Audiovox CDM135 Cell Phone

I have one of these nifty little "mini phones" neatly packed away in its box after being used for less than a week. Not to be unfair, the CDM-135 is as good a phone as most people could want in most respects. It's easy to program and use, call quality is more than adequate, it's web enabled for those who care about such things, and it features all the standard bells and whistles normally found on phones in this price range. (MSRP $199) However, I ended up packing mine away and opting for the CDM-9000, also from Audiovox, for one very compelling reason. While I really like the 135, you can't hear the damn thing ring! Standard ring tones aren't very loud to say the least, and melody tones are practically inaudible even at maximum volume. Yes, it has a vibrate function, but that's not strong enough to be a real attention getter, either. The CDM-135's overall quality requires that I give it a high rating, but the coolest phone in the world isn't of much use if you don't know when somebody's calling you, and for that reason, and that reason alone, I can't recommend this otherwise very nice little phone.