otispunkmeyer
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i remember nokias used to be good.
a few months ago i switched mobile SP from orange to 02 and in doing so dropped the k800i which was a decent phone (but had its problems and id got bord of it) for a Nokia 6500 slide.
now i remember nokias of old, the 3210, 3310 etc well built, sturdy, worked flawlessly... but now... i dunno
when i got the phone i was not impressed with the build quaity, nothing seemed to fit flush, there were unsightly, uneven panel gaps everywhere, the keypad backlighting looked cheap and poorly done.. it just wasnt what i was expecting. the whole thing rattles when you type on it.
5months in and those flaws are even worse due to wear, the software is completely hopeless. it decides at random whether to acknowledge the presence of a memory card, it'll randomly forget all my contacts names leaving me with a bunch of pointless numbers. sometimes the unlock command wont unlock the phone requiring me to take the battery out just to use my phone again.
the screen saver works..... for a bout 10 minutes, then stops working, leaving the screen on draining the battery quicker than expected
the smiley icons are straight from the early days of messenger and recently the things been very sluggish in response to user input.
you cant take a call using the speakerphone because people on the other end cant bloody hear you unless u have the phone pressed to your face like your trying to eat it.
its just a crap phone. dont buy one. its just crummy in every possible way.
on the plus side, the video camera seems to be rather good, and you can get a shit load of video on the supplied memory card. also 3G video calling seems to be pretty good in the quality stakes too, but last time i checked no one gave half a shit about video calling.
the screen isnt bad either 240x320, full 16.7mil colours. just a shame all the built in themes suck the big one, because they dont put it to good use. good job the classic nokia ring tones are still there as well, because all the other tunes blow snow.
a few months ago i switched mobile SP from orange to 02 and in doing so dropped the k800i which was a decent phone (but had its problems and id got bord of it) for a Nokia 6500 slide.
now i remember nokias of old, the 3210, 3310 etc well built, sturdy, worked flawlessly... but now... i dunno
when i got the phone i was not impressed with the build quaity, nothing seemed to fit flush, there were unsightly, uneven panel gaps everywhere, the keypad backlighting looked cheap and poorly done.. it just wasnt what i was expecting. the whole thing rattles when you type on it.
5months in and those flaws are even worse due to wear, the software is completely hopeless. it decides at random whether to acknowledge the presence of a memory card, it'll randomly forget all my contacts names leaving me with a bunch of pointless numbers. sometimes the unlock command wont unlock the phone requiring me to take the battery out just to use my phone again.
the screen saver works..... for a bout 10 minutes, then stops working, leaving the screen on draining the battery quicker than expected
the smiley icons are straight from the early days of messenger and recently the things been very sluggish in response to user input.
you cant take a call using the speakerphone because people on the other end cant bloody hear you unless u have the phone pressed to your face like your trying to eat it.
its just a crap phone. dont buy one. its just crummy in every possible way.
on the plus side, the video camera seems to be rather good, and you can get a shit load of video on the supplied memory card. also 3G video calling seems to be pretty good in the quality stakes too, but last time i checked no one gave half a shit about video calling.
the screen isnt bad either 240x320, full 16.7mil colours. just a shame all the built in themes suck the big one, because they dont put it to good use. good job the classic nokia ring tones are still there as well, because all the other tunes blow snow.