Ericsson T20 / T20s Review

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Ericsson T20 / T20s
4.3 stars
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FatBoy.'s Review of Ericsson T20 / T20s

26th Mar 2002

Overall Rating

4 stars
  • Value for money
    4.5 stars
  • Reception
    4.5 stars
  • Features
    3.5 stars
  • Style
    4 stars
Good Points

Size & weight, reliablity, screen lighting, battery life (about 6 days), signal stability.


Bad Points

Size of screen, slow software, WAP handling (slow and doesn't always display pages). WAP viewing not helped by small screen though this isn't as awkward to use as you might think. Messaging is awkward and no T9.


General Comments

I like this Ericsson T20 mobile phone a lot. This is my seventh mobile in 10 years and I think that having had this phone for a year, it'll be the one I'm most sad to see go, apart from maybe an ancient Nokia brick I had c.1995. This was when Nokia made big, serious phones for business users rather than for 10 year olds. However I'm due a free upgrade so I'll probably go for the T65, keeping the T20 as a trusty standby. My 14-year old daughter hated the phone for SMSing so this might be worth bearing in mind if you do a lot of it. I like it for its sheer solidness, ie, it does the job you ask of it without tripping over, every time, anywhere. Signal pulling power is the best I've experienced so far, the phone has never dropped a call.

For a solid, reliable phone, that doesn't reek of Nokia gimmickry but gives good service then I can recommend this phone thoroughly. I would question build quality a tiny bit as my wife has had a volume control just fall off without any help by being dropped or anything. Replaced with ease courtesy of Vodafone and so far so good... Mine's been fine.

As a phone for a more mature (dare I say sophisticated?)market, this is hard to beat for its age (1.5 years now). If you want 2000 ring tones and a range of cartoon covers, then Nokia it is. However, at least I can see my screen, whereas a friend who had an 8210 and another who had a 3310 had to have their replaced six times each because of faulty screens. One of them has now gone back to an Ericsson. How I sniggered. I guess its subsntance over appearance ultimately.

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