Excellent full featured and very thin mobile phone
Written: Nov 21 '00 (Updated Nov 21 '00)
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Pros: small, light, inexpensive
Cons: flat design may take some getting used to
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| TauDelt's Full Review: Qualcomm QPC-860 Cell Phone |
The Qualcomm QCP-860 is an excellent and significantly lower-priced alternative to the Motorola Star-tac mini phones. The 860 is amazingly thin and light, yet quite resilient to bumps and drops. It fits inside a standard soft-sided eyeglasses case (which provides much more protection and looks cooler than the leather cases that are offered for this phone) and certainly fits easily in a sports jacket pocket or a purse. For some, the flat design may be slightly uncomfortable, but the shaping of the earpiece somewhat compensates for that.
Standard battery life is quite remarkable - a good 30 hours of standby time with the internal battery. You can buy an external supplemental battery, but most users may not find it necessary to make the investment. Non-stop phone users will need to recharge after about 12-16 hours.
The 860 is both analog and digital capable, allowing you to use it almost anywhere in the country that there is service. Sound quality in digital mode is superb, and analog quality is better than most analog only phones that I've used.
With the digital capability, the 860 is also web-enabled, allowing you to surf the web through a text browser interface. While the interface may take some getting used to, it is on par with other wireless-web phones. A feature of the 860 web browser is that if you are inactive for 60 seconds or so, it drops the connection (to save you precious minutes on your airtime plan) but keeps your info cached. When you choose to move to a new site or screen, the reconnect time is significantly reduced from the initial login time.
While the purchase price is listed above as about $75, most service providers will sell this phone to you for between $9.99 and $39.99 with a 1-year service agreement. At this price, you can't go wrong.
Recommended:
Yes
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TauDelt
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