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Advantages: Reliable, robust, affordable Disadvantages: Not a top of the range model, could be more stylish
I've had my Philips C12 for well over a year now, so thought it was about time I tried to do it justice here on Ciao.
Look
The C12 standardly comes in a matt black finish. Admittedly it's not the most stylish of phones, but it's not that bad either. Perhaps the worst feature looks wise is the aerial, which sticks out a good inch over the top of the phone. (Not that uncommon when these phones first came out on the market, ... .../>
Accessories
The Philips C12 (as far as I'm aware) does not have any official covers, but you can pick up compatibles online at www.mobilefaces.com and on market stalls. Changing covers is a nightmare though, with loads of tiny screws to be removed, but it is possible, I have done it. You can also get flashing aerials, which simply screw on, and are realistically the cheaper and easier option for jazzing up the phone a bit.
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I've had my Philips C12 for well over a year now, so thought it was about time I tried to do it justice here on Ciao.
Look The C12 standardly comes in a matt black finish. Admittedly it's not the most stylish of phones, but it's not that bad either. Perhaps the worst feature looks wise is the aerial, which sticks out a good inch over the top of the phone. (Not that uncommon when these phones first came out on the market, but certainly nowadays there are options without such an obvious aerial.)
Size The dimensions are (in approx inches) 5 x 1 x 1 which are rather bigger than some of the more modern options on offer from other manufacturers such as Nokia, but the C12 does fit in a small handbag or your jeans pocket (unless they are skin tight, in which case realistically what phone would fit?)
Weight The C12 weighs around 100g (excuse my inaccuracy, the kitchen scales aren't up to much). Not the lightest phone on the market, but hardly what you would call heavy either. It's weighty enough to know that you've got it, but not in the extreme.
Battery Life I leave my mobile on 24/7 due to the home phone being tied up with my Net activities for a large percentage of the day. If I'm making/receiving a lot of calls I have to charge it around twice a week for a few hours. Just on, but not actively being used, it needs just one charge a week of about 3 or 4 hours. (The official stance is 250 hours Standby Time and 240 minutes Talk Time).
Durability My phone has been dropped on numerous occasions, thrown a few times, and sat on more than once! My cats are partial to playing with it too. Although I wouldn't recommend that as an appropriate treatment, it's still in good working order with no battle damage sustained at all. For 18 months of ownership, I reckon that's pretty good.
Display The standard display when the phone is on is a clock face, battery life indicator (1-4 bars), reception quality indicator (1-4 bars) and a network symbol. The screen is clear and easy to read, but could do with being a bit bigger as it displays only two lines of text at a time, and just 11 characters across.
Address Book This facility stores 90 names/numbers, so for the average user I'd imagine that to be plenty. The input name is restricted to a maximum of one line (11 characters), but the number can be longer. The address book is accessed through the menu button on the key pad, and the contents are displayed in alphabetical order. You can search for specific names though which is a handy alternative to scrolling through the entire contents.
Text Messaging. You can send messages up to 160 characters in length, and there are 25 icons such as happy and sad smilies, and animal pictures that can be sent along with your message. The down side of the icon service is only other C12/Savvy users will receive them in their sent form. A Nokia owner, for example, will just see assorted symbols that cannot be made out as anything comprehensible.
You are alerted to an incoming text message by a short trumpet fanfare like bleep, illuminated key pad, and an envelope symbol on the screen. The phone will store just 10 messages, and the envelope symbol flashes when your message archive is full. After a message has been read it automatically stores it (if there is room), but the option to reply/forward/delete appears at the bottom of the message.
Voice Mail You can record a personal message to greet callers when you are not answering your phone, but should you not wish to, callers will be greeted by a standard one from BT Cellnet. Your phone will call you when it's picked up a message, and should you not respond to that, it sends a text message telling you that there is voice mail to be retrieved. (Voice mail is picked up by dialling 901)
Quick Dial The key pad numbers can be programmed to quick dial, allowing speedy access to your favourite/well used numbers rather than having to physically input a number or rifle though your address book to make a call. Standardly, 1-3, and 7-9 are pre-programmed with facilities to access the credit top-up line, your credit balance, the last call cost, and such like. These can be altered, allowing up to 9 chosen quick dial numbers, but I do find these features handy, so use just 4, 5 and 6 for my personally chosen quick dial numbers.
Extras As well as the above mentioned features, you can use 1471 to check the time and number of the last caller, and you can view the last 20 calls made/received. The phone also has an alarm clock, stopwatch, calculator, and bio calendar (a method of predicting your love, chance, energy, and success levels on a given day). Admittedly not as enthralling as some of the features on other makes and models of phone, but if you're looking for full functionality in the games dept. perhaps you'd be better off reading a Gameboy review?
Ring Tones You have the choice of 20 ring tones and if you don't like them it's basically tough. You cannot get additional ring tones for this phone, but with the likes of Old MacDonald Had A Farm and some classical pieces from Bach, Mozart and Liszt why would you want any others? (Did I mention the sarcasm tone?)
Volume You have the choice of 3 volume settings, high, medium and low. The C12 doesn't have a vibrate option, but the ringer can be muted all the same.
Accessories The Philips C12 (as far as I'm aware) does not have any official covers, but you can pick up compatibles online at www.mobilefaces.com and on market stalls. Changing covers is a nightmare though, with loads of tiny screws to be removed, but it is possible, I have done it. You can also get flashing aerials, which simply screw on, and are realistically the cheaper and easier option for jazzing up the phone a bit.
As for phone cases, official products are rare but the C12 does fit into a Nokia 5110 case without any trouble at all. Around markets and online at www.mobilefaces.com you can pick up the cases that allow you to use the phone without removing it from the case (they are a tight fit though).
Reception More of a network issue probably, but the Philips C12 is only available on the BT Cellnet service, so it's a relevant point. Reception is fantastic! I have had no trouble making and receiving calls from a jam packed M25, and various other congested areas of the UK. I can think of one occasion when I lost reception altogether, which was on a remote, hilly, country road in Scarborough, but the weather was extreme with driving rain and thick fog. I only lost reception for about 5 minutes though.
Price The Philips C12 is likely to set you back between 30 and 40 on a Pay-as-you-go tariff. There are a few different deals available, with initial free credit on purchase, varying call costs, free minutes each month to a nominated landline number, and minimum credit top up requirements, so shop around for the best package to suit yourself. (Supermarkets such as Tesco and Sainsbury often have the C12 on special offer).
Conclusion All in all, this phone is great. I'm not a technically minded person, but I found it very easy to get to grips with. It is not a top of the range up to the minute model, but it is reliable, affordable, and does what a phone should. A real bargain, well worth considering.
...walked away with my new Philips Savvy on the orange pay as you go tariff.
Once home I ripped open the box to see a levely metallic blue phone, about 5 inches in length and just short of 2 inches wide. The ariel is fixed and protrudes about 1 inch above the phone.
The keypad has the usual numbers/text buttons and hash and star key. There are also 5 other buttons, a menu button, 'c' button, green button with a telephone on it, a red button and the ... ...Nokia 5110, one of the reasons I bought the phone, as some phones buttons are too small and very fiddly to use, especially when sending text messages. The keypad can be locked again another feature essential to me, as I am terrible for running up a bill for dialling the speaking clock or something, after placing the phone in my pocket or bag. The battery is small and very easy to install, resembling 4 AA batteries strapped together, the battery pack ...
LICARUS 20.03.2001
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Advantages: Cheap and durable Disadvantages: A bit old fashioned
I bought a Phillips Savvy C12 a few years ago on a pay-as-you-go deal. Not to use a PAYG, but because the phone I had under my contract was broken and this was a cheap option. I simply replaced the sim card and I was ready to go. Working on construction sites, I have crunched, lost, smashed, had stolen, dropped from a great height, and generally mislaid my way through a large number of mobile phones. Therefore, price and durability are big considerations ... ...standby times which ensures the phone is not going to die on you at an inconvenient moment, hopefully! It also reduces the need for constant recharging. The standard 'Slim' battery gives standby times of from 130 to 250 hours and talk times from 2 to 4 hours. There's also an optional 'Plus' battery which gives times of 240 to 460 hours standby and 3 to 7 hours talk time. The weight is around 140 grams and dimensions of 100mmx40mmx20mm (with the standard ...
proxam 18.06.2002 (15.10.2002)
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Advantages: Easy to use, ideal first phone Disadvantages: Very basic handset
...Well this is where the Philips Savvy comes into play.
The first thing that is best to do is weigh up the PROS and CONS of the handset.
PROS -
* Quite a tough little phone - hard to damage
* Reception Coverage
* Battery life
* Although the phone will cut out with a dead battery, you can usually switch it on quickly to see if you have recieved any SMS or phone calls!
* Very reliable - It is likely to last a few years
CONS - * Small Screen
... ...prone to sticking
* Only 20 ringtones which are quite simple, you also cannot download or recieve new ringtones.
* You cannot access the internet like most handsets around now
It also has a few features that would be handy for anyone.
* Alarm Clock - No more sleeping in, in the morning, the alarm can be set to go louder and louder
* Voice dialling - all you have to do is set the name by your voice, (to do this go to MENU > PHONE BOOK > ADD ENTRY ...
DKenny 15.07.2002
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Advantages: Cheap and god phone Disadvantages: It broke
Like the title!? ~ Well thats me, I think I'm the only 14 yr old girl in the whole nation who hasn't got her own mobile phone!!!
I mean, I'd like a phone but with parents who don't think its neccessary and myself with no money, I guess I'm just going to keep on saving! Hopefully this opinion will put a few bob my way too! I'm nearly there now, I just need about 30 and I can have a phone! I'm looking to get the Nokia 3210e on Orange from Argos.
... ...am I writing an opinion on this phone when I don't even have a phone!? Well, the main reason why my parents don't think its neccessary for me to get a phone is because WE already have one, yes WE. It's supposed to be my mums phone and it is but she hardly ever needs or uses it so she lets me and my sisters use it when we need it.
It's really handy and also real easy to use. The C12 isn't what I'd say the most popular and attractive phone on the ...
emu128 29.07.2001
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Advantages: Good selection of features, choice of colours, ability to send pictures to other Savvy users. Disadvantages: No interchangeable colours or line breaks in messages.
...year ago I bought my Philips Savvy on a pay-as-you-go contract with Virgin Mobile. It's not cutting edge design anymore, but it hasn't aged too badly.
Since I got my phone through Virgin Mobile, it has a dull blue fascia. However I am aware that you can purchase a Savvy in more brighter colours. It really depends on where you go for your phone. (When you buy your phone, be aware that the colour isn't going to change - you cannot purchase interchangeable ... ...Philips Savvy comes with standard features such as an address book and caller ID, but it does have a few nifty gimmicks as well. If you send a text message to another Philips phone, then you can add an emoticon. If you try to send a picture to someone without a non-Philips phone, then they get the text equivalent, e.g. [picture of rainclouds] turns to ;;;
A Biorhythm Calender is also included. This is really a very simplified horoscope. Enter your ...
sy2kgbr 11.08.2000 (13.10.2001)
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Well I had a philipssavvyc12 which broke after i got impatient with it and threw it at a wall ;) hehe....so i needed a cheap alternative quickley, so i got a motorola m3188.....they wereon sale....so i got one fo 20....and i can honestly say...they are not worth 10....they look DISGUSTING they are HEAVY they have rubbish signal, and then the phone started to go wrong...i hadnt thrown it or any thing, the battery started to play up, then i was getting teribale reception, so in tthe end i gave parts of the phone away for free! batterys, aerials, everything!....no i have a better phone (nokia 7110) hehe :):).....BURN THE PHONES, BURN THEM ALL.....:):).....BURN THE PHONES, BURN THEM ALL.....:):).....BURN THE PHONES, BURN THEM ALL.....:):).....BURN THE PHONES, BURN THEM ALL.....:):).....BURN THE PHONES, BURN THEM ALL ...
Advantages: Very reliable, looks decent, good ringtones Disadvantages: Getting a little old now... :'-(
Mobile phones have moved on in huge leaps and bounds since they were first invented, and to be honest looked ridiculous. People looked as though they were just carrying plastic bricks about with them. In the last 3 or 4 years however, bricks have become less and less popular, and slim, trendy and adventurous phones are the ?in? thing.
I got my first mobile 3 years ago; it was a rather large siemens brick phone, which was super-cool back then, as I was one of the very few people who had them, which meant I could barely even use the text facility!
My next phone was the trustworthy, but boring PhilipsSavvy (or C12) which kept me satisfied for about 6 months, before I knew I had to venture out of the ordinary and purchase?a Nokia!!
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