Panasonic X70 Review
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Review: December 2003. Updated November 2004.
The Panasonic X70 is a nice-looking phone that is a good size and feels
nice to hold in your palm. At 92g it's lightweight, but still has enough
weight to have "presence" in your hand. The exterior has a
small flashing light display that alerts you to incoming calls and displays
basic phone information. Opening the flip reveals a good sized internal
screen. The keypad layout is similar in style to its predecessor, the
GD87.
The X70 has a high-quality TFT screen with 65k colours. The digital
camera comes with a flash light that enables you to take pictures after
dark. However the resolution of the camera is poor compared with most
other camera phones available, and image quality is somewhat lacking.
One key improvement over the GD87 is the addition of Bluetooth™
wireless connectivity, which enables you to wirelessly connect a Bluetooth
headset.
A nice feature (missing on some other camera phones) is that you can
attach a picture to an entry in your phone book, so that person's picture
appears when they call you.
The main issue that we have with the X70 is that apart from Bluetooth,
it doesn't really offer much more than the older GD87 - we feel that
Panasonic have lost their momentum with the X70 and the phone is now
looking very dated.
Features of the Panasonic X70 include:
- Integrated digital camera with flash (110k resolution)
- Colour TFT display (65,536 colours)
- Bluetooth™ wireless connectivity & Infrared
- Downloadable ringtones & wallpaper
- Games
- Phone book (200 names & numbers) with pictures
- User memory: 4 Mbytes
- WAP 2.0, GPRS
- E-mail
- Size: 87 x 47 x 24 mm
- Weight: 92g
- Battery standby: 75 - 250 hours
- Battery talktime: 1.5 - 5 hours
- Vibration alert
- Tri band
Panasonic X70 User Reviews
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Average rating from 100 reviews: 
Reviewed by Daniel from UK on 1st Nov 2004
Nice looks, good size and weight. Features aren't too bad and the Bluetooth
is useful. Texting has been a hassle with lousy prediction and keys
placed to help you lose your message. Battery life is poor. Worst of
all the build quality is bad - with reasonable treatment the case now
looks a mess and charging is just a game of chance - for the first time,
I'm looking to get rid of a phone whilst in contract.
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Reviewed by Jon from England on 29th Oct 2004
I don't know why everyone is complaining about the reception - that
is your network you fools, not the phone!!!! it is very easy to use,
and the features can be changed with ease, no problems. i have bought
quite a few of them for family and sold a few, i would recommend this
phone! only downside is what people say about texts, if you press the
red button it's gone, but they're saved to outbox! also, for you idiots
that wrote that incoming and outgoing calls can't be saved, THEY CAN!!!
Press the green button and voila, they're there, in their opinion its
bad but it really is a good phone and Panasonic have done a great job
with this model, i'm awaiting a model that will be even better (if they
can do that!)
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Reviewed by Sabrina from England on 29th Oct 2004
On the upside: It's a nice looking phone and so much easier to write
long text messages on. It's nice that you can change the front screen
light to signify who's ringing or if you just feel like a change as
well as add a picture of the person who's ringing. On the downside:
It's battery life is terribly short. You can have one decent phone conversation
before you have to charge. The photo quality is also very poor, especially
the night time ones (even with the photo light). There are mush better
camera phones, with amazing zoom capabilities and as soon as my contract
is up I'm changing phones.
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Reviewed by Nicole from England on 28th Oct 2004
I do like the style of the Panasonic x70 and i also like the fact that
you can have all different coloured backlights for the sceen. I also
like the idea of having a picture of the person who is phoning however
one thing that i do think you could improve on is the qulity of the
speaker phone on the Panasonic X70 it isn't that clear. I also like
the idea of the camera light. I think this is a great feature to the
phone. The reason why i myself gave the particular phone a 4 is because
i believed it was a good, stylish little phone and i do enjoy using
it.
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Reviewed by David from England on 25th Oct 2004
Absolute rubbish. Had it nearly a year now, and though it was fine for
the first 9 months or so, once the charger socket has gone (which it
will because they, and the chargers are absurdly fragile) you will have
to send it to Panasonic to be fixed, But to fix it they have to wipe
all your pictures and messages and whatever off it, but thats OK because
you download them all into handset manager before you send it can't
you, except you can't because handset manager is flipping useless and
doesn't work on Windows 98 even though they say it will, and of course
with the charger/data cable socket broken, you can't connect the phone
up to your computer anyway even if handset manager did work. All in
all, putting design over build quality is just not good enough and I
cannot wait to trade the stupid thing in.
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Reviewed by Ashley from Scotland on 20th Oct 2004
I had my Panasonic X70 for about ten months until it was stolen. I thought
it was a great phone, i never had any problems with the battery. (The
Best way of getting the battery to live longer is to only charge it
when the battery is down to its last bar. Dont charge it if you still
have two or three bars left, its a waste). I have had no problems with
my phone what so ever. The camera wasnt amazing, but being my first
and only camera phone it did me fine. The only thing i didnt like was
the inbox showed you the start of the message, not the person who sent
the message, which is what i prefered. As for ringtone, i used me own,
being able to record your own ringtones was great, i had a few great
recording from a Justin Timberlake live. Overall, a great phone, no
problems. I really miss it!
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Reviewed by CHR from UK on 20th Oct 2004
even tho i havint used 1 b4 it seems exelent i bought 1 today, had a
few douts by these coments but ill give it try looks exelent, but seems
otha ppl dont think so camera dunno but from ur reviews seems horrible!!
is it that bad!!! what is it like??? thnkx
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Reviewed by Katy from UK on 17th Oct 2004
This phone was such a disappointment!!After about two weeks it started
crashing on the odd occasion especially when getting a text message.
This 'odd occasion' then progressed to 9 times out of 10, it deletes
some messages by itself and gets rid of numbers in the phone book sometimes
too. Very annoying! it does have its good points but if you want your
fone to actually function properly i wouldnt buy this fone at all
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Reviewed by Sammy from UK on 17th Oct 2004
I've had this phone on contract since it came out. When my contract
ran out I gave it to my daughter. You no what kids are like always dropping
them and breaking them. But my daughter loves this one. Its lightweight,
good camera, long battery life, great games, wicked tones. Everything
she wanted. So if you think this phone is rubbish try READING the manual!!!
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Reviewed by Emma from Australia on 13th Oct 2004
Hey, someone in the reviews gave this phone a bagging due to him not
being able to find out who called him last, well READ THE MANUAL (oh,
no, of course, that involves effort, gosh!) Just press the green call
button in the menu, and good lord! people you've called, missed calls,
people who've called you! Gee! I have no real issues with this phone
- camera hates sunlight but I've got some really crystal clear indoor
shots with it. Also, sometimes the wallpaper goes all static, but you
just have to set it again. The only main issue I have is the battery
life - Very very very low. But hey, I think I gave it a battery memory
by charging it nightly. My bad.
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Reviewed by Sam from UK on 12th Oct 2004
Occasionally does what it says on the tin but then it does it badly.
I wouldnt mind too much if it was simply a reliable telephone but it's
not. This is my second X70. The first one ceased functioning after 2
weeks. I think that may have been a result of attempting to use it in
Spain (they dont like temperatures above 25 or below 24 celcius. This
one continually turns itself off - always at the most inconvenient time.
The camera works sort-of. Big deal! The menus are hopeless. Dont buy
this phone if you are used to the userfriendliness of Nokias.Dont buy
this phone if you want to make phone calls abroad. Dont buy this phone
if you want to make phone calls from anywhere else. Consider semaphore
before wasting your money.
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Reviewed by sean from uk on 10th Oct 2004
rubbish with a capital R
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Reviewed by Mhairi from Scotland on 9th Oct 2004
Firsty I'd like to say, I read the reviews that had been left already
and to be honest, I havent had any problems with my mobile, its never
switched off on me or anything like it so I wouldnt let that put you
off, it can happen to any model, I used to have problems with an old
Nokia model I had. Secondly a couple of other things were untrue, you
dont have to delete the whole line or word if you have made a spelling
mistake, all you do is delete the letter, re type it and then predict
it again, and you dont lose the text message if you try and send it
and it doesnt for whatever reason, if you go to your outbox, its saved
in there. I've thought that myself when i've tried to send a text and
its said 'Message Failed' but it does save it for you. Good points-
This phone took a bit of getting used to as I was used to the Nokia
models. I liked the style of the phone when it arrived, thought it looked
nice and sleek. Once i'd read the manual it was easy to find my way
around, to be honest, i dont use all the features it has! I love the
different colours you can choose for the front screen! Bad points -
The picture quality isnt as good as I thought, I'm really not that impressed
with it but then again, I hardly use that facility as my mates dont
have a camera phone that I can send them too! Think next time i'll get
one with a better quality to it. Also the games are good (having paid
for new ones), but you have to pay when you get passed a certain level,
AND you have to pay for each level which I wasnt too happy with! It
seems they are just trying to get money out you all the time! And lastly
the quality of downloading Real Tones isnt that good either, I wouldnt
bother as you will just waste your money :( All in all its a good mobile,
with alot of good qualities
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Reviewed by Jeanette from Australia on 7th Oct
2004
First impressions? I loved this phone. It's stylish and lightweight
and fairly easy to use (once I'd read the manual). However after just
a few weeks it started to play up. It began switching itself off everytime
a call or message came through or when the alarm went off. It began
deleting messages by itself. It had poor reception and battery charge.
I wasn't too impressed with photo quality either. I even sent it back
to Panasonic twice for repairs and it came back with the same problems.
I thought it was just my bad luck, but then I read all these reviews!
It sounds like it's fairly hit and miss with the quality of the Panasonic
x70. I'm heartbroken that I have to part with this cute little phone,
but it's just been more trouble that it's worth. And yes. I'm going
back to a Nokia.
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Reviewed by Lee from Uk on 5th Oct 2004
Im about to go out to the shop to buy this phone. Firstly ive read your
comments about the reliability, it concerns me a little, but i will
give it the benefit of the doubt. Secondly, its a PANSONIC!!!!, if anyone
has ever bought/owned/liked a Nokia then i doubt they will like Panasonic,
i have owned 3 previous panasonic phones and they have all been 1st
class, they just operate a little different to Nokia's and the like.
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Reviewed by Stuart from UK on 5th Oct 2004
Huge disappointment. I've bought lots of Panasonic products in the past
(TV, Camcorders, etc) and always been impressed, but not this time.
It looks ok, but everything else is rubbish. It consistently turns itself
off, and fails to charge even though the charge light is on - apparently
a common problem, and the reason why my dealer had no spare courtesy
phones. It also loses previously saved phonebook entries. The user interface
is appallingly thought out, and it takes numerous presses even to start
keying in a text. If you fail to send due to poor reception, you have
to hunt around the folder system to try to find your message to resend.
Oh, and the camera is poor, as is the sound quality. Im going back to
Nokia. Definitely one to avoid.
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Reviewed by DJ Acer from England on 4th Oct 2004
THIS IS THE WORSE PHONE I HAVE EVER HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO USE... On
first appearences, i liked the lok of it - the overly friendly salesman
showed me on various websites that this phone was a £300 5 star phone
at the top of its leauge - Well, i should have known better to trust
him,eh??? 1) TEXTing is awful. There is NOTHING easy about writing a
text with this phone - even finding your way into composing a text is
a pain in the butt. Predictive text is useless, make a spelling mistake
and you cantjust change a letter, you have to delete the whole word
and write it again. Most annoying of all though is the way it deletes
your whole message if you try and send and you have no reception - which
happens regularly... 2) Bringing me neatly on to the RECEPTION. It is
rubbish. Rarely get a decent signal anywhere in Bristol. 3) NO CALL
LOG. Why, why, why can i not save the number of the last person who
called me??? This is so simple, and probably one of the most useful
functions of a mobile phone - and yet Panasonic have left it out of
the X70. Come on - Panasonic should be able to do better than this.
4) GAMES. one game of Breakout (reminised of my days playing this on
my Atari 2600) - but i got to level 5 on my first game and was told
i have to pay 50p for the next level??? Coporate swines! Haven't i paid
enough for this phone already??? And now im bored of it i have to pay
£1.50 for a new game... WHAT A SKANK! I am just glad i realise just
how bad this phone was in the first few days of having it - it will
be going back to the shop tomorrow. DONT BUY THIS PHONE
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Reviewed by James Niclair from Uk on 30th Sep
2004
Fine phone, decent standby (Unless you forget to turn off Bluetooth
that is) and fairly hammerproof. Have had this phone for 3 months and
it's never let me down - bluetooth works and I'm totally happy with
it - I just need to work out how to use voice dial with a bluetooth
headset as I've done it a dozen times accidentally (Hence one very large
phone bill last month) JamesN
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Reviewed by tris cokes from england on 25th Sep
2004
Pretty poor performer - freezes often - then turns itself off - anyone
know how to change the colour of the top and bottom bars/information
on inside screen. Can change wallpaper ok but can't work out how to
change the rest - someone changed it for me in a pub and now I can't
change it back!
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Reviewed by Steph from UK on 9th Sep 2004
I take great exception to being called a retard by Oliver. He may have
got the only "perfect" X70 which has been produced. I thought we had
a democracy and that everyone was entitled to their own opinion, and
that is what the rest of us who have taken the time and trouble to write
a comment about the X70 have done. Or perhaps I'm wrong ???????
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Reviewed by Oliver from - on 8th Sep 2004
ive read most of the other reviews & im shocked??? what are those retards
talking about, this is the best phone ive ever had. i recently had a
sharp gx20which is rated 1 star above, but i dont think it comes close.
the pics arent as good nor is the strength. GREAT PHONE, i mean it cant
be perfect can it? it comes close though :)
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Reviewed by Cheese Man from England on 2nd Sep
2004
I had this phone less than a week and it broke (refused to turn on).
Thankfully it was less than 28 days so i swapped it for a samsung e700.
Good points :- cool clock on the front err thats it Bad points :- rubbish
camera quality sending text messages was an absolute pain quite bulky
broke within a week summary mediocre phone at best, get a samsung e700
or e800 if you can live without bluetooth.
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Reviewed by emma from uk on 27th Aug 2004
can u buy the panasonic x70 in pink yet or is that just in different
counteries???
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Reviewed by Steph from UK on 23rd Aug 2004
I've had the X70 since December last year and to be honest I'm a little
disappointed with it. The facility to save SMS is sort of non-existant,
but there is a way around it sometimes, type the message out then go
to send it but cancel it, it ocassionaly goes into your outbox so you
can use it form there. The camera is not that bad, actualy had some
decent pics with it. I'm onto my second handset as the holes where the
charger fixes in damages extremely easily and I've just had to have
a new battery. I brought a separate bluetooth headset to the one Panasonic
makes, but that is a different story. If I have the phone on quiet mode
and I send a text (delivery report facility switched on) the screen
sometimes lights up to tell that the message has been delivered. Also
I have the phone on rainbow colours when a call comes in, again that
sometimes fails so have to rely on me hearing the phone (over my loud
stereo in car) or wait for the bluetooth headset to tell me there's
a c all. Sometimes the phone won't make calls even when I have a full
signal. All in all I'll be glad when December arrives so that I can
change it for a different one, but to which one ?????????????????
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Reviewed by Jadie from uk on 21st Aug 2004
i have this fone, and i have had no major problems yet.. i dnt no wat
sum ppl r tlkin about, wen they said it has no zoom it blatently does
if u wer to read the manual or in my case which i lost it jus continuosly(however
u spel tht) go through the phone, if you go into camera mode and thn
use the arrows on the curser right to left is brightness and up and
down is zoom or normal.. so plz do get it right next time, also i agree
the messages in sms inbox r a bit rubbish by not havin the sender and
juas sayin the first line but u get ova it! this fone is so much better
than the samsung e700 i dnt no wat ur talking about. obviously u dont
either otherwise u wouldd of known about the camera zoom etc.. and u
can hardli say ur samsung flashes colours wen sum1 rings or txts u can
u now, so ha! go get a panasonic x70 if ur finkin bout it... i was gunna
get the next 1 the x60 but it isnt out yet ar wel x
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Reviewed by sean from australia on 11th Aug 2004
I'm writing this review in an attempt to help those poor people who
are giving this phone 1 or 2 stars. First question ARE YOU LITERATE?
in reading your reviews, 99% of your complaints can be fixed, i had
them, and you know what I did? I read the manual. *shocked silence*
A bit too drastic for you? camera quality, for all those who complained
about it, yup it ain't too good, its grainy and doesnt seem to pick
up the photo light too well. BUT if any of you had read the manual,
you would know that you can change that. if the picture is grainy, then
you swap from PNG to JPEG format (or vice versa as they are both suited
to different distances and lighting conditions), if the picture is fuzzy,
then there is a neat little thing in the camera menu that those who
had read the manual would know about, the camera is defaultly set to
MEDIUM quality and to the LOW resolution. you'd be surprised what reading
the manual can do for you, you might want to try that before complaining
abo ut the phone on the internet or even shelling out another $600 for
aother phone.
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Reviewed by Phil from UK on 11th Aug 2004
Looks good but this is a bad phone. Can you not pick less than 1 star?
Forget the camera - if you want decent pics - don't use a phone! The
real problems begin here: 1 - Defininately the worst is that SMS can't
be saved. When typing a long message and a call is received or you press
the "Red" button by mistake, the message is lost! Come on Panasonic,
how basic is this!? At least give us the option to save!? My first Nokia
10 years ago could do this! Also, takes about a thousand button clicks
to send it - very irritating. 2 - SMS are listed by content rather than
sender. This is not so bad in the Inbox where they are sorted by date
but in Sent Items they are listed alphabetically meaning it is nearly
impossible to find what you are looking for unless you can remember
what you typed in each of 100 texts! 3 - MMS are displayed by a number
rather than the sender name even though they are in my contacts. 4 -
IR handset manager can't find the phone even though the link works fine
- can send files OK. I see lots of others have had problems with this
too - anyone got a solution yet? I'm binning it and going back to Seimens
- they can make a decent phone. Yours frustrated Phil
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Reviewed by mia from uk on 10th Aug 2004
i think this a most excellant phone, its usful and it has a good camera
light. its very neat and stylish and is simple to use. i also have a
motorola v500 which my brother gave me and to be honest it doesnt even
come close. i dont think it looks as good and the panasonicx70 which
has more features, is easier to use, is more reliable and looks better.
its also an improvment on LG C1100 (i think thats what its called) which
i was using for along time, yet again the x70 has more features and
has been far more reliable.
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Reviewed by zac from uk on 28th Jul 2004
it is a very good phone i dont no what everyone is on about , i have
had no promblems only when i dropped it from about 6ft high when the
areil came loose but still then it worked fine!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Darren from England on 25th Jul 2004
Had this phone now for a few weeks, and it is very stylish and easy
to use. So GO AND BUY ONE!!!!
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Reviewed by Montague Smith from australia on 22nd
Jul 2004
absolute rubbish, i have to move outside of my house so i can get a
reception from the people calling me, it's now in being repaired as
everytime i get a phone call it dies! the person calling me still gets
a ringing tone but my phone essentially can't be answered as i can't
hear it, it just drops dead. like mentioned in the posts above i would
steer clear of it! service girl said if it's physical or liquid damage
i'd have to pay for it, lucky i'm not the only one with the same problems
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Reviewed by sam from england. where the sun dont shine
on 21st Jul 2004
i dont have this phone. thank god. i have an e700 an its loads better.
however i have used the x70 alot so i know what im on about. the cameras,
which are the main selling points of both of the phones are v different.
the e700 has digital zoom, effects, frames, multishot (which is v good
an fast) timers an rotations an the picture quality is amazing. the
x70 has no zoom, poor picture quality, a useless photo "light" which
doesnt light anything up, and a multishot which takes 7 pictures over
the space of about 15 seconds compared to samsungs max of 15 in 2 seconds.
the games are carp on the x70, the screen is dull an hard to see outdoors.
the design is ugly an the phone feels tacky. the texting is frustrating
to the point where you want to snap the phone in half. it wont save
words an sometimes it wont even recieve messages. aaaa i hate my phone
so i'll stick with my e700 which i broke so i'll get a new one
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Reviewed by Andy Cardiff from UK on 7th Jul 2004
This is the worst phone I have ever owned, and I've certain had a few
in my time. It should never be advertised as a camera phone as the camera
is next to useless! Even the (after thought) plug-on camera accessory
I had with my old T68i took far better pictures. The user interface
feels like some proto-type and is dreadful. It takes five key presses
alone to start typing an SMS. The predictive text is dreadful and doesn't
allow you to add words to the dictionary or learn frequently used words.
If you spot a miss-predicted word, you can not go back and alter it,
you have to go back, delete the whole word and then retype it again
and then change it to the correct word. No short cut keys to jump to
'create SMS' or 'turn-on bluetooth' etc. I also don't like having to
read an entire SMS guessing who it might be from all the way through,
only to find out at the end of the message!! Mine also frequently crashes
on receiving an incoming call. It shuts down for 15 seconds and doesn't
even list a missed call when it comes back on, so if you aren't watching
it 24/7 then you will never be aware that you even missed that call!
Looks good, but doesn't deliver, at all! STAY WELL CLEAR OF THIS PHONE!
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Reviewed by James from Nth Ireland on 7th Jul
2004
To make a point my last phone was a Nokia 3650 for 18mths, I thought
I would make a big change. Photo's on the X70 are not so good but most
printer software makes up for the short fall in quality. Setup is a
fraction of the time I had with 3650 plus the screen is bright and clear.
Down fall no memory card or slot. Bluetooth or infrared lets you easy
transfer. In a nut shell I have no regrets ie "Orange World" runs better
than "Vodafone Live"
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Reviewed by Jimmy B from UK on 6th Jul 2004
Had this phone only 3 weeks before it started going wrong! First it
wouldn't charge (intermittent fault), then the camera would only work
when it felt like it (again intermittent) then the screen went white
and would not work again (terminal fault!) basically it was poo. I've
now got a Nokia 6610i which is v nice... I may have just been unlcky
and had a duff one as many other reviews seem to love it but I personally
had a lot of trouble with the X70 and only 3months of very frustrating
use out of it....
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Reviewed by Dick from Kenya on 30th Jun 2004
When i saw this phone it looked good and from what i heard it was susposed
to be really good, so i bought it. I have to admit, it is stylish and
it looks cool. But a few pointers have to be made about the phone: camera
needs to be better, pictures are fuzzy. no java - no good games. battery
life (goes out fast, it meets its death every 2 days after charging
it. So the phone is okay, but i sugest, dont upgrade to it from other
panasonics
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Reviewed byDave from England on 25th Jun 2004
This phone is rubbish. Forget the photo quality, it is a designers nightmare.
The 4 way cursor is rubbish, and unpredictable. To get ANYWHERE you
have to navigate through loads of menu options. When there is a text
message, it shows the first line of text, not the sender. To send a
text is AGONY, to flip between numbers and letters is AGONY. to find
these: ! or ? is AGONY. I had a Nokia phone before and it was great.
This model is rubbish.
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Reviewed by Matthew Hutchinson from UK on 24th
Jun 2004
EVERYONE WITH AN PANASONIC X70 READ THIS! Hi everyone. I've just got
the Panasonic X70 phone myself and i must admit it is a very good phone.
Only problem is the battery life which lasts about a day for myself
as i use it a lot!. The phone overall is very good. Smart and very good
looking. Camera quality is average and the photo light is a bit of a
gimmic as it doesn't help much but i haven't tried it in complete darkness
so who knows, but it wont give you good pictures at a distance so don't
bother using it for those photos. Batter life is very poor as i said
but it is now possible to get a battery for about a tenner off ebay
which has a bigger mAh than the standard battery from panasonic. I've
got one off www.ebay.co.uk but i'm waiting for it to arrive. If i leave
another post about the battery you will know it was rubbish. But it
says it will increase the battery power x2. As i originally had a 3510i
nokia the battery would last three days using the phone 3 times a d
ay for 50min calling time but with the panasonic X70 it only lasts just
one day with a 50 min phone call with about ten texts. So if your not
up for paying loads for a pay as you go phone and your a high end user
don't go for the panasonic x70, go for a nokia 3510i as it's one of
the best battery wise. Apart from that i would have gave the panasonic
5 stars if only the camera and battery life was good. Also if you get
the panasonic it's worth while getting a data cable (not an infra red!)
so you can put tones and logos on it; if you have a home pc as the phone
comes with software to put them on. The car phone warehouse does them
at £29.99 while you can get them for about £8 on ebay. I can understand
some people saying the phone is rubbish obviously due to battery power
and camera quality but who knows this after market battery may work
wonders as it's over 800mAh. we will soon see.... watch this space :-)
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Reviewed by Richard Heaton from uk on 23rd Jun
2004
How bad has a phone got to be for my daughter (15) who was highly embarrassed
by her nokia 3330, not want it as a present after using for a weekend.
She's now gone back to her old phone. She mainly used it for texting
which apart from being fiddlely doesn't show who has texed you, also
if the signal isn't strong enough it doesn't give you the option to
save the message if it cant send but deletes it. I used it for a couple
of days and found it useless in the business environment I work. What
use is this phone? It only got a signal on our kitchen window sill when
all our previous generation phones get a signal in most of the house.
Its gone back and I'm well out of pocket. Do your homework, I trusted
the salesman and the price bracket this phone is in, both turn out to
be unqualified in the marketplace.
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Reviewed by chris from england on 16th Jun 2004
Review: I fist got this phone in December, and everything was great,
but ove the past month, the camera has stopped working, blue tooth is
intimitent, and the sceen on the case has stopped working. I don't bash
the phone about, but the outer paint of the casing is peeling off also.
I'm really disapointed with the quality. I have always had nokia before,
without any problems, but this phone is bad . . just though, on predictive
text, it doesn't learn words either, so if there is a name or a word
which you use often, it will keep getting it wrong!
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Reviewed by fone love 4eva from uk on 13th Jun
2004
i had had the panasonic x70 for a week and i think it is really good
da camera is k but o well.
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Reviewed by Kevster from U.K. on 22nd Apr 2004
This phone does not even deserve the 1 star it has been awarded. It
is, in the the most basic of language, C**P!!!! This is the first camera
phone I have purchased and to be honest I bought it as a gimmick and
I wish I hadn't bothered now. The camera is such poor quality, I have
seen better quality pictures taken in the 50's. The light serves no
purpose what so ever. The menus are too complicated for quick navigation.
Even the most basic of features seems to have been over looked on this
phone. There is no way to get back into the missed call menu. If you
are sending a text and you hit the wrong key, that is it, the text has
been erased. Don't get me wrong, the phone looks great but that's all
it has in it's favour. Take my advice, steer well clear of this little
heap of junk!
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Reviewed by Billy J from England on 8th Apr 2004
X-70 Vs E-700, Which is the better phone? I have owned the Samsung E-700
and to tell you the truth, I didn't ind it that good. It's slightly
smaller than the X-70, and has no exteral aerial, but the features on
the X-70 are much better, for one, the X-70 has Bluetooth compatablity
which is much better than having wires getting in the way. The X-70
has voice dialing, the E-700 doesn't. I now have the X-70 and I'm very
happy with it, so in my opinion, the X-70 has the slight advantage,
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Reviewed by S from UK on 6th Apr 2004
For a £250-300 phone it is a disappointment. I expected it to be thousand
times better than any other phone out...how wrong I was. I camera is
rubbish my friend has the GD87 and the camera is so much better. Why
did panasonic change it. The pics are fuzzy and poor coloured. Also
the lack of graphics and colour is a dissapointment. The GD87 has a
much better menu and compared with Samsung the phone looks like it's
three years behind everyone else. Also the 'amazing' photolight does
sweet FA nothing more than a torch. The worst thing about this phone
has got to be the txt messaging. Instead of displaying the name of the
sender it displays the first line of the message...Wot is with that??
Nokia please bring out a decent flip phone your new one sucks!! Samsung
keep up the good work!! 3 phones are the future and not too expensive
on contract.
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Reviewed by new user from uk on 6th Jun 2004
i've only had dis fone for bout a week and i think its a nice fone,
its good lookin, small, light and best of all its a camera fone. although
the camera quality isnt that gud i still think its a gud fone but then
there r a few dissapointments like it doesnt tell u who a message waz
sent by and u only can hav one game at a time. the bluetooth is gud
and the infra-red but the battery life isnt as gud. overall gud fone
to use.
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Reviewed by Hannah from UK on 3rd Apr 2004
Ive had this fone for a while now and i have to disagree with alot of
the reviews which say it is completely rubbish and so on. Fair enough
the camera isnt amazing or anything and the foto light is a bit poor
but on the whole it is a great fone. It looks really stylish and is
realtively simple to get used to using (i myself have only ever had
nokias which are usually very similar so moving away from nokia was
a bit wierd but within a few hours i was fine). Texting does take a
while to get used to and you yave to be a bit careful with the central
circle buttony thing (im not that technical) but if you are wanting
a mobile that looks really good, relatively simple to use and has space
for LOADS of pictures as well as the ability to do voice recording and
stuff then th Panasonic x70 is most definitely worth considering!
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Reviewed by amy from uk on 1st Jun 2004
i have have had the panasonic X70 for about a month now and so far i
am very impressed with it. the battery life wears out after a day when
you first get it but what do you expect if you have just got a new phone!
you are playing with it all the time. after a little while you don't
play with it so much and the the battey life lasts longer. the camera
is good quality and you can add frames to your pictures as well as making
it black and white and all sorts of other things. it is a beautiful
design and is very light. it is excellent value at the orange shop for
just £180.00. it is very easy to use and has many original functions
such as when the phone is closed if you press a button the front screen
goes rainbow coloured which is very cool and there is a voice recorder.
there are also lots of different clocks to choose from (digital, normal
clock etc)the ringtones are great and when you are on something like
games you can close the flip and when you open it up again the games
a re still there. the phone also has blue tooth although i haven't used
it it sounds good. i highly recommend this phone.
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Reviewed by livvy! from UK on 25th May 2004
Panasonic X70 vrs Motorola V500 ive had the X70 for a few months now
and i have to say i am extremely impressed with it. when first thinking
of getting a picture phone i was stuck at whether to choose the Panasonic
X70 or Motorola V500, thank god for the X70! my friend got the Motorola
V500 at the same time and when comparing picture quality, memory, gadgets
and overall style the X70 won hands down every time. i found the picture
quality to be very good, i dont know what everyone is making a fuss
over, some of my pictures look of better quality then another friends
Motorola V600!!! (by the way the Motorola V500 is VERY heavy compared
with the X70 or many other new clamshells.) The Panasonic X70 is light
and looks good all the time, the camara light is really bright and is
VERY useful as a torch if nothing else! ... But, as with everything,
it does have it down fall, the battery life is poor for a phone that
has so much to investigate and when a text is received you have to read
it before knowing who it is from, but for me thats not so bad as you
can normally tell who its from anyway just by reading the first line.
There you go, thats my view!
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Reviewed by Rich from UK on 11th May 2004
I've had this phone for a couple of months, and I love it. OK, the camera
isn't too amazing and can be grainy, and the texting is a bit dodgy
with flipping between upper/lower case and numerics, but that's something
to get used to. The ringing volume and the earpiece volume is loud.
The screen is lovely and clear and displays photo realistic colours.
I'd recommend this phone to anyone who wants something stylish, lightweight
and with a good battery life. And contrary to other reviews, mine is
working fine!
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Reviewed by Daz from UK on 6th May 2004
I've been reading all the reports of unreliability on this phone so
I decided to wait a few months before passing judgement but up to now
I've only managed to crash it once (and that was under exceptional circumstances
i.e.. -25C in a meat freezer). The X70 looks great and feels solid (unlike
some "flip" phones out there). The outer monochrome display with multicoloured
backlight and changeable analogue/digital display outshines it's rivals,
the only problem being if you put it down on your desk someone always
wants to pick it up and have a closer look. When you open the cover
you find a large bright clear display with a clock even your granny
could read and as with most phones now the background can be changed
to any picture you have in your data folder. The keypad has a nice feel
and is well lit although the D pad is a little awkward at first. The
menus are quite easy to follow as long as you're not one of those people
who believe all phones should be like a Nokia. I don't know about you
but I use my X70 primarily as a phone so I was pleased to find the reception
is better than average and call clarity is excellent although there's
no external volume control which would have been nice. If you use SMS
a lot using Abc rather than T9 then this is not the phone for you as
you have to change mode to write numbers. The ringtones are reasonably
loud and annoying but if you like you can download any MIDI file
up to 50 kb and set it as your tone, the vibrate is also powerful enough
to make you think you're having a heart attack if placed in a shirt
pocket. The camera is a bit of a let down, the photo resolution is only
adequate viewed on the display (the way it was intended to be viewed)
and laughable if transferred to a web page (hmmm I always wondered why
I bought a digital camera). As with all phones the battery life isn't
as good as the manufacturers claim, with bluetooth on I get about 3
to 4 days with an average of 20 to 30 mins of calls per day. It does
have a power saving setting (which doesn't appear to be in the manual)
if you go on settings/clock/power time you can set a time to turn off
when you go to bed and back on in the morning but if you have SIM lock
enabled you only get about a minute to enter your code before it turns
back off. Bluetooth works fine with Plantronics M3000 and Kondor Konnect
headsets (the only ones I've tried) although if using voice dial the
name prompt is very loud. The X70 also connects well with my PC using
Mobile Fun MA700 bluetooth fone data suite (£39.95 but great fun). All
the usual features you expect are found in the organiser i.e.. Calendar,alarm,calculator
etc. Also a currency converter (very useful). There are many other features
which I haven't used yet but I'm sure I'll get around to it in the future.
All in all I find it a nice practical, good looking phone with more
good points than bad. Recommended
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Reviewed by Pat from UK on 15th Apr 2004
I brought tyhis phone on the 14th of April i have only had it 1 day
but from what i have seen it is the best phone i have ever had. I am
used to usin sagems (previously myx-6). This phone has everything you
need camera (also camera light) games and much more. It is a very small
phone which is quite handy and the camera quality is much better than
my old phone. Id rate this phone to anyone who can afford it really
because it is quite expensive.
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Reviewed by Aaron S from Birmingham England on
14th Apr 2004
Phone: Panasonic X70 Age: Jan 2004 model Had it for: 2 months Previous
Phones: Nokia: 3210, 7110, 8210, 9210, 6210, 7210, Ericsson T68, Sagem
Myx5, StarTac, Panasonic GD60, GD70, X60 Cool features: Alarm: This
is much better than any Nokia I have used, 4 different alarms with selectable
melody (you can even use a voice recording). Configurable: You can configure
the 'hot' buttons to do all sorts, configure the screen case, configure
the menu themes, configure the configuration. LEDs: They look good.
Speakerphone: Loud, clear and easy to enable. Finish: super sexy finish,
with clamshell 'click' Panasonic X70...it's a shame because it is so
cool it hurts me to say this, but the crap parts are as follows. Battery:
This is a joke, there is no way this battery should run down so quickly
(few days tops), no excuses, it's not a smart phone, it doesn't have
Java, Panasonic need to be careful with their 200+hour battery life
estimations or else someone (like Orange) will take them to court. Camera:
Another joke, my workmate has the GD87 and his camera is CRAP BUT STILL
MUCH BETTER THAN THE X70!!! I waited a year for this phone to come out
for the camera to be crap? The flashlight is very cool and will have
the opposite sex running to you in droves but when you turn the screen
and show that the light made no difference you will look like an idiot.
Games/Apps: This is by far the best joke, Panasonic in all their wisdom
decided to let the operators rip off their customers, so they disable
the Java (making the phone virtually useless with a laptop) and decide
to use this infusio crap which basically means you can only use software
if you're prepared to 'infusio' £1.50 to the operator. Then when you're
bored of it you must delete it and pay another £1.50 for the next game.
SMS/MMS: This one is fast but stupid. It won't learn new words and won't
highlight old words, so if you're trying to change 'bun' in to 'bum'
it wont work, you have to delete the whole word and type it again. Messages
in the sent items folder appear all mixed up, with no order, no names,
nothing.. Messages in the inbox are in order but once again have no
names/dates unless your prepared to read the whole message.. once again,
stupid! Phonebook: Okay more stupidity in here, if I enter 'Dave' as
an entry in to the phones memory and then copy Dave off my SIM on to
the phone, it assumes this is another Dave and WITHOUT ASKING makes
another phonebook entry with exactly the same name. This may not sound
bad, but just try copying new SIM entries for old contacts to your phone
and you will see what disaster this will cause. Final note: This is
one of the most desirable handsets currently on the market with superb
build quality, excellent screens, very bright LEDs and it's also very
very sexy.. It's just a pity it's a dumb blonde...
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Reviewed by JK from ENGLAND on 7th Apr 2004
This is a poor excuse for a mobile phone, I've got a mate that has the
Panasonic GD87 (the previous model) and it is way better than the X70.
Ithought the point in bringing out a new phone was to ake it better
than the last model, but who decided to put a rubbish camera on a new
phone. And another thing is the power button, it is far to close to
the 3 button which annoy me when i am trying to play games or type a
text. one last critiscim, the internet/GPRS button is really annoying,
i have found my phone at leasst 5 times when it has been in my pocket
and the GPRS HAS SOME HOW COME ON RUNNING UP MY PHONE BILL aarGGHH.
But other than the above its alright. PS. Iit could use a longer battery
time aswell.
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Reviewed by Linda from Australia on 6th Apr 2004
I got my phone from Hong Kong.. thought it was very cute. I have always
had a Nokia and was hesitate to use the Panasonic interface but the
it hasnt been as bad as i thought. There are many functions that annoy
me though, messaging is a real pain... very fiddly. The camera is quite
crap and that photo light is useless. In comparison to the Samsung,
E700 it is considered very poor. Sometimes it does freeze. I wont say
its a bad phone. I like it but prefer samsung E700 over it any day.
But it is a little better than the Nokias that are coming out. In general
still quite easy to use and has the functions necessarily need as well
as conveniently having the blue tooth function
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Reviewed by Tom from UK on 24th Mar 2004
I've had the phone for 3 months now and it hasn't really impressed me.
The camera is completly crap and all the photo light is good for is
a torch, the camera isnt sensitive enough to actually pick up the photo
light unless you go up really close to something. It's away getting
repaired at the moment for the second time as the bluetooth and both
screens stopped working and when it came back the outer one was still
broken. The battery life is pathetic, it only lasts one day! It also
has the funny habbit of switching itself off randomly, even when there
is plenty of battery left. Cant wait till it comes back though so I
can sell it and get a samsung E715 instead.
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Reviewed by Greg from UK on 11th Mar 2004
Function by function my phone has packed up. First the front panel light,
now the camera. Picture quality is absolutley diabolical compared to
other phones I've seen since I got my Panasonic in December. The maximum
ring volume is way to quiet. Texting is overly fiddly. I could go on
with a list of problems but quite frankly you're going to discover them
yourself if you buy this phone. It amazes me that there are so many
positive reviews here, I can only guess that they haven't had their
phones long.
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Reviewed by Gary from uk on 9th Mar 2004
nice looking phone. definately poor camera compared to some in this
price range. grainy pictures. 3 months after purchasing charge inside
phone has packed up. apparently a fault on a certain batch. ok so these
things can happen but the online retailer can't take the phone back
after 28 days so they say and so they gave me the service centre number.
BIG PROBLEM. PERMANENTLY ENGAGED. Back to the online retailer and they've
got the same problem with that number. they can't help cos they don't
have another number. unbelievable! anyway decide to surf the net. find
www.domestic-appliances and their list useful numbers. Panasonic is
there. Ring it and find i'm through to panasonic uk switchboard. helpful
lady explains that you just can't get through to customer care. much
to busy, perm engaged. she takes my details and says she will get them
to call me 2morrow as it's 5.20pm and they've prob knocked off. sure
i think but ever the optimist i put the phone down and decide to write
thi s to help anyone with the same prob, then BINGO! PHONE RINGS AND
IT'S PANASONIC CUSTOMER CARE. another nice lady arranges for collection
of offending article (her name and email address provided just in case)
and says it should be returned in 3-5 days. SPOT ON . CONFIDENCE RESTORED.
for anyone having similar problem call panasonic uk switchboard on 01344
862444. If they keep to their word i'll come back and give them another
star!
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Reviewed by roger from england on 19th Feb 2004
This is without doubt,the worst phone i have ever owned,the messaging
sucks where you have to read the message to find out who its from and
the bluetooth sucks as well,i can`t get mine to tranfer anything to
my pc although my last phone i had no problems with and the software
you get with it doesn`t even support bluetooth,i`ve only had it 3 weeks
and the light on the front screen has stopped working so i`m sending
it back for a replacement and then i`m gonna sell it and go back to
using my Nokia 7650,this is the first time i have had something other
than a Nokia,and to be honest,"Nokia" you can`t beat em.
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Reviewed by Bill from UK on 9th Feb 2004
Truly outstanding. Neat,compact and feature packed with great connectivity
options including bluetooth which works really well. I have used mine
for 3 months now having dumped my previous 3G handset because of unrealibility
(NEC e606 on 3). This device does everything a mobile phone should and
lots more and even in a shirt pocket its so light you forget you have
it! Superb!
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Reviewed by Dave from UK on 6th Feb 2004
dont waste your money. i admit, the phones casing and styling is nice.
but thats its best point. this is a camera phone, and the picture quality
is ...... to politely put it 'not good'. the build quality and design
are great, and functional too. but this phone is let down on the sofware
side. the model i had was the Orange branded one. the screen is ok,
colourful. the games function ..... isnt java, so limited and costly.
texting is quite good, the T9 dictionary is comprehensive to begin with.
and the rest of the features are no more special than other phones that
have them. compared to the samsung e700 (which i dont own, have only
used a friends) .... better phone is the e700. which has a much vibrant
screen, and a massively better camera (and i compared pictures taken
in artificial light). the light on the x70 is a nice gimmich, useless,
but thoughtful. its only good for taking pics in very dark areas, or
really close up (blair witch style). if you want a phone to pose with,
and dont care about functionality, this is the phone for you.
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Reviewed by Abs from UK on 31st Jan 2004
this fone is bad its one of da best fones in its category mind only
cost me £250 which is a bargain and the screen is not as bad as ppl
say i have had the SonyErriccson Z600 and P900 and the X70 is the best
fone i have had the E700 and E710 which are suppose 2 have better cameras
but they rn't and sold they look niser but and better on paper but they
don't necessarily have the best camera and the camera on the X70 is
better than of any fone i have tested. This is really one of the best
fones around.
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Reviewed by Stuart C from UK on 23rd Jan 2004
Very disappointed at first, it has grown on me, but still suffers from
a number of niggles: Picture quality is poor, even for a phone camera,
as is the sound. Much more annoyingly, there are far too many menu levels
to negotiate and prompts to respond to even for simple actions(it takes
ages to get to the screen showing who sent a text), editing text messages
is very fiddly (switching between alpha and numeric, upper and lower
case, inserting punctuation - all a pain compared with a Nokia,) battery
life too short (the claimed 250 hours standby is nonsense,) so overall
barely rates even three stars.
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Reviewed by Steph from UK on 22nd Jan 2004
Overall I am fairly happy with the phone, the only draw back for me
is that when you receive a delivery report after sending a text message
the phone is not able to let you know what time the message was delivered,
which is somthing I like. Also in text messaging there is no "archive"
facility as in if you want to write a message but not send it there
is nowhere to save it to. The only option is to send it to yourself
and keep it in your inbox. There are certainly pros and cons with this
phone but it is far better than the Nokia 7210 I had before.
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Reviewed by Steve Rendell from UK on 22nd Jan
2004
can someone help can you record music for a stereo and have it for your
ring tone , I read a previous review and someone has but I cant find
it ! please email me if you know how steve.rendell@reading.gov.uk Thanks
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Reviewed by Nig from UK on 21st Jan 2004
I have the GD87, my girlfriend has the X70. Hers is lovely and wins
on all counts except ... the camera is RUBBISH. Dull, dark, fuzzy photos.
GD87 camera is miles better, even without the flashlight thingy.
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Reviewed by Ian from England on 15th Jan 2004
On the X70 -vs- E700 issue: The E700 doesn't have Bluetooth. Fairly
important if you're into that sort of thing. However, the X70 has an
external antenna which makes it slightly less pocket friendly. I personally
think they are both excellent phones with pros and cons in both cases.
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Reviewed by Jim from UK on 15th Jan 2004
Yeah, nice phone. Best way to get new ringtones is beam across .MID
files using either Bluetooth or IRDA, (try www.musicrobot.com to get
some decent MIDs). On the phone, you need to go into 'organiser-connect'
then select 'receive object'. Annoyingly, it'll only let you transfer
1 file at a time. Mine plays MIDs no problem and the 4MB storage accomodates
about 200 of them.
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Reviewed by mark from england on 14th Jan 2004
this phone comes accross like a prototype for the true sucessor to the
gd87. A shame such a pretty phone with so many features could be let
down by basic things. People say it is only a phone so don not expect
much as far as It's camera is concerned. I disagree. the gd87 had a
better camera, and this is supposed to be the replacement. the photo
light hardly makes a differance. The text editor is c###, and like people
say, you don't know who sent you a message until you read the complete
message. Do not like it asking me if i want a delivery report with every
message sent. Do not like the horrble orange background on the various
menus( orange - sought it out).The night light is ineffectual.The camera
seems to have such great potential which it can't achieve unless it
is revamped.
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Reviewed by joker from U>K on 11th Jan 2004
i am at the moment only window shopping for this fone cause like others
i cant decide wheter to get x70 or e700, HELP ME! i heard the camera
quality on the x70 is pretty poor so to me thats a bit of a turn off,
does any1 no wat the camera quality is like on the e700?
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Reviewed by Zoser from UK on 10th Jan 2004
Had the phone for over a month now, very tricky at first but ive only
had nokia before so was pressing the wrong keys without thinking. Now
ive got used to it the functions are all there, and as a phone it does
everything i could ask really. Only being able to have 1 game at a time
is an issue especially as the phone has so much storage space and the
camera is pretty useless at lower light levels but the twighlight mode
does help in many cases. txt symbols were an issue at the start until
i found you can press up/down after the 1 key to select symbols which
speeds things up no end. great phone, why does the camera have grains?
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Reviewed by Anya from UK on 7th Jan 2004
I made such a mistake going for this phone! It looks great but it's
so dull and boring! I got mine last Sunday and this Sunday it's going
back! Don't make the same mistake as i did! I'm going back to Samsung...maybe
the E700?
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Reviewed by linda from uk on 5th Jan 2004
excellent phone but does anyone know where it can be unlocked?????
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Reviewed by Tom from UK on 3rd Jan 2004
This phone is amazing. I bought it to replace my nokia 8910i as a needed
a phone with a camera. It's 10 times better than the nokia, and at less
than half the price. I can't believe such a good phone is so cheap and
understated. I like everything on the phone, it's nice to use, looks
great and has tons of features. I especially like the photolight feature
(which is great as a torch) and how the screen on the front of the phone
changes colour. The only thing that doesn't impress me is the bluetooth,
it's too basic and is very difficult to use with my bluetooth headset
(although this might be because it's a nokia headset). Appart from this
one point I can't find anything to complain about. All in all a great
phone, and would recommend it to anyone.
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Reviewed by Jo from Australia on 31st Dec 2003
This phone is great! I've only had it for a few days but I haven't stopped
fiddling with it since i took it home! Quality of the screen has improved
dramatically from previous Panasonic phones, however, photos taken by
the integrated camera is a little dodgey as the pictures turn out fairly
fuzzy. Nevertheless, it is a very good phone which is definetly worth
considering when buying a new phone!
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Reviewed by lillkjl from uk on 31st Dec 2003
is this fone better than the samsung v200? im stuck on which1 2 buy?!do
u kno where i can get a cheap x70/v200?i do kinda wont a good camera
fone.
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Reviewed by Dan from England on 30th Dec 2003
I've now had the phone for some time now and its a great looking phone
to own.I think it was a good idea to go smaller than the GD87 however
I cant understand how a company can even think about selling a product
without thinking about bringing out accessories for it, a big shame
lets hope it gets sorted very soon!!. As for the phone it has great
easy to use functions which anyone can use, however I do now after owning
three x70s believe that there is a design fort with the camera, if you
activate the camera mode then repeat to turn the on board light on and
off you will find that the display on the screen will go split screen
or your phone will pause and then switch off, the split screen will
not affect the pic you take but considering we are spending so much
money on a phone you would expect everything to be working ok. I am
now at the point where orange will not exchange my phone but will only
send it to technical, I'm not happy one bit with the after sales service
it needs sorting. So at the end of the day I give the phone 5 stars
because I still like it but as for after sales service I have to be
pushed to give it a 1. If anyone wants to know about the split screen
then email me at dan21375@yahoo.com
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Reviewed by not tellin from not tellin on 29th
Dec 2003
itz excellent in every single way i wish i hadnt traded 4 an ngage
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Reviewed by bob from uk on 29th Dec 2003
good allround only ever had a nokia and previously Ericson. loved them
for simplicity and style love this phone for its style and class but
it is simple enough for me to use and you get used to the quirky menu
and once you have done most thinkgs you will remember becasue you have
to go through everthing else to do it. oh and the battery is definately
not good enough.. I am not a heavy user and it runs out every day....bring
on a biger battery. good camera and light comnpensates for most things..
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Reviewed by Gangsta from England on 28th Dec 2003
Wicked Phone. Panasonic Phones are amazing. After Owning the Panasonic
GD87,i thought getting the X70 would be worth it and i wasnt disappointed.
it looks sleek and sexy. ONE TO GET!!!!
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Reviewed by scott from england on 27th Dec 2003
I have had this phone for a week now and feel it is a very good piece
of kit. Only annoying habbit is that after owning nokias and s.e phones
i keep pressing the red phone/power key to erase a letter when texting
and it deleates the whole thing and puts me back to the menu screen
again, but i will get the hang of it. Does anyone know how to get free
ringtones on to this phone, i have a laptop with Ir on it and can link
the phone to it with ease, I read somewhere that you can download ringtones
to yopur pc and then send them to your phone for free, all the ringtones
i've downloaded are too big to send. Any tips?
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Reviewed by Ian from UK on 23rd Dec 2003
As everyone can see, the phone itself is beautiful. Overall is good
to use. Has got some really good features, such as multicolour flashing
outer screen, and big bright internal screen. With regards to the camera
- ITS ONLY A PHONE! Not the best quality camera, and I have been told
that there are better, but does its job and you can easily take good
enough pics to send to other phones. Don't bother using the photolight
in the night, try using the 'Twilight' feature instead. Frames are good
too! The only thing that really gets on my nerves with this phone, is
that when you are using the T9 dictionary, and the phone doesn't know
what word you are trying to spell, there is no way of teaching the phone
what the word is, like on Nokia and Siemens phones. You have to delete
it and use normal text input. Infrared and bluetooth both work well
as soon as you learn how. Loads of storage room on phone for millions
of ringtones and pics. WAP is good as screen is big. The only thing
this phone needs is new software to allow for video capture and playback
like Nokia have developped for the 7650. Any chance, nice people at
panasonic??????
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Reviewed by Brandon from UK on 23rd Dec 2003
Not what i expected at all. The cheaper, lower priced, better value
GD87 is almost exactly the same. The differences between the two models
is barely anything. Consider upgrading to this model from a GD87 very
seriously.
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Reviewed by X70 lover from England on 22nd Dec
2003
OH MY GOD!!! Amazin phone, get one, with out it ur nofin!
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Reviewed by Dawn from England on 15th Dec 2003
Love this phone! Small and stylish and the screen is crystal clear with
great colours. I had a few teething problems with the phone because
the manual is rubbish and the menus aren't quite as obvious as say a
Nokia, but I have managed to figure out most things for myself. I was
a bit dissapointed with the photo quality in the dark despite the camera
light they only tend to come out if you're really close, but it makes
a good torch! Daylight photos are really clear. Another down side is
the fact that when you download a new game it overwrites the previous
one, however there are some great games on Orange open world and if
you pay your £4 per month for it you get loads of play time. The ring
volume is great! Nothing wakes me up in the morning - I nearly jumped
out of my skin when the alarm went off the first time! Whatever you
do don't pay outright for the handset, you can get it free on so many
contracts now and it works out cheaper than the handset alone.
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Reviewed by Kimbo from Uk on 15th Dec 2003
This is a top quality phone. brilliant functionality and very nice looking.
Only let down is the camera quality.
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Reviewed by jum from u.k. on 14th Dec 2003
A great phone, first time user of panasonic interface but found it very
easy to use. Camera seems a bit fuzzy sometimes but besides that very
good. The design looks and feels strong, but the usual case with flip
phones is that they get lose, hope this is not the same. Had the choice
between Samsung E700 but feel like i got the better choice, did I? looking
for reviews to compare. GREAT PHONE.
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Reviewed by Liz from UK on 12th Dec 2003
Can anyone help. I have a Samsung A100 looking at the panasonic x70
v Samsung e 700. Panasonic has blue tooth. Can anyone advise as to which
phone I should get. I'm a big fan of Samsung - do I stay or do I go??
Cheers....
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Reviewed by Nagina from uk on 11th Dec 2003
i've had my x70 for a day now, and i've foun ppl really do love it,
as do i, but on of the main reasons i bought it was because of the Java
enablement, but wots the point if the games cost money, nad u can only
hav 1 at a time? If anyone knows where u can download java games from,
i would be really greatfull. Overall the fone is really gr8 looking,
battery slightly dodgy,and is basically a gr8 package!!
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Reviewed by Bash from England on 10th Dec 2003
This is a superb mobile. I have owned both Samsung and Nokia models
in the past but this is by far the best phone yet. It has a great feature
list snd the size is perfect. My brother has a Panasonic GD87 and you
can really feel the size difference. The only annoying thing is that
you can't tell who's sent you a text message until you've read it! The
Bluetooth is so useful and the screen is razor sharp. Overall very highly
recommended. Buy one!
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Reviewed by Cat from UK on 9th Dec 2003
I've had my phone for about a week now and have grown to love it! People
are right about it being slightly annoying that you can't see who has
sent you a message straight away(but you can see it after you've read
the message as it's shown underneath the text) but this is something
that i've come to get used to so it's not a problem anymore. Shortcut
keys for texting are fine (press and hold down the number 1 button and
you can select whichever symbol/number you want) not being able to save
your own words is fiddly but just makes me write properly as it's too
much of a hassle going through the menu's and changing the intput mode
for the characters With the camera, you just have to accept that it's
on a phone so will never be the best quality (but saying that i love
it) and the photolight (have heard people saying it's rubbish) works
well for the use it's intended - i.e. taking pictures in the dark All
in all, it has all the features i need, and many that i know i'll never
use but like having anyway. and is a great phone - versatile too as
already it's been dropped on the floor and hasn't got a scratch on it
Would definately recommend it .. but give it time as there are things
that you'll have to get used to if you've only ever had a nokia Ooh
also, love the screen on the front - colours are brilliant
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Reviewed by Wayne from Nottingham England on 9th
Dec 2003
Nice looking phone fairly easy to use but the phone is let down in many
ways lack of polyphonic ring tones and the soft ware could be much better,i
had this phone on a orange contract sent it back after 3 days under
the 14 day returns policy just found the phone too boring,Hoping to
get a Samsung E700 already tried out a friends much better mobile than
the Panasonic X70 even though its not a blue tooth phone.
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Reviewed by Sambo from UK on 3rd Dec 2003
Hi, I have only given this phone a 3 at the mo, have only had for a
day and so far so good - however - I have already had to recharge (admittedly
I have bben exploring!) Functionality is great (faster than T68i) but
when receiving MMS or SMS there is no name displayed - does any one
know a way roung this? I'll submit another rewiew pending trial!...
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Reviewed by Paula S from England on 21st Nov 2003
I've had my Panasonic X70 for a couple of weeks now, and I really like
it! There are a couple of things I am not too cheered about, like the
fact that when you are texting and you want to use commas, question
marks, exclamation marks, etc that you have to fiddle a little bit with
it, rather than just press another key to get the appropriate menu as
you do with other phones, but this is something I am willing to put
up with for the sake of a gorgeous looking phone! Not happy that I can't
seem to get the USB cable yet in order to d/load pics to or from the
phone, but I'll get over it. On the whole, well pleased!
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Reviewed by Richard Haynes from England on 20th
Nov 2003
This is my first Panasonic after years of Nokia and one Siemens. This
is the best phone I have ever owned. The picture quality isn't too good
but I do have a digital camrea for that. Battery life does improve after
a few charges. The rubber thingy at the end doesn't fit again easily
after it's been removed but that's hardly anything important. The user
interface I am still getting used too but it is a vast improvement on
all things Nokia. The screen is quite brilliant and the functionality
has all I want. I have even recorded my own voice to use as a ring tone!
I paid 80 quid for mine on Orange but it will be free on contract pretty
soon. It was a bargain at 80...
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Reviewed by lacewitch@hotmail.com from UK on 18th
Nov 2003
fantastic phone, the only anoying ything as far as i can see is you
can't get it to display who has sent you a text or atleast i can't!
( may be that is just me being female and there being technology involved)any
advice? It is even beter now since i manages to cop mine for £30
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Reviewed by nina scott from denmark on 17th Nov
2003
ok it is a really good phone, i have not used it but if any ane can
say, how much does this phone cost?
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Reviewed by Tommy from UK on 13th Nov 2003
This phone is wicked! It's the first small good looking phone with an
integrated camera. I haven't wanted one yet because they are all too
massive. but finally one has come out that i can fit into my pocket
instead of a briefcase. Also has everything u want and all the lastest
features, 5 Stars!!!!
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Reviewed by Stevie boi from Scotland on 12th Nov
2003
This phone is the best phone on the market right now but a little big
on the dear side (at 370). But don't let the price put you off because
if you are lucky then you can get one for 250. You are missing out on
a lot if you don't have one of these. BUY ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Farewell till next time.
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Reviewed by Chris from UK on 12th Nov 2003
I have owned an x70 on the Orange UK network for 5 days and feel qualified
to comment now. Overall it's a pleasing phone - just takes a bit of
getting used to as my previous handsets have been Nokias and S.E. I
like: 1) The overall look and feel of the phone. It's my first "flip"
phone and I love it. 2) The external LCD display always tells me (when
the flip is closed) the time, battery status, signal and whether any
messages have been receieved. (You can choose between 7 colours of backlight!)
3) Call quality seems crystal clear and the earpiece volume is LOUD
4) The internal screen is large, wonderful and clear 5) The ring tones
are loud (some of them) and I have added to them from various websites
6) The Handset Manager software for the PC allows you to maintain contacts
(after some fiddling I was able to upload all my contacts from MS Outlook),
compose ringtones and upload pictures. It also lets you download pix,
SMS, etc from the phone for storage. You need IR on your PC. (or the
USB lead, that isn't out yet - idon't think [12 Nov]) 7) I like the
usual gimmicks like assigning a photo to a contact so that when they
ring their photo comes up. 8) Infra red transfer seems OK, but I've
not got the hang of Bluetooth yet. 9) Big screen makes the WAP browser
usable. I don't like: 1) The camera. The image quality is pretty rubbish;
it's OK for sending pix to other phones and for the contacts (see above)
but don't expect to take any "proper" pictures with it. {I think I'll
still pack my Kodak instamatic when I go on holiday}. The "photolight"
hardly makes any difference. If you're buying this phone for the camera
- DON'T! 2) Battery life seems very dodgy - with a modest amount of
playing each day I've already managed to drain the battery 4 times!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe it'll improve after a few more recharges 3) The phone comes with
one measly game, which isn't great. Other games to download cost money,
and there's only room for one downloaded game at a time. Very poor show
for a 2003 phone with a great screen to only have one game. Not sure
if it will become possible to get free games off the web - I wouldn't
know how to instal them anyway. In spite of the above the phone gets
4 stars from me because its good features are packed into a good looking
and nice-to-handle package. (Unlike the similar-featured T610, IMHO)
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Reviewed by Bhaven from UK on 12th Nov 2003
I THINK THAT THIS PHONE HAS IT ALL! PANASONIC HAVE DONE IT AGAIN. THE
LOOK OF THE PHONE IS REALLY GORGEOUS AND SMALL AND COMPACT. THE PHOTO
LIGHT IS BRILLIANT AS YOU CAN TAKE PHOTOS WHEN YOU'RE ON A NIGHT OUT.
ITS VERY EASY TO USE BUT IT MAY TAKE A WHILE TO GET USE TO ESPECIALLY
AFTER A NOKIA. YOU WILL DEFINATELY STAND OUT WITH THIS PHONE WITH IT
GREAT FEATURES AND RESOLUTION. THE BEST PHONE OUT RIGHT NOW!!!
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