My father lost his mobile set which was little costly and was presented by me few months ago.
Now, he was hesistant to use any expensive mobile set. He was a novice too in mobile set operation.
But, he certainly needed a rugged, reliable, user friendly and of course a cheaper one this time.
Nokia 1280, a black and white display set, fulfills all his requirements, in style.
A mobile set is a device which is liked basically for good reception and transmission of sound - this is at it`s best with this set.
The mobile set market is flooded with variety of mobile sets. The chinese sets offer much more features with lesser price. But they lack in quality of the basic feature of a mobile phone. They are not rugged. Once fallen means either gone or beyond economical repair. They also lag on reliability front.
This set is from Nokia which automatically makes it distinguised among all the reputed brands.
LOOK
It has got a decent look. I have the black one.
DESIGN
Large and Simple Keypad makes communication effortless.
Fits in the pocket easily.
Personalised MP3 grade ringtone can be set to recognise the caller in an interesting way.
MUSIC
The FM music can be heard with a 3.5mm Jack
MESSAGING
Is a breeze.SMS creating and deleting is very user friendly. The phone book can store 500 entries.
PRACTICAL TOOLS
Switching over to Hands Free mode is easy.
Accessing Flashlight is easy.
With an effective Built in Alarm it`s never fail wake up.
The speaking clock in female voice is sweet and interesting.
The Reminder feature is an effective one.
The battery life is so good that my dad needs only twice recharge in a week.
SPECIFICATION
It can be had from the manual, but few worth mentioning here are......Weight 82g, Picture messaging and BL-5C battery and the call tracker.
Though, the only limitation with the phone seems to be the black and white display, but with a white back lit LCD, it`s the best looking one.
Overall, in this era of keeping at least two SIMs with us, this set can be used for an exceptional sound reception and great battery life and reliability of Nokia.