Speakerphone alarm, calendar, calculator, timer, phone book, voice dialing and stop watch
3 embedded games: Snake II, Kart Racing and Space Impact II
Spotlight customer reviews:
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent value and functionality for price
Comment: I've had this phone for 2 years now, and it's performed fabulously.
Highlights: incredibly small, a very loud ringer, quite bright screen, excellent battery life, and very good voice quality. Make no mistake, this phone is for one thing only: talking (okay, or texting). The lack of a color screen, camera, any game you want to play, or MP3 capabilities is an asset, in my book.
I live in the Boston area and find network quality to be excellent; always a signal. Typically that's the case when I travel as well.
This phone isn't for everyone. I purchased it for the pay-as-you-go plan. (I use it relatively little, only spending about $15 every 2 months, on a "20 cents for the first minute, or 10 cents per minute per day that I use 10 minutes or more" plan. I believe Virgin Mobile no longer offers this plan to new subscribers though.)
How's Virgin Mobile customer service? My wife's VM phone, a 1-year-old Vox 8610 (still under warranty), just died 2 weeks ago, and after a quick customer service call, Virgin Mobile Fedexed us a new one just 2 days later. Also when I've called with any questions, I've been extremely happy with the attitude of the reps, and their ability to resolve issues.
Downsides: the battery did occasionally need to be popped out and put back in when the unit wouldn't start, but that problem has gone away. (Given that the phone was essentially free, this isn't a big problem to me.)
The only thing I'd like to be different is for it to have a built-in headset jack. (Also, buying one of the available laptop-to-cellphone-via-USB chargers is a big help.)
All in all, it's a sturdy, great little phone.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Value and Clear Signals for the Money
Comment: I have had this phone for a year and a half. Initially I bought it as a message phone, but now have switched to it as my main phone. It has a lot of features for the buck: i like the built in flashlight (it's quite bright), ability to call up phone numbers or set answer profiles using voice activiation (a great feature for seniors), the ability to recall numbers just by pushing the send button and using the down arrows. You can also see missed call numbers contrary to what someone wrote below. It even has a built in tape recorder for quick memos.
I think it is a very attractive little unit and fits nicely in your pocket. The reception is TERRIFIC! i've had friends remark about how "clear" i sound on it. a great improvement over my old land line even. I also get clear signals and very few dropped signals.
I am on the $34.99 a month plan with Virgin Mobile and that's sufficient for my use. I like that there is no contracts required and you can easily switch plans as your needs change or even deactivate for awhile. I did research before I bought this on amazon and liked the reviews. I have been very happy with the phone and virgin mobile.
This phone's marketing is geared for young people, i am middle aged so the ringtones and general marketing on the site don't speak to me. however, i was able to get billie holliday singing "i'll be seeing you" as my ringtone.
This is a GREAT value for the money. The phone is well made and has a nice feel to it. I often use it on speakerphone and set it down while i do other things. Easy to use features. It can be used either as a main phone or a 2nd phone.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good signal, no bells & whistles.
Comment: I got this phone to replace a Kyocera K-9 and K-10. The batteries for both of those phones were not lasting even a day with no usage.
The Nokia Shorty gets a much better signal where the K-9 and K-10 would barely find any signal. Voice quality is better, too. The battery lasts much longer, I can go several days without charging, instead of having to plug-in every night.
The Nokia has a very simple interface, and it's easy to use and add contacts, etc. There are a few things I would change if I could, for instance, a "list view" for menus instead of showing one item per page.
The ring-tones included with the phone are all targeted to Virgin Mobile's target demographic. There are no ringtones suitable for a business environment, but I almost always have the phone on vibrate only.
Customer Rating:
Summary: This phone is great!
Comment: I got this phone for only $10 after thanksgiving last year, and i think i got my money outta it! It works very nice! Here are teh pros and cons for this phone.
Pros:
-flashlight
-small
-amazing battery life
-great storage
-good games
-great menu
-and a lot more!
cons:
-the buttons are hard to press, because they are all in a line
-like many other people said, it does turn off about once a month, and all you have to do is take out the battery, then put it back in. The phone is good as new.
-there is no camera, but thats not to bad
- its a black and white screen, not color
But overall, I think this phone is very nice. There are a few problems, but nothing really big that should prevent someone from buying this phone.
This year after thanksgiving, a store has the Kyocera Oystr for $10, so I'm getting that. I've read reviews on it and there have been a few problems with battery life, but I'll see when I get it. And I can always return it if its really bad and go back to the shorty. I would stay with the shorty, but i really want a flip phone and color.
The Virgin mobile service is great too, I love it. My dad reccomended it to me last year when I got the phone. $20 every 3 months? It doesn't get much better than that! I'll follow up with what happens with the shorty and he oystr after I get it!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Works for me
Comment: I'm an adult, infrequent user.
Pros:
Small, no antenna, don't have to flip open, sunlight viewable, voice activated dialer, speakerphone, automatic keyguard, calendar, easy texting modes, good value plan at $5/month with carry forward balance, voice clarity and communication is good.
Cons:
Doesn't show who left a voice message, dropped out and had to remove battery twice to reboot over the past year, sometimes shows a weak but operating signal but won't actually connect.
So, it works for me, I'm happy with it. Set up my Mom and father-in-law with this phone also.
