Great (and cheap) phone!
Written: Jul 16 '03
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Pros: Cheap!, Color Screen, Battery Life, polyphonic ring tones
Cons: No Web Access, limited selection on ringtones and graphics
The Bottom Line: This is another solid entry into Nokia's product line. Dont' pass it up when looking for a new phone. Much better than my Samsung R225M!
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| travis413's Full Review: Nokia 3560 |
This is my second mobile phone. I like it a LOT more than my previous Samsung R225M on T-Mobile's service. I am now using this phone on the AT&T TDMA service. Since this is a review of the Nokia 3560 and not the carrier, I'll try to narrow my review to only the phone.
Reception: Since this has a lot to do with the carrier, I'll just say that the reception on this phone is above average. I was skeptical of the internal antenna on all of teh new Nokias, but I'm impressed. There's also an equalizer on the phone in case you want to filter highs or lows out.
Battery Life: Excellent! I can leave this phone uncharged for several days and it doesn't run out on me. Nokia claims the phone has 6.5 hours of talk time and 228 hours of standby time. I haven't measured exactly, but I would definitely say it meets or exceeds that.
Screen/Interface: This phone is much like ever other Nokia phone I've ever used in terms of interface. Almost all of the commands are the same on the menus. I've always admired this from Nokia. Everything is simple to use. One gripe: In my opinion, the alarm clock should be located in the "Organizer" menu, not under Settings-->Time Settings. The color screen is a nice touch. It's of good size and easy to read. In the bright sun, the screen can be somewhat hard to read of you're using one of the pictures supplied as a background. This is my only complaint about the screen.
Tones/Graphics: This is one area that falls mainly under the responsibility of the phone carrier (AT&T in my case). The included ringtones are for the most part, cheesy. I use the standard nokia tune. There are 12 graphics included on the phone. As of the date of this review, I've had the phone for about a month and a half. I STILL can't get any polyphonic ring tones downloaded through the AT&T website and I also cannot get any color graphics. This, I know is not Nokia's fault, but since the phone is only available through AT&T or Cingular, it seemed important to mention.
Accessories: The phone comes with the usual wall charger and an earpiece. I can't complain too much about the charger (it charges, what else do you want?), but the earpiece could use some work. The earbud is on the verge of painful. I plan on buying a Jabra to replace the one included.
Other:
-There are covers availble for this phone as with several other models. One thing I like about the covers for this particular model is that they're interchangeable with the covers for the 3595 and 3590. You just have to keep your keypad. There are many covers available online, but I've yet to see any in retail stores around my area.
-The games included are fun once or twice and boring after that. I haven't found a phone for which this isn't true though. Could we please bring "Snake" back?
-The organizer is cumbersone to use, but I didn't get the phone to organize my life, I got it to make calls.
This leads me to the most important feature of this phone...
It's FREE! AT&T is offering the phone for $99.99 with a $99.99 instant rebate. I personally didn't get it online, I got at the AT&T wireless store. I simply told the representative about the offer and he price-matched it. I'm not saying this is certain to work, but I'd give it a shot. In my opinion, the fact that the phone is free nullifies any minor gripes about ringtones and menus.
Recommended:
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Amount Paid (US$): 0.00
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