Nokia 3589i Cell Phone

Pros: Reception, Contact List, Tri-Mode
Cons: Lack of Business Like Ring Tones

Occasionally my husband resists change… His Nokia 5185I was still working, it was programmed like he preferred and he still liked it. Yet we were changing our calling plan, I was upgrading my phone, we were purchasing a phone for our teen ...

Pros: Reception, reception (two antennas), data capabilities, Nokia support
Cons: Minor features wish had

When the display of my old Startac 7868 gave way, it was time for a new phone from Verizon Wireless. First on list of priorities for new phone was reception in fringe areas such as my office building and having analog/AMPS backup for travel into rural ...

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My experience with the Nokia 3589i has been mixed. I can't say that I hate the phone, and I can't say that I love it either. Pros: - good reception. I seem to get a signal on this phone where many other Verizon users get none. This ...

Pros: Awesome Reception, Extra Features, Phone illuminates, a Great Phone for Anyone!
Cons: no speaker phone

I live in the Seattle Eastside Area and bought this phone from my provider Verizon Wireless. We previously had AT&T- and we had TERRIBLE reception in the hilly region in which we live. This phone pleasantly surprised us with its excellent reception. ...

Pros: Durable. Reliable.
Cons: Basic cellphone with no extras.

This item was bought from Verizon almost 2 years ago. Nokia cellphone. This is a basic cellphone with no extras. Still working after 2 years. I never lose signals and can hear the other person well. Durable. Has been dropped a few times and still ...

Pros: Reception! Reception! Reception! Simple interface. Large antenna. Inexpensive.
Cons: Not a clam shell - no wow! factor.

We moved last year into the lower half of a new housing development and our reception with Verizon Wireless was spotty at best. We had an LG-TM510 phone which my wife hated [difficult programming and retrieving numbers]. We could receive and make calls ...

Pros: Reception and durability make this Nokia 3589i the best that Nokia has made to date.
Cons: Battery life can be better, I wish that there were some games already pre-loaded.

This phone is the best yet for the cheap end Nokia's! This is a very tough and durable phone. It takes a lickin and it just keeps on tickin. I dont know how many times I have dropped this phone and it still works great!! Reception is very crystal clear. I am able to get a signal anywhere that I have been. The battery life lasts me a 2-3 days with light usage. When I use it a lot, battery lasts for a day and a half. I love all the ringtones that the phone has and I like the Profiles feature where I can set up my phone in different settings depending on my location.

Pros: It Has a wonderful signal reception efficiency which makes it better
Cons: Well it does lacks in some of the modern day features that other phones have

The 3589i is just about perfect phone for a working professional. 3589i gets the best reception ..It works perfectly.I only wish nokia still made them..It does not have a lot of bells and whistle but it does what it was designed to do.

Pros: Fine reception with weak signals and surprising durability!
Cons: Physically larger & heavier than some. Nokia DKU-5 computer link software has bugs.

I have three Nokia 3589i's on Verizon family plan.

I have been very favorably impressed by the quality of the reception at off-the-beaten-path places such as north shore of Kauai, south shore of Maui, and deep in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. I attribute the good reception to the 3589i's three band capability.

I have been surprised by the durability of the Nokia 3589i. One phone continued working after being dropped into a sink and being submerged under water for about ten seconds. We merely immediately removed the battery, dried it out with hair drier on cool, and then reassembled unit. Another time, my handyman dropped his 3589i so hard that the case partially came apart; we merely snapped it back together and it continues to work.

Available from Nokia and others is the DKU-5 cable and PC_suite software for transferring telephone numbers between the Nokia 3589i and a PC computer. I could not get the software to run on my Win98SE machine even with lots of technical support; it does work on my WinXP-pro machine, but the interface is not consistently intuitively obvious.

Pros: Reception, Battery life, color screen, downloadable features.... I can go on and on....
Cons: Backlight goes out a little too quickly .

I absolutely love this phone! I did my research on it before I bought it because I wanted to choose just the right phone. I wasn't looking for a camera phone right now, but with this Nokia it doesn't matter. It has all the features that you need in a phone. I live in an area where reception is poor, so this phone's dual antennas works great in my area. Battery life is excellent. I love all of the features that this phone has and I guess I'm a little bias because I've always been fond of the Nokia brand.