Good Features, Bad Ergonomics
Written: Dec 19 '00
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Pros: Lots of Features, Cheap
Cons: Awful software ease of use, terrible call clarity, and terrible reception strength.
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| malyeung's Full Review: Kyocera QCP 2035a Cell Phone |
I bought this product because I formerly owned the Qualcomm Thin Phone. I loved the Thin Phone for its design element, particularly the long slender thin design which allowed for it to fit easily into my pocket yet made it easily "talkable" in my big hands. I went with the Kyocera 2035a because I needed a phone with a vibrating battery and headset features. At the time, this was best price for the most features and I had had good luck with previous Qualcomm/Kyocera phones, so I though this phone would be great as well.
I have now used this phone for a little over a month and a half and have encountered numerous problems. First, I find the user layout extremely cumbersome and unintuitive. Particularly bad is the lack of an easy "find" function on the phone's welcome screen. Instead, in order to find a number from the welcome page, I have to scroll thru every number in my book. In order to "find" a number, I have to enter the phones menu, scroll to the phone book icon, select the find function, and then finally type in the first few letters of the name and then hit the enter button not once but twice. This process is cumbersome to go thru and extremely dangerous if you need to find a number while driving. On past phones, I've been able to find a number right from the start page.
Secondly, the voice clarity in this phone simply does not compare to my previous qualcomm or any of the motorolas. in fact, the voice clarity is downright bad--I often encounter excessive static even when I have four "digital bars" of reception.
Third, this may be related Verizon but I think not, my phone seems to go into a "standby" mode after long periods of inactivity. I know this because the phone will stop takiing incoming calls after long periods of activity despite the presence of four digital bars of reception. THe phone then "reactivates" itself when I make a call, afterwhich I can receive calls for a few more hours. The reason why I think this problem is phone related is because I had NEVER had this problem with my previous Thin Phone on verizon service.
Finally, the battery life of this phone comes nowhere near the five day standby time. This phone has AT MOST 3 days of standbye power and that's pushing it. For average battery life, I get two days when I am in all digital areas and something like 12 hours when I mix digital with analog signals.
The goods of this phone, it has all the features that you could possible want in a phone except for more ring tones, which is not a big deal. These pluses of a feature rich phone are overshadowed by major flaws in other areas.
Recommended:
No
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