Looking for a phone for my mom, which has to be a PHONE not anything else(like what it was actually meant to do) I narrowed down to Nokia 1100, 1110, Motorola C118 and Sony Ericsson J100i.
Nokia 1100 was the actual choice because of its one button answer functionality, as there was already a 1100 in the home(u can read my 1100 review here in MS), I decided to go for J100i. For my budget
of 2, 000/- Rs. it was a basic phone which would suit my mom’s usage.
At 79g, with a 96 x 64 pixels 65K color screen with blue backlight it looks cool & cute. At that time when I bought I also got a Divinity gold coin as a offer just to sweeten the deal. Here are some of
the pros & cons of this phone.
PROS
Bright screen with bigger font which makes the no’s and text more visible.
Ringtones are nice and loud.
Compact & Robust( Dropped it a few times with no side effects)
Nice extras like Alarm Clock, Games, Stopwatch, wallpapers
Green call key brings up Answered / Dialled / Missed calls without needing to go through all the menus
Good standby and talk times of 3 1/2 days & 3 1/2 hours respectively
CONS
Screen is not visible in sunlight
Picture SMS & Mono - tones cant be received & sent like Nokia
No speed dialling( But pressing a no. key will take u to the corresponding starting letter in the address book)
Keypad is like rubber and somewhat stiff.
And these are some of the points which can be pros for some and cons for some.
Phonebook capacity dependent on SIM( SIM capacity is usually 250 nowadays)
SMS capacity - 30
Havent yet used the speaker phone facility so cant comment about it.
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