- Jan 31, 2014
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Hello.
Recently I posted a thread asking about which Dumb Phone or Basic Phone has certain features likes Note-Taking, Audio Recording, Converter, and Call Recording.
Cheap Chinese Basic Phones have these features, except for note-taking. Nokia and Samsung lack some of these.
I bought Nokia 5310 (2020). It has note-taking and Converter, but does not have Audio Recording and Call Recording. Little do I know that the older Nokia 3310 (2017) has Audio Recording, but no Call Recording.
After two days of usage, I could say that I was robbed of money, even though I was able to buy it with 25% discount. I bought an original and brand new, no doubt about it. I checked the IMEIs.
It has full of bugs -- software bugs:
1) Sometimes call do not function. You have to restart it. No such issue in cheap Chinese basic phones.
2) Sometimes you cannot search on Contacts. Restart it. No such issue in cheap Chinese basic phones.
3) It cannot determine that the numbers +639123456789 and 09123456789 are the same number. So you have to save them both, as two different Contacts. Because I receive a call using the +63 prefix, and SMS by 0 prefix. Cannot add both number prefixes on the same contact because the "+" sign cannot be entered, and there's no option to "add to existing contact". No such issue in cheap Chinese basic phones, as they can recognize that both are the same number.
4) "Detected new time zone, update time?" prompt everytime I receive a text. So disable auto update of time. No such issue in cheap Chinese basic phones.
5) Boxes often appear on some prompts and items, like "Unlock". GUI flaws. No such issue in cheap Chinese basic phones.
6) Occasional restarts and crashes. No such issue in cheap Chinese basic phones.
7) SMS - the phone hangs when you scroll on a threaded conversation, even if it is still a short conversation.
8) Contacts - Sometimes it will show only 1 contact, in infinite loop! Then the system will restart itself. No such issue in cheap Chinese basic phones.
Hardware issues:
1) Poor build. Extra care is needed to make it to last for a year. Oh, the "K" silver at the back has been removed, even though I'm a careful user. "NO IA"
2) Battery life is mediocre. Could barely last up to 2 days with light usage.
3) Speaker and Loudspeaker volume too low. "Loudspeaker" Volume set to highest is still quite low during calls. (Even by having Dual Front Speakers). No such issue in cheap Chinese basic phones, as often they have loud speakers, but quality is lower.
Not bugs, but:
1) I wish we have the option to remove the Trial Games.
2) Typing experience is very, very bad. English Dictionary contains very few words to recognize. And no option to remove other languages, so scrolling for input methods is annoying.
3) Music Player is very basic. Cannot even display songs by Artist, Album, etc.
So my question is, how could those YouTubers cannot find these issues? Many of them praise this product after a week of use? REALLY? Maybe they are not using these dumb phones for texting and calling at all, which are the supposed functions of the phone.
I am highly disappointed with this product. And I could not return it or sell it, as no one will be interested. This is the worst phone I have ever used, and, it has the NOKIA branding. My old 3310 from year 2000 was much much better. It also has Tagalog predictive typing. I could text fast even if I do not look.
Recently I posted a thread asking about which Dumb Phone or Basic Phone has certain features likes Note-Taking, Audio Recording, Converter, and Call Recording.
Cheap Chinese Basic Phones have these features, except for note-taking. Nokia and Samsung lack some of these.
I bought Nokia 5310 (2020). It has note-taking and Converter, but does not have Audio Recording and Call Recording. Little do I know that the older Nokia 3310 (2017) has Audio Recording, but no Call Recording.
After two days of usage, I could say that I was robbed of money, even though I was able to buy it with 25% discount. I bought an original and brand new, no doubt about it. I checked the IMEIs.
It has full of bugs -- software bugs:
1) Sometimes call do not function. You have to restart it. No such issue in cheap Chinese basic phones.
2) Sometimes you cannot search on Contacts. Restart it. No such issue in cheap Chinese basic phones.
3) It cannot determine that the numbers +639123456789 and 09123456789 are the same number. So you have to save them both, as two different Contacts. Because I receive a call using the +63 prefix, and SMS by 0 prefix. Cannot add both number prefixes on the same contact because the "+" sign cannot be entered, and there's no option to "add to existing contact". No such issue in cheap Chinese basic phones, as they can recognize that both are the same number.
4) "Detected new time zone, update time?" prompt everytime I receive a text. So disable auto update of time. No such issue in cheap Chinese basic phones.
5) Boxes often appear on some prompts and items, like "Unlock". GUI flaws. No such issue in cheap Chinese basic phones.
6) Occasional restarts and crashes. No such issue in cheap Chinese basic phones.
7) SMS - the phone hangs when you scroll on a threaded conversation, even if it is still a short conversation.
8) Contacts - Sometimes it will show only 1 contact, in infinite loop! Then the system will restart itself. No such issue in cheap Chinese basic phones.
Hardware issues:
1) Poor build. Extra care is needed to make it to last for a year. Oh, the "K" silver at the back has been removed, even though I'm a careful user. "NO IA"
2) Battery life is mediocre. Could barely last up to 2 days with light usage.
3) Speaker and Loudspeaker volume too low. "Loudspeaker" Volume set to highest is still quite low during calls. (Even by having Dual Front Speakers). No such issue in cheap Chinese basic phones, as often they have loud speakers, but quality is lower.
Not bugs, but:
1) I wish we have the option to remove the Trial Games.
2) Typing experience is very, very bad. English Dictionary contains very few words to recognize. And no option to remove other languages, so scrolling for input methods is annoying.
3) Music Player is very basic. Cannot even display songs by Artist, Album, etc.
So my question is, how could those YouTubers cannot find these issues? Many of them praise this product after a week of use? REALLY? Maybe they are not using these dumb phones for texting and calling at all, which are the supposed functions of the phone.
I am highly disappointed with this product. And I could not return it or sell it, as no one will be interested. This is the worst phone I have ever used, and, it has the NOKIA branding. My old 3310 from year 2000 was much much better. It also has Tagalog predictive typing. I could text fast even if I do not look.
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