you can collect items. -Crazy Cobra - A version of snake which really should be scrapped from all phones in the world. Its boring because the rules aren't the same and the speed is just too easy.
You can set your nickname so that when you get high scores on games your nickname is shown.
If you ask me, you will be downloading games as soon as you get your phone just so that you know you have some decent games on your phone to play with when your bored.
Browser
Well, if you have used the internet and I'm sure you have if your reading this, then WAP on mobiles is nothing special. It costs a lot of money, takes ages to load and all you see is text apart from internet sites where you can download pictures. You can enter URL's to visit websites, bookmark pages for future viewing, set browser settings such as font size and colour priority. I don't use WAP because I'd rather use the internet on a laptop such as the one I am writing this opinion on or a desktop PC, much faster, better to look at and easier to use, cheaper too. Do not buy a phone for WAP.
Camera
One thing that stood out straight away to me was the quality of the images that the camera took. They aren't very good even on the highest resolution. At least there are some features that are included with the camera to make up for the loss of quality. Features included are:
-A photolight to take pictures in the dark. -Twilight mode so that night looks more like day. -There are a few effects that you can add such as a sepia tone to your pictures. -You can add frames to give a nice border to the pictures that you take. -You can increase the resolution so that you can take images that spread over a wider area. -You can set different capture modes, self timer for example so that you can stand the phone on a chair and it will take a picture within a few seconds. Great for taking group pictures with everyone included.
Messaging
There are many settings that you can change for picture messaging and text messaging, I will not go into them here because they aren't that important and there are quite a few of them, you'll get bored reading if I do, they are not that important.
You have the usual inbox and outbox where messages are kept and where you can read them at and delete them from.
You can receive broadcast messages about different topics such as football for example or advertiser messages, I leave this off, its annoying to me. You can check your voice mail from the messaging feature too, I usually just dial 121 to find out if I have any messages.
You can create messages, many special characters are included and intelligent text is also included. I leave this feature off as it never guesses correctly what I want to type. You can choose a feature called SMS Chat, I have never used it but I think you will be able to chat through text messages more easily than just writing them, I'm not sure, maybe its cheaper to text this way but it means your only talking to one person at a time.
It takes some time to write a message on this phone. If the next character you wish to write is on the same key as the one you have just written you have to wait a second or two to type the next character. Believe me, its a long time.
Data Folders
The data folders store many pieces of information in the phone, wallpapers, ringtones, pictures you have taken, themes for the phone, yes you can set themes. The themes basically change the colours of the interface of the phone. You can have blue, red, green etc. You can copy files from folders to other existing folders. That's all there is to data folders, the hard drive of your phone you could say.
Organiser
There are a number of different options here such as the currency converter. Important for doing maths homework or if your on holiday abroad :D. I hardly ever use it.
You can create a digital business card on your mobile phone that holds all your data and distribute it over WAP or to other mobile phones, get your business known.
You can enter logs into a scheduler and set alarms to alert you of future events that are important to you. The scheduler has many future years included so you will probably buy a new phone before you run out of scheduler space.
You've got the all important calculator to tackle those difficult sums.
You can set the alarm to wake you up in time to go to work.
You can create voice memos to yourself that you can listen to in the future.
There are infrared options and Bluetooth abilities. Infrared allows you to connect to phones that are opposite and close to your own, you can even connect to laptops and desktops and download the information from your phone, backing up your data.
Bluetooth allows you to connect to phones within a ten metre circle. You both must allow each other to look through your phones. You can browse each others phones and download files off each others phones.
Vodafone
This is basically a list of shortcuts to websites that can be accessed over WAP. Its a pointless feature that I really dont use very much as it costs money and is of no interest to me personally.
Summary -------------
Its a good solid phone with many features and will do enough for many people. Its nothing special but its good enough for me. I only want a phone to be able to phone my mates and family and be contacted myself.
I have a pay as you go contract with Vodafone. The prices are cheap to other Vodafones but I'm not sure of how much and more expensive to other pay as you go services.
Not good for writing quick messages.
If your looking for a good size phone that's lightweight with many features and a nice looking interface that does enough for anyone who just wants to call other people and be contacted themselves then go for it. But don't buy this phone for its low quality camera, if your after a phone with a good camera, or even a video phone then this phone is not for you.
Advantages: Good quality photos Disadvantages: Gets scratched easily
I first chose this phone because of it's MMS feature - I was off to France for my brother's wedding, needed a new phone and my camera was broken so it made sense!
It's a great size, conventiently fits in most bag pockets, leaving space for other vitals.
The battery is so flat and compact that some of my friends didn't believe that it was actually a phone battery at all! It's not hard to remove/put back, like some are.
The sim card is easy to insert/remove ... ...can think of is the fact that this phone gets scratched rather too easily. I've only had mine for 7 or 8 months and the paint-work is chipping off, the body-work has chips in and denting it is very easy to do.
The silver paint on the menu navigation key has been worn away so as it looks black, but that may be something to do with my nails as opposed to anything else!
At first it was rather confusing to 'find my way' around the menu but, once figured ...
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Advantages: Excellent camera, Lots of memory space Disadvantages: Breaks down - Switches itself on and off whenever it feels like, one game if you're not on orange
...me this phone - the panasonic gd87. All was well for 6 months, but then the trouble started and I could tell phone 6 would soon be on its way(my new Motorola V220). Ease of use
Very easy to use. No need for a instruction booklet. I find the best way to learn how to use a new phone is to experiment and play around. I feel you can get to grips much easier. It took me less than a day to learn how to use the gd87 to its full potential.
Look ... ...it has a very smooth feel, and looks sleek and stylish. On the front there is a small lcd display with the time, battery, and reception quality. There is also a small mirror and button so that the more vain of us can take self portraits of ourselves when the phone is closed. The phone is quite a bit bigger than normal flip phone and when open is practically flat (not at an angle like most other phones).
The small lcd screen on the front can also ...
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Advantages: screen display, good picture quality, tough and durable clamshell design Disadvantages: sometimes awkward with the navigation key, not Java enabled
I have had my Panasonic GD87 mobile for a couple of months now. I got it primarily for the camera which is built in. The picture quality is fantastic and has the largest number of colours on the display screen amongst other phones of its price range (65000 colours insteard of the usual 60000 but where you get 65000 colours from I do not know!!!).
The edit features for the photos is good, as you can set them to Black-and-White, Sepia and Monochrome. ... ...it and the quality of the picture can be altered for better clarity.
It is a very sturdy and robust phone (I have dropped it a few times and it just seems to bounce. All it has sustained are a couple of tiny flesh wounds). The clamshell design is tough and durable, with a reassuring click when you open it. I find the clamshell best because it stops you accidently pressing the keys or ringing the police when it's in your pocket! It also has a display ...
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Advantages: Great picture quality and looks great. Disadvantages: Hard to use to begin with
...can download them from the panasonic website, but they cost about £1.50. There's only one game on this phone and unfortunately you can't donwload any because the phone doesn't support Java. The game is called "Herding Sheep". It's very funny. You're a sheep dog and you have to herd the sheep into the pen. You bark at them to get them to move in the right direction. The funniest thing about the game is that if you bark too much at the rams then they ... ...do, but it's impresssive either way.
It's a sexy silver flip phone with amazingly impressive features. The Panasonic GD87 is very impressive and i definately recommend it. You may have difficulty with it to begin with but once you get going you won't be able to part with it. ...
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Advantages: good size, excellent build, great camera Disadvantages: sms features are poor, phonebook management is archaic
...Samsung, Sharp, NEC etc. the Panasonic gd87 seemed to offer me what I wanted - Great Build, Great screensize, Great Camera, and good software. Plus, all my walkmans had been panasonics (as was my car stereo) so you could say I was a bit of a Brand Freak.
So lets get the opinion going:
Design: Standard clamshell fare, though the aerial has me wondering if it could have been hidden away somewhere. The Battery clip is visible, so there is a potential ... ...and wouldn't bet on it doing so. The Exterior lcd screen is nicely placed, if a bit too small. The Callers name/number doesn't scroll when it flashes up, but thats a minor point.
Build: Absolutely spot on. The hinge clicks like it will last forever (like a VW car door ;) The buttons seem like they are built to last too, and the screen can take a few good knocks without issue. Beats Nokia hands down imho.
Features:
- Camera - much better pictures ...
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Advantages: Totally customisable, small, has everything you ever wanted! Disadvantages: Screen hard to see in sunlight, can't change message tones
...If you want a phone that does EVERYTHING (well, just about) get the Sony Ericsson t610!
I got this phone after owning a Nokia 3310 and then a PanasonicGD87e - this is so much more advanced!
It has... Bluetooth which is such a money saver when downloading themes etc... Customisable themes, ringtones, wallpaper, screensavers, games... Camera... GPRS... Games... Organizer, alarm, reminders, notes, calculator, calendar.... etc!
Also, if you want to customise the covers, most phone shops will do this for a very small fee - I changed mine for a red and black cover for only £2.50!
The only things I will say about it is that the screen is difficult to see in sunlight, you can only use the preset message tones, and the camera isn't as good as some phones, but it's not bad at all!...
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Advantages: Light, Colour Screen, Radio Disadvantages: Camera has to be clipped on
...I'd been looking for a phone that wasn't too expensive but had all the features and the style of modern city living. Then I came across this mobile. I didn't really want a Nokia as they have become really common. I was looking at the PanasonicGD87, but it was quite a bit heavier than the Nokia 7210 and I found the flip annoying.
There are many fantastic features on this phone, but my favourites are the radio, loudspeaker and amazing coulour screen.
The only things I can critisize this phone about, are that the camera has to be attached to the bottom of the mobile, which is annoying and costs another £69.99 and also that it takes a little while to adjust to using the buttons on it after having a Nokia 3330 before hand!...
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Advantages: Small size, mp3 ringtones, java games Disadvantages: Small memory for pics, songs and videos, small screen
...I'm not a very lucky person when it comes to mobile phones. Having gone through about 4 in the last two years and my PanasonicGD87 deciding to cut out on me, I decided it was tme to get a good, sturdy (unbreakable!) phone.
Looking on the Virgin Mobile website I noticed a few phones that look my fancy but ringing the order line I was told many were out of stock but the saleswoman said she could offer me a Motorola V220 at a cheaper price of £34.99 for my inconvenience. What a bargain!!!
Specification
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Size: 86 x 44 x 24 mm
Weight: 100g
Internal Memory: 1.8 Mbytes
Tri-band
V220 includes:
Integrated VGA digital camera with digital zoom - not one of the best camera's I have ever seen but the pictures are clear and I am comparing it to the Panasonicgd87 i used to have. Some of my pictures I have...
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The GD87 shows just how much the mobile phone has evolved. More than simply a device for talking, the GD87 is the complete communication tool, which lets you send text messages, take photos with a built-in camera, and enjoy vibrant color images and sound. Use the camera to take great photos wherever, whenever. You can attach photos to email messages or turn them into wallpaper for the GD87's large display. The GD87 also comes with IrDA for easy data exchange with your PC. Don't think of the GD87 as just a mobile phone. The GD87 is a stylish and functionally advanced communications device that helps to bring a whole new world of image-rich communication to life.
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