Moving from Erricson
Written: May 15 '02
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Pros: Sturdy, Good Battery Life, Faceplates.
Cons: Sound quality is bad, Lack of more robust addressbook.
The Bottom Line: If you need a good phone that will last a long time on batteries this is the one.
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| endurance's Full Review: Nokia 5165 Cell Phone |
I recently became a AT&T user, and wrote a review on a awesome phone, my Erricson, however when my Erricson phone decided it would be fun to leap from my shirt pocket to a hard floor and shatter the folks at my AT&T Wireless shop were nice enough to trade me out this new Nokia 5165.
It was definately a change, but with my first cell phones being Nokia's (252c, followed by the 5190 which survived a car accident) I have had my share of Nokia phones and this is my first trip back, and its a nice phone.
Battery Life
Nokia is a good phone, first major difference from the Erricson standpoint was Battery Life out of the box. As people noted to me on my previous review of my phone you can upgrade the battery and have awesome battery life, but out of the box, Nokia win's hands down.
Quality in Sound
The battle goes to Erricson on this one. The Nokia is great, dont get me wrong, but with the Erricson it sounded more like you were on a phone than in a box. The Nokia has awesome range with AT&T but the sound quality lets you know you are on a cell phone.
Features
While Erricson's phone has a great address book (something I hope Nokia upgrades in the future) Nokia still has a lot more in text input via the keypad. What I mean by this is the ability to put in words using the numbers and have it guess correctly the word. Erricson had something similar to this but it only worked in certain areas.
The price
This I can not comment on too much, my AT&T Wireless store gave me the exchange for $2.00 since I was a new customer and wanted to keep me happy. Nokia's are traditionally cheap, but with each cell phone provider it differs. What you could get for free with a year of service at Cingular costs $199 at Verizon.
Overall
Worth it. This phone may not sound great or have a lot of bells and whistles but all I know is I have to recharge weekly, not daily on the battery without having to buy something extra to make the phone do that.
It's definately worth a buy.
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Amount Paid (US$): 2.00
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Member: Charles Brown
Location: Bakersfield,CA
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