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Not the best phone I have had
Pros
Big, Bulky. Can be used in self defense.
Cons
Never know what will not work next...
Recommended it?
No
O.K., let me start with something positive: The Nokia 2180 beats the heck out of my first cell phone, an analog Motorola "brick phone" that weighed like 15 pounds. Other than that I really can't say too much more about this phone that is positive, and still remain honest. I have had 5 2180's over the span of a year and two months. The first one was $29.99 on promotion at Airtouch (now Verizon) and was new out of the box. I was very
excited to be rid of my Motorola Piper analog flip phone and step up to digital service. Within the first day (after it had been fully charged) I began to have problems. The phone exhibited several irritating traits: First it would constantly drop out of digital service and switch to analog when my roommate (standing right next to me) with his digital Samsung phone (also from Airtouch) showed full signal strength. My phone dropped calls like no other phone I had ever owned. Being new to digital service I wasn't sure if it was the phone or the cellular system. My roommate insisted that his phone almost never dropped calls. Finally the phone had an annoying habit of starting to place a call when I pressed the
send button and then just disconnecting mysteriously. It would do this for about 5 times and then it would connect. A workaround for this issue was turning the phone off and then back on. Another thing, this phone gets HOT when it is used for long periods. I did not have the phone switched out, however, until it began to "lose" the entries in the phone
book. Four phones later I still can't get it to hold a decent charge even with a new battery. Finally today someone at Verizon Wireless broke down and was honest with me. He told me that the Nokia line had been determined to be "un-reliable" by Verizon and he stated that they would be phasing out all Nokias and replacing it with new Motorola, Audiovox, and Samsung models. Needless to say I plan to buy a Samsung SCH-850 next payday and finally send my 2180 to its final resting place.
excited to be rid of my Motorola Piper analog flip phone and step up to digital service. Within the first day (after it had been fully charged) I began to have problems. The phone exhibited several irritating traits: First it would constantly drop out of digital service and switch to analog when my roommate (standing right next to me) with his digital Samsung phone (also from Airtouch) showed full signal strength. My phone dropped calls like no other phone I had ever owned. Being new to digital service I wasn't sure if it was the phone or the cellular system. My roommate insisted that his phone almost never dropped calls. Finally the phone had an annoying habit of starting to place a call when I pressed the
send button and then just disconnecting mysteriously. It would do this for about 5 times and then it would connect. A workaround for this issue was turning the phone off and then back on. Another thing, this phone gets HOT when it is used for long periods. I did not have the phone switched out, however, until it began to "lose" the entries in the phone
book. Four phones later I still can't get it to hold a decent charge even with a new battery. Finally today someone at Verizon Wireless broke down and was honest with me. He told me that the Nokia line had been determined to be "un-reliable" by Verizon and he stated that they would be phasing out all Nokias and replacing it with new Motorola, Audiovox, and Samsung models. Needless to say I plan to buy a Samsung SCH-850 next payday and finally send my 2180 to its final resting place.
