Audiovox / Reviews

This phone is 11 years old and in 3rd users hand with original battery and operating fine. Sits in my car thru hot and cold as emergency phone with 100 min/mos local free calls per mos, for $100 per year + tax with Bell mobility(they don't advertise this plan).

Yes that's me below too, 2 years ago. Of course antenna is a little bent, but still runs fine with good reception.

Chas

Yes, I have hung onto this phone for 11 years (2012 now). BUT it is an amazingly durable phone, and costs me $100/year prepaid.

Feb 2011, got it free with a plan more than 6 years ago and it's still going, the speakers, the reception, is amazing. Although I don't use most of the features, I love this phone, hope I don't have to put it to rest.

I've had my phone since 1996...yes, 15 years! We've drive all over the country and in Canada.....it picks up a signal often when other newer phones do not. Though my husband thinks I'm nuts and I now need to buy batteries online.....I'm not relinquishing this great and super sized model!

PJ

I got this as a present from my dad 5 years and it still hasn't broken. I've dropped it so many times and it at the most it's only gotten scratched a bit and the battery fallen out. Still works exactly the way it did when I bought it. It's great if you only use your phone for random talking and texting, a pretty useful prepaid phone. Also an effective alarm clock, especially if you use the 3 times after 5 minutes setting on the loudest volume.

A few cons over the years though:
The battery heats up if you're storing it close to you, but it still works fine. Text messages sometimes take a while time to send and receive. Reception is a getting to be a problem too - the older it gets, the harder it is the find a good signal. Now that I'm in university it's harder to get a signal on campus, I end up seeing the no signal screen in most of my classes, and it might be attributed to the phone's age since there's a bell tower close by. Should be decent reception. I also don't like how if there is no signal, there is no time on the LCD window on the front.

Used cell phone given me and started again by me as new owner....been in my car as emergency phone summer hot and winter freezing, in glove box,charging when car runs ...still runs fine after about 7 years with original battery and 3 cars!!

Had this phone for almost 4 years until it finally broke because the charging pin came loose. I could toss this phone all over the place and it would bounce right back, not flimsy like these new ones. Cant do anything with it except make calls and text but what else would you need to do? Great phone and did me well despite being ugly as hell.

The first thing I don't like is that the phone does not have a picture chip, so you need to text your picture(s) out of the phone, or get a ubs transphere cable. Second, the battery for this phone was discontinued in sept.2009, and even on the internet, tracking one down is geting harder and harder to do. What good is a phone if there is no battery for it? And last, I have only been able to find a car charger for this phone. When I've gotten wall chargers for this model, the plug that fits into the phone is just a hair larger and won't fit the phone.

It's okay I guess. Good for everyday basic use. Gets bad connection and the camera is terrible! I'm sorry. But if you're just looking for something that makes calls and texts and doesn't cost much. I'd suggest it.

Buy it in the year 2004 and now its 2009 and it still works great and I will used it ontill it wears out. It is a basic cell phone it has a monocone screan and it will not play games or take pics. If you would like a basic no frells cell phone then this one is it. :)