Another nextel ad
Written: Oct 31 '01
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Pros: Really cool features, voice dialing, better games, customize-able menus
Cons: Too delicate
The Bottom Line: Direct Connect is free with most plans. All digital network. Great customer relations.
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| NYEMTD99's Full Review: Nextel i85s |
I've been using Nextel for years, and the phone always worked, I've had other models that were so tough you could tune somebody up with them and then call the police. When the i85 came out I jumped on it, but the sales agent warned me that the phone was somewhat designed with business people in mind. The other Nextels were pretty much made for construction and the like. Well, I'm paramedic, so I don't have the most delicate job in the world. The phone is clear as a bell, all the little gadgets and internet programs work great, except when it fell off my hip (it doesnt come with a holster which i am used to) and fell to the ground at only a height of maybe 4 feet, the screen decided to explode all over the pavement. Don't get me wrong, I was a little careless with the phone, and I am alot more careful with it now.
The main thing to remember about Nextels is that if no one else that you know owns one, the "Direct Connect" two-way radio feature is useless. I'd suggest you and a COUPLE of friends go in on it together, otherwise you'll be so sick of talking to the same person over and over it'll defeat the purpose of direct connect in the first place. In addition, don't get one alone with a girlfriend.... hello electronic leash. Just a warning.... ask anyone who's done it.
Nextel is a very reliable service. I've barely had any trouble with the coverage and their customer service is open 24 hours a day. And Nextel OWNS thier own repeater towers (those things on the side of the highways that look like metal trees, they make the phone's range go farther), so there wont be any interferance with competing companies that rent the towers from a general contractor.
My overall rating is 5 out of 5 stars.
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Amount Paid (US$): 190
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NYEMTD99
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Location: New York
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