Kyocera SE47 / SE44 / V5 (Slider)
Average Ratings
Kyocera SE44 Verizon
Currently I have the Samsung N330 and I LOVE that phone but I had the phone Kyocera SE44 and I liked it and also disliked it.
PROS:
The phone is/ was pretty cool for it's age. the ringtones and games were great.
Texting was easy, and the phone locked when it was shut, that means no butt dialing.
Cons:
Along with a couple other Kyocera products I reviewed, this phone also has some lagness to it, when easy to text, dialing the number you were texting to was somehow inputted slowly. As was dialing a phone number, for some reason texting flew with the speed that you texted on. It also was durable. The other issues, were the battery life, It died a lot and had to be charged a lot. 2 hours every day it would have to be charged, and i disliked that, because it would die when I needed the phone during work or etc. a good investment to that phone was the car charger. It needed it! The browser was slow (but it's not a smart phone so the phone rating's not based on that.
OVERALL- CONCLUSION:
If you can find the way to get this phone (as it is now discontinued) and you purchase a few extra batteries and a car charger (as the battery seems to weaken fast so that you have to get a new one.) You should consider it. The phone is good- if the lag-ness and glitches would be fixed, then the phone would most definetly earn a 5.0
old school
the se47 slider was my first cell phone, and it didnt disapoint! being the first slide phone to hit the mass market, it was surprisingly durable. looking back on it now, its still not the crappiest phone ive ever owned, although it didnt do much.
Charge and use issue
Nice phone, EXCEPT that it cannot charge while in use, when it is plugged into an AC source. How did that one get by me before I purchased it? A BIG flaw, in my opinion.
Can You Say JUNK
When I first got the phone I wanted it becuase it was a nice little small phone and I thought the slide would be nice.Well I was wrong! After about 6 months of using the phone kept going into analog so i switched it to Digtel Only well when i did that the thing just kept saying Searching... So The next day it started working again. About a month later everytime I would Slide the phone up the screen would freeze and then turn white.I got rid of that thing and got the Slider Remix..(So much Better)
Overall I think this is what the phone deserves. :/
Not As Great As I Hoped
With its cute, unique design, this was the first phone I ever fell in love with at first sight...but then I actually bought one. You can't use the phone unless you slide it open. Even the buttons on the outside cannot be used for anything without giving you message that you must open the phone to use it. And, apparently, it is not capable of handling real ring tones (which I have become addicted to), the earpiece volume is not loud enough and the quality of the sound you do hear from the earpiece is not great. But, I was willing to put up with all that just because it was cute (yes, I AM that shallow).
The dealbreaker for me was when I bought the pink housing. You need at LEAST 2 different, very tiny screwdrivers to install the housing, and you have to take the entire phone apart to do it. Looking at the housing, it's obvious that you have to take it apart, so that wasn't the real problem...the real problem was that, once you take it apart, you can't get it back together without breaking it. You have to disconnect the wiring strip, and it is near IMPOSSIBLE to reinsert without breaking the connectors. I broke the connectors and I am now out all the money I spent on the phone, the housing, and the tool kit I had to buy to change the housing...plus, I have no phone.
If you don't mind having your phone be the same color (or if you have a steadier hand than me), if you don't mind not being able to hear real ring tones, and if you don't mind the earpiece issues, this is still a nice phone. It's just not the right phone for me.
A rather unfortunate phone
I purchased a Kyocera SE 47 to replace my LG VX 7000. I loved the VX7000 but it unfortunately succumbed to its last fall and the screen shattered. I had a few months before I could get a new phone at any sort of discount price so I figured I would buy a used phone off of e-bay. The 47 seemed reasonably priced and the options seemed to more or less correspond to that of the 7000.
I must say for voice calls the phone is great. The speaker phone is only slightly horrible (most cell speaker phones are,) the regular sound quality is decent, and the reception seems normal. The speed voice dialing works quite well and the contact/speed dial system is great. I absolutely love the level of organization possibly with the contact list.
This phone's failing will be noticed by anyone who uses their phone for anything beyond voice calls. I happen to send a great deal of text messages to friends, family, co-workers, et cetera. The text messaging software is abysmal. It is possibly the worst I have ever seen. It is incredibly slow, unintuitive and hard to use. In many cases inserting a period will prompt the phone to suggest another hyphenated word, leading to the insertion a space, typing a period, and deleting the space. In addition, the phone's small keys make it difficult to use it accurately and the fact that a key press may be registered without feeling a click from the key itself is a huge problem.
Pros: Great voice dial, good reception, call clarity, cheap price, passable speaker phone.
Cons: Throwback to previous cell phone generations: Slow response time, unintuitive user interface, random received 'ghost calls and messages' when using browser.
one problem
the only problem i had with this phone is a defective battery i called theyn replaced it and no further problems
not as bad as advertised
despite numerous persuasion attempts, i bought this phone almost 2 years ago. in that time i have never had a problem with anything but the vibrate mode. still has the same style as being one of the first mainstream sliders in the american market. ive been so happy with it that i plan on buying the remix despite hearing the same objections i heard 2 years ago.
Slider SE 47
Everyone complains too much. I can't believe people are crying about the keyboard size. (did you try it first fat fingers?) The screen is too small. (did you try it first bad eyes?) This is a great little phone. I get great reception, it's got a speaker phone that I can hear. It's durable. The price is right. If you don't like it, don't buy it. What a bunch of whiners.
Ok, but not for the buisness man
This was the first cell phone I ever owned. For the age I was, it was a great phone to have, but thatâs probably one of the few things I have to say good about the phone. For some reason it would randomly restart on me or just malfunction and display a black screen. It would hide my text messages and voice mails for a couple days before bombarding me with them all at once.
I would only recommend this phone for a teenager who wants to look stylish. Itâs an easy phone to use but there is nothing really outstanding about it. It did have good reception though and cute little icons for incoming calls. However, if you drop your phone often you'll hate this thing. It will crack and break easily.
