Post by Alex Chen on Oct 19, 2003 23:08:51 GMT -5
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The newest handset on Hutchison's Three network, the Motorola A835 went on sale in Australia (albeit via preorder) yesterday.
A great little unit, I've been lucky enough to play around with the phone for the past few days and I can say truthfully that this is one schmick handset.
The thing that grabs me about this handset is it's design. Everything is good looking, every line is smooth, tempered, there's no silly little out crops, everything matches perfectly. It's a stylish gun metal grey and silver finish with a slightly tapered housing.
In so far as size, if it's on it's own it looks much smaller than an A920, but put the two together and there's not that much different. The handset does weigh significantly less than most other 3G handsets, and does much more with the weight.
The phone uses the same battery (battery life is excellent, it's had one charge in about 20 mins of video talk, an hour of games, an hour of voice calls and 3 days of standby) as the A830 and the A920, as well as the same USB cables and chargers.
The list of features is outstanding. BlueTooth (voice and data) and IRdA straight out of the box. The handset is equipped with AGPS, but as with the A920, it's a matter of software and network.
The menu systems are good, the joystick navigation takes a little getting used to, but after you do it's much faster than the tired old menu keys. The menus are very intuitive, good looking and have a huge range of options making it both user-friendly and powerful.
The phone comes with a huge speaker on the back, plays music and ringtones exceptionally loudly, voice calls are worthwile on the speaker and everything is crystal clear. The only negative on the speaker phone is you can't turn it on (from what I can gather) until the call has connected... annoying because that's when I use the speakerphone on my A920.
Music playing on the A835 is good quality, nice and clear, and I haven't run into any problems... however, the 64MB onboard memory is a little limiting to those users after more than an hour or so of their favourite MP3s. All in all, this was my one biggest gripe about the handset.
The camera is not too bad, it has a 4x digital zoom, which does blur images pretty badly, but for a mobile phone camera it's better than decent. The camera application is flexible and fast.
Videotalk on the A835 is nice and snappy, approaching the quality and framerate of the A920.
Three Services are a little slow the first few times, with the actual Three Services page being loaded and stored on your handset (to the best of my knowledge). Once that's done, expect similar performance in the browsing and downloading as the A830 and the A920.
I'd rate this handset a solid 8.5/10. With expandable memory and a slightly smaller frame it would be a perfect 10.
All in all, I'd recommend anyone not entirely sold on 3G to cruise down to your local dealer or 3 Shop and have a look-see at the demo handset. You're sure to be as impressed as I was at Three's newest handset and it's agressive stand in the marketplace. Pictures
The newest handset on Hutchison's Three network, the Motorola A835 went on sale in Australia (albeit via preorder) yesterday.
A great little unit, I've been lucky enough to play around with the phone for the past few days and I can say truthfully that this is one schmick handset.
The thing that grabs me about this handset is it's design. Everything is good looking, every line is smooth, tempered, there's no silly little out crops, everything matches perfectly. It's a stylish gun metal grey and silver finish with a slightly tapered housing.
In so far as size, if it's on it's own it looks much smaller than an A920, but put the two together and there's not that much different. The handset does weigh significantly less than most other 3G handsets, and does much more with the weight.
The phone uses the same battery (battery life is excellent, it's had one charge in about 20 mins of video talk, an hour of games, an hour of voice calls and 3 days of standby) as the A830 and the A920, as well as the same USB cables and chargers.
The list of features is outstanding. BlueTooth (voice and data) and IRdA straight out of the box. The handset is equipped with AGPS, but as with the A920, it's a matter of software and network.
The menu systems are good, the joystick navigation takes a little getting used to, but after you do it's much faster than the tired old menu keys. The menus are very intuitive, good looking and have a huge range of options making it both user-friendly and powerful.
The phone comes with a huge speaker on the back, plays music and ringtones exceptionally loudly, voice calls are worthwile on the speaker and everything is crystal clear. The only negative on the speaker phone is you can't turn it on (from what I can gather) until the call has connected... annoying because that's when I use the speakerphone on my A920.
Music playing on the A835 is good quality, nice and clear, and I haven't run into any problems... however, the 64MB onboard memory is a little limiting to those users after more than an hour or so of their favourite MP3s. All in all, this was my one biggest gripe about the handset.
The camera is not too bad, it has a 4x digital zoom, which does blur images pretty badly, but for a mobile phone camera it's better than decent. The camera application is flexible and fast.
Videotalk on the A835 is nice and snappy, approaching the quality and framerate of the A920.
Three Services are a little slow the first few times, with the actual Three Services page being loaded and stored on your handset (to the best of my knowledge). Once that's done, expect similar performance in the browsing and downloading as the A830 and the A920.
I'd rate this handset a solid 8.5/10. With expandable memory and a slightly smaller frame it would be a perfect 10.
All in all, I'd recommend anyone not entirely sold on 3G to cruise down to your local dealer or 3 Shop and have a look-see at the demo handset. You're sure to be as impressed as I was at Three's newest handset and it's agressive stand in the marketplace. Pictures