Motorola SC-3160 Review

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Motorola SC-3160
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Ray H.'s Review of Motorola SC-3160

25th Nov 2002

Overall Rating

4 stars
  • Value for money
    4 stars
Good Points

Reasonably compact, reliable and trouble free.


Bad Points

Poor battery life, no capability to send SMS, low ringer volume.


General Comments

The Motorola SC-3160 is a dual Analogue / CDMA phone. In Australia with the impending demise of the analogue network a couple of years ago, this was one of the few phones available that could take advantage of the superior country wide coverage of the existing analogue network and it's replacement CDMA network. Our existing digital GSM network is fine in urban areas but the analogue and its CDMA replacement cells are more prevalent in country areas. As for the SC3160, on the positive side, it has been reliable and trouble free. On the negative side... * Battery life of a claimed 120 hours standby is only 20-22 hours. Motorola sent me a replacement battery which was exactly the same. A check of the standby current drain and knowing the AH capacity of the battery showed the batteries were not at fault. Persistent efforts to contact technical personnel at Motorola to discuss advertised technical specifications were completely fruitless. * Also despite advertised claims by our major telco who were marketing this model that it was "SMS capable", the SC3160 is NOT capable of transmitting an SMS, only receiving them. * The ringer volume is not adequate in many situations. * Finally, without subjecting the unit to any electrical tests, my feeling is that the receiver sensitivity is not as good as it should/could be.

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