Kyocera Koi KX2
Phone Scoop Review
Apr 6, 2005 by Eric Lin
In-depth review of the Kyocera Koi swivel megapixel camera phone for Verizon and other CDMA carriers. read review ›
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Eh......
First off, This phone is a great conversation piece, and grate for picking up chicks, and the camera is pretty nice...but:
the speakerphone isn't nearly loud enough, I'm in a band, I need to hear you over a room of people, the ringtones are sad and lame and not loud enough, the jog wheel on the side is too sensitive going down and not sensitive enough going up. To load up the camera pictures in the media gallery takes about half an hour to load. The battery last for 10 minutes unless you throw it on power save mode, but then you lose brightness on the display. The number buttons are flat and hard to text on while driving. The case is fall off/apart with each day.(Maybe I'm just too hard/expect too much of my phone?) It's really poorly made to be honest. The case, when chewed on, leaves a very visable tooth indent.
So don't get me wrong, it's a cool phone and a great idea on paper, but I'm not too impressed and frankly kind of pissed for what i get for the price I paid. ($360) I really want to get a Nokia 6260 in black, but I havn't found one that works on a Verizon carrier. Email me with any questions.
-SA
Kyocera KX2 Koi
Bought it two days ago. Sound quality is excellent, speaker phone is OK. Screen is very nice. Programming the phone was fairly simple. Programmed about two hundred numbers manually as Verizon didn't have the cable to transfer the data from my old Motorola T730. In addition, I used it for about an hour worth of talk time and the battery basically lasted about 30 hours. Will check the battery in the next couple of days, hoping to get more out of it, otherwise may have to invest in a extended battery when it comes out or a car charger. Swivel is very cool. The phone has some really nice features, including a frequent call list (15 of your most frequent called contacts). Didn't experiment enough with camera yet. Took a couple of shots and resolution turned out pretty good (much better than my wife's Audiovox 8900). Need to play with it some more. You can answer a call/end call, initiate a call from recent list or contact list without opening the swivel (menu button on side). Also you can take pictures without opening the swivel (same button). So far I like the phone a lot especially the crystal clear and loud sound quality. No dropped calls so far compared to the Moto. T730, I am in Southern California. Screen maybe susceptible to scratching as it is on the outside (not protected like flip phones). I decided to put a piece of LCD screen protector similar to the PDA screen protector. Looks OK and so far it is doing the job. Will report more in a few more days.
