A phone worth considering
Written: Feb 13 '01
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Pros: Light Weight, Durable, Easy to read display, 4 types of numbers stored per 99 entries.
Cons: Not the most intuitive to understand requiring some reading of the manual.
The Bottom Line: Recommended to anyone that has the time to read the manual for 30 minutes. After doing so, you'll appreciate the features and get the most out of this phone.
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| GilS's Full Review: Motorola StarTAC ST7868W Cell Phone |
As long as you have the time to read over the manual for 30 minutes, this is an excellent phone. I like the ability to press a letter to quickly jump through the phone book to look up a number quickly.
Some of the features I would have liked is the ability to keep the banner showing when it's in locked mode. On my old Qualcomm phone, I always put my phone number there in locked mode so someone could call me if it ever got lost. Another feature that's lacking is the ability to change the default to scroll by numeric order. The default is alphanumeric order and you need to press RCL-01 to start scrolling in order. On my Qualcomm phone the order defaulted by numeric order which I liked better. One other gripe I have (that I haven't figure out yet) is how to move a numeric entry to a different location. I may have to look in the manual some more for this one.
Beyond this minor annoyances, this has been a great phone. The clarity has been excellent (I'm using Verizon), the buzzer mode works fine for me, the durability of the attena hasn't been a problem for me, the light-weight portability is a plus, and long battery life.
All the important things I was looking for this phone has. One minor feature that may be important to others is the different ringer types. I think there are only 9 tones (of which I only like one of them). This wasn't a big deal to me since I prefer to keep the buzzer mode on most of the time. I get really annoyed at people that leave the ringer on during meetings, church, movies, etc. The buzzer mode should be on most of the time.
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Amount Paid (US$): 200
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