Is that a cellphone in your pocket, or are you happy to see me
Written: Apr 16 '01
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Pros: Digital Phone, with ability to send SMS messages and e-mail
Cons: Not a con for everyone, but connected through Rogers AT&T
The Bottom Line: Great phone for all those looking for many features, while maintaining a low cost.
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| vivisector's Full Review: Nokia 5165 Cell Phone |
If your looking for an inexpensive cellphone with loads of features that sounds great, look no further. The Nokia 5165 is the phone for you. When we switched our cell phones at work a while back from Motorola to the Nokia 5165, I was a bit skeptical. The main problem I had with it was the fact we also switched carriers, we went from our local Bell company to Rogers AT&T. This was a major hurdle to overcome, as we have very little coverage outside the major cities in this province, where as the Bell company pretty much has the countryside covered. While not a problem to most, with my job, I spend most of the time driving from place to place, and it would be nice to be able to use my phone everywhere.
Little by little, this phone has been winning me over. The sound quality of this device is great, most can't tell that I am not on a landline when in Digital territory. When switching over to Analog, quality is a bit lost, and the battery life is affected, but still on par with the pack. The phone has SMS messaging and you can read/write messages or send/receive e-mails from it. It also comes with a neat feature called "Predictive Text Input", which is basically a dictionary which predicts what word you are typing and fills it in for you. Much like your web browser filling in website URL's when typing in the location bar.
The phone also has an easy to use address book, which saves both phone numbers and e-mail addresses, up to 100 contacts. The phone also comes complete with 30 different rings, and has 5 additional memory slots for rings you can download, provided your cell phone provider has them available.
The phone has an amazing battery life. With the basic battery that comes with the phone, you can have over 3 hours of talk time, and 2 weeks of standby time. You can upgrade your battery to have either a longer life, a vibrating case, or both. The phone has many accessories that can be upgraded such as a charging stand, a car install kit, complete with hands free calling/talking and an earpiece, belt clips, hearing aids, and a feature called "Change on the Fly" where you can change the keypad on your phone to any color in about 10 seconds assuming you have purchased one of the 6 available other colored keypads. While I don't think I will ever use this feature, if you ever have a key that doesn't work, it allows you to fix the problem without the large service bill.
And finally, for those boring days (I don't recommend this when driving), it comes with 3 games. "Memory" which is like Concentration, where you flip 2 cards and keep going until you match all the pairs. "Snake" which is an old DOS game where you get your snake to eat dots while not biting itself or hitting the barriers. And "Logic" which is much like Mastermind, where you must figure out the randomly selected order of symbols. While not a Gameboy, it is more than you would expect from a phone.
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Amount Paid (US$): free
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