Panasonic Versio EB-TX320 Cellular Phone With Color Customization
Written: Aug 14 '02
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Pros: Price, looks, sturdy construction, size and weight, reception and sound quality, colors
Cons: Some buttons/menu items are confusing
The Bottom Line: The Panasonic Versio EB-TX320 is an excellent choice: it looks good is convenient to use and has great reception and sound quality as well as good battery life.
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| dkozin's Full Review: Panasonic EB-TX220AS Cell Phone |
The Panasonic Versio EB-TX320 is a cellular phone offered by AT&T Wireless, which features excellent reception, stylish and functional design and reasonable price ($49).
Design
The phone comes with two interchangeable face plates that turn it into silver or red phone with black accents. It features durable construction and quite large and legible display with six selectable backlight tones.
There is a separate button to connect to your favorite phone number (to call home, for example) and the center of the phone features a large navigation key, which acts like a joystick and allows you navigate through the phone’s menus.
There are two so-called “Soft keys” that are used to activate the functions currently displayed above them on the phone’s screen. The phone’s End key also serves as power on/off switch, when depressed and held. All buttons provide good tactile response.
Performance
The phone’s reception and sound quality is exceptional, possibly due to the antenna that is a little longer than the phone. In addition to the regular conversation mode, you can use it as a speakerphone or with a headset hands-free.
The phonebook stores up to 100 contacts/locations with four phone numbers and an email. The phone also allows you use two-way text messaging and can operate in 800 MHz analog mode, 800 MHz TDMA and 1900 MHz TDMA.
The tones can be customized according to the person who calls you. You can select among 16 ring tones (10 melodies and 6 tones) and use them with or without vibration alert. “Quiet mode” uses vibration only without the ringer.
The phone also allows for three-way calling, caller ID, call waiting, call forwarding, auto redial and auto answer. The phone features alarms (up to 10 alarms – one time or daily) with volume that can be set to very loud.
The volume of the earpiece can be adjusted as well as the volume of the keys. The date format can be switched between American and European as well as the time format. You can enter the phone number while talking on the phone.
Super Dial and Speed Dial
You can assign the phone number to the button and dial this number by pressing and holding that key (super dial). Speed dial allows you place a call by entering the memory location where the number is stored.
Battery
The battery that is supplied with the phone is 740 mAh Li-Ion device that allows for up to 140 minutes of talk time or up to 200 hours of standby in digital mode with a charge time of approximately 3 hours, which is quite good as batteries go, especially for such a small size/weight combination.
The energy consumption increases in analog mode, so the talk time can by up to 80 minutes and standby time is only 5.5 hours. However, since coverage is mostly digital, there is not much chance that the standby time will be so short.
Conclusion
The Panasonic Versio EB-TX320 is an excellent choice: it looks good is convenient to use and has great reception and sound quality as well as good battery life.
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Amount Paid (US$): 49
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