nitebird

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Pricey paperweight

Dec 29, 2006

Rating: 2 out of 10 (Terrible)
Pros: Sleek design
Cons: Lousy battery life reduces this to a land-line
Opinion:
The design was what attracted me to this piece of junk. Lack of features, I can forgive, even at this price. But the fact is that I was supposed to have purchased a MOBILE phone. The battery drain & the battery indicator that doesn't really indicate anything was too much. For my 8800, the battery indicator was either full, in which case the phone refuses to charge. Or it was empty, in which case the phone turns off. In areas of weak signal strength (like where I work), it goes from full to zero in about 5-10 mins of conversation. When you turn the phone back on again, the indicator registers full battery! Of course, the next incoming call shuts it back down in 5 secs.
7 visits to the service centre didn't help.
If I have to leave the phone in the desktop charger permanently, only to have 5-10 mins of conversation before it turns off, I'd be better off with a land line. If a mobile phone isn't mobile, it is just paper-weight.