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Product:	Buyers Guide: Mobile Phones
Date:	21/07/01 (415 review reads)
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There is so much demand for mobile phones to day that you just cant keep up to date with all the new phones and old ones. So I am here to help you with my jargon free op on what’s hot and what’s not for under £99.99. I will Judge my phones under the following categories:

1. Ease of use
2. Style
3. Gadgets
4. Storage of Numbers/Text
5. Tones

The Phones I will be looking at in detail are:

1. Nokia 3310

2. Siemens C35I

3. Motorola V2288e


Nokia 3310

The first phone to look at his the Nokia 3310. This phone is £99.95 from Argos as Orange Talk Time. This means you will not get much change from your £99.99. Here is how it rated.

Ease of use:

The 3310 is a great beginners phone as there is a menu button which will activate the menu and there are arrow keys to scroll though the options. There is also a quick call option where you press the arrow done to see you phone book. You can also see you last calls by selecting the up arrow. There is also a short cut mode where you press the menu button once then press 8 to play snake 2.
10/10

Style:

You wanna look cool with your mobile phone then get this one. It is not small but not big and has no aerial unlike other phones. It is a nice shape too fit in your pocket and any where else your would like to place it. What else is good about the style of this phone is that you can get express on covers to suit your mood. Your can choose between lightning striking to a west ham one if you want to!
9/10

Gadgets:

Gadgets, this phone has them by the bucket load. Theirs a small calendar and basic planner, alarm clock, calculator and even Games. The games include the infamous Snake 2, Space impact and Pairs 2.
There is all so the menu where you can find out your last call and how long you have spent on the phone.
10/10

Storage of Numbers/Texts:

You
can store 70 numbers on a 3310 and I only managed to fill in 50 so I still had a few spare spaces. Texts on the other hand only have 10 spaces and you often find them filling up quickly. This is a disadvantage as I often found myself losing out on text messages.
8/10

Tones:
There are about 40 ring tones on the 3310 and you are allowed to download 7 of them. There are the original ones like Nokia tune, which is from Trigger Happy T.V, and there is the Haribo Jingle. There is also a vibrate mode which is used when you are in silent situations.
10/10

Overall:

This is one good phone!
9.5/10

Tariff Details

Cost Of Calls per min 35p 10p 10p
Text 10p
Answer Phone per min 10p

Siemens C35I

This Phone is from Phones 4 U at £89.99. This means you will 10 pounds change and is cheaper. Here is out it Does in my point of view. It is on Bt cellent Tariff

Ease of use:

There are 4 buttons at the top. 2 of the buttons are shortcuts to go to the internet. When I go on the phone I often find I go on the internet instead of finding the phonebook or games. Once you have got into the main menu you will find you have scroll with the other buttons. This phone has a more advance control system to the Nokia
7.5/10

Style:

The Siemens C35I is smaller than new Nokia 3310 and is much lighter. Unlike the 3310 there is an aerial. The aerial however is very small and is sort of moulded into the shape of the phone. There is a big screen so it can display a lot of information at one time.
Overall 9/10

Gadgets:

Unlike the other phones I am looking at this one has WAP capability. This is so you can find information like the latest football scores or even how your share prices are doing. There are 4 games on the phone theirs connect 4, a 3D maze, and reversi and minesweeper. There is also an alarm clock and calculator.
9/10

Sto
rage:

This is where the Siemens excels. There is enough space to store 199 numbers so you want be using them up quickly. There is also space for 20 text messages so you will always have space for more until you reach 20.
10/10

Tones:

There are 20 tones on the Siemens to choose from. They include the traditional Siemens to the normal Ring-Ring. You can not download tones but you are allowed to type them in.
8.5/10

Overall:

This is an equally good phone:
9/10

Tariff Details

Cost of Calls per min 25p 10p 2p
Text 10p
Answer Phone 10p


Motorola V2288e

This is the cheapest phone at £69.95 from Argos under Vodaphone. You get £30 pounds change from your £99.99 and here is how it rates in my Point of View.

Ease Of use:

This is really an easy phone to use. There is a button which says menu. Then you will have to scroll through until you get to the right thing you want. There is an O.K button and a Cancel button in case you go the wrong place and need to go back. This is one easy Phone to use as it is clearly marked.
10/10

Style

This is quite a big phone. There is an aerial and it is quite big. There are only to Covers available. A blue one and a glow in the dark one. This is the phones weak point.
5/10

Gadgets:

This phone has a few games on it these include games like the towers of Honai and Baccarat which is a betting games. There are many more games on this phones mobile Internet system. The only problem is that you will spend to much money on the internet. There is also calculators and alarm cloacks on the phone.
8/10

Storage:

The Motorola can store 100 numbers and 10 texts so it has the same situation as the Nokia mobiles as you find that you will run out of spaces when the texts.
7/10

Tones:

This is another sad spot for the Motorola. There are no
t many tunes for the phone there is Ring-Ring and Sirens. You can make your own tone but it is difficult to make them.
5/10

Overall:
Cheap and cheerful. Easy to use.

7.5/10

Tariff Details.

Cost of Calls per min 35p 10p 10/5p
Text 12p
Answer Phone 35p 10p 10/5p

This concludes my mobile Phone Guide so choose well.
Thanx for reading

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