Great Phone if you don't mind the size
Written: Jul 18 '02 (Updated Jul 18 '02)
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Pros: Features, Screen Size, Scroll Button, Slide Cover
Cons: Need vibrating battery to vibrate, size
The Bottom Line: A great techie phone with tons of features... minus vibrating mode...
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| samimpl's Full Review: Nokia 7160 Cell Phone |
Well, I had this phone for about a year now and it has been great. (Although the service provider is another issue...) I'll just list some pros and cons for you to judge it for yourself.
PROS
The biggest pro for this phone is the display. When I let someone make a call on my Nokia 7160, this is the first comment I get. The display is HUGE compared to other phones. Another is the slide cover. Many of the Nokia phones don't have covers. My father has the old 6110 and he keeps on calling me by accidents. When I pick up the phone, all I hear is the back ground car noise.(since Nokia phones have easy redial features, this makes it worse...) Well, you do have the lock feature but it's such a hassle. It's also very unique in that it slides down instead of openning out which I think is cool.(Many people have almost broke my phone trying to open the cover instead of sliding... I guess that can be a con...) It also has a scroll button instead of up and down button like most of other phones. It makes it very easy to look up and down your large phone book as well as navigate. It feels very much like your scroll mouse... Lastly, the size of the phone is plus when using your phone. I used small phones like Nokia 8810 but it would hurt my hand after long use since it's so small and thin. I also didn't like the fact that I was not talking into the mic of the phone.(felt weird) With this phone, you can talk very comfortably for long time(long battery life) and you are talking into the mic since the cover slides down.
Ok, enough about physical attributes, now for the features. It has standard Nokia features like *games*(Nokia has best games), calender, schedule(I'll describe more later), messages, call logs, phone book(can put people in groups and can enter multiple phone number like cell #, home #, work # for each person), many many ring tones(I just use regular ring since I think many of the tunes are just silly. I guess many others think so too since when my phones rings, many people check their phones...), nokia's easy navigation system(my opinion of course...), and more. Now, let me tell you about the extras. I comes with synch cables and programs for your computer so that you can use your phone as organizer. Nokia had the schedule and calendar feature for long time but many people didn't bother to use it since it's so hard put entries using your phone. But, with this program and synch cable(as well as Infrared (IrDA)) to make your schedule on your computer and type up phone numbers on your computer and synch with your computer like PDAs! Also the big screen makes it easy to read off.(still, I don't use it... but it's there.) Another feature that I thought was very cool was that it can act as a external modem for your laptops. I tried to get it working but I couldn't... maybe it's my service provider or I am doing something wrong... but again, it's there.
Con
Well, that was lengthy pros, but there are short crucial cons. First is the size when carrying around. This another comment I get, "Wow, your phone is huge!". It's big and it isn't comfortable in your pocket... Great when you are using it, but it's a pain carrying it. I guess it's ok with a belt clip or in a bag, but I carry it in my hand or pocket and it's not comfortable.(I guess that is why folder phones are popular. They have it good both ways, carrying and using... and now with external lcd panels... I don't know why Nokia doesn't make them.) Another big con is the lack of vibrating feature. Hmmm... big phone with many extra features can't vibrate? What were they thinking!!! Biggest con for 6110 and 5110 was that they needed vibrating battery for the phone to be used in vibrate mode. It's same here since the batteries are exchangable between 7160 and 6110 and 5110 and other similar phones.(so you can use your old 6110 and 5110 batteries as back up batteries) The vibrating batteries don't last as long and interchanging batteries are such a pain... So when I have to put it in silent mode, I put it in silent and call back since it will let you know of the missed calls. I figured, vibrate mode was big plus but I won't be able answer or talk for long on those situations anyway. But, if you have emergency calls, you will miss them. If you have many emergencies, you should consider carefully. Well, that about does it.
Conclusion
It's basically a techie phone with many added features. If you don't care for added features, you can get cheaper nokia phones with similar features. If you don't like large phones, look else where. But, if you are someone wants a cool phone with many extra features, this is the phone for you!!!
Recommended:
Yes
Amount Paid (US$): 100
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