 "Owsome!" | 2008-08-13 |
| - Reviewed By twojabogini |
| I love the phone! Its super sexy, easy to use, all i wanted. I am in love. |
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 "A solid phone" | 2008-04-07 |
| - Reviewed By User: A9AKRQORHWWIB |
| I've had a pebl for 2 years now and up until its unfortunate swim in a cup of french vanilla coffee- it worked like a dream. Although the phone was years old, it remains in great shape. This is partialy due to me taking good care of it(minus occasional swims), but mainly bc of the cool texture that is virtually scratch resistant. I still have others asking me "what type of phone is that" or "is that new". The opening feature has spoiled me tremendously and I'm having a hard time finding another phone as chic and cost effective. Even after the spill in the coffee- my pebl remained true and worked fine after a few days or airing it out. It's only now (2 months later) that I see that it's time for a new phone. I think I'll stick with what I know and love and get another pebl. |
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 "TERRIBLE" | 2008-04-02 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2N7FI9H5WK8L4 |
Phone arrived DOA, after company sent 2 replacement batteries phone still did not work. Sent replacement phone, worked for the first charge and now it's dead. If you plan on wearing the phone on a belt phone case, the phone will flip open on its own.
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| "PEBL Phone" | 2008-02-10 |
| - Reviewed By jdvulcan |
I recently bought this phone in preparation for some travel abroad. I'm now using it in Brazil, and have had no problems with it. It's compact, durable, and easy to use. I particularly like the magnetic closing action that makes it easy to open, close, and use one-handed.
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 "Mediocre. I would not purchase another." | 2008-01-02 |
| - Reviewed By gachrus |
The PEBL does have a nice hand feel, the opening mechanism is well thought out and works well in Europe but the "good" ends there. I have used the PEBL for over a year and have had 5 or 6 mobile phones prior to this one. I use it for work which takes me overseas a fair bit.
The Motorola contact management interface is cumbersome to deal with. Most phones allow you to have multiple numbers / addresses per contact, but PEBL does not. If you have a contact with multiple phone numbers, that contact will exist multiple times. This makes dialing slower with Motorola phones because you'll have to scroll through a longer contact list; searching for numbers is not nearly as intuitive as with phones.
The "mirror" dialing pad and screen will pick up grease from your face and require regular cleaning if you want to avoid your phone looking oily. And the dial pad begins to show up on the screen in a shadow pattern after a while. A brilliant design weakness.
Connecting to the Bluetooth headset requires a multi-step sequence.
The voice commands are cumbersome. As another reviewer noted "I would say "name dial" and it would keep asking me to repeat the command or tell me that the command could not be found." After some time I noticed that there is a beep after which you say the command. As long as you wait for the beep, the voice commands better - not perfect, but tolerable if you don't mind repeating yourself.
The phone opens when dropped, which is often since a decent belt holder is hard to find for this model without buying a leather sleeve which sort of defeats the nice palm feel the PEBL has. And now when it drops it not only opens but the back falls off and the battery spills out.
Photo taking is frustrating. Easy to shoot the photo, but then the phone forces you to decide how you want to "store" the picture by making at least two selections from the menu! This is obnoxious. I would like to just take the photo and have the phone store it without me performing several selections
Maybe it is my cell carrier, but I've had voicemails that it didn't inform me about for several days and sometime up to a week! Like another reviewer, I have yet for it to let me know about a voicemail within a few minutes or even hours of receiving it.
Also annoying is the fact that it will beep nonstop every 3 to 5 minutes when the battery is getting low about until the battery is really and truly dead. I've had to get up at 3:00 AM to turn the damn thing off. There are notification options buried deep in the directory that will turn this "feature" off.
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| "Superb phone!" | 2007-12-24 |
| - Reviewed By p2a2 |
| No issues. Performs as expected. Easy to use and small enough to carry in my pocket. |
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| "I hate this phone" | 2007-11-30 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1XAJVQ4QHLUTN |
I hate this phone! I have had it replaced 3x because it has broken down. My srceen went out, there was a constant eco, and the sound went completely out. I have only had the phone for one year. Camera clearity is poor, and I used to like the way it opens but now its just anoying.
Its cute but thats it. |
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| "Superior design" | 2007-09-23 |
| - Reviewed By User: A12TJWRVK5LSZN |
| I love the design, and functionality of this cell phone. From the matte black, smooth clean look, to the one-hand opening procedure, to the overall streamline appearance. It has met, and exceeded all my hopes. I highly reccomend this phone for anyone who uses a flip phone. The camera pictures and videos are of superb quality, clarity, and sharpness. The software that enebles sharing of ingormation with a home computer makes this phone as useful in daily life as folks carrying around their big old Blackberry. I love it and think you will too. |
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| "A great world phone if you travel" | 2007-08-26 |
| - Reviewed By User: A32FEYSJ7KDAUQ |
| I purchased this phone primarily as a travel phone to europe and the caribean and it hasnt faied me. It has very good reception,easy to remove sim card and its small so that you can silde it in your pocket and not even know its there. It doesnt have all the bells and whistles of a modern unlocked phone to be used in the usa. However if you are a traveler like myself, it is very reliable for gsm networks. The only downside is that you cant store multiple phone numbers under one name but rather have to list the same person over and over if you want to enter home,cell,bus number etc...The screen is all black so it tends to get messy with facial oil stains but big deal....The phone is slick and reliable....best for out of the usa use.....I strongly recommend it. |
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| "huh?" | 2007-07-23 |
| - Reviewed By User: AXIMQWBJ8Y2GS |
| why would you buy this for $194 when you can buy a brand new one from Motorola for $139? |
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