The World's Greatest TDMA Phone
Written: Dec 14 '03
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Pros: Color screen, excellent battery life, endless features
Cons: Picture messaging does not mean camera phone
The Bottom Line: I highly recommend this phone. Despite being a TDMA phone, voice quality is comparable to the 3595; TDMA also has the best digital coverage area in the United States.
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| doubled6000's Full Review: Nokia 3560 |
I had been a customer of a service provider that utilized Alltel for wireless in my area for about two years. My Nokia 918 analog phone seemed to be showing it's age, mostly in battery life, compared to current phones.
I decided to search around for a service provider that offered high-end phones, but more importantly cheaper service. After looking over several service providers, one of which was AT&T Wireless, I found Cingular to have what I was looking for.
By the time I made it to our local Cingular Wireless store, I already had my heart set on the Nokia 3560. It has been everything I've ever wanted in a phone. (With one exception noted below)
To this day, I love my 3560. It's 96x65 pixel display is the best display I've seen on a mobile phone to date.
The keypad is somewhat odd-looking, I would have preferred the non-Cingular keypad, but it doesn't bother me that much. Unlike the keypad, though, the power button is in a location that is very convenient to turn the phone on in your pocket, yet preventing it from being pressed accidentally.
The polyphonic ringtones are one of the features that I found to be beyond expectations. I would have never expected the quality of sound that I heard from this phone.
However, be cautious of picture messaging if you aren't paying attention. The phone was advertised as supporting "picture messaging." My guess would be that most people would assume that this meant you could send, or at least receive pictures from a camera phone. In fact, I found it stupid of myself not to catch that before I purchased it. However, it's not a big deal, a camera phone is just something else to break, anyway.
The battery life of my 3560 was better than Nokia's ratings. The 9.5 days of standby time is the minimum you will get from this phone. The only big battery drainers are calls (obviously!) and Games.
I was impressed with the ability to download ringtones, graphics and games over the air with a TDMA phone, however I found that Cingular does not support this at the current time. For anyone else who is using this phone with Cingular, I did find that you can download monophonic ringtones from www.cingularextras.com by specifying the Nokia 2260 or 3360. I think the 2260 option allowed graphics downloads too.
The phone has an integrated antenna, which is now becoming very popular. I was, at first, skeptical of the reception I'd get without a visible antenna, however I appear to be wrong, as it can rival (and sometimes surpass) the reception of antenna phones I've used before. I wasn't very happy about the "finger grip" that indicates where you are supposed to put your index finger while using the phone to avoid interfering with reception. Actually, it was a good idea, however the "Nokia" branding has easily worn off (as expected) in my pocket, making my phone look old already.
The phone also includes a PDA, text messaging with e-mail support, Java applications, voice recorder, voice tags (voice-activated dialing), and an equilizer.
All in all, I've found this phone to be my best decision in wireless. I got cheaper rates and a great phone. That's why Cingular Fits Me Best!
Recommended:
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Amount Paid (US$): 129.99
Recommended for: Stylish Trendsetters - Hip and Trendy
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