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Any 8910 users?
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Posted by: shmookie

I was wondering if anyone could give me feedback about the 8910.
I own the 8600 and have been considering upgrading.

Any thoughts? Good or bad?

Posted by: Papa Roach

That's the one with the digital camera? Haven't upgraded mine yet! Anyone here have any experience with this phone?

Posted by: jbergler

Its a good phone no doubt about it but im not happy with the way mine was set up by my provider, but thats another story, Bloddy Telecom NZ.

But i dont have much expirence with other camera phones so i dont really have anything to compare it to!

Posted by: Athapaplodge

Clearest phone that I have talked on to date, no echo, quite pleased with it....

Posted by: shmookie

Thanks! How about the quality of the pictures? Fairly decent for a camera phone?

Posted by: MiGs_VMSlave

The camera quality is decent, there are 3 quality settings: high, medium, and low..... 3 resolution sizes: 640x480, 320x240 (2x zoom), 160x120 (2x and 4x zoom).

The hardest part is getting it focused. The flash is a nice little addition, but it dosen't work in complete darkness, because the camera take awhile to get used to the light, and the flash dosen't stay illuminated long enough for that to happen, so it dosen't work well in total darkness.

Posted by: Saw11_2000

Review I wrote on Phone Scoop:

Actually, I was really anticipating this phone to be bad. But it was the best Virgin Mobile could offer, so I bought it.

PROS:
Downloadable graphics, games, and ringtones.
Excellent sound quality.
Audiovoxes seem to have a messed up ability to be able to do anything with not even one bar of reception. (Good not bad)
Great reception.
Small size.
Good picture quality.
Fast downloads.
Good amount of memory.
Good battery life.
It charges quickly.
It's durable. (I've dropped it a few times, it's gotten wet.)
Menus are set up logically.
Voice memo ability.
Voice dialing ability.
300 name phonebook, each name can hold 3 numbers and an email address.
I know this seems stupid, but the buttons on the side are metallic and when I used to have an 8610 my jeans would wear off on the buttons, so they turned a blue color. And that flap in the back is more resilient to falling off.

CONS:
Ringtones are quiet.
Speakerphone is quiet.
Flash is only good at night when you are very close with what you are trying to shoot.
Seems to get pretty warm sometimes.
External LCD seems to have discoloration on it if the contrast is set to 1 in display options. (Someone please tell me it is supposed to do this)
Flash seems to have a green color when not in use and phone is closed. (Again someone tell me if your phone does not do this.)
Sadly, the cheap Audiovox antenna was passed on to this phone. It seems to bend at an angle.
8610 had this but no "lock" mode. I can't believe this, you can restrict certain parts to the password, but you can't place the phone into total lock mode.
They have "High And Vibrate" as a ringtone, but they do not have "Ring And Vibrate" as a text message notification, so I have missed some texts I've been sent.

If you have Virgin Mobile you should buy this phone, if you have Verizon, I can't really tell you what to do.

Posted by: MiGs_VMSlave

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Flash seems to have a green color when not in use and phone is closed. (Again someone tell me if your phone does not do this.)

The only time I see a green color is when the backlight for the external LCD is on, when you press both the up and down buttons on the side , the backlight turns on, and you can see a reflection from the backlight in there.

Dosen't really bother me that much.