I brought this phone two weeks ago and have been very happy with it so far. It didn't really take any setting up apart from putting in the time and date. It's also really easy to get the hang of, and although I did look through the manual I probably could have worked it.
Look This phone is stylish, and certainly stands out, with its sleek black case with green keypad and back (also availible in yellow and silver). It also has lights down each side which glow when in use, and do light patterns when receiving a call, which can be varied for each caller. It also has a moving wallpaper which is nice, and can be set to change at random intervals (which I have it on, which is exciting as your never sure what it's going to show when you slide it open, and if you'll have butterflies across the screen or if it will be raining!) or it can be set to change at about 8 in the evening and again in the morning, or just be static.
Ease of Use So far I have found the pohne relatively easy to use, with its clear menu, standard texting and easy to navigate calling menus. The screen is always easy to read and navigate. Also very useful is the status bar which comes up when the volume button is pressed whilst on the start screen and tell you the percent of the battery life remaining, your phone number (which is useful as I can never remember mine, and it doesn't take hours to find). However it is a little bit of a fidle to turn on and off, because the button is a little like the old nokias, but set in a little, so I'm greatful for my nails.
Features The phone has a vast amount of features, such as bluetooth, two 3d games, one of which being a brain training style game, which is fun, a 2 mega-pixel camera with 4x zoom, sound recording, and a large colour TFT screen. The phone also has access to NetFront browser which allows you to access the internet, but I haven't used this feature as I'm on pay as you go, so it would be expensive. It has a smallish memory on the phone, so I bought a memory stick which cost about £40 or £50 for 4gb, however this has meant that I don't need a seperate MP3 player as the music player on it is really good and can go relatively loud through the phone speaker, however the layout can sometimes be a little annoying as the songs aren't divided into albums, just artisit and track names, or into playlists.
All in all this phone is a really nice phone, which I'm still discovery new bit about, however it is really more about being a fun stylish phone than being practical, saying this I still love it and recommend it.
Size: 99 x 47 x 14 mm Weight: 94 g Memory: 12 MB (expandable with M2 memory stick micro)
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