Well I have been using this phone for the past 1 year now without any regrets.
i was looking for the following when buying a phone:
1) should play music
2) should have a crisp display
3) should have a good camera
4) should be clear in voice quality
5) battery life should be good enough to play music for 4-5 hours min
6) should have os (operating system)
back then this had all the features I could think of. moreover it had EDGE also.
the phone has a very good quality of earphones and they handle all types of music with
great ease. the display is big enough and is crisp. the camera quality is 1.3megapixel
which if handled well gives very good results. the only thing to remember is that you should
clean the dust on the lens before you start shooting. the os is symbian and handles the
applications well. I use a lot of apps like smart birthday, filemanager, mp3 player, etc.
i use a 512mb dv-rs-mmc card.
the battery was just tested recently a week back when I was driving back from delhi to jaipur.
my car unfortunately had not been fitted with a music system and it was getting kinda boring
on an average it is a 4 - 5 hour drive from delhi to jaipur in the evenings.
i started listening to the music on my phone when I left delhi and was listening to it for a good
5hours before reaching home. this was in between interrupted by incoming calls which were
also easy to attend. (i dont recommend anyone doing the same or encourage this practice)
i have been listening to music on and off on the phone, but have never tried this long a duration
at a stretch. this experience is what prompted me to write this review.
i have heard many of the lot say, aw what an ugly phone, what a bulky phone, etc
but have never bothered. I am not the type to settle for a moto razer v3 just becoz it looks so kewl
"Dikhave Pe Na Jaa Apni Akal Laga" is all that I have to say for the critics