I'd Buy This Phone Just To Pretend That I Was In "The Matrix"!!!
Written: Apr 15 '03 (Updated Apr 22 '03)
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Pros: Cool slide up/down keypad cover, browser, games, infrared port, organizer
Cons: Slightly bulky
The Bottom Line: A really cool and awesome phone with alot of really neat and cool features. I'd definitely get it!!! And maybe some of those sunglasses that Neo wore in "The Matrix".
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| rmskater's Full Review: Nokia 7160 Cell Phone |
Before I start this review, I want to say that I have never used this phone as my own. It is my friend's, but I have been using it alot. Personally, I will probably never switch to anyone other than Sprint. I am with them now, and will probably stay with them forever.
I must say, this phone is exceptionally cool, considering that it is a very old phone. Though old, it still has class and style!!!
When I first saw this phone, I knew it was cool, right off the bat! It's screen does look a little bit oversized (about 1 and 1/2 inches wide and tall), but not nearly enough to take away from the cool factor of this phone. I just love the fact that the keypad cover is a slide cover!!! I think that's so awesome!
Okay, this is a Nokia, so you can take a look at the review for my other Nokia phone, the Nokia 3585, for Sprint. There, I explain profiles, and give a few examples on where and why you would use them.
First off, as I mentioned before, this is an older phone. This being the case, the power button is actually on the front of the phone, on the upper-right hand corner of the phone, as all of the old Nokia's have them. It also has an antennae. The antennae is NOT extendable, or retractable, it's one of the fixed ones.
Now, after that, everything else about this phone is awesome! It has the keypad slide cover, covering the numerical keypad. The three function buttons that are not covered by the keypad slide cover are the left and right soft keys and the scroll dial "button". This is similar to the JogDial that is on the SONY Clie PEG-SJ30.
The scroll dial is awesome! You can set it to access the phone book, the quick menu, the 1-touch dialing, or the profiles. On the menus, you can also use it to scroll through the menus' options. This is very handy, and I've found that it's actually easier and funner to use than the average up/down scroll keys. As with most other roller dial buttons, you can also use this as a button, by just simply pressing the roller in, as you would a button.
On the stand-by screen, there are seven bars for both the reception and the battery. There is the clock which you can choose to hide, or show. There is also the digital indicator, indicating whether the phone's current status is Digital, Analog, or Roaming. There is also the name of the service provider. I noticed that since this is one of the older phone models, it is missing some of the functions that we seem to take for granted in the newer Nokia's.
One of these things is that there is no auto-update for the clock on this phone. You have to set it yourself, and it won't change for daylight savings time. It obviously doesn't have a GPS (Global Positioning System), which IS probably the reason why the time doesn't auto-update. In addition, the "banner" on the stand-by screen of this phone can't be changed. It will only show the name of your service provider, unless you hack out the logo with another logo, or just download another one.
Another thing that is missing is the letter-by-letter writing method. In other words, the only way to enter text into some of the applications, like the Text Messaging, is by the "Tegic" or Predictive text. I personally hate this, because I type faster on the phone than letting it guess the words for me. However, you are free to enter your own words when you are in the phone book option. You can use the scroll dial, or you can use the keypad.
On the stand-by screen, the left soft key is the Menu button, accessing all of the functions on the Menu. The right soft key accesses your phone book.
On the menu, you can access your messages options, giving you access to the Inbox, Outbox, the Archive, Voice Messages, the option to erase messages and write a message or e-mail. You can also access your call log, letting you discover (in a sudden case of amnesia) who you've called, who's called you, and whose calls you've missed.
You have the option to customize your profiles, but there are only five. You can rename them, and set them to have your phone act a certain way, for certain events.
You can enter the settings menu, where you decide the usual choices, like setting the clock, the call settings, 1-touch dialing, phone settings, and more. You can also decide what the dial button responds to, and choose to have the slide cover activate the phone.
You can choose the system, so you can decide if you want to stay solely on your service provider's calling area, if you want the phone to automatically detect it, or to choose roaming.
You also have games, like Snake II (Snake, but without the walls), Rotation (a game where numbers in a 3 X 3 grid are scrambled, and you must reorder them), Racket (a game like Pong, basically digital table tennis), and Opposite (a game where you place pieces on a board to change your opponent's pieces into your own color).
You also have the settings, where you can turn off the lights and the sounds for the games.
You have a simple calculator for basic arithmetic.
You also have a Calendar option which is slightly user friendly than the one on the Nokia 3585, for Sprint. You also are given a To-do list, which lets you write what you need to do, and then assign a priority number to it.
You have a browser on the phone also. I'm not too sure of what you can do with it, just that you can browse online, probably, with it.
There is also an infrared port on the top, for receiving or sending names and numbers, or for data transmission.
The final option on this phone is the keylock. It's kind of funny that this phone has a keypad, and even though it does have a keypad, the way the keylock works is even funnier.
The keylock is for locking the keypad, so you don't accidentally dial a number, or something like this, right? Well, it does indeed lock the keypad. The funny thing is, though, that the left soft key is the keylock, and the right soft key is for unlocking it. This means that even if the keypad slide cover is over the keys, you can still unlock the keypad. Funny, isn't it?
Recommended:
Yes
Amount Paid (US$): Unknown
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I like skateboarding and I love my cats and my best friend, Kelly.
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