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3 "Skypephone" mobile phone Will this change mobile phones forever?

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User: Toy Slowbin (profile)
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Date Posted: 4 April 2008
Review: The more I use this phone, the more I hate it!

Sure, the data cable/power supply port is better than my old Nokia 6230, as is the camera.

However basic features, like speed-dial for instance, are missing, and it is a quirky phone to use.
Pros: Skype is good, camera is excellent, data/power port is good, mix and match 300 package is good value, customer services are quick to respond and polite.
Cons: Software is poor, Bluetooth switches on whenever a call is recieved, music playlists are randomly deleted, Skype occaisionally refuses to accept correct password.

My advice, go for a Nokia and download 'Fring' (a Skype compatible software package), or stick with your old 2G phone!

3 customer services have strong accents, and poor English, making them hard to understand.
Score: 3/10
Rating: 1 person has rated this review helpful

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User: james202 (profile)
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Date Posted: 8 March 2008
Review: Poor quality of it is the first thing I'll mention here. I tried to put my memory card in it and I didn't understand how and the instructions were less than no at all so I broke it.

I taught it was my mistake but it wasn't cos I put my cushions on the headphones and they broke while I was putting. I thaught I wasn't careful but I tried second one and it broke too.

I had Sony Ericsson w850i and the cushions for those headphones never broke even I never cared putting on and cleaned them too many times.

Little thing but if put together you can see Skypephone in a bin very soon. Coincidence? No way. Then not even first week passed and the battery cover of my black model started coming off cos it was too hot cos they don't know how to make a basic phone.

I have MOTOFONE F3 and it was so cheap that I can't think how it's still like new and working compared to a skyphone doesn't deserve a big letter or none at all maybe even forget it and remember just how bad it was back then. I believe they didn't use much if any quality in making it. Then that annoying T9 dictionary is on almost everytime I write something and nowhere it says I can switch it off not even on the net. So I hate to switch from T9 to normal too many times and it's pain in the ass.

Three wasn't very reliable at first maybe never. And it's screwing Skype's name but maybe there isn't such name, it had some problems like three. Same guys doing same thing, I'll be soon out of it if someone smarter than them find a better thing cos you want run for your life, what a joke. One of the worst phones I ever had. It's like that Epic movie so terrible!

Battery cover slides off while plugging charger or just touching it. Skype's voice sound's cheap and text messaging a little slow but working.

It's like a new car about which you stop worrying very soon because there is almost nothing worse that can happen it's already so bad.
Pros: That it works, if you are blind. If you are blind consider yourself lucky.
Cons: That quality is very cheap, low. It wears & tears too fast. Some features missing.


Score: 2/10
Rating: 3 people have rated this review helpful

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User: leylandlover (profile)
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Date Posted: 17 November 2007
Review: I love it. The phone has a nice solid feel about it and is somewhat reminiscent of the old Motorla e 398 (I loved that phone too) The menu is nice and simple and takes no time at all to familarise yourself with.
Pros: So easy to use, and has all the basics you will ever need. It works well too - it doesn't have the annoying lag when you press keys and start applications like so many of my previous phones have done. As far as value for money goes, $179 AUD buys you a lot of phone for your money.
Cons: The only annoying thing about this phone is video calling - it IS possible, but you have to tirn the camera to face you and the screen away - so unless you are adept with a mirror, your caller can see you but you cant see them or vice versa! The speaker on the phone could be of better quality too.
Score: 8/10
Rating: 7 people have rated this review helpful

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