Panasonic X700 Review

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Panasonic X700
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eddybaby's Review of Panasonic X700

31st Jul 2007

Overall Rating

4 stars
  • Value for money
    4 stars
Good Points

Well, there are many of these thanks to the excellent Symbian S60 platform. Camera is surprisingly okay for a VGA. It was quite a nice looking phone (despite its ample size) until I had a little accident on my bike with it in my pocket; I ended up landing on the phone with the bike landing on me! I have now realised that although it may not be pretty after that, it is reasonably robust. It now has no aerial but manages to get good signal most of the time and keeps on working even with a huge dent in the front. To get the best of this phone you really need to explore the thousands of free applications you can get for it. I have had this phone for two years now and have nearly 60 new applications on it, all of them completely free. Some of the best come on it though; it has Quick Office as standard which enables the user to create and edit Word and Excel documents and edit Powerpoint files. I love the word and excel functions but the Powerpoint bit is not up to scratch but is okay for viewing presentations. Value for money from my point of view as I bought it brand new and sealed in box on eBay for £70.


Bad Points

Battery life is mediocre; I have to charge it every day or if I'm very lucky every two. Not being compatible with mp3 as standard is a let down but can be cured by way of new applications. Lack of 3G is a shame but not surprising as this phone will be three years old this Autumn/Winter (2007). Also it loads up slowly particularly with lots of installed applications. You eventually learn to be patient and work around these faults.


General Comments

The Panasonic X700 is a good phone and a bad phone in many respects but I have had much use out of mine. For the price I got it for at the time it quickly became apparent how much more advanced it was than all my friends' phones who'd paid considerably more for Motorola and Eriksson handsets. Only buy if it's what you really want and don't mind the problems I mentioned and at a good price, although they are harder to find now.

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