Audivox CDM9000 produces big on feature, lacks in durability.
Written: Mar 26 '02
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Pros: Many features, small battery
Cons: Durability,tech. glitches
The Bottom Line: Buy a Nokia because with the audiovox, you will inherit clarity problems, technical delays, and poor reception.
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| mikedogg195's Full Review: Audiovox CDM9000 |
The AudiovoxCDM9000 is an awesome little gadget; until the day you realize your phone's many little annoyances and tech. problems.
The Phone Itself
The Audiovox phone itself is great, and I would highly recommend it to those in search of a cell phone. It features quick dial, scratch pad, call-waiting, voicemail, text messages, keypad lock, call timers, and web browsing. With a 99 slot reserved for your friends' numbers, this phone has everything you need to spoil yourself.
The body is also very appealing to the eye. Its groovy, slim design features a lightweight, 4.8 oz. battery. The phone also has 15 ring types to chose from. By holding the * key down, a voice command dial can be set up. "Call Ben," is all I have to say and my friend is soon enough on the other end of the phone.
If you have trouble getting up in the morning, you can program your phone to wake you up with its alarm feature. I prefer having someone call me in the morning, but either way, you will be up by a needed time...or will you?
PROBLEMS
I was having the time of my life with this phone while it worked correctly, but now I find myself with a ton of annoying little problems. I woke up late for school one day and thought, "Wasn't my girlfriend supposed to call and wake me?" I checked the phone, and it said that I had no missed calls, so I figured she screwed me over. I got on the bus and the voicemail alert popped up and I had like six new messages dating to a week back. What took so long to get these? I prompted the voicemail command, and listened to the messages, all were basically the same..."Mike, why aren't you answering your phone?!" I called my girlfriend back on her cellphone, and in the middle of our conversation, my phone hung up on us. That was just a beginning; now the phone has terrible reception, I have to jam my mouth to the receiver for the other person to have a chance to hear me, and I have to wait weeks to get my voicemail. The phone material is also pretty cheap. The screen on my phone cracked and I don't know how that happened since it is in a leather case and in my pocket all the time. And now, the battery screws are loose and i have to manually screw them back in with a tiny screw driver so I can charge it up at night. I thought my phone was defected or something, so I talked with others on-line if they had a similar problem, and many said they did.
The AudiovoxCDM9000 looks cool, has all the cool features, but to me personally, is a bad luck charm. I inherited a phone with a ton of problems. I can't wait until my service contract is over so I can go get a Nokia or something.
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Amount Paid (US$): Contract
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