BEST PHONE EVER!
Written: Feb 20 '03 (Updated Mar 31 '03)
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Pros: Reception, Screen, Ringers, Speaker, & lightweight!
Cons: No outer buttons, Long phone, Battery life!
The Bottom Line: Definitely recommend to everyone who wants a phone with great clarity and is full of features. Again I have to say the large display is amazing to look at!
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| pjrivera03's Full Review: Audiovox CDM 9500 Cell Phone |
I've had the phone for over two weeks and it's simply perfect. I have had countless cell phones, over 12 in the past two years. The phone incorporates the features and qualities of all twelve. To top it off, its been the only phone to work in my neighborhood where there is a hole in Verizon's network. Can you believe it? I get a signal where there's a hole in the network coverage.
The phone has the sound quality of the LG-510 but better, the speaker phone of Motorola 270c (maybe not as clear), and the LG 4400 color screen, but its brighter and much larger. The phone also has a great GPS feature, the ringers sound unblievable, the menus work super fast, and the voice dial is the best yet, of all the phones out there.
Currently Verizon offers three color flip phones: LG 4400, Audiovox 9500, and the Motorola 720. I've used the LG and Audiovox 9500. I orignally started with the LG but I took it back to exchange for the Audiovox 9500.
LG Comparison:
The LG has a great screen and longer battery life with a talk time of three hours; the outer lcd display was awesome (very large and you can change the backlighting color); and the buttons on the LG has a better feel since they were made out of rubber. The LG is also smaller and more compact. However, the ringers always sounded distorted to me, and the inside screen is on the small side. The LG also doesn't have the speakerphone like the 9500. However, if you like a more compact phone go LG. Both phones wieghed the same, I couldn't tell a difference. Both screens are super sharp and the menus are easy to use. However, when it came time to the final choice I had to go with the phone that had the speakerphone, the large display which looks simply astonishing, and the phone that has the sturdiest feel.
QUICK NOTES:
Something everyone should note is with almost all color phones right now, battery life is going to be short. The LG does have better battery life than the 9500, however the 9500 has a much bigger and brighter screen which leads me to assume it sucks up more battery power. However, I find the battery to be pretty good, it lasts me all day during the week from 7 am to 9pm. I make about 7-15 calls a day, about five minutes each, and I check my mail a few times daily. On the weekends, when I use a lot of my unlimited minutes I plug in the extended battery I bought. The extended battery lasts me all weekend, with a good three hours of talk time, usually a little more than three hours. The extended battery doesn't add much depth to the phone at all, only about 1/8".
The phone has the sturdiest feel to it, compared to all flip phones Verizon has to offer. The hinge is solid and clicks when you close it with no movement. The phone doesn't feel flimsy like the moto. T720. The LG felt very sturdy, still not as solid as the 9500. I trust that if the phone ever fell it would be fine, the cover also doesn't scratch so easily as my old LG-510 did.
PROS: (IN A NUT SHELL)
-BEST DISPLAY on the Market
-Speaker Phone (Not the greatest in noisey environments)
-Reception
-Ability to hold signal in weak areas
-External Caller ID
-Easy Menus
-Menus move fast
-Simple User Interface
-100 Voice Dial Entry's
-Voice Dial works perfect, no cinks
-Great easy to use phone book
-Calendar
-Ringers are much better than any other phone. (When I'm at work and my phone rings, people think its a radio somewhere in the office.)
CONS: (Few cons, that really are insignificant)
-No external buttons to "mute" calls
-Longer then most flip phones by .2"
-Speaker Phone isn't as good as the 270c but still works great
-Battery life (that can be fxed by purchasing the extended battery)
In the end, the phone is unbeatable in my book; for right now. I"ve used so many phones over the past two years, and my search has ended. I've had the: Kyocera 2035a, Nokia 5185, Motorola V120, Moto. 270c, 2 Star Tac 7867s, Timeport 8767, 2 LG TM-510s, LG-V1x, Samsung n150, Samsung t300, LG 4400. (I've recieved these phones from work and I bought a few on my own for me and my wife.)
Verizon's customer service has been rough for me, and to stay with them they gave me a $100 credit on my account, I also recieved a $100 rebate on the phone, and the phone cost $150. So the phone was free and I got $50. I also got there current online promotion and was able to get a free extra battery and leather case. I paid an additional $15, and they gave me a free extended battery instead of the standard battery.
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I Actually timed the talk time I recieved for both phones and they are as follows:
Standard Battery I got: 93-100 minutes (1 Bar = 31 minutes)
(When signal was low I got up 93 minutes. When I had a good signal I got better battery time)
Extended Battery I got: 175 minutes - 185 minutes (3 Bars total, 1 Bar = 55 minutes)
REMEMBER: Altering Settings a little bit can also really improve battery performace. (ie. Put power save mode to "1 minute")
Recommended:
Yes
Amount Paid (US$): -50.00
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