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05-06-2012, 21:08
I did swap the SIMs around - it made no obvious difference, though I'll try this again a bit more scientifically later.
I now have an FX3 pro as well. The first impression is of a slightly larger and much heavier Nokia 2700 Classic or similar. It has a very loud speaker, and the first thing I did was figure out how to turn off all the annoying error tones and reduce the volume for everything else.
The menus are a little slow to respond and sometimes scrolling behavior is odd (not possible to scroll down, or items skipped). Like the S320, it has an analog TV (though with smaller picture, as the screen is in portrait mode), a workable FM radio, an extendable antenna, and a music/video player. However, it lacks a standard headphone jack, which makes these features pretty useless, except for the radio, which is OK through the speaker. It charges via a mini-USB port, which is good (and has a Nokia charger port as well, just like the S320), but the website (iprochina.com) does not offer any firmware updates or downloads. (I'm surprised Apple hasn't come after them yet for their name and Vodafone for their logo.)
The FX3 pro comes in a nice-looking box, but the only documentation is a two-sided piece of paper in English that does not contain any illustrations.
As to the function, it seems to be fine - I'll be testing this over the next few days. On startup the phone gives you the option to disable some SIMS (the S320 does not). However, when choosing "Network Settings" in the configuration menu it only lists SIM1 and SIM2. It also lists the contents of the SIMs' address books in a single list, one after the other - not as good as the S320, which lists them separately.
So far, I like both phones - they are pretty basic as far as phone functions go, but they seem to work OK. At the moment, I'm liking the S320's programming a little better, although I have to get used to the FX3 pro before I can really say anything about this.
More later!
Current DE: Vodafone, Netzklub; PL: Klucz, Virgin; UK: Giffgaff, Vodafone; US: T-Mobile; CA: 7-Eleven; IT: Vodafone; UA: Kyivstar; FR: Bouygues; GR: Vodafone
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