The best phone yet
Written: Feb 20 '01
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Pros: Very small (fits in pocket, no antenna), long battery life, very clear, very reliable
Cons: No external data connection
The Bottom Line: This is bottom line the best performing and smallest phone I've ever owned. I love it and I'm glad I got it. Even my wife and friends love theirs.
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| thively's Full Review: Nokia 8260 Cell Phone |
I've read a lot of negative opinions about this phone, and I disagree with almost all of them.
I bought this phone because I had a Ericcson KF788 and was never completely satisfied. The Ericcson was a pretty good phone, but the battery life was just too short. I had owned A Nokia in the past, my wife owned a Nokia 6160 and loved it, and my opinion is that Nokia makes the best sounding phones. I'd even owned 2 Motorolas in the past and wasn't completely pleased. Finally, I held this phone in the store and fell in love with it's size, I had to have it.
I carry my phone around with me everywhere and it stays turned on 24/7. I keep in in the front pocket of my pants and it fits very well. The lack of a prodruding antenna is great for carrying in your pocket. The battery easily lasts Monday through Friday with some life to spare. I never really measured how long it fully lasts, but it's a long time. Besides, it only takes about 30 minutes to fully recharge it.
The speaker volume goes higher than I ever need. Sometimes I forget the volume is all the way up (because the last person I talked to was quiet) and get an unpleasantly loud "hello" in my ear. The microphone seems to be top notch as well.
Clear? This is the clearest cell phone I've used to date, and I've used a lot of them. How about that antenna, do you lose calls, do you get cut outs? Well ironically this is the first phone I've ever owned where I rarely get any cut outs.... ever. Don't be fooled with the fact that it has no external antenna. Side by side other phones, this one had a signal in fringe areas where my friend's phones wouldn't get a thing (and they were on the same provider.) I never have trouble getting a signal indoors
The bottom line is that this phone performs excellent and better that I expected in all areas.
The phones features are great. You can read other opinions about them, but I don't have anything negative to say about my experiences with the menus, software or features. I think the phone book, text messaging, and ring profiles are all well done.
What about the cons? The only negative thing is that I don't think this has any kind of data port on it. I'd like get some softare to manage my phone book on my computer and download it to the phone, but so far I haven't found one that supports this phone. I think it may not be possible.
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Amount Paid (US$): 100
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