Sharp GX10 Review
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The Sharp GX10 mobile phone was one of the first camera phones and
includes an integrated digital camera with 110,000 pixels, digital zoom
and storage for up to 80 pictures. Whilst the GX1 features a high quality
TFT display, it suffers from having a poor quality camera and no easy
way of transferring pictures from the phone to a PC. It is also an unreliable
phone. Also consider the newer Sharp GX10i
which has triband capability and improved camera functions.
Features of the Sharp GX10 include:
- WAP, GPRS
- 16 voice polyphonic ringtones, ringtone composer
- High resolution colour display (120 x 160 pixels, 65,536 colours)
plus external display
- MMS
- Downloadable Java™ applications
- Enhanced animation
- Wallpaper
- Caller identification (on external display)
- Built-in infra-red modem
- Predictive text input
- Clock, calendar, games
- Size: 94 x 49 x 27 mm
- Weight: 110g
- Battery standby: up to 250 hours
- Battery talktime: up to 3.5 hours
- Vibration alert
- Dual band
Sharp GX10 User Reviews
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Average rating from 100 reviews: 
Reviewed by adam from ni on 14th May 2005
This phone is big and bulky it is the size of a brick. it has good games
,internet and good camera.
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Reviewed by Danni from Ireland on 5th May 2005
hey!! ok so i used to ave dis fone nd i was goin crazy wen i saw all
des bad reviews lik ok let me jst explain my fone went thru alot nd
it stil works but i got a new one only cuz i got it 4 free!! it fell
in a lake and was under water 4 about 5 mins....it got shot wit a pellet
gun and it fell in a bucket a water!! IT STILL WORKS!! any fone da still
works afta dat is un real k so stop being so picky
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Reviewed by MAX from NI on 26th Apr 2005
THE GX10 IS A QUITE A GOOD PHONE WITH GOOD FEATURES BUT IS VERY BIG
AND HEAVY. IT WAS THE PHONE TO HAVE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO BUT NOW IT
ISNT. IF YOUR LOOKING FOR A GOOD PHONE GET THE NOKIA 6820 REALLY CLASSY
PHONE...
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Reviewed by GORDON MCCANN from ENGLAND on 23rd
Apr 2005
I FOUND THE SAME THING WRONG WITH EACH PHONE THE BATTERY S ARE US THEY
DONT LAST FIVE MINUTE S
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Reviewed by Ryan Casey from England on 15th Apr
2005
I owned this phone for 2 months and took it straight back. Poor camera,
limited features and a dreadful battery time let this phone down. Im
now a proud owner of the superb motorola v220. Stay away from the gx10!
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Reviewed by EKM from UK on 21st Mar 2005
reading through what people have said, i've owned this phone for 2 years
and its NEVER froze and the flip is very sturdy!! i do admit a downside
is it doesnt hold many messages but then again, who's sad enough to
kkeep texts??!? Anyway, i think the camera is good, better than nokia
cameras! what else is there to say? personally i think it is a great
phone! im a bit worried! u just ordered a cable and apparently hooking
this phone to the PC doesn't work! what a waste of money
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Reviewed by luvinyaloadzhunnis from england on
16th Mar 2005
I think the sharp GX10 is amazin, its got a great txtin facility and
a great camera with zoom, i dont know y other people think it is rubbish
bcoz its brill, ppl hu think its rubbish shame on u, buy this fone its
brill!
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Reviewed by CLub from Ireland on 14th Mar 2005
My GX10 died after less than two years. Wasn't sorry to see it go. Poor
picture quality, poor memory, and would have expected it to last longer,
not die once the warranty is up!
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Reviewed by Cam D from England on 5th Mar 2005
this phone is quite a good phone except that you can only hold a few
messages and txting is hard. however the camera quality is good!
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Reviewed by Mr trung from Viet nam on 4th Mar
2005
I'm using one. It's all right, but the camera isn't good enough.The
ring's perfect but the talksound's not good.I haven't it's PC suit and
can't find it enywhere.
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Reviewed by Wendie Tutt from uk on 3rd Mar 2005
Have recently acquired this phone, from my niece ( aged 14 )She got
fed up with it- not fashionable enough. I am used to the nokia phones
and find this really hard to get the hang of. The text message service
is really long winded. Can anyone tell me how to predict text-not in
capitals, I can't find this any where. As the manuel is missing. I would
like to know also why it cost me £4 quid to download a ring tone
thatI did'nt receive. Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Otherwise
I might bin it. E-Mail wendietutt@tiscali.co.uk thanks.
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Reviewed by Paula from London on 26th Feb 2005
I've had this phone for a year now, and it has been really good. But
it has it donwsides as well. The camera is not the best, is hard finding
ringtones free, the infrared never worked and it froze once, which seems
to be a normal problem with sharp phones. This phone is really easy
to use and its big screen really helps. It is kind of out of date now,
as it doesn't have mp3, bluetooth and etc; but when I came out I was
the best you could get.
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Reviewed by SamaEl_ from Romania on 14th Jan 2005
Damn....it's a ugly looking phone....and i've got to say it's rubish...poor
battery,poor camera...no flash or night mode.Not even a Mb of memory...after
having it for five months i sold it and bought myself an Motorola E398...Don't
buy SHARP mobiles...even if they have low prices.....
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Reviewed by welch from england on 8th Jan 2005
This fone is a load of rubbish. wen i got it i was dissapointed by the
camera quality. bad texting and it looks disgraceful. Samsungs are the
best fones. I am advising u to not buy this fone
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Reviewed by jenny from uk on 7th Jan 2005
its a good phone with everyting u need but can anyone help me!!! where
can i get free ringtones, picture etc. please contact me .....jenny_moore_5@hotmail.com
thanxs
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Reviewed by Albert Saheed from Nigeria on 6th
Jan 2005
Well to me this phone is cool except that it's infrared is incompatible
with many other phones and it's accessories are not available in my
country.
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Reviewed by Sambo!!! from United Kingdom on 11th
Dec 2004
I HATE THIS PHONE!!!! Had it for about 4 weeks, too big (when opened),
camera- not brilliant..... just an over-all BAD phone!!!! DO NOT BUY
IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Tristo from Ireland on 29th Nov 2004
This phone was a big dissapointment. when it first came out it was amazing
as there was nothing like it however bugs and problems also dog the
phone like many others have found it freezez or crashes for no reason,has
no real connectivity to a PC for transfering data and the battery life
is a disgrace.Another problem is the number of sms messages you can
store, im constantly having to delete messages to make room for more..
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Reviewed by Babie shazz from England on 14th Nov
2004
This phone is da most rubbish phone eva. It totally sucks!!! Plz plz
plz if you are thinking of gettin 1 THINK AGAIN!!! Stick with Nokias
or Sagems they are the best!!!! My sharp kept cutting out from day 1,
the camera is poor quality, you can only store a small ammount of messages
and its just not worth the plastic its made from. The BEST thing to
do with this phone is RECYCLE IT!!!! I also have a m8 who had a GX30
and returned it as it has the same faults of a sharp GX10. STEER CLEAR
OF SHARPS, THEY MAY CUT U!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Olanrewaju Ayoola from Nigeria on
9th Nov 2004
GX10 has really given what i have always desire in a phone and it a
phone very affordable with alot of functions to go with. I do recommend
it for every phone lovers who enjoy making use of great functions on
phones.
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Reviewed by jess from england on 3rd Nov 2004
well i have had a GX10 for coming on 3 years , andi think that it is
a very useful phone for having a built in camera in it.I also like the
fact that it has good ringtones and a resonable amount of games.The
internet is in hang for me because i lik to find out imformation on
cinema times and important news.At first i thougth the price was at
a large amount of value but then i came to terms that it was a very
good phone.
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Reviewed by Ryan from En-Ger-Land on 27th Oct
2004
A bit late i know, but im gettin my GX10 tommorow! amazing phone iv
had one before but traded it for a samsung V200 i regretted it from
day 1. SHARP RULES - Panasonic Drools
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Reviewed by Dave Cheadle from Engerland on 13th
Oct 2004
This phone is pretty poor. I do a lot of Mountain biking and stuff and
have found that the phone turns off/goes onto the internet/and pretty
much falls apart. the flip is shoddy as it is wobbling. the nice silver
finish is finished. the camera is ok quality but lack of data cables
i cant use them on my computer. Also the phone looks out of date. oh
and the zoom is rubbish. Dont buy it.
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Reviewed by Keira from London, UK on 13th Oct
2004
I love this phone. I really love it. I got the Sharp GX 10 two weeks
ago and I fell in love. This phone has everything a mobile phone needs.
It looks elegant and I like to write messages with it. And of course,
phoning with it is easy. So far everything is perfect and I can't understand
that anybody has got other experiences with it.
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Reviewed by know it all phone man from - on 4th
Sep 2004
I got this 2 days ago and im in love. this by far the best phone on
the earth I recomend it to young and old. It has the best camera in
the world, infered, it is lightweight and so easy to use. if you are
thinking of buying a new fon get this 1 it is exelent and cheap
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Reviewed by Mueez-ur-Rehman from Pakistan on 26th
Aug 2004
THis phone is the best phone one can ever have. Firstly it is so light
weight one often wonders whether it is really in his pocket. Secondly
it is made in Japan which makes it fer ahead of others. Its resolution
is can be compared with any cell existing. Its low price is another
added advantage.
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Reviewed by Jeff from UK on 18th Aug 2004
About to switch back to good ole Nokia (6230), thank goodness! The GX10
just doesn't work on high ground (reception breaks up) - I spend a fair
amount of time on an airfield which is 730 feet ASL at the top and slopes
downhill. If I want to make or receive a call when at the top, I have
to get in the car and drive down to the other end! None of my mates
with Nokias etc. have this problem.
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Reviewed by juliet from england on 13th Aug 2004
this fone is awfull if ur thinking of getting 1 plz plz do think agin
they are heavy and look so old fashioned.my gx10 loads of things have
gone wrong for example the screen freezes it turns its self off all
the time it cuts out in the middle of a fone call and it goes onto the
internet without me knowing all the time. this fone iz a disgrace thats
y i'm getting a new 1 i have had enough
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Reviewed by Symon from Fiji Islands on 9th Aug
2004
Overall the fone is fine but I was wondering where I cud find the fone
manager for me to manage my pictures and other stuff.. Please if u cud
help me. My email address is symon@2die4.com Thanx
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Reviewed by G from Rep Ireland on 3rd Aug 2004
Its an alright phone, grand but for the fact you can't put reminders
in it, which is a bit of a pain but otherwise its very user friendly.
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Reviewed by Karen from US on 16th Jul 2004
An outstanding phone. I've had no problems with this so far. The picture
quality is excellent and the screen is really big which is good. The
only down fall for some people is its a bit big but then thats not a
problem for me as I don't like phones that are too small. You can never
find them in your bag and the screen are to difficult to see!
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Reviewed by Jules from UK on 14th Jul 2004
i was so dissapointed with this phone, its battery life lasted 8 hours
(if i was lucky) the screen kept freezing, certain keys stopped working
after about 2 months which made texting near impossible, there is no
facility for reminders and the calender isnt the most user friendly.
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Reviewed by dino from Australia on 3rd Jul 2004
I rekon that this fone is awesome. However the reason y i didnt give
it 5 stars is the fact that the infra-red dunt work and i wish the camera
was on the hinge of the fone, therefore u could take piccys of urself
and u could c wat u look lyk in the pic. also u cannot get the radio
or mp3s to listen 2 on this fone (compared wif some nokias). All round
this is a gr8 fone n im happy 2 show it off 2 da pplz @ skool.
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Reviewed by dino from australia on 3rd Jul 2004
This isnt a review but an argument 2 K from austalia (look up in the
page). Hueva this random is said it was big n bulky - wtf its a small
fone n fits easily into the poket of ma jeans (which r gettin a bit
2 small, dammit betty). its a lot less chunk than digital cameras and
this fone has many more features compared wif a digital camera. thats
about the end of ma rant on this website, but all u international pplz
out there dunt think that all australians r lyk k - shes special, unique
(in a bad way).
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Reviewed byThe Gimp from UK on 29th Jun 2004
Its a great fone but really only girls should have it cos it looks like
a girlie fone
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Reviewed by David from Northern Ireland, Belfast on
12th Jun 2004
What a phone! I got it today and I love it already. It has the best
photo-capabilities I have ever seen on a phone. High-Res etc. It is
very good and very portable. I got a Body-Glove for it which protects
it from scratches and bangs. It is a superb phone. I love the organizer
and the look of it whenever I am talking to someone on it. It is not
too loud, and as I am in school, I need it to be quite and the vibrate/quiet
settings are perfect for me + the fact that it is really small it fits
in my blazer pocket!
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Reviewed by chris from Australia on 30th May 2004
You can't buy this phone in australia new you have to get it 2nd hand
but I really really really love this phone and im trying to find one
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Reviewed by mr mind you're own buisness from cymru on
27 May 2004
good phone. rubbush java game .othewise good
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Reviewed by Adam Waddington from England on 24th
May 2004
This phone is terrible. It weighs a tonne and its it massive. Dont bother
with it. I am goin to buy the Siemens ST55, thats a better phone altogether!
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Reviewed by joseph from on 6th May 2004
ye this is a gdgd phone. u get used to its size. the pic quality is
great. hu cares if u have to charge it up often? hu wud ever want more
than 10 txts at one time? it can talk to other phones via infrared.
80 pics is enough. makes wicked click noise. the pic quality isn't gd
enough for a PC anyway- don't try. i admit mine was free from a friend.
it's good as an upgrade from a nokia 3310. i am mouseybrown10@homtail.com
bibi
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Reviewed by Jonathon from United Kingdom on 2nd
May 2004
I think this phone is brilliant, it does everything it should do, and
does it well. I've had this phone for over a year now, and I still find
it more advanced than a lot of the newer phones coming out. Text messages
storage of 15 is not the end of the world, if a text is important to
keep then write it down! The camera is designed for a phone, not to
be put on a computer, it is designed to be sent to other mobiles, so
quit moaning about it not being able to transfer! It is extremely strong
in my experiance, it has fallen down my stairs at least twice and been
knocked and thrown about hundreds of times and it doesn't seem to even
harm it at all. Battery time is great for me, considering the poor battery
of phones such as the NEC e606, this is a god-send! The size is fairly
small, you can't have a really small phone with a good large colour
screen, you guys must think we live in some space age, well, news for
you, we don't.
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Reviewed by Barry from S E England on 13th Apr
2004
Apart from the camera this phone is not worth David Beckhams wages,
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Reviewed by ricky from England on 11th Apr 2004
I've bought three! Yes Three data cables to download and not one of
them works!!!! does anyone know how to use them or even where to download
the software from. I've been surfing all day and no joy. I even purchased
one of those from the vodaphone shop for £30 squid and the earliest
model it works for is the Gx10i. The majority of pics i take are in
large format and it cost 36p to send one of those with maybe one of
small format. Also i've recieved mms pics from different networks (including
Gx20) and it says, Data too big. WW-HHHH-YYYY!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by David Dooley from Ireland on 10th
Apr 2004
The Best Phone Ever. I have had many phones ( Erricson t-10 , Nokia
3210 , Nokia 3310 , Nokia 3410 , Nokia 3510i and then this one ) The
Camera on this phone is absolutely brilliant. The Ringtones and stuff
like that are really good. Very loud ringtones ( Thats a good thing!
) The Games are very very very very good : ) the best is its design.
Not very much different to the sharp gx10i.Its godd that you can hold
up to 80 pictures in the phone and since i have had the phone i have
downloaded many ringtones. Does anyone know where to get free polyphonic
ringtones and games because the one i have they dont really have that
much tones. Please e-mail me on daviddooley@easydoesit.com. Excellent
Phone (* outstanding*) Go Raibh Maith Agat! ( Thanks )
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Reviewed by Lee from UK on 10th Apr 2004
Some really good functions BUT..... battery life is a disgrace, don't
leave home without a charger. You can only keep 12 text messages which
sucks big time. Random shut down and button failure. I've had this phone
12 months and have been counting the days to change it. DON'T GET THIS
PHONE - you have been warned
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Reviewed by Aaron from England on 1st Apr 2004
This is awesome! I love this phone. I have ahd it for about 2 weeks
now. I have downloaded many polyphonic ringtones and a game. Its great.
Mms is amazing and my cousin sends me loads of pictures and ringtones
through it. Its a shame the infa-red doesnt work to send pics to your
phone though. The camera is excellent and overall this phone rules!
One thing the battery life isnt that long!
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Reviewed by TonyM from UK on 30th Mar 2004
Not a bad phone, but it's ringtones are indiffent and just not loud
enough for crowded environment.....I've missed several calls for this
reason.
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Reviewed by Crystal from East England on 26th
Mar 2004
Better late than never. I bought my sharp gx10 2nd hand so haven't have
had it only about 4 months. but initially i was very impressed with
many of its features. but far i think the best thing is the camera and
ability to be able to store many photos at once. The phone book has
a good feature where u can store all the persons number under one name,
you can also link pictures to the person. I think the main downfall
with the GX10 is the amount of messages (sms) that you can store at
once and also the hassle of setting up mms as this is quiet difficult
if you dont know a lot about phones. but apart from that a quality and
smart phone! ****
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Reviewed by Aaron from England on 17th Mar 2004
I think its great. I dont actually have one buy my cousin does. He downloaded
loads of ringtones from vodafone lives and they are great. He also got
fifa 2004 and its so good. I recomend this to all people. Im getting
one!
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Reviewed by sarah from england on 6th Mar 2004
this phone seems good so far, good games, alright camera, but the amount
of messages sucks. also when i type in the mms settings the i,p address
doesnt show and it wont let me type the bloody thing in myself, can
anyone help meh??? reply bak to this or email me on sugarbabe89@yahoo.com.
thanks (".)
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Reviewed by sarah westwood from leeds, england on
24th Feb 2004
can i just say arrrgh the tecnology, ha it scares me to be honest a
friend of a friend of a friend gave me the phone and i have had it for
4-5 months now and ive got to admitt i feel i still know naff all about
it and its powers great phone great camara but there should be a website
with handy tips. or am i just really stupid any one who can help sazcrag@vodaphone.net
please
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Reviewed by Amz from London on 22nd Feb 2004
It's actually quite a good phone but having the Panasonic GD87 is better.
Gx10 better cos pics bigger, however, not as good quality. gd87 is definitely
worth getting, TRUST ME, u can store literally 200 sms messages and
900 files!!! infra red cable works brilliantly, can transfer loadssa
files, midis(haha ringtones), pics..nething!!! Its faster than gx10,
cam makes a sound but still velly good quality, automatic on and off,
can choose colour of flash for different people ringing.. it's vreally
all u ever need in a fone. very good.. but really, ashamed of gx10.
if it could transfer files through cable, it would have been brill.
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Reviewed by amz from on 22nd Feb 2004
bit gutted abt not being able to transfer files via infra red port.
i would recommend panasonic pd87 cos it is fast, picture quality is
excellent and can transfer files. One slight problem.. the pics arent
that big. But i still think its a brill fone. Samsung has the best quality
stuff, so get stuff from there =)
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Reviewed by Michael from England on 25th Jan 2004
This is a good phone with excellent features. But it has broken three
times now and it's really irritating. Twice now its turned off and been
unable to turn back on or charge and the microphones just gone bust
when I've had the replacement for only a few months. Expensive to buy
on Pay As You Talk, so im going to switch to contract. The camera is
good, but SMS features have been sacrificed for better MMS features.
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Reviewed by Hesham from Egypt on 23rd Jan 2004
it's only two days and i'll got my GX10..... i've tried this phone for
7 days "my sister's " and i find it very cool one.i'll upgrade it from
nokia 6100.GX10 got a very wonderfull camera with a very gr8 pictures..and
an outstanding polyfonic ringtones "downloaded" but still the main pain
in the ass is "how to get your pictures out from your phone to a PC"
but i think it'll be handeled by MMS it to your mail and then make a
download..shortly i've find it a gr8 phone and i recommend it to buy
it ... i love this phonr....
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Reviewed by Jim Newton from England on 20th Jan
2004
I have had this phone for 11 months now. And lets face it, its now a
bit dated, but still what a phone. Texting is easy, phoning people is
easy! Thats the basics sorted. The Camera, considering its now a year
old and newer models have come out is still one of the best I have seen.
The games are ace. The only problem I have had with this phone is the
microphone. People were telling me it sounded like I was in a wind tunnel.
Anyway I contacted Sharp, they told me they can't do anything as Vodafone
bought this phone into the UK, and Sharp therefore do not support it.
I did however get the problem sorted thro the insurance company, yeah
it cost me £25 but hey I got the phone back fixed. I think this truely
is a great phone and I certainly will be sticking with sharp for my
upgrade.
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Reviewed by Mark from England on 18th Jan 2004
First off, you can fully personalise your GX10. Backgrounds, caller
ID pictures and ringtones, animations and a dictionary that learns words
for you. The phone looks very sleek with the mirror for self portraits,
side volume/scroll buttons and outer LCD display. The phone is very
user-friendly, with no confusion as to what you're on. The buttons are
easy on the thumbs, unlike the Samsung T100 or Panasonic X70. The only
problems I can think of are the fault of Vodafone, and not Sharp. To
begin with, MMS tends to be a game of hit'n'miss. Seems that 2 of 3
messages get through. Data cable - very expensive, and Vodafone seems
so cut up over the idea of people transferring pictures for free that
they soon fixed that! One recommendation - when you want to return to
the main screen, press the 'hang up' button a couple of times. If you
press the 'back' button once too many (like your mates do when they
play with the phone), then the phone connects to Vodafone live - another
Vodafone gimmick that I'm sure they were conscious of. If you're a musician,
the MIDI polyphonic composer and synthesiser are truly fantastic. 1/2
an hour, and you'll feel like Andrew Lloyd Webber! Only wish list could
be: External Colour LCD for self portraits, Video and 3g capability,
possibly a little thinner. These features (including 3d picture and
video, 100-piece orchestra sound, memory cards, tv satellite tuners,
fingerprint sensors and occasionally mini-printers) are all apparent
on the mobile phones in Japan. All will come in due course. The GX10
is a great stepping stone towards this, and I'm sure the GX20 is even
better. In summary, a very personal non-boring exiting trendy mobile
phone that is well worth the money.
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Reviewed by Dan from England on 18th Jan 2004
Nice quality, however the phone doesn't actually do that much and I
have been constanlty dogged by problems; took about 8 weeks for Vodafone
to get MMS working Live is as reliable as the London underground The
infrared port does not work I cannot get handsfree to work SMS is stored
on the Sim, so the phone can only holds ten or so you cannot specify
how long the phone should ring before going to voicemail
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Reviewed by Ian from England on 13th Jan 2004
I knew the Sharp GX10 was a complete waste of money the moment I turned
it on. From day 1 the battery life was almost non-existent. I was not
using the phone other than average usage for calls and very occasionally
a picture message. The phone would switch itself off as well when in
standby mode. The only benefit was it did have good signal strength.
I felt absolutely no value for money and have decided to do away with
a camera phone and go back to basics. I have a Nokia 6100 and can honestly
say this phone has reminded how good a basic but lightweight and stylish
phone can be. All I can say is SHARP PHONES HONESTLY SUCK!!!!
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Reviewed by Alex (female) from England on 10th
Jan 2004
I think this phone is quite good but the fact that you have 2 use infrared
2 download is annoying as my comp doesnt have it! the alarm doesnt go
off if the phone is off the photo quality is great thou
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Reviewed by James from Uk on 8th Jan 2004
Not a bad phone, but let down on a few points like only storing SMS
on SIM meaning prolly only 10 messages max which is very fustrating
if you're not used to constantly emptying your inbox. Camera is cool
and does the job, but it doesn't have a flash. Size isn't too bad but
it could be a bit thinner. And as for all of you wandering how to get
your pics off without sending an MMS, IT ISN'T POSSIBLE!!! The phone
does not have the capability, but what do you expect when it's developed
with a phone company. It ONLY has an IR port to be used as a modem,
but hey it only costs 35p for 3 pics anyway so it's not like it's the
end of the world. It's certainly starting to loose it's appeal now and
this is reflected in its price. Only really worth while now if you're
upgrading from a real brick, and you don't mind not having a really
cool phone like the SE P800 (£300 SIM Free @ CPW). On the plus side
it's easy to navigate (maybe due to a lack of features!) I was still
chuffed when I first got it, so you might be too.
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Reviewed by jill from uk on 4th Jan 2004
this phone is a disgrace to sharp. I have owned this phone for 5 months
and if i could cancel the contract i would not hesitate. Since the phone
was 5 weeks old it has had a re-occuring fault in that whilst making
calls the other party can hear you but due to a microphone problem you
can not hear them. been into retailer many times to complain they just
repair it and 2 or 3 days later the same happens again.They wont give
a refund and say they are only obliged to offer repairs as the phone
is over 4 weeks old,totally unreliable in an emergency situation and
is now costing a small fortune in text messaging due to the situation.
Contract minutes just keep rolling over as can not make calls. Retailer
keeps telling me its a common problem in this phone so be warned save
your money do not buy this phone. Vodaphone just keep telling me their
only obligation is to supply the sim card which is not faulty and it
is the fault of the phone. Roll on july 2004 when i can cancel contract
a nd go back to nokia and orange.
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Reviewed by gelsie from england on 2nd Jan 2004
phone is great and by the way 'DANNY 5th Nov' your life sounds quite
sad I will pray for your soul!!!!!!
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Reviewed by tim from uk on 24th Dec 2003
in responce to dan! people on council estates??? IDIOT!
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Reviewed by james from u.k on 15th Dec 2003
this phone is the best phone i have eva picked up its high qulity picture
message and very clear sound good gomes and so mant things you can do
you will never get bord of it it is the best phone in the world for
£249.99
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Reviewed by Kim from England on 8th Dec 2003
It doesn't turn on properly, it never has any signal, (not due to network.)I
is very slow loading, runs out of battery really quickly, and I hate
it.!
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Reviewed by ella from bristol on 6th Dec 2003
hi im writin about the sharp gx10, i want 2 no if the picture quility
is good or bad ? please some1 write back! as im gettin the fone 2mro!!
ella
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Reviewed by tubby man from holland on 18th Nov
2003
this phone is a complete disgrace.i bought this phone 1 hour ago and
now i want a rufund.this bloody phone won't even switch on the damn
thing.Do sharp think this is some kind of joke.
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Reviewed by Tarek from Egypt on 13th Nov 2003
after I used many phones including Nokia 9210 I reached a conclusion
that there has to be a separation between the concept of merging everything
in a phone. the sharp offers a digital camera that belongs to phone
display if you try to take those images to your pc you wil end up hating
your phone. So think of the sharp as aphone compared to other phones,
it give great display the best ever i have looked at, great sound, high
quality audio and signal, nice responding keys, great phone book memory,
so a quality phone for the price of less cabable nokia phones and above
all made by a sharp japanese company. on coclusion i love its quality
it is different .
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Reviewed by bill from England on 10th Nov 2003
good phone
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Reviewed by bryn from England on 10th Nov 2003
it is a great phone and great photos
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Reviewed by Danny from england on 5th Nov 2003
I should imagine only people who live on council estates find this phone
impressive.Very basic and looking outdated already,not worth the money!
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Reviewed by Sam from UK on 13th Oct 2003
Average phone, and now badly oudated....all phones now allow for easy
transfer of data from phone to PC (via bluetooth, infra-red and/or data
cable) however (from what I understand) good old vodafone locked the
data transfer capability in the GX10, so you have to use the MMS...brilliant!
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Reviewed by Johnston from Scotland on 11th Oct
2003
What an easy phone to navigate. Its great does everything you want but
then you find out you can't download your photos and all of a sudden
you think why do I need a clamshell as big as this if I cant retrieve
my photos. Very disapointing on what may have been the best phone I
have had to date.
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Reviewed by Win from UK on 6th Oct 2003
I love this phone! Sure its not got an immediate way to transfer pics
to your PC/Laptop (get Data Pack for this phone people if you want to!
Comes with cable and software CD to link up your phone!) and it does
store 10 SMS messages only (it uses the SIM memory afterall), but all
in all this phone rocks! I don't text much anyway, I make phonecalls,
as do my not so stingy mates as well! Plus the pics I take are for use
on the phone to send to their phones and vice versa, making pics come
up when they ring and to use as wallpaper. The quality of the phone
is too poor to bother downloading anyway! Looks much better on the phone!
So please people before dissing this phone remember it is built for
taking pictures not strong immense amounts of SMS messages, and it's
one of the first original cameraphones so obviously the newer phones
will have the better SMS capacity etc!
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Reviewed by Rahim Shabbir Q from England on 1st
Sep 2003
Its a Wicked Phone
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Reviewed by sam from uk on 15th Sep 2003
good fone to get it on your computer send it to ur e-mail using mms.
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Reviewed by Bob from UK on 12th Sep 2003
Looks good, with good screen, good build quality. It does seem rather
odd that it has a camera, but no way to download the pictures to a pc.
This lets it down badly. I have a lap top with IrdA and I have got the
phone and lap top to connect...just can't transfer data. Has anyone
found out how to do this yet? So, with it being so difficult to get
your pictures from the phone to a PC, I couldn't give this phone any
better rating than "good" My wifes Siemens S55 transfers good pictures,
easily, on a data cable supplied with the phone.
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Reviewed by Mark F from England on 10th Sep 2003
The phone is stylish and comfortable in the hand, it looks and fel very
good. It's easy to use. IWhat it does it does pretty well and if you
are looking for a phone and the Sharp GX10 has all the features you
are looking for, then go ahead and buy it without any reservations.
HOWEVER I was very disappointed to find that I can't download pictures
to my PC or send pics or ringtones from my PC to my phone, as I could
with the Samsung T100. Other negatives are that the battery life is
not too good - I have to recharge every other day, the ringtones are
not loud enough, and the alarm won't work unless the phone is switched
on. Apart from that, it's a good phone - but as soon as my contract
is up I will be leaving Vodafone and going back to Orange, and probably
back to Nokia as well.
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Reviewed by Emma from Uk on 27th Aug 2003
In response to Urbaz from england, what would be the point on an active
flip on this phone? Coz then assigning pictures to callers would be
pointless as you'd have to answer it before you could see the picture!!
Anyway.. i think this phone is great, had mine for a month now. No major
problems here. Just the annoying thing of the 15 texts in the inbox.
The camera is fantastic, & great for catching people in the act, those
moments where you think 'if only i had my camera'! The best thing is
though, i use mine on o2. Who needs vodafone!!
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Reviewed by Adrian from Bristol England on 23rd
Aug 2003
I have to say I have had this phone about 6 months now and it is without
doubt the best one I have ever owned. There is nothing about the phone
I dislike. It does everything you could ask of a phone and more. I have
just bought a GX10I for my misses and it will be interesting to see
the differences (if any) in the 2 phones. Will let you know in the future.
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Reviewed by Zakir Patel from India on 15th Aug
2003
Fantastik, well before this i used nokia but i found excellent but i
want to know how to assign pic with phone book name if possible can
anybody mail me on hajizakir@rediffmail.com. Thanx
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Reviewed by Sue from England on 2nd Aug 2003
Just purchased this phone (second hand). After owning several Nokia's
- the latest being the 8310 - what a breath of fresh air the Sharp is.
OK so it only holds 10 text messages. but what the hell, the other features
of the phone totally blow me away. The camera is fantastic, the menu
is easy to navigate, I love the way you can assign a picture of who
is calling you, so that when the phone rings you get the pic of the
person on the screen. The phone is ok in size and the clam lid has a
reassuring click as it opens and closes. Would recommend, especially
if you are looking for a change from the boring usual array of Nokias.
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Reviewed by coz from jamaica on 30th Jul 2003
im about to get this phone i av looked at loads of deatails about it
and it the best phone i seen 4 a while buy this phone its gr8
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Reviewed by brent from new zealand on 20th Jul
2003
well after reading all the other reviews it has got me wanting to write
1.... its a phone has a camera,sms,mms,able to have pics of ur m8s come
up wen they ring,java,polyphonic ringtones and many more gr8 features,its
a gr8 fone.yes the ammount of texts u can store isnt the best,but if
u compare dis fone to 1 of 2 years ago u should then appriecatehow good
the gx10 is
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Reviewed by mark from GB on 16th Jul 2003
a useful phone. good camera. i have used it for selling items on ebay.
pictures are satisfactory. menu isnt too nice considering 65k screen.
build is quite big but once you get used to it , you dont notice. good
click when you open and close the flip. sms storage only 10 . very poor
and annoying. excellent management of photos. enjoy using java to download
various games and tones.
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Reviewed by Beckham from Madrid on 16th Jul 2003
Camera quality is really good, the phone is easy to use, games are really
fun and it looks cool.
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Reviewed by MO from suffolk on 2nd Jul 2003
Well I will start by saying that I liked the look of it, but the thing
that gets me is the fact that the texts can only hold 15 so when its
full they have to be deleted and the pictures can't be downloaded to
a PC though the IR or Data cable, a lot of this I have found out that
the phone has an inbuilt fire wall, but can not get sharp or vodafone
to say how this can be turned off... if at all, so if I had known about
this at the time I would have gone for the Nokia 7650 I now this is
what some people call a (Brick) but you can do one hell of a lot more
with it than the GX10
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Reviewed by Urbaz from England on 27th May 2003
Humm, For anyone who is thinking of buying the Sharp, I'd ask them to
look around for other phones or just wait for a month or so because
better phones would be coming out and you'd regret buying this one.
Now it sounds as if I was not happy with the phone but it just has a
few flaws which in my view have really put me off the phone. The biggest
con is that the phone offers no data connectivity. Which means that
you cannot download your pictures from you phone to PC via infrared
or data cable. It did not expect this as Nokia phones of the same specifications
allow this. The second flaw is that the phone gets scratched very easily.
Other annoying thing was the number of text messages you can store....me
being used to storing over a hundered on my 8310 found it difficult
to come to terms with only 15 or so capacity on the Sharp. Rest everything
is good with the phone, Java games are amazing...again you cannot download
them from the web (unlike the 7650) and have to pay Vodafone for them.
The ringtones on the phone did not impress me...so i had to download
a few which again cost me. The reception quality is good and the phone
isnt a active flip...another bad point!lol....there are a few now that
i think of it. Anyway...it's best to go down the shops and have a feel
for it yourself. I gave mine to away, thinking of buying the Samsung
V200 now...better phone but without Java.
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Reviewed by - from - on 25th May 2003
A truly fantastic phone! It's not chunky, ugly or difficult to use.
In fact, It's sleek, clamshell design contains one of the most user-friendly
phones you could hope for. It is actually set out like a computer, with
folders named "My Pictures", "My bookmarks" etc. The camera is not perfect,
but it's outstanding from such a small camera - it's what you would
expect from a phone. It would be good if you could send images from
your PC to the phone, but is it really a great loss? The external screen
offers informative pictures to tell you if you have new messages etc.
There are, alas, only two minor faults with the phone. 1) It only holds
ten text messages. 2)When you are texting, it is a tiny bit slow. That's
all I can say against it. I got it in December 2002, and it's worked
perfectly for me since. Really worth buying!
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Reviewed by sheppy from - on 17th May 2003
Its a great phone, easy to use, cool games, sounds, camera not bad for
a gadet feature, messaging good, vodafone live easy to use, clear reception,
battery life could have been better (lasts a few days if you dont hammer
it). There is lots of reviews with good and bad points, do your research
first to see if it meets your needs, so if you want a cool looking phone
with great games and sounds and ease of use and dont need blue tooth
or pc link up then its for you. A word of warning if your upgrading
to this phone on a monthly contract, my service provider told me nothing
about having to the get the gprs system activated separately or having
to registar my phone on the vodafone website to be able to download
games. So make sure you enquire at the time of upgrade whether this
needs to be done. It will save you hours on the phone in the future.
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Reviewed by Kevin from Scotland on 16th May 2003
Good looking phone with some excellent features but some glaring flaws.
I've owned the phone for a couple of months and am generally impressed
with it. Excellent screen, good for games, feels good in the hand and
is responsive. The downsides however are in my opinion, major flaws.
The phone is locked to Vodafone Live and not much of the content is
free. The camera is reasonably good for a phone but the only way to
get images onto your PC is to email them to yourself at 36p a message.
The IR port only works as a means of using the phone as a modem, so
does the optional data cable. There's no connectivity with a PC other
than as a modem, so no downloading ringtones to it from your PC and
no downloading your own scans to use as wallpapers. It all seems designed
by Vodafone as a ploy to get as much money out of you as possible. Good
phone with some excellent features but there's just too much missing
or disabled. If I could choose again, I'd buy the Pansonic camera phone
instead.
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Reviewed by Mia from Eire on 15th May 2003
I think it's a great phone and at a very good price. It would be better
if it could store more pictures because when you start taking photos
you can't stop! It would also be better if there was a pause button
on the games instead of keep having to exit. The phone itself is just
the right size but the vodafone live should be a bit easier to understand.
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Reviewed by - from - on 9th May 2003
A cracking gadget! The camera is good (if u remember that we are talking
about a phone)Screen is superb! Ease of operation is brilliant, almost
as easy to use a nokia. The only thing that lets this phone down is
the battery life isnt all it could be - aprt from that its good. £75.00
on an upgrade cant be bad!
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Reviewed by K from Australia on 8th May 2003
BIG CHUNKY PHONE!!! They got the features right, but they must have
hired a dimwit to design the phone. Its looks down right ugly, feels
uncomfortable, and is BIG!. The motorola t720 is cheaper, although doesn't
have a camera built in (which btw is pretty *** camera anyway, slow
refresh time) is smaller and looks better!
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Reviewed by Tallyman from - on 26th Apr 2003
A good marketing ploy by Vodafone. The main reason this phone is available
is to get consumers to link to the Vodafone Live! sites. One, easily
hit, button is all it takes and it costs by the Kb. Having said that,
the phone is well built, looks good and is reasonably easy to operate.
It lacks a number of goodies one would expect at this price and connectivity
is very poor - it is not aimed at those who want to use it seriously
unless you want to pay for access via WAP. A small point is that Sharp
do not support it - it appears to be an off-shoot Far East company producing
just for the Live! market and support is non-existent. Conclusion -
A nice bit of overpriced (though you can get good deals) jewellery.
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Reviewed by John from UK on 23rd Apr 2003
It's a nice looking phone but doesn't feel as solid as Nokias I'm used
to. It's not worth the full price but you can get some good contract
deals. Lacking some goodies I'd expected though - bluetooth would have
been nice together with more software included. Screen is very good
and the camera is easy to use. Some of the settings are hard to get
at. Main criticism is that you need only (accidentally) press one button
to link to the Live! site which starts costing money immediately - it
charges by kB downloaded, including the start page though this is saved
locally for future. The only way I've found to turn Live! off is to
set the start IP address to a fictitious one - it will happily search
away then.
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Reviewed by yunkoo from china on 12th Mar 2003
I have to say that this phone is really good...there are some features
make me disappointed.. as the alert clock in this phone,if you wanna
use that feature you have to turn your phone on always....otherwise,the
phone can not turn on by itself when it's time to alert...you can compare
with panasonic's GD88 on another hand,the quality of the picture made
by the digital camera is not good enough,this result is stil got by
me through comparing with panasonic one... overall ,it is good enough
,i like it.... nothing is perfect,isnt it?? :)
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Reviewed by Joanna from uk on 10th Mar 2003
This phone has some fantastic features...and some disappointments. Why
isn't it tri band...why doesn't it have blue tooth technology...it certainly
cost enough to have those features. Having said that the camera is great...because
you always have it with you. But sending pictures...thats a mystery
yet to be discovered. Overall...its a good phone. I've found it reliable
and easy to use.
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Reviewed by marko from Uk on 16th Feb 2003
Well cool phone!
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