Monday, Nov 01, 2004 at 11:42
Hi guys,
I currently have a Nokia 6225 CDMA with full carkit and previously had the Kyrocera 2235 with full car kit.
The Nokia phone itself has MANY more features than the Kyrocera like 1megapixel camera (suprisingly very useful), send text +
pic to email address, outlook sync etc.., features I use. Other "cute" features are any
pic for phone wallpaper (obligatory shot of kids here), voice activation when in cradle and large memory for photo album (beats the pics in wallet). Then there are the features I don't use like games, internet browsing etc. All in all a very good phone thats not too gimicky (don't like flip phones or rotating heads, need a reliable phone for work).
The Kyrocera was a good phone without any special features (did have web browsing, but no camera or text to email capability). It performed
well but one thing that really annoyed me was you could not have the phone ring and vibrate at the same time (vibrate first then ring only). Not good for my work requirements at the time. As far as phone features go, there is no comparison and the Nokia wins hands down in the blink of an eye!
As for performance, the Kyrocera carkit had a proper plug for the antenae on its car kit. When in my garage at
home (concrete slab roof and double brick walls) and metal roller door down, the Kyrocera had minimum reception (no "bars" but was connected) when handheld and raising the dicky little antenae on the phone made on diffeence. It went to maximum strength when i put it in the carkit (5.6dBa aerial). The Nokia in the same spot had one bar reception (no antenae on phone) and maximum strength in carkit (6.5 dBa aerial). Note that the Nokia 6225 has a proximity connection antenae on the carkit and I had been advised that it would not be as good as a connector type.
On the road I have not been able to spot any difference between the two phones in general use. I prefer the carkit sound from the Nokia, as do the callers but there is not a lot in it. I was unfortunately not able to compare the phones side by side in the car.
With the Nokia, I recently went on the
Holland track and in that time I was only out of range for ~150 kms in total (
Holland track starts some 400kms south east of
Perth). When we were ~70kms south west of
Coolgardie I came back into range whereas another Nokia with carkit (older phone but with proper plug in 6.5dba aerial) took another 20kms closer to
Coolgardie before he was in range. That was a considerable difference and one that gave me confidence in the proximity connection for the antenae. On the drive up to
Hyden (
Holland track start), we were comparing the signal strengths of our phones and the proximity connection was always as good or better based on the "bars" of reception, but neither phone dropped out at all, quite impressive by both really.
I was concerned about the proximity connection of the Nokia 6225 when considering purchasing and hadyet to read a first hand report comparing the two. After my
Holland track experience, I am now very happy with the proximity connection. Its only a comparison to one older Nokia, but that particular phone used to be the benchmark for long distance range. Sorry to be long winded, but hopefully the comparison for the proximity connection is useful. I have "heard" of other reports saying proximity isn't that good, but my experience has been very positive with it.
Cheers
Captain
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Follow Up By: Flash - Tuesday, Nov 02, 2004 at 09:03
Tuesday, Nov 02, 2004 at 09:03
Captain, (and all),
Really appreciate the info, thanks for all the
feedback.
Cheers
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