NEC e616 Review

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NEC e616
2.6 stars
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Italianstallion's Review of NEC e616

24th Sep 2005

Overall Rating

3 stars
  • Value for money
    4 stars
  • Time Phone Owned
    1 - 6 Months
  • Battery Life
    0.5 stars
  • Reception
    2.5 stars
  • Reviewers Network
    3 network
  • Screen Quality
    4 stars
  • Features
    3.5 stars
  • Style
    4 stars
Good Points

Stores loads of information in address book i.e. detail and amount of numbers.
Once you are familiarized with the phone it's very simple to use.
Downloading is easy and quick.
The big screen is lovely.
The software is compatible with the PC.


Bad Points

Poor battery life, especially if I use the browser a lot to surf the web.
Size and weight of phone.
Unreliable.
Locks you out of the phone when it feels like it.
1/2 a Bluetooth (headset compatible only).
The find you GPS system doesn't always work.


General Comments

I have this phone with 3, and even though they have great packages, their customer support is non-existent, to the extent that I have complained so much to them on various things relating to the phone, that they no longer reply or acknowledge my emails of complaints. Their customer service offices are not sited within the UK, so as you can imagine, there are language barrier problems. Bitter does not even cover how I feel.

The phones features are misrepresented as in that it is not Bluetooth compatible, and you cannot transfer files between phones or your computer, but only use the function with a headset. My main reason for choosing this handset was for full Bluetooth compatibility not half a Bluetooth.

The GPS location service does not always work, and you have to re-boot the phone by removing and reinserting the sim card, and then start up again, which is a bit of a pain really.


The software included is lovely to use, as it is compatible with Office Outlook, and so I can synchronise the phone with my PC dates. One drawback of the phone is that its internal memory cannot process a full years calendar worth of dates/appointments. Transferring images to/from the phone is a doddle.

Not all music formats are accepted by the phone, so it is limited when customizing your phone.

It's a pretty phone to look at and use, just a tad too bulky when used in conjunction with the bigger extended life battery, or as I jokingly call it, 'the car battery'. It's just down right big.

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