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Summary: What a cool phone....
Review: ... but like someone else said, it's easy to get nickel-and-dimed by Sprint, especially for ringtones. I'm downloading my ringtones from http://muwap.com for $10/year instead of $1/ringtone, and have a different sound every week :) They just started giving amazon users 10% off with coupon code "amazon". Oh, and at first my phone could play the ringtones but not download them, but the guy who runs that site got the phone working in like an hour.
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Summary: This phone has it all...
Review: ...but I don't like the SprintPCS service all that much. Methinks T-Mobile is much better, and less expensive, too! The stuff that came with the phone (ringers and such) are a bit campy. I found a link to http://muwap.com here on amazon (with the 10% off coupon) and downloaded everything I needed. I'd buy the phone again in a heartbeat, but I'd go with T-Mobile service this time.
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Summary: If only Britney Spears could sing or act...
Review: ...she would be this phone. Not only is this phone very sleek looking, it performs very well. I was also looking at the Sanyo 4500, in fact I already had my mind made up. But you should see the Toshiba in person, it knocks the socks off the competitors visually. The display screen is similiar to notebooks with the enhanced screens. And though I've only had this phone for a short while, it's perfromed very well. Clear, crisp sound and the signal is much better than my previous phone (LG 5350). The camera option is better than I've seen on any other phone. The phone has a 310K-pixel camera which is pretty impressive for a cel phone. You can also record up to 15 second videos and play them on the phone. While the quality of these aren't spectacular, it is very good considering it's on a phone. Lighting is also provided for the video as well as flash for the camera. All the options to customize this phone were both plentiful and simple to obtain. Compare to my LG also, it went through downloads very fast on Sprint Vision. My only complaint is that the battery on the phone isn't great, but it's not terrible. Though I was aware that this was Toshiba's first stand-alone cel phone, I still took a chance with it, but I'm glad I did.
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Summary: Great Camera, bad phone.
Review: Before I bought this phone, I saw a review said it dropped voice so frequently that they had to return it. It made me hesitate. But I still decided to try. The sound effect has no problem, and the visual effect is wonderful. Speaker phone is loud enough for family use. Phone book search function is convenient. A great phone. The only thing I don't like is no detail for voice mail(ex. when the voice mail was received) shows on phone screen, have to call voice mail to get that info. A small issue, though.
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Summary: good phone GREAT screen Res
Review: cool phone with a ton of cool features, outstanding screen resolution, easy to nav, nice wow factor
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Summary: ***VERY RARE***
Review: Excellent condition, comes with box, all manuals, plug-in charger, car charger & lamb skin body glove
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Summary: BAD BAD Drop Off Rate
Review: Hi All;
I was dazzaled by the LCD on this phone so much I bought me & my wife a Toshiba. The camera & video took Excellant pics. Within 7 days of having the phone the 'drop-off'rate per minute was horriable. No matter where we went, in stores, in parking lots, on highways, at home etc etc, both phones were loosing between 1-5 seconds of airtime at a rate of about 3-5 times per minute. I'm very sad that this happened cause the video was so great on these phones, but it got to the point that I wanted to throw it against the wall cause of the BAD audio!!!!! I exchanged them within the 14 day return period for a Sanyo 4500 & Samsung A680 with hope the same will not happen
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Summary: BAD BAD Drop Off Rate
Review: Hi All;
I was dazzaled by the LCD on this phone so much I bought me & my wife a Toshiba. The camera & video took Excellant pics. Within 7 days of having the phone the 'drop-off'rate per minute was horriable. No matter where we went, in stores, in parking lots, on highways, at home etc etc, both phones were loosing between 1-5 seconds of airtime at a rate of about 3-5 times per minute. I'm very sad that this happened cause the video was so great on these phones, but it got to the point that I wanted to throw it against the wall cause of the BAD audio!!!!! I exchanged them within the 14 day return period for a Sanyo 4500 & Samsung A680 with hope the same will not happen
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Summary: "BEST" Display, Good Phone
Review: I bought this phone almost a year ago and I really like it. Being just a cell phone it works just great. Crisp clear sound without dropping calls, even though I have always got two bars on signal strength indicator (I live in basement so signals are weak). Sprint is my favorite becuase it has largest coverage area as compared to any other digital/non-digital competitor.
Year ago, when I went out to buy a cell phone I compared Sanyo VM 4500 and Toshiba VM 4050 just because they both had all the "goodies" plus the camcorder as a new thing on the cell phone(one of my friend owned Sanyo VM 4500 at that time). But the thing that helped me making my decision to buy this phone was its display. From the very first day I bought it, I challenged people if they had anything better than mine. Honestly, I have not seen (even after one year) any display better than this one yet.
This phone has many good features as compared to Sanyo VM 4500 that include voice memo recorder (this feature helps record your own ringtones too), navigation (software) is very user-friendly, very well designed phone book, a real easy and unique calculator, well optioned scheduler, high level of customization for display, menu and phone book.
Camera is OK for a cell-phone camera. Picture quality is average, but since the phone display is awesome so it makes your pictures look better as compared to other cell phone. Video recorder is a good feature to have even though quality is really below average. But, hey, Sanyo VM 4500 records the same quality videos too.
Reason, why Sanyo VM 4500 is expensive than this phone is really easy to understand. Sanyo VM 4050 supports live TV (MobiTV), animated screen savers, better camera options and louder speaker phone. Plus you can use speaker phone with lid closed on sanyo model which is not possible on toshiba VM 4050.
Beside these differences both phones are same. If you can compromise on the features given above than Toshiba is for you.
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Summary: Winning Blend Of Form & Function Distinguish The VM 4050
Review: I bought this phone based upon the "glowing" reviews (pun intended) I'd read for it's exceptionally large and vivid screen display, and this feature is indeed superb, with better visibility, readability and "WOW" factor than any comparably priced phone I'd seen. A pleasant surprise, however, is the overall ergonomic appearance and easy, intuitive icon-driven navigation of menus and features. Phone and speakerphone sound quality is above average, battery life is acceptable and I've not noticed the heat during calls issue raised by another reviewer; with the screen set to dim after 30 seconds it's not an issue.Overall, I can recommend the Toshiba VM 4050 as a winning entry by Toshiba into the cell phone market. It sports a bright, superior display, solid build quality, slick menu navigation, not to mention a decent camera with built-in flash! Any Sprint PCS customer looking for a fun, intuitive and solid performing phone should strongly consider it.
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