Audiovox CDM9100 Cell Phone
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The Tri-Mode Wonder...Is here!
Pros
Almost everything is GREAT!
Cons
1-way speakerphone, faceplate difficulties
Recommended it?
Yes
The Bottom Line:
For the price you pay you get an excellent looking, feeling, and functioning phone that sounds excellent too! Do yourself a favor and go buy this phone!
I recently received an AudioVox CDM-9100 and cell plan for my birthday. This is my first cell phone and plan. Although this is my first cell phone I have found it extremely easy to use. That which I haven't been able to figure out on the phone I can quickly find by looking in the manual. So far I have had the phone for about 2 months. This is just a great phone!
FUNCTIONALITY
I have heard all about the signature quality of AudioVox phones and I cannot contradict them! I have had nothing, but clear calls and excellent clarity. One of the great things about the CDM-9100 is that it is tri-mode, which means it will work on Digital 1900MHz and 800Mhz or 800Mhz Analog when digital isn't available. I am often in an area where digital service is not available and I really appreciate the fact that this phone works in all modes. Also you can set an alarm to go off when you change modes, which I think is great. There are a quick 2 beeps and you know whether you are in Digital or Analog. I have used Nokia phones and I don't really like their menu system, but I really enjoy the AudioVox system. There aren't dippy pictures that waste my time, I can see 4 menu options at once. In addition in the upper right hand corner of the screen the key code to get to the area of the menu that you in is shown. This is nice, when you access things often. I don?t' even have to look at the screen to get to my call history - F41. I like to send short messages on my phone and with the T9 Text input capability you can write an entire Email in about 2 minutes as opposed to the old way where to write "write" you had to press - 9-777-444-8-33. With T9 all I have to press is 97483. One downside to writing messages is that they can only be 160 characters (letters, numbers, spaces, and symbols). The phonebook is easy to use as well. You can "address" each person so they have a unique number code (1-99), which makes looking they up in the phonebook VERY easy. I organized my phone with family in the 50's and friends in the 70's, 80's and 90's. You can also search the phonebook by putting in the first letter of someone's name. Another thing I like about the phone is that while you are talking to someone and want to take down a number you can put the speakerphone on and type the number into the phone. This number is saved and you can look at it when the call is over. Another helpful aspect of the phone is that with the ringer I will NEVER miss a call due to its volume. If I'm in a large crowd I will turn up the volume and I will ALWAYS hear it. I can also turn on the vibrator, but one of the biggest design flaws is that you cannot have the phone ring and vibrate. That does however make it easier to turn off the ringer and turn on the vibrator. It takes the two-second pushing of a single key to toggle the vibrator and ringer. There are "soft keys" which are two keys just below the screen that are really helpful. They let you pick other writing options besides the default and go to the symbol list when writing. And when navigating menus are great to have as well. I haven't used the browser on the phone because I don't want to pay for it, but they are used for that also. The actual buttons on the phone are quite pleasing to the touch. They seem very durable and one thing I really like is that if you accidentally press two or three at once for some reason they will not register on the phone. They buttons are not all bunched together, but evenly spaced and because of the size of the phone and buttons, I can operate the phone with one hand. And in digital mode I had operate it for a long time due to the battery life. In analog the phone will only hold a charge on standby for 15 hours, which is a little in convenient, but in digital modes 170 hours!
AESTHETICS
The CDM-9100 is a palm fitting professional looking phone. I have gotten many comments on how great my phone looks from colleges and friends. Also the screen resolution of the 9100 is so much nicer than the 4500. A friend of mine has a 4500 and it looks terrible. When I got the phone I was SHOCKED to see the size of the battery. It was so small and it makes Nokia batteries look like phones themselves. With the battery being so small the phone is the perfect size. I can talk for quite a while and still be comfortable.
DURABILITY
So far this phone has lived beyond my expectations. I have dropped it on three occasions, but two of the drops were onto carpet. The third, however, was onto a concrete floor from my hips (The fall wasn't cause by an accessory, I wasn't using one, but my clumsiness) which is a little over three feet and the phone works without a single problem. The phone itself feels strong as well.
THE WEAK POINTS
There are only a couple things, which I find poor about this phone. First off the speakerphone that I mentioned earlier is only one way. So you can hear who you are talking to, but they can't hear you. The only practical reason for this that I can think of is when you are taking down a number or with my cellular service carrier, Verizon Wireless, I can check and see how many minutes I have used and what my next bill will be (All by recording). Because AudioVox isn't too mainstream there aren't very many faceplates available, and because the 9100 is new even fewer are available. However they are available online for $20. The faceplate is fairly hard to remove in my opinion. You have to unscrew it, which is very simple and the tiny screw stays in the phone. After you unscrew the screw you have to take a quarter and turn it until the plate literally snaps off. The faceplate is fine, but because I took mine off there is a wear mark on the top of it from where you turn the quarter. Unlike Nokia phones this phone doesn't have any games, which is something I can definitely live without.
CONCLUSION
For a beginner or experienced cell phone user this is a great phone, that looks good and works like a charm. It doesn't have anything that is a waste - Everything included has a purpose. For the price that you pay this phone is unbeatable.
UPDATE - I dropped the phone again, Still perfect! And a friend commented on how great the phone sounded when they used it.
FUNCTIONALITY
I have heard all about the signature quality of AudioVox phones and I cannot contradict them! I have had nothing, but clear calls and excellent clarity. One of the great things about the CDM-9100 is that it is tri-mode, which means it will work on Digital 1900MHz and 800Mhz or 800Mhz Analog when digital isn't available. I am often in an area where digital service is not available and I really appreciate the fact that this phone works in all modes. Also you can set an alarm to go off when you change modes, which I think is great. There are a quick 2 beeps and you know whether you are in Digital or Analog. I have used Nokia phones and I don't really like their menu system, but I really enjoy the AudioVox system. There aren't dippy pictures that waste my time, I can see 4 menu options at once. In addition in the upper right hand corner of the screen the key code to get to the area of the menu that you in is shown. This is nice, when you access things often. I don?t' even have to look at the screen to get to my call history - F41. I like to send short messages on my phone and with the T9 Text input capability you can write an entire Email in about 2 minutes as opposed to the old way where to write "write" you had to press - 9-777-444-8-33. With T9 all I have to press is 97483. One downside to writing messages is that they can only be 160 characters (letters, numbers, spaces, and symbols). The phonebook is easy to use as well. You can "address" each person so they have a unique number code (1-99), which makes looking they up in the phonebook VERY easy. I organized my phone with family in the 50's and friends in the 70's, 80's and 90's. You can also search the phonebook by putting in the first letter of someone's name. Another thing I like about the phone is that while you are talking to someone and want to take down a number you can put the speakerphone on and type the number into the phone. This number is saved and you can look at it when the call is over. Another helpful aspect of the phone is that with the ringer I will NEVER miss a call due to its volume. If I'm in a large crowd I will turn up the volume and I will ALWAYS hear it. I can also turn on the vibrator, but one of the biggest design flaws is that you cannot have the phone ring and vibrate. That does however make it easier to turn off the ringer and turn on the vibrator. It takes the two-second pushing of a single key to toggle the vibrator and ringer. There are "soft keys" which are two keys just below the screen that are really helpful. They let you pick other writing options besides the default and go to the symbol list when writing. And when navigating menus are great to have as well. I haven't used the browser on the phone because I don't want to pay for it, but they are used for that also. The actual buttons on the phone are quite pleasing to the touch. They seem very durable and one thing I really like is that if you accidentally press two or three at once for some reason they will not register on the phone. They buttons are not all bunched together, but evenly spaced and because of the size of the phone and buttons, I can operate the phone with one hand. And in digital mode I had operate it for a long time due to the battery life. In analog the phone will only hold a charge on standby for 15 hours, which is a little in convenient, but in digital modes 170 hours!
AESTHETICS
The CDM-9100 is a palm fitting professional looking phone. I have gotten many comments on how great my phone looks from colleges and friends. Also the screen resolution of the 9100 is so much nicer than the 4500. A friend of mine has a 4500 and it looks terrible. When I got the phone I was SHOCKED to see the size of the battery. It was so small and it makes Nokia batteries look like phones themselves. With the battery being so small the phone is the perfect size. I can talk for quite a while and still be comfortable.
DURABILITY
So far this phone has lived beyond my expectations. I have dropped it on three occasions, but two of the drops were onto carpet. The third, however, was onto a concrete floor from my hips (The fall wasn't cause by an accessory, I wasn't using one, but my clumsiness) which is a little over three feet and the phone works without a single problem. The phone itself feels strong as well.
THE WEAK POINTS
There are only a couple things, which I find poor about this phone. First off the speakerphone that I mentioned earlier is only one way. So you can hear who you are talking to, but they can't hear you. The only practical reason for this that I can think of is when you are taking down a number or with my cellular service carrier, Verizon Wireless, I can check and see how many minutes I have used and what my next bill will be (All by recording). Because AudioVox isn't too mainstream there aren't very many faceplates available, and because the 9100 is new even fewer are available. However they are available online for $20. The faceplate is fairly hard to remove in my opinion. You have to unscrew it, which is very simple and the tiny screw stays in the phone. After you unscrew the screw you have to take a quarter and turn it until the plate literally snaps off. The faceplate is fine, but because I took mine off there is a wear mark on the top of it from where you turn the quarter. Unlike Nokia phones this phone doesn't have any games, which is something I can definitely live without.
CONCLUSION
For a beginner or experienced cell phone user this is a great phone, that looks good and works like a charm. It doesn't have anything that is a waste - Everything included has a purpose. For the price that you pay this phone is unbeatable.
UPDATE - I dropped the phone again, Still perfect! And a friend commented on how great the phone sounded when they used it.
