Ericsson R520

What are peoples opinions on this phone ?
Is it still worth buying ?

thanks

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The best phone for the $ these days...

Reliable and feature rich.

No camera or kiddie games, monochrome screen, and somewhat large phone. If
you don't mind these, then go for it.

"johhny" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> What are peoples opinions on this phone ?
> Is it still worth buying ?
>
> thanks
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On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 17:23:59 +0100, "johhny" <[email protected]> wrote:

>What are peoples opinions on this phone ?
>Is it still worth buying ?
>
>thanks
>
It works well, it is triband, has blue tooth. It isn't especially
small, but it is pretty tough, and the price is right....

You can get this phone for just UK$75 on expansys.com

Considering it has a 4-step grey scale screen, EL backlight,
bluetooth, infra-red, gprs, it's unbeatable for its price.

I am absolutely happy about this phone, only improvement is that the
ringtone could be louder. Also, I suggest you check that the software
version is R4, if not, update it.



On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 17:23:59 +0100, "johhny" <[email protected]> wrote:

>What are peoples opinions on this phone ?
>Is it still worth buying ?

The R520 and the T39 are virtually equivalent in function, the T39 is
physically
smaller with a flip microphone and about 2/3 screen size of the R520.
I have both ;-) and both work most places on the planet, I use the T39 when
I go out 'cos it
fits in my pocket, the 520 is a bit bulky for that.
I would say that I find GPRS on the 520 a tad more reliable than on the T39
but
GPRS IP access and GSM data access ( & fax) work well on either.

Make sure the software is up to date, the old ones had a few bugs - no
network, self power off etc.

Rgds
Tom.

"johhny" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> What are peoples opinions on this phone ?
> Is it still worth buying ?
>
> thanks

Look great and have loads of features.
However - the signal strength was poor (even with the booster aerial) and I
personally hate the Ericsson user interface.
I loved the styling of the phone and all the accessories but just couldn't
live with using it day-to-day.

Seán

Dans l'article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] nous disait...
>
> Look great and have loads of features.
> However - the signal strength was poor (even with the booster aerial) and I
> personally hate the Ericsson user interface.

???

This phone is one of the best RF performers !!! The only one who performs
(ed) better is the E/// R250s !!!

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C Antoine wrote:
> Dans l'article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] nous disait...
>
>>Look great and have loads of features.
>>However - the signal strength was poor (even with the booster aerial) and I
>>personally hate the Ericsson user interface.
>
>
> ???
>
> This phone is one of the best RF performers !!! The only one who performs
> (ed) better is the E/// R250s !!!
>


I have one and think it a great cheap phone. I keep it as a back up for
my P800

Dans l'article <[email protected]>, cliffr39
@anyone.athome nous disait...
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> I have one and think it a great cheap phone. I keep it as a back up for
> my P800

Pfff...

Just another summer troll :-(

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Christophe
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Couverture GSM Oléron 2003 (mise à jour !)
http://chantoine3.free.fr

"C Antoine" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Dans l'article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] nous disait...
> >
> > Look great and have loads of features.
> > However - the signal strength was poor (even with the booster aerial)
and I
> > personally hate the Ericsson user interface.
>
> ???
>
> This phone is one of the best RF performers !!!

Not in my experience.
It may be good amongst Ericsson's but it cannot compare to Nokia's.

Seán