Last week my Nokia 2630 battery failed. The new one was lasting twelve hours on one charge too. So I have decided to get a new mobile phone. Having a not-so-good experience with Nokia and Philips brands and feeling upset of wasting US$150 on a gadget that have worked for just five months I have tried to find a really budget solution.
Fortunately, we have the other brands in this segment: Motorola, LG and Samsung. The first two are too bulky, in my taste. And Samsung have rolled out three new low-end models a month before: E1070, E1100 and E1125. Last two models haven’t hit the shelves yet, but the first one is already available for about US$39.
I have bought Samsung E1070 and played with it for a week for now. What’s good:
- The size. It’s quite fatty with its 15mm but short and narrow comparing to the other modern mobiles. Fits well in my Wolverine jeans lighter pocket.
- 100 memory slots for text messages.
- Nice and handy phone book (200 memory slots).
- Five alarm clocks you can program to go off on a given days of week.
- Nice battery life. Haven’t tested it “scientifically” but I think E1070 could work for a week between charges easily.
- Pretty compact supplied charger.
What’s wrong? Well, Samsung E1070 is cheap, budget, low-end. Nothing wrong, actually.
Well, I got a new computer. And for the first time in the last five years it’s a desktop PC. I haven’t used desktops so long that I’ve almost forgot how loud they are. Though Acer Aspire M1641 definitely not the loudest one, the monotonous low pitch noise coming from the power supply unit is quite annoying.
