Sagem My X-5 Mobile Handset

Before I start this op, be under no illusions on my feelings about Sagem – I’m less than impressed. Its nothing personal – I feel the same way about Marmite. Sagem make a wide variety of technological products – most telecommunications based, but the two things I’ve encountered bearing the Sagem logo – a mobile phone and some French traffic lights, both functioned with the same level of woeful inadequacy as to make me doubt the efficiency of Sagem. A couple of years ago I bought a Sagem 920 mobile because I liked the colour. I know that is really sad but it was a really fantastic shade of ... more

I’ve done the unthinkable – upgraded my Orange contract to a NON NOKIA!! That’s right I no longer use a Nokia mobile – well for the next twelve months at least! I’m an Orange contract user, that’s to say I pay my phone bill by direct debit once a month. I have the opportunity of upgrading my handset every 12 months should I choose to, as long as pay the RRP of the handset chosen. I could shop around and find a different network, but I’m happy with Orange, the insurance scheme they offer is good (Orange Care) and the quarterly magazine delivered is worth the postman’s efforts. So, anyway I was ... more

I've had, as i'm sure many people have, many mobile phone handsets over the past few years. All of them eventually becoming obsolete, because they were too bulky, too slow, not good enough reception, the list could go on forever. My last phone was a nokia which i was relatively happy with until the battery decided to fall off every two minutes, so with my birthday two weeks ago i was delighted that my boyfriend had got me a new phone. But this isnt just any phone, this is the Sagwm my x-5. Otherwise known as my new baby! As soon as i took it out of the box the first thing i noted was how light ... more

With its new model dubbed the “my X-5D,” Sagem seems to have stepped in the right direction (in my book at least) because the phone sports a decent design and does well to prove that colour screens are here to stay. Yes, the phone comes with a pretty smooth 256-colour screen, which sports a resolution of 101 x 80 pixels and can display up to eight lines of text (just like the Sony Ericsson T68i). The Sagem my X-5D closely resembles the dimensions of a Nokia 8000 series phone and comes with user-changeable front covers in what seems to be another nod to the Finnish phone giant. Its shape and ... more

Like everything else with chips in it, mobile phones have come a long way during the four years I've owned one. They've gradually gotten smaller and more powerful. When I first saw the Nokia 8210, I thought it was a key ring! The Sagem is in a similar mould to the Nokia range. It's certainly ideal for those who have a habit of finding some unique way of destroying the antennae. Perhaps that's why Nokias have been so popular - no ariel to destroy. It looks like a typical Nokia in almost every respect and perhaps that's Sagem's first stroke of genius. Secondly, the screen is colour. It does not ... more