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.