Excellent Communication is the key....
Written: Aug 03 '01 (Updated Aug 03 '01)
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Pros: compact, various ring selections, excellent battery life
Cons: size, volume
The Bottom Line: This phone in an excellent communicator in a spoken world.
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| rngpie's Full Review: Nokia 6160 Cell Phone |
Communication is the key. Good Communication skills. Communicates well with others....
It is time to face reality. No matter how much I love to read and write, it is a 'hearing' or 'spoken' world that I live in, and to succeed I need to be able to communicate clearly and directly with the others that I work with.
As a transportation provider, I do not get the chance to discuss my schedule over coffee with my boss. Instead, it is usually done while I am on the road over the company cell phone, Nokia 6120.
Our company has 4 Nokia 6120 phones in use daily. Each of the 3 vans keeps one at all times, and we have an extra at the day care to call in on.
Our phones are taken off their chargers at 6 am and replaced at 6 pm to be charged. Even though it is a full 12 hours before being recharged, I have never had a phone that had a dead or low battery.
From cell phone to cell phone, the conversation is clear if we ( the drivers/vans) are within 5-8 miles of each other, any farther than that and it is very difficult to hear.But in all honesty, not only are the phones picking up the sounds of voices, they are also picking up driving sounds, and our vans are noisy.
From cell phone to stationary phone, the conversation is much clearer and easier to understand. I have noticed when I get about 10 miles away from the stationary phone that I am calling, whether it be work or a friend, that the reception is impossible. A lot of times I can hear the stationary person, but they can not hear me at all.
One thing I love about this phone is the different ringing tunes you can choose from. There are at least 4 tunes only for Christmas. There are several classical tunes and then the standard Nokia ring.
Although, the volume can be set at different degrees of loudness, the loudest ring is still difficult to hear while traveling in the vans. I have missed countless calls because I did not hear the phone ring. This in turn means that some clients did not get picked up because they are not normally scheduled to come in but have called and said they wanted to come in. When this happens, I must return and pick them up which throws a real monkey wrench in the rest of my route/day. I wish the volume could be made louder.
The phones are very compact which I love. Being a driver, I generally always have about 5 things in my hand when beginnning my route, one of which is a clipboard. The phones are compact enough to fit into my shorts pocket or slip into my purse as I carry the stuff to the van.
Although we don't use it, the phones can be provided with a adaptor that plugs directly into the cigarette lighter, for added charging.
This phone can definetly stand up to the use and abuse of a harried driver. I have accidentally dropped my Nokia several times, yet the phone continues to work just as good as before the dropping. Yesterday, I accidentally dropped the phone and the battery snapped out. I was sure that when I replaced the same battery that the memory would be erased, but no, the phone worked just as good and the memory was still intact.
One of the best features of this phone is the range indicator. Our routes often take us into the hilly country to clients homes. With the range indicator, we instantly know whether we are too far out to call back.
For the price, this is a really handy phone.
Recommended:
Yes
Amount Paid (US$): 149.00
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