Audiovox CDM 9500 Cell Phone
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- Performance: Dual Band
- Design: Mobile
- Style: Clamshell
- Network Type: CDMA 1900 AMPS
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Does Not Meet Expectations
Pros
Display easy to read Display caller info with phone closed
Cons
Battery life Poor functions design Voicemail Access Excessive key entries needed
Recommended it?
No
The Bottom Line:
I would not buy this again: marginal durability, poor battery life, poor feature designs, Overpriced, difficult to use.
My Nokia that was over 5 years old was run over by a truck, I was no longer able to read the display so I had to replace the phone. After using the phone for a short time it seems to have been overpriced and lacking in multiple areas:
First encounter was the constant need to keep recharging the battery. My old phone only had to be recharged about once a week, the Toshiba needs to be recharged at least once a day. This has forced me to carry a charger in my pocket, the good thing is that the contacts fold down to make it more portable.
Next I attempted to use the features of the phone, to find out that everything seems to take multiple steps to use. Gone is the single key and quick look up functions I had been used to. I have found the control keys and phone difficult to use, because of the poor layout and phone application design.
I wanted to program the phone for one key voicemail, only to find out that the phone is not capable of doing it in a single calling step. The codes available force you to have to initiate the call, wait to hear it answered, then initiate the remainder of the string to enter the voice mail system. Since it only allows you to enter back to back pauses, nor does it offer a pause function that waits until the number is answered, nor does it offer an extended pause to assure that the number is dialed and answered; it forces you to dial your voice mail in two parts.
The address book is also lacking the ability to store address information, something that helps when you have similar names or business numbers that one is saving in the phone.
The answer with flip open feature had to be turned off, as it resulted in multiple calls being hung up. Attempts to grab the phone would cause the phone to try and answer and then hang up, even though I had not flipped the phone open.
The backlight does not stay lit long enough to be useful
The car charger cord was defective from the box, and I was almost unable to remove the cord from the phone due to the defect.
The menu layouts do not seem to consider what features are used more frequently, resulting in an additional demand for scrolling to the options that I want to use.
First encounter was the constant need to keep recharging the battery. My old phone only had to be recharged about once a week, the Toshiba needs to be recharged at least once a day. This has forced me to carry a charger in my pocket, the good thing is that the contacts fold down to make it more portable.
Next I attempted to use the features of the phone, to find out that everything seems to take multiple steps to use. Gone is the single key and quick look up functions I had been used to. I have found the control keys and phone difficult to use, because of the poor layout and phone application design.
I wanted to program the phone for one key voicemail, only to find out that the phone is not capable of doing it in a single calling step. The codes available force you to have to initiate the call, wait to hear it answered, then initiate the remainder of the string to enter the voice mail system. Since it only allows you to enter back to back pauses, nor does it offer a pause function that waits until the number is answered, nor does it offer an extended pause to assure that the number is dialed and answered; it forces you to dial your voice mail in two parts.
The address book is also lacking the ability to store address information, something that helps when you have similar names or business numbers that one is saving in the phone.
The answer with flip open feature had to be turned off, as it resulted in multiple calls being hung up. Attempts to grab the phone would cause the phone to try and answer and then hang up, even though I had not flipped the phone open.
The backlight does not stay lit long enough to be useful
The car charger cord was defective from the box, and I was almost unable to remove the cord from the phone due to the defect.
The menu layouts do not seem to consider what features are used more frequently, resulting in an additional demand for scrolling to the options that I want to use.
