Philips 636 Cell Phone

Pros: Compact size, great price, decent sized address book
Cons: Weak signal - dropped calls and inconsistent connections

We all remember the story of the little engine that could, "I think I can... I think I can..." If you're considering the LG Electronics C1300, be advised that you may be about to purchase the little phone that couldn't. No matter how hard this ...

Pros: Can make and receive calls usually without many problems.
Cons: Dropped calls, clock loses time, ringer volume.

I resisted, fought it, claimed there were times I didn't want to be found, didn't want to be one of those people on the phone while driving, but despite my best efforts I had to get a cell phone. They're just too damn convenient and besides, do you ...

Pros: Utilitarian quality analog cell phone
Cons: Analog ONLY phone, discontinued, poor battery life with little talk time.

NOTE: The Nokia 600 series cellular telephones have been discontinued, as that they are Analog and most cellular providers are moving up to TDMA/CDMA (Digital).

How I met this phone
When I first saw the Nokia 636, I thought “what a...

Pros: Price, size, ease of use.
Cons: Very basic in amenities.

I want to write this review simply to offer a differing view on this phone. For what it clearly offers it does what it is supposed to do. We started our service on 4/17/05 and I have been using my phone since then with nary a problem. In fact, for the ...

Pros: small; nicely shaped; excellent interface; fantastic battery life; quality screen; very durable; awesome volume control
Cons: lots of memos, but rather short in length; no reminders;

I guess that my experience was different than the previous reviewers'. I've had mine for about half a year now and the only flaw was that it originally had sub-par reception. Around December of '04 LG replaced the antenna on the c1300 and they even ...

Pros: Small and light weight.
Cons: Dropped calls, no number view when phone is closed.

I paid $100 for this phone through Cingular and realized very early I got ripped off. I use this phone for work and began to hope my clients didn't call me on it. 75% of my calls were dropped and I lost my service every time I turned around. One minute I ...

Pros: sleek and lightweight, good ring volume
Cons: sound quality is terrible

I got my LG phone for free when I re-upped my contract with Cingular. My ancient Nokia was dying, so why not, right? This phone just goes to show that old credo is true: You get what you pay for. While this LG model can take the abuse that I put ...

Pros: Cute, small, light weight, cool feautures.
Cons: Poor reception, mirror blinds you when light hits it.

I purchased my LG C1300 when I opened a new 2 year term with cingular, for $49.99. I thought it was very cute. It has a great color screen, easy navigation, very easy to take advantage of all it's great feautures like, it can store 255 contacts on the ...

Pros: Cheap
Cons: Cheap Quality

I perched this phone in early Octerber 2006. It did not last me to the end of the year. I know I'm hard on phones, but my old motarola lasted me a year and a half. The LG C1300 is just a cheap phone. I got it for free so I really should not be complaining, but I was really disipointed when only after a few drops the screen when dead and eventually I could not ever recieve call on it.

Pros: It is small and light. Great at cutting off.
Cons: Poor design. Poor Reception.

this phone has terrible reception and constantly drops calls. Cingular was notified of this problem. They send another 1300. It did the same. What ever you have to do, upgrade from this phone. It is the single worse phone I have ever used. I have also used Nokia and Samsung. I never had the trouble I had with this phone.

Pros: Tiny, cute, lightweight, many features, great volume, access to the internet
Cons: Disconnected on lengthy calls, but good for someone who isn't on all the time.

I got this phone from HSN. It's tiny, cute and has many great features. I couldn't beat the price and went with the GoPhone (Cingular) service. I am not one to be connected to the phone 24/7. 200 anytime minutes per month is fine for me. For what I use it for, it's an excellent little phone. I can see why people who use a phone a lot may not like it. I did notice on extended calls, we would get disconnected.

Pros: Small, easy navagation, easy volume control.
Cons: Mirror too small, bad games, poor sound quality, bad reception.

This phone is small and is easy to use, but has terrible reception. The volume contol is easy to use, but sound quality is horrible.
Another bad thing about this phone the mirror, it is way too small, i can only see my eye! And the games are bad too, the only games that come with it are Black Jack and Poker.

Pros: Simple, no-frills, looks decent, buttons have a good feel, unlike almost all newer phones
Cons: none

For someone who wants a basic, no-frills phone, this is the way to go. I had it without one problem for three years. I flooded it twice and it suffered no water damage or malfunctions. I love it!

The buttons have that substantial feeling that is so lacking from the flimsy new phones like the razer. You actually feel like you are pressing the buttons and there is good pressure feedback.

Mine got stolen in Indonesia, and I am kicking myself for letting it slip out of my hands now that att doesn't offer it anymore. Anyone know where I can pick one up?

Pros: Small, good battery life, sturdy and inexpensive.
Cons: Connectivity is completely unacceptable. It simply fails as an operable cel phone.

Cingular pitched me on how great this phone was when I converted from AT&T to their service and convinced me to extend for another two years. It is a terrible phone and the worst by far of any of the six previous cels I've owned. I am amazed that it is actually recommended by a major cel service provider. I've compared it to several other brands of cel phones side by side when both were receiving the same Cingular signal in precisely the same exact location and have found that in every case my LG 1300 had the worst signal by far. In one instance another Cingular service phone had great service and my LG had absolutely "No service" ...yes, no bars. This is not just a bad phone, but is virtually worthless in my opinion.

Pros: It's small
Cons: Bad reception, not durable, home charger doesn't work

This phone has never worked right. 3 months after i signed a 2 year contract with at&t my home charger stopped charging my phone. The car charger did fine. I took my phone in and they tried a new charger didn't work.A few people I know have this phone and have the same problems. I ALWAYS get very bad reception. The screen only comes on half the time. Only good thing is it is small enough to put in my jeans pocket, which being a young female you have to have something small enough to fit.

Pros: Color Screen.
Cons: Flimsy, ugly design. Bad reception, the list goes on and on.

I don't actually own this phone, but I have played with my friend's C1300 enough to know that this phone sucks. First off I will start by saying it is very ugly. I mean come on who would want a mirror on their cell phone. Nice attempt at not wanting to waste the money on an external screen. The phone is flemsy and made of cheap plastic that always feels like its going to break. This phones reception is awful. Where other phones get a full signal this phone gets hardly any. The only good feature about this phone is it's screen. The screen is very bright and vivid.

Pros: Stylish, but so are high heels.
Cons: Signal too weak, using it too frustrating.

I bought this phone as an AT&T GO Phone. I was in a hurry, going out of town and needed one for business. I didn't do my research then, so I am now. The phone worked fine while I was in another city, but here and at my home the signal is so weak it goes from a couple of bars to none in seconds without being moved an inch. Since we have two other cell phones in the house I know it's not our location. Because of the weak signal I was unable to use it from home even to retrieve or delete messages. And trying to put my out going message on it was impossible. I had to go back to the store to accomplish that. I am returning it for another brand. I don't see the point in having to take a drive just to use my cell.

Pros: lightweight, easy to use
Cons: poor reception, many disconnected calls

We just got this phone a few months ago. This is definitely not the greatest phone, but it works decently. We've had many dropped/disconnected calls. The call quality isn't very good, either. Reception is poor. I guess it's just a weak antenna?