jlim

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nice to look at but not as nice to use.

Feb 28, 2009

Rating: 7 out of 10 (Very good)
Pros: sleek design/nice screen color/sliding camera lens very creative and different from any other phones around/flash is surprising good.
Cons: volume button is wrongly place/touch screen ONLY for camera function:this makes the screen really small during normal usage.
Opinion:
had this phone for awhile now. have a few complaints and a few compliments. (well it always is that case isnt it?) :P

pros:
i really liked the design. well that was the factor that actually made me wanna get it in the first place.
next wud b the sliding camera lens. unique, really nice and tidily done. creative i must say. and the blue light illuminates when the camera slides open gives the phone a touch of class.
touch camera functions are sensitively nice to press. doesnt need much force and are spaced from one another perfectly. speaking abt the camera, the flash is more powerful than it looks, close to zenon capability.

cons:
well there's always the cons right? haha balance of nature.
one big big mistake that se made in designing this phone wud b the location of the volume button. it is located at the bottom right side of the phone which is not only inconvenient, but also really hard to reach. using it to zoom during photographs taking is fairly good but adjusting the volume is just bad.
next wud b the camera functions on the side of the phone, allocated to b touched makes the screen really small: around 1cm from the left and the right side of the screen are dedicated these function buttons. making normal phone usage of the phone have a smaller screen. a total waste in my opinion.

all in all: the phone's 5mp does what it promises.photos transferred from the camera to a desktop looks amazing, like one taken by a digital camera. but small screen shud makes us consider twice before purchasing it. :)