Simply savvy (Philips Savvy)

Member Name: veryhairymonkey

Product:	Philips Savvy
Date:	04/04/01 (357 review reads)
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Advantages: cheap, light

Disadvantages: biocalender, loud ringer volume

A couple of months ago I decided I should join the mobile revolution and decided upon this model. I didn't want to spend loads of money on a phone and this was a snip at £40 with £5 free credit and a free watch included, I also got a hands-off kit and a case at reduced prices, which although I hardly use them, are good quality and good to have.

Anyway, back to the phone. It is a stylish light-weight phone, which in my case is blue with a black back and battery. The battery hours are good with 120 standby hours and 4 talk-time hours from a full battery. the battery takles about 2 or 3 hours to recharge when fully depleted but I like to leave it for about 6 hours since it seems to charge further.

The menus on the phone are easy to use and simple to navigate. They include 'names', 'extra', 'messages', 'calls', 'settings' and 'security', with each one having further sub-menus. To navigate them you use an arrow-pad which is not hard to understand, and responds easily to the touch.

One thing I do not like is that the screen can only show two lines of text at once and this can be annoying for long text messages, but the messages can be accompanied by pictures and there are about 15 pre-programmed messages such as "I'll be late" to save you time. You can only store 10 messages but most phones nowadays have that capacity, so this isn't really a disadvantage.

The address function can hold 99 numbers and this is also the norm nowadays. There are about 20 different ring tones, my favourite is 'Mozart' but the others range from normal ring tones to strange sonar blips. There are 3 ringer volumes - low, medium and loud (which is so loud as to be embarrasing), and of course silent.
Now we come to my most and least favourite functions on the phone; the vibrate ring alert and the biocalender 'game'.

An alternative to the traditional ringer is the v
ibrate function, which is perfect for discreet occasions such as the cinema, but is probably used by people who secretly get a kick from the phone vibrating against your leg, like me.

Next, the biocalender. This utterly useless function is described as a 'horoscope game', but is just a pathetic excuse to say they have more functions on their phone. the idea behind the 'game' is that you enter your birthdate and today's date, and it predicts your chance, love, energy and success ratings for that day. I used it about 3 times when I first got the phone, I doubt I will again.

Well, there you go, the philips savvy. If you want a cheap, light-wieght and user-friendly phone then I recommend this one, which is probably best suited to teenagers or students.

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