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I've had this phone for about 5 months now and feel ready to review it.
Well to start with I got it free from a mobile network after I won a raffle to spend a day with a well known mobile network.
This phone is similar to the Siemens A65 except this one DOESN'T have a camera attachment and CANNOT take photos -- that should clear a few complications up for some people.
This phone is very lightweight which, for me, caused me to drop it more than any other phone -- although this happens less and less with more and more use.
It's got a Colour Screen, Polyphonic Ringtones, Games, Wallpapers and can accommodate some types of picture, none real -- all cartoon/animation ones.
The colour screen is standard, gives the phone some colours which I consider to be real enough, as in not too fake.
The polyphonic ringtones can seem a little strange at first but you may find them acceptable after a while.
Games wise, it comes with two pre-loaded games, one called 'Stack Attack' and the other called 'Magic Picture'.
In Stack Attack you're a warehouse worker in a small warehouse and you have to push coloured boxes around to make a group of three or more which then vanish.
Each block falls from cranes at the top of the warehouse, which means you can be killed therefore ending your game. This game is somewhat like Tetris except all the blocks come down on their own and you can move them around. Three characters to choose from each unlocked at certain high scores.
In Magic Picture, you get a picture and have to move each 'tile' around to recreate the picture in it's original form. Except unlike the 'real' versions of this game, you can quickly switch between the actual image and your current stage.
Wallpapers are pretty simple, the phone has pre-loaded pictures and all you have to do is find your perfect image and go through the options menu to set it up as your wallpaper.
This phone also allows for screen-savers, my current one being a clock which is very helpful.
You can actually lock this phones keypad pretty simply by pressing and holding the # key and that's all.
My only real complaint is that the GPRS is sometimes really really slow to use in terms of entering data or loading pages. Siemens/BenQ haven't really impressed me with this phone.
The loud-speaker which is usable when making/receiving a call is pretty powerful .... but only really works well when the other person is indoors since their background noise may be picked up and make it dodgy/fuzzy to hear.
On the subject of texting, sending a normal text message is pretty easy but as I said, entering text whilst browsing the Internet, this phone is pathetic.
This next paragraph may put you off a little bit.
Finally Battery life is probably the worst I've seen in a phone I've used .. although it apparently takes just 2 hours to charge, this doesn't provide a massive load of power. The actual battery meter isn't in a bar format, it's the shape of a battery. After playing one game of Stack Attack you may see that the battery differs somewhat from when you started your game.
So to wrap this up ... if you want a simple, cheap phone with standard functionality then go for this one, if you want anything more then please save yourself the hassle and try another phone!
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27.05.2006 06:51
Good review! Shame it doesnt have the battery life as that is the main thing I look for
27.05.2006 00:37
Good review. I prefer basic mobiles, - too many gadgets and stuff does my head in.