Cell phones & services

Comment:

I use this phone for making and receiving phone calls and for maintaining a phone contact list. Since my calling plan includes free periods, I also use it for almost all my personal long-distance calling. This phone is rugged - have dropped it on the floor 4-5 times and it merely bounced. The phone transports well in a jacket pocket, but when not wearing a jacket I have to use a phone holster. As one other reviewer noted, pressing the side button and one front button unlocks all the front buttons. I don't consider this any big deal; every other cell I've had featured a plethora of side and front buttons which got pressed in my pocket with irritating results. I learned to use a holster the hard way with all my previous cells, and this is no different. The earbud jack is 2.5mm and requires 4 contacts. Consequently, standard earbuds won't fit (3.5mm and 3 contacts). The only earbuds I could find that fit were Verizon's earbud-and-mike combo, which had lousy sound. Right there, my plans for dual use as an MP3 player went up in smoke. Music player? Nah. Now I don't know why they bothered. Still, it doesn't drop calls and seems to have a strong signal. I bought an extended capacity battery and a fatter back plate to accommodate it and it now has plenty of life even when I use it heavily. The sound quality in the earpiece is great, and the mike does a nice job of filtering out ambient noise. All in all it's not a perfect phone, but it's the best I've owned so far and I haven't been able to break it.

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Bottom Line

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend.

(5 of 5 customers found this review helpful)

Comment:

Great-- no data package<br />I read that the speakers were garbled and I thought who needs the speakers, I don't listen to music on my phone. But the everyday phone call is garbled. I only upgraded because my previous phone would no longer hold a charge even for a day. Wish I had waited!

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Bottom Line

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

(6 of 7 customers found this review helpful)

Comment:

We live in a STRONG signal area. Even my wife's I-Phone, noted for weak reception, out performs my Convoy 2. The I-Phone usually has 4 (of 5) bars in our home, the Convoy 2, 2 bars. Conversations are broken up requiring that I repeat myself and ask my contacts to repeat themselves.

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Bottom Line

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.