A phone that serves me well (Sharp GX-10i)

Member Name: sweetpea1

Product:	Sharp GX-10i
Date:	24/03/06 (228 review reads)
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Advantages: Has lasted me a long time!

Disadvantages: Picture quality on phone isn't too good.

Once my contract had run out on my last mobile phone, I decided to splash out a bit and go by a new phone on pay-as-you-talk. I got a Sharp GX10i. I paid £250 for it. This was 2 years ago. Although, I have since seen it for sale for £219! This phone is exclusive to Vodafone. I did, in fact, by this phone from the Vodafone shop.

The phone weighs in at 107 grams. To look at it is very sleek and pretty. It's grey in colour and has an oval shaped screen on the front which displays the time, date etc. It's one of those flip phones. It has the Vodafone logo imprinted on the front of the phone. There is also a small aerial.

CAMERA
The main reason I purchased this phone was because of the built-in camera. I have had a lot of fun with my camera! You will see the lens on the front of the camera. When taking a photo, just point the lens to the required shot, and you will see the movement of your camera on the display screen. To take a photo just press the main button which is situated above the numbered pad. Photo's take quite well if you are close up. Although I have noticed that it helps if the area you are taking the photo in is lit up really well, or in the sunshine. Otherwise the photo's will come out quite dark. Sometimes I have taken pictures and they have come out quite blurry.

Photo's can be saved onto your phone. You can also zoom in on the camera to get a closer shot. There is also a timer on the phone. When you set the timer, it will take the picture 10 seconds after setting. Very cool! Although I haven't actually tried this yet. The photo's are taken in colour.

MY PHONE
Under my phone are any pictures/photo's you have saved. There is alo My Sounds. If you download any ringtones they will be stored here. From here you can download more tunes as well. There are also My Bookmarks, My Text Templates, and Memory Status.

FUN & GAMES
I've had some fun with fun and games! Here you will find Java games and Other Games. If you download any games, they will be stored under Java games. You will also find Melody Maker and Tone Editor here if you want to create your own tunes. All tunes are polyphonic.

PROFILES
From here you can choose your profile. These are normal, meeting, activity, car and silent. I have mine on normal. If you go into any of the modes and select 'edit', you can then edit the ringtone, vibration, keypad tones, warning tone, power on/off sounds. When turning the phone on and off it makes a sound, which can be turned off if you wish. There are already 10 different ringtones already installed on the phone, along with 5 different patterns, like a ringing phone, lower volume ringing tone etc. There are also 12 different sound effects, ie, a dog barking. The volume control for your ringtone is also in profiles.

ORGANISER
The organiser is quite good. In here is the calculator, calender where you can save entries, a clock and alarm, voice memo and help list. With the voice memo you can record your own voice.

CALL MANAGER
In call manager you will find the phonebook, Call Register and Diverts.

SETTINGS
In settings there are the phone settings, like wallpaper, language, brightness, greeting message etc. There is also the network settings, internet settings, infrared, security and master reset.

There is also Vodafone live! and Vodafone. With Vodafone live! you will connect to the Internet and download ringtones and pictures. You can also check your horoscopes, chat and send & recieve messages. I've downloaded a couple of ringtones from here, although I don't connect very often.

The phonebook I find very cool! You can store up to 500 names. You can save them to either the Sim Card or the phonebook. Under one entry you can save up to 3 phone numbers, 1 email address, what group they are (ie, family, friends, business), any information and a photo. If you have a photo of someone in your phonebook, then when they call you, their picture will appear on the screen. You can manage 2 phonecalls at once by putting one call on hold. Conference call is a call with more than 2 people. You can include up to 5 people in a conference call.

With messages, you have the choice of sending MMS or SMS. MMS is if you want to send pictures or photo's. I have tried and tested sending a photo to my mum's email address. It worked, and she got the photo okay. She said it looked good too! Sending an SMS is easy. You have the choice of typing your message out using each key, or predivtive texting. With MMS you can also add sound. You can choose the tone you like for incoming messages.

On the screen you can have any picture which is stored in your phone. If you have a nice photo which you have taken, then you could have that as your wallpaper. I've got a picture of my dad on mine. On the side of the phone is the volume control for the earpiece. When you buy the phone you will get the earpiece plug in amongst your accessories.

In all honesty, I'm as happy as larry with this phone! It's very cool! To look at, it's very neat. The photo's take reasonably well. Trouble is, it's expensive! It may take you a little while to get to grips with this phone, but generall speaking, it is quite easy to use.

Thanks for reading!
Louise

This review can also be found on Ciao under my username there LOUISE90.

Summary: A good phone, but picture quality could be better!

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