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4 -Cingular·Motorola C331G (GSM) - by mastermind278
·Motorola RAZR V3 - by Psychephylax
·Nokia 3390 (GSM) - by icer3k
·Nokia 3595
·Nokia 6590i (GSM) - by Its_Smee
·Sumsung S307
·SonyEricsson T616 (GSM)-Its_Smee
·Motorola SLVR L7
| | | The size of the C331g is about the same size as the Nokia 8390 which makes the C331g one of the the smallest and lightest entry level phones available.
The C331g has a small 4 level greyscale screen that has a resolution of 96 x 64 and a light lavender backlight. I find the screen to be very easy to read in most lighting conditions.
The C331G has a built in battery which is not removable by the user (not that I know of yet) so if so if your a person who likes to change batteries, you can't do it with this phone. Also the C331g is compatible with a standard USB cable so you can download ringtones to the C331G, but I have never tried this feature.
Sound quality for incoming calls on the Motorola C331G is excellent. There is no harshness and voices are extremely neutral sounding. Sound quality on outgoing calls is also excellent, voices are clean and very neutral sounding plus there is some sort of background noise suppression so if there is a lot of background noise the person on the other end will be able to hear you just fine.
RF was good but not excellent, it's quite similar to the Motorola v60g which makes the C331g one of the best RF performers.
The bad thing about this phone is battery life. It doesn't last very long, which can be bad. Another thing, is when I make a phone call, the phone goes directly to low battery, even though I just charged it, then I restart the phone, and gives me 3 battery bars as it is suppose to. I heard Cingular is fixing this problem, so when I go to them with my phone, I will tell you guys my progress.
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by mastermind278 edited by Kevin
last modified: 2003-05-20 20:06:09 | | | I got this phone directly through Motorola to avoid signing up for a 2 year contract and switching from Cingular Blue to Cingular Orange.
It's an excellent looking phone and is definitely an eye catcher. The large inner screen is superb. The phone has a nice solid feel and fits comfortably in my hand. Some people may complain about the width and comfort, the phone is wider than most. The phone is not without some issues. My two biggest gripes are the inability to have multiple numbers under one name in the phone book, and searching for phone book entries. It uses a rolodex style where you can jump to the first letter of the contact but then must scroll through. This can get slow and the phone's interface is not as responsive as I would have hoped. This can get annoying. The RF seems to be good.
Pros:
-nice big inner screen
-good speakerphone
-sturdy construction
-Camera
Cons:
-Slow interface
-Single entry phone book
-Rolodex search
-No EDGE
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by Nick edited by KeysCapt
last modified: 2005-07-14 06:29:50 | | | I got this phone from my local Cingular authorized reseller about a year ago. Once again, this phone was free at the time, I only had to pay tax.
Nokia 3390 is a nice little blue phone. I've had a Ericsson R280LX before this phone. I must say, this phone is a lot better and lighter than the Ericsson I had with AT&T Wireless. The only problem I have with this phone, is no automatic keypad lock, making me mistakenly dial numbers, and add bizarre stuff to the address book.
Phone features: Voice activated dialing, Excellent RF, 6 line display, and interchangable face plates.
In the house, I get excellent reception with this phone, 3 to 4 signal strengths. I'm pretty happy with the phone, the ringtone is very loud, and the vibrate function is very good. You can feel it through a backpack. The ringer can vibrate and ring at the same time, which is a good thing. Overall, this phone is a nice phone, for a low price.
I would recommend this phone to anyone that is shopping around to buy a used phone to use with the Cingular service. Nokia is the best phone I've used so far.
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by IcEr3K edited by Kevin
last modified: 2003-05-20 20:07:00 | | | I received this phone via Fedex very recently. I opened it up and the first thing I noticed about this phone is that it's compact.
I took it out of the box and charged it up. Before I share my experiences with it, I will list the general features:
•Weight: 3.76 ounces
•4.64 inches long x 1.95 inches wide x 0.87 inch thick
•Large color display with bright white LEDs: 96 x 65 pixels, up to 4,096 colors.
•Extended Li-Ion Battery 1000 mAH
•Digital Talk Time up to 5.5 hours*
•Digital Standby Time up to 10 days*
•High-speed data transmission via GPRS
More features can be found here.
The Nokia 3595 is very well designed. Here's a picture for starters:
It has a well-lit keypad and well placed buttons. Even though the combined buttons seem a little funky, they don't take any more time to get used to than normal cell phone buttons. Like most other Nokia phones, the menus are well placed, and easily manageable.
The phone is easy to hold in the hand and the phone for the most part can be operated with one hand. The reception is good from my house and outside (even while breezy). I have yet to use it in the mall, where cell signals are at the worst.
Pros:
•Lightweight, fairly compact
•Well-lit keypad
•Has a configurable timer for the keylock
•Changable backgrounds and tons of ringtones
•Good reception and battery life
•Nice little rubber grips on back
Cons:
•No configurable backlight timer
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by DavisPhotog edited by Kevin
last modified: 2003-06-02 11:26:03 | | | Although this phone is from Cingular I have unlocked it and am using it on T-Mobile. Upon receiving the phone the first thing I noticed is how small it is, I mean this thing is tiny, a little to small for my big hands, but yet still comfortable to use as a phone.
Menus are typical pre "series" interface, meaning it is the same as the older Nokias, many of the newer Nokia's interfaces are Series 40 such as the Nokia 7210 and Series 60 for the Nokis 3650 or 7650.
The phone has a nice bright blue leds, which make is easy to read in low light conditions. As I said it is small, but managable, the phone can also accept Nokia 8390/8310 faceplates with a little bit of modification of the tabs on the face plate.
My phone has firmware V40.44 which is the latest at the time of writing, firmware versions earlier than V40 I have heard do not have GSM 800 enabled. With the latest firmware there is no difference between the 6590i and the 6590 offered by AT&T.
The FM radio is a nice addition especially for when you are stuck waiting somewhere, to use the radio you need a Nokia headset, also note the cord for the headset acts as the antenna.
The Reception is excellent, best I have seen in a phone except for the Nokia 3650 who seems to be the best RF performer I have seen. Sound quality is very good, nice and clear.
Battery life seems very good, about what is claimed.
Overall I would suggest the phone, if signing a contract and only getting a dual band phone one might want to look towards the Nokia 6200 as an everyday phone instead.
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by BrushedTooth edited by Kevin
last modified: 2003-05-20 20:07:41 | | | I bought this phone last week and I love it. It is a GSM phone that has a full color display with polymorphic ringtones. The menu is easy to navigate. The outside display shows the time/date/signal strength/battery condition plus caller ID without having to open the phone. The only thing I don't like about it is that it is hard to see the displays in direct sunlight, and it is hard to hear in overly windy conditions. I drive a Jeep and I have to hold it very hard to my ear to hear. I bought the handsfree kit, but I think it works better without it.
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by RottenTheRot edited by Kevin
last modified: 2003-09-22 17:38:42 | | | I have been watching the SonyEricsson line very closely knowing they are the only company that would be able to pull me away from my Nokia 3650, and they happened to release a phone that did just that, the SonyEricsson T616, which is the American GSM 850/1800/1900 version of the T610 GSM 900/1800/1900. I would like to say thank you Cingular for offering such a nice phone for so cheap and unlocked :)
The SonyEricsson T616 is everything the T68i was and more:
-Phone in general: Although it may look a little ugly on the computer screen it is actually a very nice looking phone, and around the same size as the T68i. It has to be the sturdiest phone I have held in my hand and I have used a lot of phones. The outside casing for much of the phone is Aluminum, and very sturdy plastic around the screen and built-in camera. The sides by the action buttons for adjusting the volume, activating the camera and the Internet are actually slightly channeled making it very comfortable to hold while talking as your fingers fit right into the channels.
-Screen: The Screen is excellent at 64K and a very nice large size for such a small phone; it can be somewhat difficult to read in direct sunlight as most color cellphone screens can
be.
-Camera: An emerging trend among cellular phones and something very handy to have. The picture quality is decent, not as clear as my Nokia 3650, but around on par with the MCA-25 camera attachment for the T68i. Here is a link to checkout photos taken with the T610/6 »www.howardforums.com/showthread.···d=160404
-Keypad: Standard layout, very easy to use. Accompanied by 2 menu buttons, a return to previous screen button, a clear button, and also a 5-way joystick.
-Ringtones: Out of all the polyphonic phones I have ever heard/used this thing is LOUD and CLEAR, The T616 uses 32 cords for playing polyphonic ringtones.
-Memory: The phone has a small amount of memory for applications, games, images and ringtones around 2MB, but with various carriers customizations you will see less
-Reception: This is an issue with all SonyEricsson phones, one thing for people to understand is SonyEricsson phones show rf(reception) in real-time; meaning what your signal is while you are looking at the gauge is what it is. Nokia, Motorola and other manufactures actually take the average of the rf and display it, which is why often times even when I had 1-2 bars on my previous Nokia’s I couldn’t place a call, but while on my T616 I can.
-Applications/Games: Both Java and “mophun” applications can be installed. Comes installed with a few fun little games.
-Bluetooth: Probably the most demanded feature on new phones, it is the most convenient form of file transfer to and from my phone I have ever used. It makes syncing contacts, calendar, etc. as easy as pressing a button. Having a Bluetooth headset is something you just have to experience. There is also this little application called Salling Clicker which allows you to have complete control of your Mac via the phone via Bluetooth :D.
-Overall: Out of all the phones I have had in the past year this little thing is my favorite, it is very classy looking, durable, excellent color screen, 32 cord polyphonic ringtones, Java, Camera, and Bluetooth make it a phone to be much desired. If you are in the market for a new phone definitely check it out, AT&T and Cingular both will be carrying the T616, and T-Mobile will have the T610.
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by BrushedTooth edited by Kevin
last modified: 2003-07-13 11:10:16 | | | I just bought this phone through cingular with 2 year contract. My wife got one as well.
We first upgraded two weeks ago to the razr but my wife hated it. I exchanged both of ours do to dropped calls and issue razr's. She got the slvr and I got the razr again. Well my 2nd razr had very bad reverb in the ear piece. Went back and exchanged it and still had reverb just not as bad. If the volume was above 6 or 7 I heard it. Checked a few other friends I know and I hear it. Some didn't hear a thing and other heard it once I pointed it out.
So that may a bit disappointed as I really wanted the razr. I have always been a flip guy. So I tried out my wife's slvr for day. I must say it feels more solid then the razr. For a candy bar phone it fits in your hand rather nice and the ear piece quality is much better.
OS seems a bit different since it has iTunes built in. Faster then the razr for sure. Example when I get a text message on the razr it beeps..then 3 seconds later I can hit read. On the SLVR it beeps I can hit read.
Reception seems as good if not a bit better then razr. Battery life is really good. I listened to 2 hours of MP3's then talked for about 1.5 hours and the phone was on from 6am to 10pm and not 1 bar dropped for battery life.
Phonebook entry is the same as all motorola's like V400, 551, Razr, etc. I would like to clarify one thing. You can have multiple entries under one name but you have to save it to the phone not the SIM. Plus you need to go to setup on address book and change the contact to Primary which will allow you have 1 name and 6 entries...mobile, fax, home, work, pager and main. Just left or right click to change entries.
You have the ability to use 3 IM programs which are AIM, YIM and ICQ.
One down thing I miss compared to the other moto's is the voice record they took that out of the SLVR.
iTunes part - I think moto did a good job on this one compared to the rokr. Sound is very nice with speakerphone or with provided headset via USB. You also have a USB to mini jack converter to use your own headphones. The supplied headphones has a mic and a button so you can activate dialed calls and call someone without getting out the phone and answer with it.
Ear phones sound very good for a phone. Will it replace your normal MP3 player no but it's nice to have since it's in the phone.
When a call comes in music goes to pause once you hang up music resumes.
So after all that I went and returned my razr and got my own SLVR :)
Pros:
-nice clear screen
-good speakerphone
-solid construction
-fits nice in your hand
-camera only VGA/4x
-faster interface then the razr
-charge phone via usb cable to PC if PC and phone are on.
Cons:
-Rolodex search
-No EDGE
-No voice record
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by gdm edited by Optimized
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