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Summary: An Almost Perfect Phone
Review: I have had the NEC 515 for almost a week now, after having to replace a Motorola T721 that mysteriously went dead. I never really cared for the Motorola in the six months that I had it either; it creaked alot when you held it,and the flip and battery covers were cheap and wiggled alot. While a little difficult to initally set up, you eventually find after about and hour, this was a great choice. The keys are highly tactile and have a firm feel to them. The sturdy flip cover locks in place when open or closed, and the battery is held motionless by an integrated cover. There is no external screen to display caller id, time, etc., but there is a multicolored LED that can be programmed to a certain color for certain callers. Personally, I feel that an external LCD is uneccessary, and is just susceptible to scratches. When fully open, the phone also accomodates to a larger man's face. I have always seemed to have a difficult time holding some of these matchbook sized phones to my ear, and the call recipient cannot hear me clearly since the microphone is so far away. The signal strength is mostly 100%, and the antenna is built into the bottom of the phone, below the keys.I have found that if you can avoid touching this area while in call, you can increase your clarity. This model has 2 processors as well, unlike most phones, which enables you to access its applications much more effectivly. This phone is almost perfect, I will enjoy this item for a while.
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Summary: excellent
Review: i have used the same piece before but in other service
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Summary: great phone
Review: I haven't had the sound quality problems or the dropped calls that other reviewers have complained about. This phone has been great for me. Using the features is pretty intuitive. I really like the form factor. It's just the right size. I think it's a great phone.
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Summary: Hello . . .Hello . . .Echo . .Echo
Review: I wanted to get my wife a cool flip phone for Christmas and I was already with AT&T. So I'm on the web and I see this great looking flip phone for FREE! I'm thinking, "Yeah, she'll think I spent a fortune and I'll look good doing it!" Well, turns out it backfired. Sure she was impressed with the large color screen and the many functions she would never use but then she made some calls. The people she called said they heard themselves in echo. ... Sure enough I call her with my cell phone and hear it myself. It seems as though NEC has been out of the cell phone business too long. The design itself is at fault. If you turn the earpiece volume up to a level that you can hear the microphone hole (located just under the hinge) picks up the callers voice. Hence the echo. So what can you do? Turn the phone down till you can't hear your caller? Make your callers live with the echo? I was very disappointed and so was she and that's when it backfired. ....
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Summary: Looks better on paper than it does in real life
Review: I'm not sure what all the hype is all about. Yes, it has a nice color screen with decent resolution, but overall the phone has a very cheap feel to it. The buttons look like they've been ripped from a mid-1980's cell phone. Additionally, the phone is not very user-friendly. The menus in the phone are very confusing. Instead of automatically alphebetizing your phone book entries, you have to specify the location of each entry by number. Then, it differentiates between contacts you add manually versus those you save through your call log, so now I can't even find half my contacts! Very strange. Also, the buttons at the top of the keypad (the buttons closest to the joint of the phone) don't make very good use of the space. Many phones that have this sort of GUI display use a joystick, which saves a lot of space and is a lot less confusing. Unlike many flip-phones, you can't see the time or incoming call information while it is closed. For a phone of this size, I'm surprised they didn't include this feature! The phone is a lot bulkier than the pictures show, and you really have to see it in person to realize how cheaply it's made. I thought it looked great online, and I now realize I made a big mistake. You can get a much better phone for this price.
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Summary: Great Phone, on the west coast
Review: Just bought the NEC 515 for free from attwireless.com. Great everything. Great reception, great sound, great look, etc.. etc.. My brother has the same one, however he lives in ohio, and gets horrible reception. My guess is it is the att service over there. I have traveled up and down the west coast, it and it works perfectly. Buy it if it suits u!
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Summary: unhappy customer
Review: My concerns were the incoming and out going calls, I read the reviews and concluded this might be the phone I wish to have. Disappointing, the voice quality is not good at all, I do not know if this is an att feature like their cs, or it is NECÂ's design problem. ATT cs , on the other hand, is an impotent entity within a dysfunctional disorganization, where their system sets bunch of under-trained individual with no power to make a change to face the customer with tons of problems. I had called 10 times the sc, waiting 1:25 hour, and minimum 15 minutes, yet none of problems solved. They have me on 30 minutes plan and charged me $300 for roaming and additional minutes, during the first 10 days of my service. The phone sucks, service is worse than the phone.
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Summary: Fully Features Phone, Looks Great & Great Price!!!
Review: MY OPINION ======I must say that I am a Nokia fan and was weary of trying anything else. It takes a lot to please me, but when I got this phone I was happy right away. For those that says it's bulky, well it's all your perspective I guess, yes it's a little longer than other flip phones on the market now, especially those tiny Samsungs. But I kinda like it because my sister has the tiny Samsung E105 which cost almost $300 and she drops it all the time, its hard to handle. I don't have this problem. The feel is great, whomever said it was cheap must probably want a $500 phone for this price. It's not cheap looking or feeling at all. PROS ======The most striking thing about this phone is the color scree, it's like looking into a tv. The menu, not at all confusing, and I came from using Nokia simple navigation for my past 3 phones. I never even went to the manual, figured it out after playing with it for an hour. The ring tones sound great ... I had a nokia 3200 with polytronic ring tones and this is even better. The graphics are wonderful. Very vivid and nice to look at. Overall the screen in the biggest plus, and it's a very big screen too which is what makes the phone a little bigger. COMPARISONS ======It's funny I was reading one users opinion on amazon about this phone, they said they sold this and got the Nokia 3200, well I did the opposite. The nokia 3200 is a great phone, very nice features (you can read my review on it on amazon) but its so ugly, and talk about bulky. It's also wrapped in plastic. No!!! Lastly, the resolution on this screen versus the motorola, No Comparison!!! Compared to the Motorola T720 & T721, they are a little shorter in height but wider, so I wouldn't say either is great in size. The outside display is nice I have to admit. The buttons on the Motorola are nices, they have silver around them, all that fancy stuff which wears off in about 3 months (I used to have the Matrix Nokia 8890 phone which was all chrome and silver, I had to replace the parts 3 times in one year cause it was frequently scratched or worn). So if you're going to be texting and using the phone alot, the buttons on this phone will take your longer. Lastly, the resolution on this screen versus the motorola, No Comparison!!! Compared to the Samsung E105, I found the samsung to be more plastic feeling, of course if SIZE if your only concideration in finding a phone and outside display, well samsung wins then. But in terms of menu, functionality, and resolution, and tones ... this phone wins. ... Well those are all the phones I worked closely with and can tell you about. CONS ======Again, it's not the smallest phone out there, but not by far the biggest or bulkiest. It's a good size. I truly wish for an outside display, but wasn't willing to dish out $150-200 more for the NEC 525 It's true, its a little hard to find NEC accessories, but not on Ebay. PRICE ======Sold my nokia 3200 for this, earned $70 for the transaction. Couldn't be happier. I think with a new plan you actually have to pay out of pocket, it's because of all the features that this phone has and the screen resolution. OVERALL ======Lets face it, phones like computers come in and out so quickly. I've never had a cell phone for over one year. I think this is a phone which I will enjoy for a year, then off to another model. For those giving this phone a bad rating because of poor reception ... check your carrier!!! It's not the phone. The dropped calls ... not the phone! I have AT&T in CA area, excellent reception. I had TMobile up until a few months ago, I found AT&T reception much better. I always have reception everywhere I go including inside malls, bathrooms, elevetors and at work. P.S. Gave it a 4 for no outside display and little long length
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Summary: Fully Features Phone, Looks Great & Great Price!!!
Review: MY OPINION ======I must say that I am a Nokia fan and was weary of trying anything else. It takes a lot to please me, but when I got this phone I was happy right away. For those that says it's bulky, well it's all your perspective I guess, yes it's a little longer than other flip phones on the market now, especially those tiny Samsungs. But I kinda like it because my sister has the tiny Samsung E105 which cost almost $300 and she drops it all the time, its hard to handle. I don't have this problem. The feel is great, whomever said it was cheap must probably want a $500 phone for this price. It's not cheap looking or feeling at all. PROS ======The most striking thing about this phone is the color scree, it's like looking into a tv. The menu, not at all confusing, and I came from using Nokia simple navigation for my past 3 phones. I never even went to the manual, figured it out after playing with it for an hour. The ring tones sound great ... I had a nokia 3200 with polytronic ring tones and this is even better. The graphics are wonderful. Very vivid and nice to look at. Overall the screen in the biggest plus, and it's a very big screen too which is what makes the phone a little bigger. COMPARISONS ======It's funny I was reading one users opinion on amazon about this phone, they said they sold this and got the Nokia 3200, well I did the opposite. The nokia 3200 is a great phone, very nice features (you can read my review on it on amazon) but its so ugly, and talk about bulky. It's also wrapped in plastic. No!!! Lastly, the resolution on this screen versus the motorola, No Comparison!!! Compared to the Motorola T720 & T721, they are a little shorter in height but wider, so I wouldn't say either is great in size. The outside display is nice I have to admit. The buttons on the Motorola are nices, they have silver around them, all that fancy stuff which wears off in about 3 months (I used to have the Matrix Nokia 8890 phone which was all chrome and silver, I had to replace the parts 3 times in one year cause it was frequently scratched or worn). So if you're going to be texting and using the phone alot, the buttons on this phone will take your longer. Lastly, the resolution on this screen versus the motorola, No Comparison!!! Compared to the Samsung E105, I found the samsung to be more plastic feeling, of course if SIZE if your only concideration in finding a phone and outside display, well samsung wins then. But in terms of menu, functionality, and resolution, and tones ... this phone wins. ... Well those are all the phones I worked closely with and can tell you about. CONS ======Again, it's not the smallest phone out there, but not by far the biggest or bulkiest. It's a good size. I truly wish for an outside display, but wasn't willing to dish out $150-200 more for the NEC 525 It's true, its a little hard to find NEC accessories, but not on Ebay. PRICE ======Sold my nokia 3200 for this, earned $70 for the transaction. Couldn't be happier. I think with a new plan you actually have to pay out of pocket, it's because of all the features that this phone has and the screen resolution. OVERALL ======Lets face it, phones like computers come in and out so quickly. I've never had a cell phone for over one year. I think this is a phone which I will enjoy for a year, then off to another model. For those giving this phone a bad rating because of poor reception ... check your carrier!!! It's not the phone. The dropped calls ... not the phone! I have AT&T in CA area, excellent reception. I had TMobile up until a few months ago, I found AT&T reception much better. I always have reception everywhere I go including inside malls, bathrooms, elevetors and at work. P.S. Gave it a 4 for no outside display and little long length
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Summary: this phone sucks
Review: ok i dont know whether its at & t or its the phone that makes it so terrible, this phone barely has signal, and the "no antenna" thing is definately the problem, something thats supposed to be attractive, makes it less effective, on top of that, the second month i owned the phone, my internet access, and m mode access, just stops? plus on top of that, i'm charged for buying things i browse, this phone is terrible, do yourself a favor, dont buy it
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