 "Doesn't Deserve the Great Reviews...." | 2009-06-15 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1B97QJUTZGEJC |
This phone is awful!! I just got this phone in January. Six months later, I'm sending it back to T-Mobile in exchange for a different one. Thank God for the warranty..
It was a great phone up until about two months ago. It started just shutting itself off out of nowhere. I then would not be able to turn the phone back on unless I removed the battery and put it back. Also, when it did this, it would delete everything I had on my phone! It would delete all of my contacts, all of my text messages, all of my bookmarks.. everything! Only the contacts and bookmarks would all come back about an hour or two later.. but very very annoying anyway.
And now, just yesterday, the phone froze and would not respond for about an hour. There was no screen and I was not even able to press any buttons or switch it off... had to remove the battery again. Then it came back on and of course..everything was deleted. And this time it would not pick up any service for another two hours or so.
Horrible horrible phone with far too many bugs...bad idea! |
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 "this phone model should be recalled." | 2009-06-07 |
| - Reviewed By nachtpaukstis |
This is the WORST model phone you could buy - seriously. I wonder why it has not been recalled. I got this phone right when it came out last summer because, at that time, the internet/messaging bundle was cheaper than that for Blackberry. I also really like the keyboard - I still think it's one of the best out there. I wanted a phone with similar bells and whistles but didn't necessarily need the business functionality of a Blackberry.
All was fine until after about two months the phone would just freeze up and restart itself. This didn't make sense as I'm not one to download many applications or overload a phone with 2657205 text messages and e-mails a day like most kids these days. A moderate amount of use should not have caused this. However, the phone would continue to do this until I removed the battery and sim card. After putting them back in, it would download messages from months ago, but would have deleted the more current ones that I had on previously. I would have to reset my settings, etc. it was a mess.
This continued for several months. After many hours spent on the phone with T-mobile to attempt to resolve the issue, in addition to research on the problem online, it became clear that this is a problem with the phone - not the service, or sim card and battery (which were replaced to no avail).
I also know it's a phone issue because *this happened with all 4 replacement Sidekicks that were sent to me.*
I urge you to look online - just search 'sidekick 2008 restarting' or something along those lines. You'll soon find how common it is.
T-mobile has since swapped out the sidekick for a Blackberry at no cost. I find that I am using this phone more often and have more applications and it has not seized up on me at all.
In conclusion, the Sidekick might seem cute and convenient but it's definitely not worth it. |
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 "tmobile sidekick is the greatest phone ever" | 2009-04-14 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3ULLGIVS3BJZ8 |
i love this phone i got it for my birthday and i couldn't have asked for anything better it is totally conveniant with a cool desighn the swivel screen is a plus
but over all i give it an A++++++++ |
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| "I love my SK08!" | 2009-02-17 |
| - Reviewed By huguley4 |
Back in the day, I had a Sidekick II, and it was great! I then strayed and moved to sprint and SETTLED for a flip phone for a year or so (What was I thinking!?) Well, my contract ran out, and I switched once again to t-mobile with the new and improved Sidekick 2008. It has every feature (except youtube) that I could want in a phone. I'm a text messaging queen (Over 2000 in the first month) and I browse all the time on the internet. I check reviews on Amazon quite often when shopping for stuff in the store.
Anyway, overall, a GREAT phone! No problems so far after two months. |
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 "Sidekicks have improved apparently..." | 2009-01-24 |
| - Reviewed By User: A28520G802EENS |
i scanned some of the other reviews and there is a lot of product information available on this page, so i will try not to be redundant to what is already been said/listed here.
i was a sidekick user for years (sk 2 and sk 3), but displeased with a lot of aspects. so i switched to blackberry. well, having lost my blackberry, for whatever reason, i took a look at the sidekick 08.
a lot of my complaints/issues with previous sidekicks have been fixed. the size and thinness (and related to that the ergonomics, at least for me, the way it fits in my hands) is a vast improvement. the browser seems to be improved over past versions, though it is not 3G, it does operate on the same data network that the sk3 did, and i'm not sure if it's the browser or the network that has improved, but the speed and overall quality (pulling up webpages like myspace used to be a nightmare) has improved. (these are just a few of many improvements, i'm trying not to make this into a laundry list.)
one nice feature, since this is a smart phone aimed at (but not restricted to) a younger audience that might find this more relevant, is that it is very easily customizable. there are a variety of face plates to change the look/color available, or you can create your own custom one. (in the past customization of a sidekick was a bit more troublesome and/or expensive).
that said, while i am quite pleased to be a sidekick user again, some problems remain. (i won't repeat the issues that others have already stated.) one thing i did want to mention was its particularly low battery life (even among smart phones.) i'm not a heavy user, and i still have to charge it either every day or every other day.
there are a lot of smart phone options out there nowadays. my advice is to consider your budget and what you want out of a phone and TRY a variety of smart phones. i personally have a thing for sidekicks, despite switching over for a while to a blackberry. the keyboard for my money is the best full qwerty on any phone (i've tried many) i also find the danger software and OS pretty user-friendly and the layout easy to use for what i want out of a phone.
all this said, i can't honestly say that this is the best smart phone out there. it's NOT. but it's a good and "fun" phone, and it works for me. if price were not a factor, even as much as i am sk fan, i am not entirely sure i would have chosen it, but having chosen it i do not at all regret that choice.
***my four star rating is based on my personal opinion of course, but also is meant to keep in mind the average sk user (yes believe it or not i am familiar with sk demographics. no, i do NOT work for t-mobile-- i was part of a sk research panel) and what they will get out of it, and keeping in mind factors like cost versus other phones, etc.*** |
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