O2 Cocoon- Just a Pretty Face! (O2 Cocoon)

Member Name: SomethingToBe

Product:	O2 Cocoon
Date:	25/01/09 (42 review reads)
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Advantages: Pretty, Easy to Use

Disadvantages: Not Reliable!!!!!!!

I have to say, reading the other review for the cocoon, I was surprised at how positive it was. If you want to know all about the spec and the features, I recommend reading that review!!

POSITIVES:

I upgraded to this phone primarily because of how it looks. It is a really attractive phone and I loves the LCD display on the outside. This, in my opinion is the best aspect of the phone, you can see when you have a message or call, as the sender scrolls along the cover and it also displays the time. I also enjoyed the fact that when the alarm goes off "Good Morning Amanda" scrolls across the screen!

As far as other positives go, texting is very simple on the cocoon, and you have a choice between predictive and non. The media player, once songs are on the phone, is also very easy to use. I also liked the fact that you can operate certain features of the phone without even opening it, as there are several function buttons on the outside and the cocoon also comes with a stand.

NEGATIVES:

Half of the reason I decided to go for the cocoon was because I had used the O2 Ice phone before it, which was very reliable and I had no problems with. Sadly, this was not the case with the cocoon. The first thing that was was the phone backgrounds, no matter what I selected, it remained blank. Then when hooking the phone up to my computer to transfer songs, it was unable to sync. I had done this previously and put some songs onto the cocoon, so I have no idea why the sudden change.

My message tone would often cut off halfway through and it also sometimes went off when the phone was supposed to be on silent.... something that was quite embarassing in lectures! I also found that I texted too quickly for the phone- I'm not a particularly fast text either- but the phone would seize up and then write nonsense words, which I would have to go back and delete. Also, when deleteing items in my inbox, the phone would crash and restart itself, so clearing out my messages always took forever!

The final straw was when my phone used to bing and tell me I had a message but once I got to my inbox, nothing new was there. I then had to transfer to an old phone for the remainder of my contract, so I could receive messages and read them!!!

So, don't be swayed by the looks of this phone. My functions first started going wrong about 4 months in to my contract, and as most contracts are 18 months, you have a long wait before upgrading!!

Summary: Don't Be Taken In!

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