Best Sprint PCS 3G Phone There Is!
Written: Nov 02 '02 (Updated Nov 03 '02)
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Pros: Strong personal information management tools, OpenWave web browser, awesome battery life for color screen.
Cons: Thickness of the phone, lacks speaker phone, No PCS "Vision" capabilities (can't send/receive pictures).
The Bottom Line: An excellent phone, with awesome battery life for a phone with a color screen. If you want an all-around Sprint PCS Vision phone, this is the one for you.
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| Shane_B's Full Review: LG LX5350 |
To be honest the LG LX5350 is my second Sprint PCS Vision phone. The first one was the Samsung SPH-N400 phone, which was good, but had enough problems and faults that I exchanged it for the LG LX5350. I'll explain why in the review.
The LG LX5350 is a great all around phone, and excellent performer. It isn't as thin as the Samsung SPH-A500, or the SPH-N400 but it has better battery life then those two and in many ways more features and is only a little bit more expensive then the Samsung SPH-N400.
First off, if you plan on using the digital camera and the PCS Vision services you'd better look at the other two PCS Vision Phones (A500 & N400). Currently the LG LX5350 does not support the ability to send and receive pictures, but it does offer a lot stronger and better web browsing capabilities.
With the OpenWave browser that the LG LX5350 comes with, web browsing a better experience then with the Samsung SPH-N400. You can view the content and go to other sites before the graphics are done loading, like with Internet Explorer on a desktop. With the WAP browser on the N400 and A500 you have to wait until the entire page is loaded before you can do anything.
Also, OpenWave supports other website formats other than XHTML (WAP sites). I've been able to go to some HTML sites just fine, but if they have Javascript or Java on them expect some difficulties. Expect a normal web page, if it loads, to be truncated down to the small screen. It might be best to use the phone as a modem instead (when the cable is available).
The biggest feature I disliked on the N400 was the address book and the PDA features. With the Samsung SPH-N400 (and I suspect the same for the SPH-A500), you only have a space for 12 characters for the title for an address entry where it appears to be about 22 for the space in the address book on the LG LX5350 (have not completely tested that out). The downside is for the address book on the LG LX5350, you only have a space for 200 entries. On the Samsung N400, there is room for 250.
The PDA features on the LG LX5350 include a calendar, alarm clock, notepad and my favorite feature voice memo. All of the entry fields have room for up to 40 characters! The voice memo (voice recorder) has total space for about three minutes of recording total. The playback quality is very clear and easy to understand. Under the Fun Tools on the menu on the phone, there is also a Photo Album (which you can add pictures too when the desktop software and cable is available), two Java games (Egg Stack and Real Fighters), a tip calculator, a normal calculator and a world clock. Can you say feature loaded?
I expect the LG LX5350 phone to be the choice for power users like myself. It offers strong and powerful features (like voice memo), and has the best battery life of the "flip" style PCS Vision phones. Highly recommended for power users. For basic cell phone user, the Samsung SPH-N400 might be a better choice.
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Amount Paid (US$): 170
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