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6 day use review of HTC S710

Overall Rating:
4.8 out of 5
By: Jim C on Tuesday, July 10, 2007
From: Fairbanks, AK (United States)
Experience: 6 Days
Pros: Awesome phone features and Mobile 6 is very smooth operating system.

Cons: Tx9 predictive text, not used to it yet so not using it yet. A little heavy, but seems durable.

Summary: Purchased this phone based in part on the review here. I have had this phone for 6 days now, and use it on Edge, gprs and WiFi. Phone calls are excellent voice quality and reception. For internet I have used it instead of laptop quite well. Have listened to audio streaming of Russian radio stations, put four movies on micro SD car, and used PowerPoint to look at slide presentation. All work without a problem. I can't tell (without looking) if I'm on edge, gprs or WiFi. So far this seems to be an excellent phone.

23 out of 40 people found this review helpful

nice phone

Overall Rating:
3.7 out of 5
By: kevin melanson on Wednesday, October 11, 2006
From: orlando, FL (United States)
Experience: 1 Years
Pros: Plays mp3 songs, camera and video are good.

Cons: speaker phone isn't that loud. display window its scratched to easy.

Summary: I like the camera phone since I can take the card out and develop my pictures at the neighborhood drugstore

24 out of 48 people found this review helpful

Impressive phone

Overall Rating:
4 out of 5
By: lin huynh on Monday, October 09, 2006
From: bridgeport, CT (United States)
Experience: 1 Years
Pros: very sexy looking phone. many ppl consider it a high-end phone. it's impressive to others that I come across.

Cons: pictures not very good with insufficent lighting.
slightly "thick" phone, unless it's swiveled opened

Summary: very sexy looking phone. has many features. the camera takes awesome pictures in daylight and flouresent light. the camera takes blurry pictures unless you have steady hand. It has several different settings for you to take pictures. It also has unlimited video recording. it brings many compliments wherever I go. (I was at 6flags and the girl running the rollercoaster told me that someone else had the same phone earlier and it's really nice looking. sometimes the sounds comes across garbled to the other person (not sure if it's the phone or the carrier. I've dropped this phone several times, it seems to survived. The display area is great, due to its size and its very clear.

22 out of 40 people found this review helpful

Big but slick

Overall Rating:
4 out of 5
By: Will Tong on Wednesday, August 16, 2006
From: Claremont, CA (United States)
Experience: 5 Months
Pros: Great Camera. Many features and good color.

Cons: A little too big for me.

Summary: Overall, this is a good phone to have if you don't mind its size.

29 out of 42 people found this review helpful

Sexy, Sleak, Perfect

Overall Rating:
3.5 out of 5
By: Adil Sunesara on Wednesday, August 09, 2006
From: Spring, TX (United States)
Experience: 1 Years
Pros: Ability to upgrade memory
Many useful features
MP3 listening
Loud speaker
Large Memory

Cons: pictures are hard to take
light turns off after few seconds of inactivity without an option to keep them on longer

Summary: The phone is very user-friendly. You can drop it many times and it is durable. Although the voice quality is poor many other features over shadow that. It is all around a really good phone. It has a little bit of everything in it such as mp3 storage, data storage, great camera, and infrared wireless transfer.

12 out of 19 people found this review helpful

Best phone I have ever had

Overall Rating:
4.2 out of 5
By: Kevin Klug on Wednesday, April 20, 2005
From: Mequon, WI (United States)
Experience: 30 Days
Pros: Great Camera (Best I've seen yet on a phone); Swivel design is awesome and comfortable; MP3 Player rocks and sounds great; bluetooth makes it so much easier syncing with your computer and other devices, included 32MB memory internal PLUS 32MB memory stick duo makes taking pictures and videos and transferring them fun and easy; the screen is big, crisp, and clear; 3-D gaming is wicked hot -- look fantastic; Tools are great and easy to use; Music DJ ring-tone maker is fun.

Cons: Price for regular consumers is outrageous; menus can be slow.

Summary: Overall this is one outstanding phone. I would suggest is to anyone that is looking to get onto a GSM network. The only problem I first found was that it was way to expensive for me...that was until I found a great website where I got it for $40. If anyone is interested in this phone and want to know where I picked it up just email me at kevin.klug@us.army.mil . Some people also say that the menus are too slugish and are a pain in the butt, but whats everybodies rush, just cuz something doesn't happen 1 second faster than it should people get all upset. All my friends thought the phone was amazing when I whipped it out and they are all in the process of picking one up. Don't forget about the website I told you about, and if your interested email me.

31 out of 46 people found this review helpful

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