128 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
38% of people recommend it.
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Anonymous verified purchaser
, “Mikey”
Score 7.0/10
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Fantastic battery life, iconic looking, thin. Designed for the very basic user. Don't forget, this was designed for third world markets. But ideal for a reserve"glovebox" phone, or for the elderly with sight problems
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Texting very difficult, especially sending. Do not buy this if you text
9 of 9 people found this review helpful
purchased 08 Feb 2008
Andy, Stirling
Score 10.0/10
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Its a perfect 'phone for people who only want to make calls and send texts
Very slim
Big screen
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Text is very large so lots of scrolling needed to read any messages
Instruction booklet is not great
6 of 6 people found this review helpful
purchased 07 Jan 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
, “Frustrated mobile user”
Score 1.0/10
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Excellent Signal where my samsung could not find a signal
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Hard to use. very basic.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful
purchased 01 Feb 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 6.0/10
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It is basic but as a "pick up and use" phone is works well. It's light, slim and compact and looks pretty smart too. It isn't all singing and all dancing but for a practical phone it was great value for money.
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navigation and text messaging aren't the easiest!
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
purchased 08 Jan 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 2.0/10
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Slim design good for pocket storage and is lightweight
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Almost impossible to text both send and recieve which is a shame because if it was a good texting phone it would be superb!
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
purchased 10 Jun 2008
Jason, Crawley
, “like small compact stuff”
Score 4.0/10
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Slim, compact, light and good battery life
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Screen was awkward to read text messages on. A bit too basic.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
purchased 08 May 2008
Ian, Ashford, Kent
Score 3.0/10
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It was very inexpensive
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No user manual, difficult to use e.g. change ringer volume
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
purchased 24 Jan 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
, “A basic user”
Score 7.0/10
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Small and compact
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Took a bit of time getting used to navigation
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
purchased 03 Dec 2007
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 2.0/10
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very simple in theory, large keypad and display. talking navigaiton.
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very difficult to use this very simple phone!
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
purchased 11 Jun 2008
Ian, Ashford, Kent
Score 7.0/10
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It is a good phone for those who don't want all the gimicks and software. I bought this phone for my Mum as she only wanted a mobile phone to make a call. She didn't need text messaging or camera.
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It only came with a 'noddy' guide which it made it laboursome to initially set-up.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
purchased 06 Dec 2007
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 3.0/10
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As it's been reviewed in many places it's supposed to have a great battery life and this was the selling point. The design is just OK - quite slim and the keys are not too bad either.
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Terrible software - extremely difficult to navigate and lacking many simple features. I wanted a spare phone to make & receive calls, send the odd text message and withhold my number while making calls (as this was my spare phone - didn't want to confuse receivers who might have my original, permanent phone number). Most of these simple things were not possible. Secondly it is too big to carry around. It's quite slim but very wide and long. For the lack of features it should've been much smaller.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
purchased 11 Dec 2007
pauline, liverpool
Score 10.0/10
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it is easy to use and is excellent as a back up phone
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has none
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
purchased 07 Jan 2008
helen, chichester
Score 5.0/10
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the price
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found the phone very hard to use
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
purchased 03 Jan 2008
tony, anglesey
, “honest report”
Score 10.0/10
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good and easy phone
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none
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
purchased 03 Apr 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 8.0/10
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 26 May 2008
Terry, Glasgow
Score 7.0/10
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Very small --- looks good -- great battery life
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Infuriating to text with -- accessing / changing settings a pain.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 10 Nov 2007
Sheena, Paisley
Score 10.0/10
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A great phone for the money. Does exactly what it says on the tin, makes phone calls and that's allI wanted teh phone to do.
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none
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 11 Dec 2007
David , port talbot
Score 1.0/10
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the price
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very difficult to use in fact so bad it has never been used
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 16 Nov 2007
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 1.0/10
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Reviewer left no comment
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get this phone out of the market
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 21 Dec 2007
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 6.0/10
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Very basic and simple - used as an emergency 2nd. Phone
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text graphics could be clearer
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 15 Nov 2007
Barbara, Hove
Score 7.0/10
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Excellent for Calling. Good sound quality and battery. Use for backup phone.
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No good for texting or anything else. Just a speaking phone with good battery life
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 08 Jan 2008
JAMAL, WALSALL
Score 1.0/10
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there is nothing good about this phone
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EVERTHING
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 07 Jan 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 7.0/10
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easy to use small and compact.
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Very poor battery charge. Only lasts one day.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 18 Jan 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
, “I'm not really impressed ”
Score 3.0/10
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slim/compact structure
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poor software systems
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 20 Jan 2008
Liz, Hull
Score 7.0/10
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easy to use. just a phone
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no gadgets
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 04 Nov 2007
kevin , maesteg
Score 1.0/10
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Reviewer left no comment
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too light, tacky, plastic disposable. its like a childs toy. does what it says on the tin but has a horrible display. waste of 10 pence let a lone asking price...
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 18 Feb 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 1.0/10
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Easy to carry
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To simple. A phone from yesteryear!
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 23 May 2008
Steve, Hertfordshire
Score 5.0/10
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Good value for the price & incredible battery life.
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Difficult to use,
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 09 Jun 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 2.0/10
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cheap
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you can only see 6 characters in text messages
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 11 Oct 2007
Sally, Hinckley
Score 2.0/10
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The battery life was long. Very cheap.
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Poor navigation. Menu not clear. Limited text functions.
I have now got rid of the phone and purchased a Motorola Rzr
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 19 Jul 2007
Jim, Oxford
Score 2.0/10
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Cheap.
A good punishment for a teenager who loses phones!
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Not at all intuitive. Clunky looks, display. Too basic even to be really viable.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 09 Oct 2007
Jeanne, Stourbridge
Score 7.0/10
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Thevery competative cost.
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The instructions
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 20 Aug 2007
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 9.0/10
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A simple low cost phone designed to to make and receive phone calls. It can also send and receive text but the display limits its use.
The display features large characters which are easy to read without glasses and can be read in the brightest of daylight
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The display has to mix upper and lower case letters in order to display text
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 02 Jul 2007
Gwen, Swansea
Score 9.0/10
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Excellent for someone like me who just wants to make ohone calls and nothing else.
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The text writing is not easy ro read you have to scroll across I preferer down.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 03 Dec 2007
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 3.0/10
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Its lightweight and slimline.
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The phone is difficult to use, the screen is hard to see and navigating the phone is hard.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 13 Dec 2007
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 2.0/10
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Large text, simple to use, slim design
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No features. At all. Too simple for me.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 05 Jan 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 1.0/10
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Simple to use. Looks good.
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Inneficient battery- does not hold charge for more than a few dayseven when not used.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 17 Jan 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 1.0/10
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cheap
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fell apart after 1 day
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 07 Nov 2007
Raymond, Belfast
Score 3.0/10
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Slim
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Difficult to master (text-based) interface.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 06 Jan 2008
Grazyna, Plymouth
, “Orange Plymouth Grace”
Score 2.0/10
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honestly? not many... average battery life... and average design - this is the best in the phone. I don't even use this mobile as emergency...
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:) everything... hard navigation, there is nothing to navigate, almost impossible to write or read a text message... and a lot more
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 20 Nov 2007
Sandeep, London
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Design
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Everything else
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 23 Jan 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
, “no”
Score 3.0/10
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quite easy to use
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lettering when emailing too large.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 02 Mar 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
, “53, female, IT-literate”
Score 2.0/10
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simplicity and large text display
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battery life, not displaying whole words, voice saying what feature is selected.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 01 Feb 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 9.0/10
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Large display. Good for use as telephone. Ideal for the "older" person!
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Not easy to text due to large display on screen.
purchased 02 Jan 2009
Anonymous verified purchaser
, “overpriced”
Score 3.0/10
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I very simple and its just a phone.
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expensive compared with newer phone that are avaliable
purchased 08 Dec 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 8.0/10
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an inexpensive small phone ideal for my father-in-law to use not complicated
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the size of the text on the screen is too large
purchased 05 Jan 2009
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 1.0/10
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Free from feautires i would not want to use.
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text messaging was almost impossible- screen only displayed about two words at a time.
purchased 02 Jan 2009
allan, chorley
Score 2.0/10
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battery life
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apart from the battery everything else about the phone i found was dificulte to operate.
purchased 12 Jan 2009
allan, chorley
, “Basic text and chat user”
Score 1.0/10
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there are not any
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i found this phone dificult to use the quality of the text messages i received was awful the letters were to big and you had dificulty in reading them overall i found this phone awful to use.
purchased 12 Jan 2009
Anon, Bracknell
Score 2.0/10
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Very simple phone
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Absolutely no extras, just call or text.
purchased 02 Aug 2007
kelly, leeds
Score 1.0/10
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cheap
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you get what you pay for very basic
purchased 03 Jul 2007
William, Preston
Score 10.0/10
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Compact,easy to operrate,ring tones very good.Overall a very good phone.
I would recommend it.
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Phonebook,somtimes can be hard to access.
purchased 28 Aug 2007
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 1.0/10
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Slim
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Just about everything else
purchased 08 Aug 2007
Syeda, London
Score 1.0/10
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None.I feel riped off
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Text messages really strange! Sone time the letters are capital in the middle of the words.
purchased 04 Aug 2007
William, London Pimlico
Score 10.0/10
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Very Easy to read(poor Vision) LOUD ( Poor Hearing)
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Due to poor battery connections from battery to contacts in phone
Intermittent operation (easily fixed)
purchased 04 Aug 2007
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 8.0/10
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easy to use
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no predictive text
purchased 12 Oct 2007
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 7.0/10
purchased 16 Aug 2007
Helen, Sheffield
Score 10.0/10
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Big Text, easy to use
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sound quality
purchased 10 Oct 2007
Tarsam, London
Score 5.0/10
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nice small . large display
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navegation and on/off key plus key lock
purchased 03 Aug 2007
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 1.0/10
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Cheap
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Not easy to navigate and the letters on the screen are too big. So its very hard to read and type messages in full.
purchased 21 Oct 2007
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 5.0/10
purchased 24 Oct 2007
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 4.0/10
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Very slimline and light
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Pretty much everything else
purchased 06 Dec 2007
J Mistry, London
Score 2.0/10
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It's a very basic phone, and I should have looked at the features more closely before purchasing the phone. This has been a bad purchase and I wish I could get a refund as I am not going to use it or give it to my children to use. It is the worst design I have ever since.
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Everthing about the phone is useless
purchased 21 Dec 2007
mohamed, birmingham
Score 2.0/10
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Reviewer left no comment
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no screen light to see what you are typing, very poor phone.
purchased 21 Dec 2007
ian, romford
Score 1.0/10
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cheap
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not easy to use.
purchased 12 Dec 2007
Anonymous verified purchaser
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the good points about this phone is its battery life.
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everything i do not like this phone much.
purchased 09 Nov 2007
John, Portsmouth
Score 6.0/10
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Easy to use, compact.
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Often Craches.
purchased 09 Nov 2007
Dan, Bordon, Hampshire
, “Danxx”
Score 1.0/10
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the phone looks like a toy made for kids to play with. the good point is that it has good sound quality
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looks like a toy made for kids
purchased 07 Jan 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 1.0/10
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None!
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Everything. Poor design, poor software.
purchased 21 Dec 2007
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3G

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No
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3G allows mobile phones and mobile dongles to achieve broadband speeds similar to that of home broadband. This allows users to browse the internet, email and download files and video whilst on the move.
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Touchscreen

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No
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Touchscreen technology allows you to move and click things directly on the screen using your finger or a stylus pen.
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Type

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Candy Bar
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Band

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Dual
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Different frequency bands are used in different countries. Most phones can be used across Europe as they are Tri Band. You will need a quad band phone if you plan to travel to the USA.
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EDGE

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No
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A precursor to 3G, this technolgy allows improved data transfer rates allowing features such as video streaming. Read more about EDGE on Wikipedia
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WiFi

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No
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Wifi allows you to connect your device to wireless routers or modems which allows you to connect to broadband internet.
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Screen Resolution (pixels)

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240x320
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The number of pixels the screen has. The more you have, the more detail the screen can display, given a high quality source.
A breakdown of resolutions can be found on Wikipedia here
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Bluetooth

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No
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Bluetooth is a technology for the wireless transfer of data such as contacts, photos and music between mobile phones, computers and a host of other Bluetooth enabled devices. Read more about Bluetooth on Wikipedia
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XHTML Browser

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No
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XHTML stands for Extensible Hypertext Markup Language. XHTML enabled phones are able to browse most internet content.
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WAP

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No
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Simple Web browser
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FM Tuner

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No
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An FM Tuner allows you to listen to FM radio stations on the move. You can see a list of FM radio stations at Ofcom:“http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/rau/radio-stations/analogue/analogue-main.htm”.
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Email Functionality
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No
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SatNav

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No
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Satnav is short for ‘Satellite Navigation’. Satellite navigation allows you to see where you are travelling on a map and plan a route to your destination.
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MP3 ATRAC Playback

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No
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MP3 playback capability
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Operating System

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Proprietary OS
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Software on which the device runs
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Memory Card Slot

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No
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Having a memory card slot allows you to save data to a memory card and then transfer it to another device. For example you may put a photo from your camera or mobile phone onto a memory card and then plug it into your printer to print directly.
Memory card slots come in many formats:
Compact Flash Card
Memory Stick Duo
Micro SD Card
MMC
SD Card
SDHC Card
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Weight (g)

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70
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The weight of the product in grams.
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Talk Time (hours)

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4.5
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Talk time dictates how long your phone’s battery will last if you were to talk continuously on it from a full charge.
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Standby Time (hours)

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300
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Standby Time dictates how long your phone would last if left on standby, ready to receive calls, but with nothing else being done to it.
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USB Port

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No
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Socket for connecting devices such as a computers and other components
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Video Recorder

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No
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Video recording functionality allows the capture of videos in mpeg or avi format which is great if you want to capture a whole scene, not just one moment.
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Instant Messaging

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No
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Instant Messaging allows you to communicate in real-time with friends from your phone using services such as MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, GTalk, ICQ or AIM.
If you have a good data plan it’s a great way to stay in touch with your friends and save money.
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Built-in Camera

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No
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Some GPS products come with a built in digital camera that allows you to photograph the place you are at and then add it to your map. Next time you wish to visit that place you just tap the image and the Satellite Navigation system plots a route.
This is great if you don’t want to have to remember street names.
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Dimensions (mm)

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114x47x9
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The size of the device in millimetres, in width x height x depth.
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Java

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No
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A software platform allowing 3rd party applications such as games to be loaded.
Read more about Java on Wikipedia
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SAR (W per kg in 10g)

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0.13
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SAR stands for Specific Absorption Rate.
A phone’s SAR rating is a measure of the amount of radiation it emits.
Check the mobile phone radiation Wikipedia page if you would like more information.
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HTML Browser

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No
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An HTML enabled phone will be able to browse the internet as if it were a normal PC. The exception to this is that it will not be able to show Flash-based content.
HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language.
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Phone book capacity (names)

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100
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A phone’s phone book capacity indicates how many contact details it can store.
Many modern phones come with optional memory cards that can be used to store extra contacts.
A contact file is generally small and so ‘Practically Unlimited’ is often given because you would have to have thousands of people in your address book to fill it up.
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Colour

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Blue
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The main colour of the product.
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Also known as: Motorola F3
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