Panasonic GD87 Vodafone Live

I bought this phone eight months ago now as a little treat to myself coming up to Christmas. Initially I was well pleased. I had one of those camera phones that everybody was talking about - and on top of it all, it was THE latest gadget at the time (I am a bit of a gadget freak you see!) But the honeymoon soon ended, and little niggling things started to creep in on my happy relationship (with the phone that is!). I'll start with the phone's good points. It's got a camera, which is the main good point really. The picture quality is quite good, but the images aren't large as the Nokia camera phones. There is quite a large amount of ...  Read the complete review

I am somewhat of a Mobile Phone mangler. I have gone through mobiles for one reason or another at a rate of about 1 per year (Sad But True). I was previously a proud owner of a SonyEricsson t68i, totally content with its extremely low SAR rating of 0.33 (Thats the bit that fries your brain by the way), and with its ability to take knocks. What I didn't like was the poor voice quality it offered in my main areas of home/work (I'm with Orange btw), and the constant demands from callers that I should 'SPEAK UP!' I'm somewhat a quiet speaker, and the voicepiece of the t68i, together with its low powered voice/ear combo (hence ...  Read the complete review

Overall I was very impressed with the specifications of the phone and although it lacks the more up to date Bluetooth technology you need the cash to buy those expensive extras to benefit from this feature anyway. Infrared comes by means of a port on the front face of the phone, below the camera. This means easiest connection to a laptop would require the phone to be kept open. The first thing you will notice is how easy the menu system is to navigate. Easy thumb operation of the directional and select keys takes no time to get used to. The initial animated graphical menu has nine icons which by default starts on the centre one for camera activation, you may ...  Read the complete review

I have had this phone for a year now, I really thought that I would be entering the new age of technology with the Photo features. I would soon realise that there is a long way to go if the manufacturers are going to get people to use it as often as text messages. But the problems just start there. Originally the phone seemed better than the Sharp GX10i. The picture was and is sharper, the menu is easier to see and handle. The polyphonic ring tones were of a better mix, and best of all, the Sharp is thicker and bulkier than the Panasonic. There could only be one winner. Couldnt there? Aside from the troubles we had with Vodafone in setting up Vodafone ...  Read the complete review