Why Why Why did sony even bother
Written: Jan 17 '04
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Pros: Nice round shape with rubber grips, blue lights
Cons: Unreliable, small pokey keys, small screen, "afterdesign" over older hardware, gets grubby easy.
The Bottom Line: Forget it, buy a GSM cell or even TDMA if email on your mobile really isn't the saviour
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| paradoxsm's Full Review: Sony Ericsson T206 Cell Phone |
There is one really outstanding features of this phone, the case is really comfortable and the rubber grips on the side mean you don't drop it,
10/10 there,
However there is little else to call home about as the voice quality is so poor you probably won't be.
Voice quality, Why did they even bother with CDMA (PCS), it's voice quality is so robotic and cracky tingy it's a wonder anyone hears what you are saying.
Ihe main thing that gets me with this hone is the Size, it's well kinda small but take all the casing off and it looks like is doesn't belong! it's like the smallest phone of its type shoved into a gaping, space wasting case.
Unless you are an asian with really really little pointy fingers you will have some problems hitting the tiny buttons which are crammed together like there is a space shortage! check out the * 0 # keys,
And the poor squashed small screen, it's a nice high res but so tiny on the big phone.
Software and reliability problems, Forget buying this phone, 50% fail, useless poorly made junk like most sony-ericsson sadly, made in all manner of cheap sweatshops in China with lowest tenders going first.
Cannot reccomend it. I have not owned one myself but they were staff issue at Telecom where I worked and were so bad I gae it back and went to my 8260 (reccommended)
most others just curled up their toes.
Steer clear of this problem sack
buy a TDMA 8260, or a GSM 6310i or 8310 (Nokia)
Tech notes:
CDMA was developed by Qualcomm who makes Eudora,
the voice CODEC which carries the voice sound is QCELP
however as most networks are so stingy on babdwidth they force a much poorer CODEC called EVRC which sounds like a Speak N Spell toy from the 80's, only so quiet you cant hear a thing they are saying due to the aggressive noise gates and data transmission techniques of CDMA
Go GSM and even old TDMA
Recommended:
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Amount Paid (US$): 150
Recommended for: Stylish Trendsetters - Hip and Trendy
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