Happy thing, but let's see more attentive! (Nokia 8810)

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Product:	Nokia 8810
Date:	25/08/01 (87 review reads)
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Advantages: Excellent design, many features, great display and menu

Disadvantages: Too expensive, very marked front

This telephone in a 1998 has appeared in Finland. Nokia has manufactured, as then it seemed, most perspective model. Let's see: dimensions are 107*46*18 mm, weight is only 98 g (with the lithium battery). And today at all much for a device having a huge amount of possibilities. Absence of an antenna in customary understanding, original design, huge amount of innovations, such, for example, as infra-red port and organizer simply could not be not remarked. The telephone has made furor in the market of cellular communication.

After the first delights in my soul "creep" first doubts. They came after a perusal of the publicity leaflet. For operating time of accumulators was given too wide scatter: in a waiting mode Ni-battery promised to live from 36 till 133 hours (lithium from 15 till 60 hours). I, certainly, heard that "the duration of work depends from many factors", but not in 3,7 times! I could give only two distinct explanations to this fact: first - the built-in antenna consumes a potency very much nonuniformly for different level of a signal, however was more probably second - in a system there are technical defects calling outflow of an electricity, about which the firm knows, but to correct can not. The following, that called suspicion - availability velvety cloth for wiping body in a package. Certainly, it is pleasant, when the manufacturer cares of cleanness, but why the phone cannot be wiped, say, by usual towel, nobody explained. You agree, purchasing the most expensive model in the market, it would be not so desirable to repair it or, it is worse than that, to change. But, as well as it happens usually, all these thinks excite me already after purchasing.

Whether it is necessary to speak, that phone perfectly finds room in any pocket. To carry the telephone it is very pleasant. From the point of view of ergonomics the model very much has liked to me, all keys under a hand, functionality is 100 percentage.

>On front panel of Nokia 8810 is located the large screen containing five lines of a text information. It has high contrast, allows to reproduce graphics images, the quality of picture is valid good. Working keys of a main board of black color, they is precise and it is clear are marked. Its size is enough large. The typing of number or short text messages does not call any difficulties, even the sliding cover does not hinder access to the lower buttons. Generally, keyboard at this telephone more ergonomic, than at a direct offspring - Nokia 8850.

In dark time to help the user the pleasant greenish illumination is called which, if there is a necessity, it is possible to turn off. The size of a key "On/Off" is small, to press it inconveniently, but it executed so, that practically excludes a spontaneous turn off. The strengthening SIM reliable, to put and to remove it is very conveniently. Even after long operation the strengthening will not leave out of operation.

Now spoon of tar - brilliant surface very fast marked. After each touch to phone on a silvery surface there are spots. It is half of trouble. Approximately after one year using (carry in a pocket) paint begin "get of", exposing a cheap yellow-pink plastic. The given feature was showed to me very strange. The Finns for a long time are glorified by excellent quality of assembly and coloring, but, unfortunately, my telephone not first, "the changed appearance".

The work with menu on telephones Nokia generally, and on it in particular, is thought over up to trivialities. To be guided in items it is easy, to their disposition fast get used. All catalogues, subdirectories and the concrete parameters have number, so that to reach the necessary function it is possible, simply by entering it number. On choice 35 variants of tunes are offered, if any will not approach, it is possible to download a tune from other telephone or Internet. The loudness has five le
vels. I want to mark availability of an alarm clock, which is awake, even if the telephone is disconnected.

If you love more to write, than to listen and to speak, please, the phone supports all functions of SMS. To use them it is convenient, the telephone is constant suggests, that it is necessary to press. The large screen allows without problems to read the electronic letters, and the simplified access to voice mail converts it listening into pleasure.

And now about communication. At once I shall begin from sad news. As was clarified, the telephone not only longly is registered in a net, but also after registration catches a signal very uncertainly. From time to time connection is torn even in city, and it happens without the visible reasons. It is possible simply to stand on one place, and the pointer of a signal constantly skips - or two divisions (from four), or no one. During talk frequently there are any noises.

If was lucky to select a place, where the signal is well caught to speak by telephone one pleasure. The range of loudness dynamics is broad, is excellent audible both in the underground, and in the driven automobile. The microphone works well, it is shifted together with a forward board, coming nearer to a mouth.

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