If I drop this, I'll never find it!
Written: Dec 17 '99
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Pros: non-existant weight, great options, small size, good battery life
Cons: price and I'm afraid I'll drop this and never know
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| poseidon's Full Review: Nokia 5160 Cell Phone |
WOW.
That about sums up my opinion on the Nokia 5160.
To compare this phone to my previous Motorola Flip Phone I despise (go on, read the opinion!) -- I think a two tin cans tied together with string would beat that phone. But this teeny-tiny phone beats out my phones at home, too.
WOW.
This phone took me longer to figure out how to use it than did my computer. That's not a bad thing, I just was annoyed at first when I tried to follow the instruction book and had to re-read it (yes, ladies, some men do read instruction books). Once I started paying attention, the functions were pretty simple to figure out.
I'm surprised they could jam this many options into a cell phone. It holds an entire rolodex worth of information on whoever you want to program into the phone. The phone has an alarm clock. I can pick which ringing tone I want, or I can switch it to vibrate instead of ring (that's always good for a scare when it goes off in my pocket!).
Speaking of pockets, this little number fits in my jeans pocket just fine. I'm honestly scared of losing this thing, because its so tiny, and weighs close to nothing. It is so thin I don't even know its in my pocket. If I compare my flip phone to this little Nokia, it is like going from a 1960s Chrysler Ambassador to a 1990s Honda CRX.
Believe it or not, this phone also gives you the ability to entertain yourself -- yes, it has games! I've not bothered to try to play any of them, but I was reading in the instruction booklet, and it comes with three simple video games to help pass time.
Battery standby is somewhere between 100-350 hours. Talk time is three hours.
This phone is a tri-mode phone, which means it will work on any of the three cellular systems available in the United States. This option is very important to me, because my job requires travel to various parts of the US whenever a disaster (such as a tornado, hail storm, or hurricane) strikes. I need the option of running off any one of the three systems available.
I would recommend you pay the pricey cost of this phone, because there's not a better phone out there!
Recommended:
Yes
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