Great Little Phone With Lots Of Battery Life
Written: Aug 27 '04
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Pros: Small Size, Great Battery Life, Good Sound Quality
Cons: Lacks Good Security, All Features NOT Avaliable everywhere, Screen Hard To See In Sunlight
The Bottom Line: It's a great little phone for people who don't want to worry about battery life.
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| buggman's Full Review: Nokia 3560 |
I recently upgraded from another Nokia phone, and I must say this 3560 is much better than the old Nokia.
It features a color screen which you can customize with different color schemes and images, and you can download more, as long as your cell provider is compatible for downloads, which unfortunately mine is NOT.
You can set a screen saver to show only the time while the phone is in standby.
I have noticed that in sunlight, the color screen is somewhat difficult to view, especially if there is a heavily detailed background image.
I keep a darker background with brighter numbers and this works well for me.
You can choose from several built in ringtones or download more, again IF your provider is compatible, which mine is NOT! The phone also features a built in vibrating feature if you want to use silent mode.
There's the usual date planner, phone book, games and assorted features that I normally have no use for.
The phone book, however is quite handy. I've set all my most used numbers and all I need to do is scroll to the name or number and press the call button.
This is a very small phone, probably not the smallest, but for what I paid ($0.99 with a 2 year contract) I can't complain. With my cellular service, I can still upgrade phones or service plans during the 2 years, but unless the phone dies or breaks I'll probably be keeping this one as long as the last one... about 5 years.
The main thing I like about this phone is the battery life... the first day I got the phone, I charged it for a few hours until it was fully charged, and I didn't need to charge it again for over 3 WEEKS, under my normal use of about 30 to 45 minutes a week talk time with several hours of standby time. My old phone had to be charged every day, regardless of standby or talk time.
Now, I usually charge this phone once a month, even though the battery level is still above half way full.
I bought a car charger, but I don't think I'll even need it.
If you're lucky enough to be in a market that offers web access, downloads, text messaging, etc. features, you'll really be able to use all of the features of the phone.
One feature I miss from my old phone is the ability to block or unblock all calls with a simple 4 or 5 digit code. This phone requires NUMEROUS (maybe 25) steps to block calls.
I like to leave my phone on all day, and block calls in case someone steals the phone, this way they can't make calls without my code.
With this phone, it takes an average of 15 minutes to navigate through all the menus to block or unblock calls, this is a BIG inconvienence especially if you need to make a call in a hurry.
You do have the ability to lock the keypad from speed dialing numbers if the keypad is pressed accidentally. Ok, but not a great security feature, anybody that presses any key sees the message "press (whatever) key then (whatever) key to unlock.
There may be a simple method to block & unblock calls, but I can't find anything in the manual or on line that has less than 10 steps.
I almost forgot to mention, this phone has NO external antenna to get snagged on something!
It doesn't seem to harm reception either (at least for me) I have no problem keeping all the reception bars lit right up to the top around here.
The sound quality, both incoming & outgoing is better than the old Nokia I replaced.
The only complaint I have is the placement of the power button... on the top of the phone, heavily recessed and sometimes hart to use.
I know the engineers who design these things don't have much space to put a lot of stuff, but they could have put a little more effort into the power button.
If you have the phone in a case as I do, you need to open the top flap just to turn it on, and HOPE you're pressing the button for exactly 3 seconds to turn it on.
Included in the box is: the phone, hands free kit (basic), wall charger & manual.
Overall, a big improvement to older phones, but not quite perfect.
Recommended:
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Amount Paid (US$): 0.99
Recommended for: Adventurous Technophiles - Tough and Durable
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