Posted by Rookwise
My Haier P5 pen phone arrived today (using it as a replacement while my P900 is in for repairs). Gave it a 5 hour charge and then had a mess with it.
Its very basic but I guess it would make a good second phone while your main one needs repairs.
Screen is Lcd/monochrome with a very blue backlight
Phone has basic features such as SMS, Calender, Alarm and 3 games (Tetris, Shoot Balloon, Push Ball).
35 polymorphic ringtones
predictive text input
profiles
Voice recorder
Menu section is similar to Nokia (eg 8310 or later) with animated pictures
Battery is non removable and has an internal antenna. Theres a removable slider on the right side of the phone where you put a small/modern GSM type sim card in.
Charger/interface jack is on the left side near the bottom.
Overall feel is very good and sturdy. I bought the silver version which has a very smooth feel to the housing but does not slip in your hand.
Accessories include a pocket/belt clip, in line hands free, 3 pin travel charger and a car charger all packed into a really nice black presenataion box.
There are 2 things which I have found on the phone which i cant find a use for. The first is on the bottom where it looks like there is a led/laser pointer type device and on the rear, also near the bottom there is another small circular object that looks like it could have been either some sort of infra red device or something. There is no option on the phone which uses these 2 things and nothing in the instruction that describes what they are.
Again the phone has very basic features but looks very nice, well built and is good for use as an emergency handset or for someone who only uses their phone for calls/sms use.
I paid £101 for the P5, brand new, which included postage costs and insurance.
However there is now a P6 pen phone which is slightly updated and includes a removable Lithium-Ion battery.
Haier P5 pics
Haier P6 pics
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[ This Message was edited by: Staz081277 on 2004-07-19 16:27 ]
Posted by JiggyJaggy
I used to have one of these, not brilliant on battery though.
The laser pointer is turned on by pressing the # (hash) key if i remember correctly. Loads a fun!
Posted by Lynx69
The p6 looks like the left side(right on the pic) of it is misisng
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Posted by Rookwise
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Battery seems good. Had been playing tetris a lot and it been in use for 2 days now. Battery has just gone down to 2 bars (3 bars is full).
The small thing at the bottom on the back is some sort of reset button I think. The phone turned itself off at work today and wouldnt switch back on so I took a chance and gently pressed on it with a pen tip. Pressed the power button and the phone turned. I did have to set the clock and date again though.
The # hash key turns on the silent/vibrate mode, 0 is for voicemail and * key turns the backlight on and off.
I would like to see the laser pointer working so if anyone could help with that small problem it would be great.
Also, does anyone know where/if there are any accessories available and where from ?
edit:-
(From Heir) The model P5 European specification has the class 3 laser pointer disabled and still retails at £159.99.
So it doesent look like I can activate the pointer then. Is there anyway to overcome this ?
Some sort of hidden menu perhaps ?
Can anyone help ?
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[ This Message was edited by: Staz081277 on 2004-07-19 16:29 ]
Posted by Residentevil
Pretty spendy for a limited phone like that 160 squid?
Posted by Rookwise
Does anyone know how the laser pointer can be enabled on a european spec P5 ?