That day this phone had a offer... For RM199. I was a little late so I bought it for RM230. It came with a 2GB memory card.
The packaging was simple. A normal glossy cardboard box.
The total contents of the box. A manual, screen protector, warranty card, an earphone, USB cable, a spare back cover, a case, the phone, the memory card is inside the phone, I took it out just to take a picture of it.
The phone itself. As you can see, it has a QWERTY keyboard. It is quite well spaced to me, but the buttons are harder than any other phone I have ever used. Maybe because it is new? Hmm. The fit and finish is very good. No large gaps or anything. Everything is flush. The middle button is a touch-sensitive key. Sensitivity is good. It can also be pressed to enter into menus.
Sending SMS-es are kinda troublesome. After typing, you need to press the middle button, then press it again to send.. Then you need to select the contact you want to send it to (even in replying SMS you still need to do the same), then select which SIM card you want to send it through. I only like the last part as I feel the previous few steps can be skipped.
Camera performance is something which I can't comment as I used only cameraphones with AF. Anything without AF has lost everything even before checking the quality.
The menu is intuitive. Nothing much to see here. You can access most applications easily.
There is a motion sensor but it is kinda hard to use. I can't use it perfectly yet. I might get used to it later. But I will not count this as a major feature of this phone.
There is an Azan clock, calendar, music player...all the common phone applications. The music player only plays .mp3 format songs, so my library of .m4a songs are unreadable. It only displays the filename of the song. It does not read the ID3 data of the songs at all.
It can use a Nokia 2.5mm charger or USB charging. I tried USB charging but it seems to off the phone. A very disappointing feature.
Connectivity is via the proprietary port or the Nokia charger port. Bluetooth is supported.
The battery is a 900mAh unit.
The back-lighting of the keys are rather uneven but it will work. The transparency of the keys are also quite poor. The screen is nothing spectacular. Should be 65k TFT. There is no official specification of the screen. I haven't tested it in bright sunlight so I don't know how it will fare. It came with a brightness level of 15. But even after adjusting the brightness, it didn't increase in brightness by much.
The case. It has a tab on it to pull out the phone easier.
The earphone. I haven't tried it. It uses a proprietary plug and will not support 2.5mm or 3.5mm earphones as there are no adaptors.
The charger. It is a AC to USB adapter.
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For a 2nd phone to complement my Nokia X6, I should say this is a very good phone. But as a primary phone, I don't think this will perform.
