Good looking cheap phone. (Bosch 509e)

Member Name: NISSAN

Product:	Bosch 509e
Date:	21/08/00 (238 review reads)
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Advantages: Cheap, easy to use & good looking

Disadvantages: Functions are limited

For many years I had a vodafone pay as u go mobile phone where for each voucher purchased so much went on service and the rest is available for calls and it came to the point where I was running out of service credit so I decided to take the plunge and change not only phone networks but mobile phone as well. The phone I decided on was the BOSCH 509e with ORANGE as the network.

The first dilemma was which colour phone to choose as there are two, a coconut colour that is a clear design or tangerine an orange colour, and both these phones are translucent which make them very distinctive.

The phone comes supplied with a sim card capable of storing 100 names and numbers, enough for most people. In order to use the phone for the first time you have to charge the battery up (the instructions recommend 16 hours) and then phone Orange via a land line to a freephone number, then after a few simple questions you are then allocated a mobile phone number and then told to leave the phone switched on until you receive a text message from orange, then you are away.

For text messaging the keys are excellent as they are quite large and the phone can store 10 text messages. There are 32 various ring tones which you can play with until your hearts content, it has an auto redial facility where you can set the number of redial attempts before hanging up, a calculator and many other various functions.

This is not a high tech phone when it comes to functions, as you get what you pay for, but as a phone for every day use or as an emergency standby phone it is excellent, and as it is on the Orange just talk tariff the vouchers you purchase are all used for calls with no expire date and the Orange network covers 90% of the UK.

In fact I was so impressed with this phone, I bought another one for the other half so we now have both colours, so we don’t get them mixed up.

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