written by Mag. on 03/04/2003
Good Points
Size, Tri-band
Bad Points
Poor Design, Keys.
General Comments
I have to say I was drawn to this Ericsson T66 phone because of its size and tri-band compatability.
But only after a short space of time did the nightmare begin.
The keys have a habit of not working, and if you are like me, keeping the phone in your pocket only increases the problem.
The reason for this is, because of it's small size the keys are operated directly against the circuit board of the phone.
This works thus...when you press the keys you infact press down a small metal pad which bridges two copper connectors on the circuit board.
The problem is dust gets between the pad and circuit board stoping the connection. This means, as those who have the phone can verify, you have to press really hard for the keys to work.
As the keys are so close together this causes major problems.
I have to strip and clean my phone every month, which is a real pain. So i'm now looking at the P800. I know it's a lot larger, but hey, NO KEYS lol.