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"If you were tired of the lacking features of some of the older nextel phones, you will like this one"
Pros: nice typical Nextel rugged design, I dont feel like I'm gonna break it if i drop it.
Cons: If you want a camera, an mp3 player, or frills, this isnt the phone for you.
Summary: Well I've been a nextel Loyalist for over 5 years. While others that I know have switched phone companies claiming they couldnt deal with the dropped calls, I stayed with them. Well I'm glad I did. I've had 4 different nextel phones, the I-1000 plus (you all remember that one) an I530 (first of the mil spec rubberized phones, an I-730 (despite it not being a mil spec phone I used it for over 2 years with no problems)and now I've got the IC502. This is the phone for someone who works in a shop, or at a contruction site, or somewhere else where the phone would be subjected to a decent amount of abuse. Its also the phone for people who don't need any of the extra frills such as a camera or an MP3 player or bluetooth. However even lacking these seemingly standard features This phone really changes the Nexel standard in user-friendliness. The other phones Ive owned had almost NO support for text messaging, the I 730 did, but it would not allow you to import a number from your contact list so you had to manually type in the number. It was a real pain. This phone allows you to import the number saving lots of time. One of the other neat features is the ability to Record Ringtones from any musical device using the voice record feature. At first I thought it wasn't going to work very well, but I was pleasently surprised by the quality of the recording. It takes a bit of trial and error to find the correct volume level and distance from speaker to phone, but nevertheless, not having to pay 2.00$ a ringtone is quite handy and being able to make the ringtones whatever I want them to be is very nice. Overall I'd disagree with the main review, if you are a long time Nextel Loyalist as I am, you will easily overcome the change in menu options and te other new features in lieu of having thses nice new features that really make the phone a lot easier to use then previous models. But You will still face the typical problems that Us Nextel people have been dealing with since the beginning. I purchased the extended battery life version of the phone and on a full charge it MIGHT last 3 days of alternating use and standby. This is somewhat dissapointing but once again us Nextel people will be used to this and accept it as a fact of life when dealing with these phones. As compared to phones from other companies the Nextel phones have always lacked the real Refinement. But they seem to be on an upward track thanks to the partnership with Sprint.
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