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18-hour assessment...

NY8100GUYS

Jul 16, 2005, 3:39 PM
I've had my 8100 for about 18 hours now. I haven't done anything exotic with it yet, but here are my preliminary feelings...

It's a quality made instrument! Detail is beautiful. Fit and finish are excellent. But overall, it's a little less than I expected... just a little!
(Note: I'm coming off the LG-6000 which I truly love. I never had one minute's worth of problems with it, and I plan one keeping it as a backup.)

The SOUND/reception is much better than adequate, but not great.

The overall QUALITY is excellent, but I think it's not up to Samsung standards.

I don't like that you can't change the RED MENU BARS. That's very annoying... I don't like red!
The MENUs are not as "flowing" as the 6000.
And I don't like that you cannot change GRAPHIC MENUs to LIST style. If anyone knows how, please let me know.

V-CAST is slow and annoying to use, and the screen is a bit too small for comfort. I'm not gonna bother with V-cast after the 30-day free trial.

The FONTS are a bit small for us older folks.

Verizon is very cheap for not including more free RINGTONES, WALLPAPER, GRAPHICS, etc. The ones they supply are absolutely disgraceful!!

The DESIGN is nice, a tiny bit bulky, but nice. However, I think it's the kind of design that one would grow tired of soon. (Just my opinion.)

I went back to the VZW store to get a leather case, and while I was there, I tried the MOTO E815 again. There are some things about it that I like better than the 8100, but not enough to sway me at this point.

I also tried the SAMSUNG SCH A-890. I LOVE the quality and rendering of that phone. It is superb. But I think there are some reception or sound issues with it. That phone swayed me a little more than the Moto, but still not enough to change right now.

When I made calls on the E815, the sound/reception was worse than both the 8100 and the Samsung. The 8100 was best at that point, and the Samsung 2nd.

So, as we've discovered here on the "scoop," no phone is perfect. But, at least for now, I'm KEEPING the 8100!!

Within the 15 trial days I may change my mind, but I'm fairly satisfied right now, and I can live with the very few shortcomings of the 8100.

Later I'll play with BLUETOOTH and a few other things.

Happy "scooping!"
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