My first review was on Sony erricson K-300I. I mentioned too much technical details, which could be found on sony’s site as well. So not repeating my mistake again, I will stick to my personal experience with Motorola C200. :-)
I guess college days are really cash crunched. I don’t know about others, but I was always short of cash at the end of the month. I was looking for the cheapest available alternative, back then. So thinking about coloured screen, was out of my budget. And camera phone was a dream( Although I am a proud owner of K300I now )
The best part, about C200, is that, it is a living proof that technology is sure reducing the size of the appliances and devices. Motorola c200 is so small, that at times I actually need to do a thorough serach for it, in my multi pocketed cargos!!!
It was available in 3 colours then, White( which I had), cool blue and slimy green( yuck). Although the number of messages one could store was limited to 15-20, but combining the drafts/outbox folder, one can safely store upto 30-35 messages.
The second feature I love the most and still crave for is the usability, even my 4 year old nephew could navigate it, without any serious help!!!!!
But as all things, this small size come at a price, and you need to compensate on some factors. I am talking about the keypad. Actually the keys are pretty hard and small, messaging is quite a problem, unless you are not a message addict.( I was one, you usually cannot afford to call your girl friend at a petty pocket money of 1000-/ a month, so had to stick to messaging :-) !!)
If one is not upto messaging and believe that words influence, more than text, then go ahead and buy the phone, ’coz the sound quality is FANTASTIC and so is the reception. Considering that my engineering college was in the jungle, well actually on the oust skirts, and still I could get signals, when some of the other high powered Nokia and samsung mobile showed weak health. This ’’Chotu’’ (small) mobile could always connect you to your dear ones :-)
The battery life, was average though. It usually lasted for 3 days, if one does not talk at all and talk time battery life, varied from 4- 4.5 hrs.
Coming to the comapatibility with downloadable tunes, then I was disappointed when I could get any while ordering from 8888 and likes. But the good thing is that it has a composer which can put my mouth organ to shame. The composer gives a wide range of notes, but you have to be adept at creating music.
The ringtone, that are alreday loaded on the set are plane Jane, so if you are expecting to hear the latest bollywood numbers on the ringtones, you will be disappointed.
In all, considering the pros and cons, I had rate the set as 3.5 out of 5.