We Love Our New Nokia
Written: Sep 22 '01
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Pros: Caller ID, Alarm clock, Love the choice of face plates
Cons: Our old face plates from our last Nokia do not fit our new one.
The Bottom Line: We are very happy with our Nokia. It is great for anyone looking for a cell phone. The face plates are very colorful and stylish.
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| kimzstuffz's Full Review: Nokia 5165 Cell Phone |
We have been through a few different cell phones. Our newest is the best one yet. The Nokia 5165.
Style: I love all of the choices they have for the face plates. The colors are so neat. We have gloss midnight and Bermuda blue. Currently we use the blue one. The phone itself is small and lightweight. It does not feel too awkward to hold. Also it comes with a hands free set which is great for while your driving.
Durability: Well we definitely put it to the test in this category. Patrick takes it to work with him every day. He does tile work in new homes. The phone has been dropped and banged into things numerous times. Still we have no problem, it works just as good as the first day. This phone holds up well for those who are not very careful such as me and Pat. The battery seems to have a longer life than our past phones too.
Now for the features: I am not going to list every feature. I will cover the special ones and ones we find useful or not useful.
*It has an alarm clock. The alarm will sound as loud as you have it set to ring. It also has a snooze feature. If you use it the alarm will sound again in 10 minutes. If you turn the phone off it will automatically come back on at the time you have the alarm set for. This comes in handy a lot. Especially for Pat when he is working. If he knows he has to call a customer back at a certain time but is working and may forget. He sets it for the time he needs to make the call. For me I do not really have much use for it.
*You can send and receive text messages. This is neat and has easy instructions in the manual for it. You can even save as many as 30 messages on the phone. You can send text messages not just in English but in Hebrew,Portuguese, and Spanish too. We only speak English and really don't need that feature but it is still nice.
*This phone even has games which sounds really cool at first. I believe the only time we have ever played them though was the first day when we brought the phone home. You can play memory,snake, or logic. The directions are explained for each game in the users manual. The only problem is that in a time of N64's and PS2's these games seem very generic and silly. They are black and white which is hard to get used to when even Gameboys are in color now. Also difficult to play on the tiny screen and small keypad.
*You can send and receive email on the phone too. We honestly do not use this option. I still think it could be useful to some though. You need to call your service provider after you get the phone to get what is called a gateway number to get started. There are instructions in the manual to guide you through using this feature.
There are many other features such as a phonebook, phone lock, voice mail, different rings to select,caller ID and all of the basics that you find with most cell phones. The ones I listed in detail are just the ones I find to be the most interesting.
The phone comes with an 86 page user guide. It is very helpful in explaining what your new phone does and how to do it. We found the instructions very easy to follow and they did not seem to leave anything out. I even found lots of interesting information in there about cell phone safety. How cell phones can effect different medical devices. Also how they can effect improperly installed electrical systems in your car.
We had rebates for the phone so we actually wound up paying nothing for it. It was 80.00 out of pocket and two 40.00 rebates.
Overall: We love the Nokia 5165 and highly recommend it to both new cell phone users and those looking for a new cell phone.
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Amount Paid (US$): 0.00
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Member: Kim Furman
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