What can I say. I have had the Ericsson T28 for 2 months now, and I have had to have it replaced 6 times under insurance. Well, what went wrong??....what didn’t go wrong. My most common fault is that the microphone becomes disconnected so that no one can hear me, yet I can still hear them. This has resulted in many embarrassing silences for people calling me. I know this is a common problem as it has happened to friends to, and it is reasonably easily fixed, but it is a hassle having to either take it in to be fixed to having to get it replaced. Another problem, common to Ericssons is the way the phone powers out, or turn off without you turning it off. This is very annoying, and it usually happens just before you answer a call, meaning people are often cut off.
My other main dislike is the very high radiation it emits. At 1.27 SAR rating it is much more than a phone say like the Nokia8850 which only emits 0.22 SAR. You notice this high radiation because when the phone rings every electrical appliance in the vicinity start madly buzzing seconds before the call comes through.
The phone is also very slow, which is very irritating as you press to scroll through the menu, and then you have to wait for the phone to get there. It is also annoying when typing a text message because it means it takes longer and one often goes wrong.
Being young and writing lots of text messages, I would rather predictive text messaging which it does not have, another flaw.
After all that, I do actually quite like the phone, but if I had the choice I would not get it again. It looks good, but all the problems outweigh its appearance.
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Mar 12th, 2001
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