Great Phone For the "Low-Tech"
Written: Sep 30 '03
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Pros: some nice extra features, excellent reception, phonebook organized well, voice memo
Cons: very short battery life
The Bottom Line: Nice basic phone.
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| Greg2000's Full Review: Panasonic Allure EB-TX310 (Silver) |
With color phones, camera phones, and Internet phones, the basic phone is becoming almost obsolete.
For those not looking for all the amenities that new phones have to offer, the Panasonic Allure may not be such a bad option. The phone is one of the lightest on the market and is incredibly small. Furthermore, the phone still manages to get excellent reception.
The phone is rather basic but does include some nice features not found on all phones. Voice dialing for example, eliminates the need to search through your phone book for names. With that said, the phonebook fas a unique feature not found on many other phones, listing names. For example, in other phones you may have to list "Jim Home," "Jim Cell," "Jim Work." On the Allure, Jim is one name, and when you hit call it asks you which number you would like to dial. While the phone may not be color, it isn't short of colors. The phone allows the user to choose between 6 different backlight colors for the phone. The Allure also throws in a few other features like voice ring (record your voice as a ringtone) and voice memo (store up to three, 20 second memo clips on your phone).
The phone is basic and easy to use which may be a plus for some people not looking for a complicated high-tech phone.
The Allure does fall short in some categories however. The battery life is very short. While you have about three days of standby life, you can only talk on the phone for 120 minutes before it completely dies. This is not the phone for somebody who uses their phone constantly throughout the day like a businessman or teenage girl. Also, I have begun to question the phones durability as I am now on my third one in about eight months. Both times I have pulled the phone out of my pocket to make a call and it wouldn't turn on. However, Panasonic has replaced the phone quickly for me with no questions asked.
This is a nice phone for somebody looking for basic features and excellent reception. I also wouldn't let the durability factor influence your purchase decision, as I am the only one I know who has had that problem.
Recommended:
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Amount Paid (US$): 120.00
Recommended for: World Travelers - Works Anywhere and Everywhere!
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