I lost my phone — yet again. I was going home from work two days ago and I had a lot to carry with me that I never noticed that I dropped the phone in the taxi as I left. I only found out about it a few hours afterwards, as I took my family shopping and thought that I left my phone at home.
Last night I went out looking for a replacement. I can’t spend on something expensive right now — we have to tighten our pockets for something we’re planning for starting a few months ago. So I went out looking for a really cheap one. I did find one as I roam the shops at SM San Lazaro. Much to my amusement, the features outweigh the price by a large margin.
I got the E801 for Php2990 at Wellcom. It’s got dedicated music buttons like those ones from Nokia, and it supports MicroSD memory cards. It doesn’t have a camera though, but I would prefer it that way as I have our trusty digicam already. The phone can be used as a flash drive when a memory card is present, as it can be connected to a computer through a USB port.
The screen is a bit smallish at 128×128 pixels (64K CSTN), but the text is legible enough. Ringtones are loud, and can use MP3s and MIDI files (though I don’t see why I can’t use the music in the MicroSD card as my ringtone). The keypad will take me some time to get used to as the keys are flat (which makes it easier to make mistakes when composing SMS).
The phone actually comes in black and white colors. I would have chosen the white one to match my Macbook, but the unit given to me looks like the white parts would turn yellowish in a short span of time, so I resorted to getting the black model.
Honestly, this reminds me of Motorola phones. The fonts used in the screen looks the same, and the connectors use the USB standard.
I hope this phone would last long with me. 