Philips Savvy Dual Band

This is a great little phone for those of you who don't need a big fancy Nokia. This has all the features of the Nokias except you can't create your own ringtone or play games. That isn't such a big deal. It cost me £29.99 and you get a lot for your hard earned money. The phone itself is very neat. It is less than 6 inches long and weighs only 150 grams. The colour clearly varies because the picture shows a yellow phone but mine is described as ...
...right size to press easily and quickly and the compass, menu, cancel, call and on off buttons are all very well placed to make it seen natural to use them. The screen layout is excellent. It always displays a handy clock on the left of the screen with the battery 4 segment indicator above it. Moving right from the battery indicator are message, answerphone, silent mode indictor and roaming indicators. They are all very easy to see. The next two indicators ...

elspeth334 09.03.2001 · Read full review
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This phone was and always will be my first! Great for those who want a phone to be a phone and do not need a camera phone etc. you can get these from about £30 new now and this is a bargain! Features; This phone has quite a few of simple features some of them are; a phone book- this is easy to acess and can store up to 90 names (enough for me!!) with this function you have the possibility to add names (obvious) find out your own number, search- ...
...in your phone so you dont have to scroll through massive amounts and view this is were you scroll through your addresses. Calls- With this feature you can VIEW the last ten calls you have made. i use this to check that my brother hasnt stolen my phone!! i find it great and well needed on all phones for security reasons. and Duration, with this you can check how long your call lasted allowing you to work out the cost of your call if you think you ...

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You can assign a PIN code to prevent unauthorised people using your phone, and better still, you can assign a second PIN for someone who is borrowing your phone - the purpose of this being that when they enter the second PIN, they may only dial out specified numbers, preventing overuse of your phone (and hence your bill!). As well as the usual phonebook facility, you have the option of voice dialling a few of the numbers - instead of searching for ...
...the search feature), you can speak into the mic and when it compares the recording with stored ones, the phone dials the number as appropriate... quite useful when you can't use both hands to find a number (eg on the train) or when you are a little worse for wear at the end of a night out and can't work the handset very well! There are a few ringtones to choose from, with varying volumes, plus a vibrate feature, meaning that you can be alerted to ...

so3003 26.05.2001 · Read full review
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...where do i start. The philips savvy has some very useful and fairly interesting features and there are also an equal amount of bad features along side these never the less i will try my best to tell you them and you can decide for yourselves the verdict. The first thing i should point out is the price of the product which is fairly modest in my eyes which is good. i got it for roughly thirty five pounds and this came with the simcard, a charger ...
...wrong there price wise. The screen is small and is slightly sunken into the phone itself to give slightly more protection from scratches ehich leads me onto my next point about how resillient to the elements this contraption is. my freind used to have one of these and the amount of crap it went through was umbelievable. it was left on a garden lawn for half of a very damp night and the only major problem was the speaker which was a little distorted ...

benjitheconquerer 18.07.2001 · Read full review
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...of view of ergonomics in Philips Savvy there is nothing especial: rounded forms, conveniently lies in a hand, is rather successful the parity of a mass and dimensions is selected. Despite of rather small on modern concept display, the information on it is read without difficulties. From three lines two are really used for navigation only, third - line of indicators. However optimal font, animation of scrolling of the menu and the nice illustrating ...
...management. On a control system of the telephone it is necessary to stay especially. An a little bit exotic disposition of a key "Оk" - on the lower arrow of a wheel, and also scrolling the menu on a horizontal in first some seconds call some bewilderment, but then it becomes clear, that it not only is original, but also it is convenient. In addition to this I shall mark, that all main functions (voice set, notepad, input in the menu, loudness ...

iharsh 27.11.2001 · Read full review
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This handset came as part of the package for BTCellnet Pay and Go service. As time went by I got tired of my large and bulky Siemens handset plus most of my friends seem to go for BT Cellnet service, so I decided to buy one myself. The choice in Carphone Warehouse was very much straightforward: expensive Nokias stayed on shelf, flimsy and cheap Ericsons did not have a chance, only this phone was perfectly right. In fact, it felt right in the hand! ...
...compact and sits in the hand as it is growing from it. Not heavy, not bulky it, however, looks and feels solid and capable of enjoing a good long life. And I am not a person who protects mobiles from all the eventualities of life. Therefore I am going for solid and durable items. This is the one! Installation and use. Installation - piece of cake. Easy and straightforward. The use of the handset is very simple. The main menue feels quite logical. ...

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...ONLY be received by other Philips Phones which means that you won't be able to send them your friends unless they also happen to have a Philips. The security menu has all the usual options for changing your pin. While the settings has the voicemail, box number, broadcast, key tones (swtich on/off) and ringer selections. This phone must have one of the largest selection of ring tones available with 20 to choose from. I'm sure that there would be very ...
...the ring tones on this phone. The final menu on this phone is the 'extras' menu. Here you'll find the where to set the clock, an alarm clock, stop watch, calculator, and a 'BioCalender' (to see how you'll be doing in love, money etc on any particular day....hmmm not sure about that one personally). INSTRUCTION BOOK: Personally, I really liked the instruction book. It's laid out mainly in diagrams with a minimum amount of words so that even us dumbos ...

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I recieved the DB as a Christmas present in December 2000, my first ever phone so you can imagine I was a little pleased. I'm going to be fair with this review. It may be a terrible phone now, but back then it was acceptable in a few ways. Even though it was still pretty much obsolete to many models at the time, it still had some strengths. This has to be one of the durable phones of all time. It had the strength and endurance of a brick. One time ...
...some flights of stairs to the bottom floor. It didn't even make a scratch and hadn't even switched off my phone. It lasted me just over a year before it started to develop serious errors. The DB would eventually start to freeze all the time and became too unreliable to use. So, its lifetime was around a year. The look and feel has to be a major down point. Its not a model that you could whip out and show off. Like above, it was designed like a brick, ...

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An execellent phone for the first time buyer. Comes with a very large range of features, vibrate alert, voice dialing, 20 ring tones, speed dialing, calculator, stop watch, game, fair battery life and its good looks 1otherbonus for the savvy, it works on orange which offer probably the best service. A £50 top up voucher gives you half price calls and txt messages. The only thing that would improve the phone is if it had WAP facilities or changable ...

sjbuckingham 21.09.2000 · Read full review
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The Savvy weighs in at 146g with battery. Most of the phone's functions are controlled using a four-way rocker button. The phone makes heavy use of graphical icons. Only two lines of text can be viewed simultaneously, each with only 11 characters. Despite this, finding the functions that you want is straightforward. When using the phone to call someone, the number can either be dialled in the usual fashion, or by using the excellent voice recognition ...
...Icons' along with your SMS message, capital letters are inserted automatically at the beginning of sentences. The SMS system also has 13 pre-written texts, to help you pen quick messages. The 20 ring tones can be used with or without the vibrating alert. As well as having an analogue clock, the phone has a built-in alarm. The call performance is fair. Received calls can be a bit muffled and prone to interference. Transmitted quality is a bit better, ...

m_kingdom 30.07.2000 · Read full review
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I bought my Phillips Savvy under a year ago on the Virgin network, before that I had an Ericsson PH 388 (One2One0 and a Sagem RC 815(Vodafone). From my experience with different handsets, I can hand on heart inform others that the Phillips Savvy DB is the best phone I have used so far. If I went through in detail about its good features i would probably run out of space on this form so here is a lit of my favorites: Voice Dial (easy to record, ...
...SMS text icons (good idea, and is better than keying in :) or :( etc) Clock, calculator, stopwatch, biorhythm, alarm (all very handy) Diverse ring tones (would suit any kind of user) Easy to use/search phone book (Good for technophobes) Speed dial that doesnt depend on phone book position (Good idea) Robust and strong (Im always dropping it and it has never broken) Gool call clarity and reception with EFR (Always good in loud or remote places) ...

skpsirwin 10.02.2001 · Read full review
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I bought this mobile and not an ordinary "C12/Savvy" for a reason - it VIBRATES!! Whenever someone calls you, or sends an SMS (Short Messenging Service), this mobile vibrates! Perfect for alerting you in the middle of any meeting, or at the cinema, or the like. But it is also perfect for me as I am deaf. I use this mobile solely for SMS as a sosphisticated "two-way" pager system, for communicating with other deaf friends of mine. Mind you, it is ...
...device, dual band frequency (able to use abroad), alarm clock (for reminding to go to the dentist, or whatever you like). Disavantages: The display is a bit dim under low light (night time - but it's isn't that bad really as it's STILL readable), no sleep mode with alarm clock, LIMITED design facia (Nokia has hundreds of case designs) - but it doesn't bother me cosmetically! Bought this mobile for £49.99 at "The Link", a subsidiary company of Dixons. ...

LawnmowerMan 26.07.2000 · Read full review
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I bought a Virgin Phillips Savvy because I neeeded a phone which was lightweight, had long battery life, small, and discrete. It fullfilled all my expectations and I ended up buying another one for my girlfreind. The vibrate function is one of the best ive witnessed, simply because if the phones on your person, no-one notices and you can turn it off quickly, but if your in the home and your phone is left on a shelf or table you can actually hear ...

bendebully 04.08.2000 · Read full review
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The Savvy Dual Band not only looks cool but also is very useful. It's not the smallest or the lightest mobile on the market, but it's still lighter and less cumbersome than the Nokia 3210, for example. Its attractive blue casing looks impressive, especially with its metallic marbling, and its features make it suitable for everyone. It is so easy to use! Although it doesn't have the much-vaunted predictive text messaging, it is easy to send text ...

niksmiff 19.08.2000 · Read full review
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ok so its a bit dated now but if you want a cheap, basic mobile phone with none of the expensive frills and thrills of the new generation then why pay more than you have to? It phones and it texts, thats about it im afraid. No games, no picture messaging, no video footage, no clourful display just a good old telephone which isn't attached to a phone line. For its age its quite small and fits snugly into even the tightest of jeans pockets. Unlike ...
...solving to find your way through the dozens of menues you can work out just about every feature in minutes. Unfortunately even if you are looking for functianality over features there are a few problems. As there are no decent ring tones to speak of incoming calls can become an annoyance (the phone does however have the loudest ringer ive ever heard by a LONG way so if you have hearing difficulties or are planning on taking calls from loud areas ...

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