I've always been attracted to slide phone because they look cool. So I've had a few SE, Nokia, and even Samsung (the last one I highly detest to this day). All the sliders have a common problem: the placement of the keys when requiring the keyboard can be confusing as well as the role of the slide itself to terminate and answer a call or locking the phone. But let's get to the point here. Is the Nokia 6500 Slide a good , solid phone?
The 6500s sports a Series 40 operating system. The software is slower than a Series 60 Symbian. Unbelievable! Really did the drug the phone or were the engineers on drugs? I send an email to Nokia asking this and they did not reply. The clearly have something to hide.
The build quality is excellent I have to say, and the camera like all other Nokia phones is slow as a sedated snail. However, this all is in sync with how slow the operating system is. But let's get to reception and battery life. NO NO NO! What is the matter with this phone? The battery life for such a simple phone is ridiculous; two days max! And the reception is like the LG Viewty - and to say that it is one of the most crude insults one can give to a phone.
The slide mechanism is solid. The phone open and closes with confidence. However, as I said before there are common problems to slides. Why doesn't the phone lock when I slide it closed after a call, or after I check an SMS? WHY NOKIA? Why do I have to go through the extra step of exiting the phone book or the messaging application, slide my phone closed and then tapping lock the phone? Probably Nokia would answer that life is not simple and the mobile phone should not be neither especially if you wanted a cool slide one.
In all other aspects the phone performs well, but again let's not complicate our lives!
BOTTOM LINE
5/10
BUY ONLY IF YOU HAVE A NERVOUS TIC THAT FORCES YOU TO SLIDE OPEN AND CLOSE AN OBJECT OF GOOD BUILD QUALITY
Review by Dr Dan
Monday, June 16, 2008
LG U990 Viewty
Ahhh another Apple iPhone clone in the market and it won't be the last one unfortunately. As you might know LG is a Korean company with a long history of making crappy phones. With the Viewty, LG has proven all its worthlessness in making phones. If you have bought one or you got one for free as an upgrade, I am really sorry. However, there are uses for this phone of course. If you really do not like somebody you can give it as a present so that the person will fell alienated from the world of mobile communications. But let's get to the practicalities:
I used this phone for about a week and I got exasperated. I almost wanted to go back to the 90's and have a Motorola; it clearly worked better than this one. The battery life is terrible compared to other phones, and the reception is not much better. But probably you will be drawn to this phone for other reason such as the big screen and the fashionable looks. The phone looks ok; however, the built quality is on par with a Russian car from the 70s. It feels like cheap plastic and doesn't weight that much given the size. This means that in emergency situations it cannot be even used as a weapon: USELESS!
But let's us talk user interface. How much do you like to spending 10 minutes writing an SMS, browsing around less then intuitive and slow menus, and getting lost in a number of sub-menus to call a person back? Well if the answer is not that much then stay away from this monstrosity.
A final note: how does it compare to the iPhone? The same a Ferrari compares to a Rover. May God saves us from these kinds of technologies in the future!
BOTTOM LINE:
2/10
DO NOT BUY EVEN WITH A GUN POINTED AT YOUR HEAD - unless of course you do not want a working phone
Review by Dr Dan
I used this phone for about a week and I got exasperated. I almost wanted to go back to the 90's and have a Motorola; it clearly worked better than this one. The battery life is terrible compared to other phones, and the reception is not much better. But probably you will be drawn to this phone for other reason such as the big screen and the fashionable looks. The phone looks ok; however, the built quality is on par with a Russian car from the 70s. It feels like cheap plastic and doesn't weight that much given the size. This means that in emergency situations it cannot be even used as a weapon: USELESS!
But let's us talk user interface. How much do you like to spending 10 minutes writing an SMS, browsing around less then intuitive and slow menus, and getting lost in a number of sub-menus to call a person back? Well if the answer is not that much then stay away from this monstrosity.
A final note: how does it compare to the iPhone? The same a Ferrari compares to a Rover. May God saves us from these kinds of technologies in the future!
BOTTOM LINE:
2/10
DO NOT BUY EVEN WITH A GUN POINTED AT YOUR HEAD - unless of course you do not want a working phone
Review by Dr Dan
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