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The £9 phone review! (Sagem MY-150x)


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Posted by Sammy_boy
Naffed off with your N95? Worried about your W910i? Sick of your Samsung? Why not invest £9 of your hard-earned on the mighty Sagem MY150x!! For less than the cost of a round of drinks (or more if you're me - I need more friends! ), which I bought from TJ Hughes.

Great for if you want a simple backup phone, or are feeling a bit 1998. No camera here, or Bluetooth, even IR, no colour screen, MP3 player, expandable memory or anything like that, this phone, er, makes calls, sends texts, has a simple calendar, alarm, vibrating alert, and speakerphone!

I rather like it, though I won't be replacing my N95, K810i or D900 with it anytime soon. The screen has a rather nice blue on black display, which is easy to read. The menus are very simple and has a big icon to tell you what it is too, great for those who haven't had a mobile before, are a bit anti-technology, or failing eyesight. Though one downside is that the keypad is rather small, though I've had no problems so far.

The phone is also surprisingly good looking, and very slim - slimmer than my D900, and the U600 I had for a while too! It's also a very light phone, you barely know you have it in your pocket. However, the plastics used bely the phone's budget status, and do feel a bit cheap, but what do you expect for under a tenner?

Overall, this is a very good budget phone, looks great for the price, and as long as you don't expect any modern features it's a nice little phone. Ideal for nights out when you don't want to take your more expensive phone out, or as a backup phone, or if you're just feeling like getting back to basics!

Will post some comparison pictures once the phone's finished charging.


Posted by goldenface
He he. You can never have too many back up / party phones I suppose.

Posted by Sammy_boy
Especially when they cost next to nowt! Can't complain at the price, couldn't resist getting one just to see what it was like!

This is actually the first brand new phone I've had since my last contract upgrade 12 months ago!

Posted by PeterKay
PICS PICS PICS please



Posted by baconnugget
think ill recommend this to my m8 who loses his phone at least 6 times last when out on the lash lol he had a lg chocolate and lost it within a week went back and bought the same one lost it within three weeks but he doesn't block them as he doesn't know how lol

Posted by Sammy_boy
Here we go, some comparison pictures compared to my D900, plus a couple of the phone on it's own:

'scuse the fingerprints!



A surprisingly thin phone, the Sagem's the one on the right btw:



The back is that 'rubberised' style plastic, meaning it won't slide off surfaces too easily:



And finally a couple of pictures of the MY150x by itself, the last of which is without the flash so you can see the V3-esque keypad lighting:





(Pics courtesy of my N95 btw!)

Posted by PeterKay
beautiful.

simply beautiful.



Posted by fatevdestiny
Looks nifty

The keypad however looks more like a moto keypad

Posted by Sammy_boy
I think it's the best of the budget phones, much better looking than the Motofone, and much better than Alcatel's offerings!

And I have to say better than SE's entry level line up.... Isn't it Sagem who are going to be producing some entry level handsets for or is that someone else?

Posted by goldenface
@Sammy_boy

Yes it was Sagem and whats with the fingerprints you mucky pup.

You'll have to buy a Krusell case for it - instantly doubling its value in the mean time.

Posted by deluded
Is it just me or is there some Moto look about the phone? Looks good for the price though.

Posted by Sammy_boy
As I say, the keypad is very 'V3'/Moto-esque, though not necessarily a bad thing as they're pretty good keypads. This one however isn't metal-based, has a nice feel to it though!

Yes, sorry about the fingerprints, I really should have given the phone a wipe before taking the pictures!

Posted by himlims_nl
i simply _LOVE_ sagem 226

picture:
http://www.vodafone.nl/shop/p[....]sku22030011&_requestid=1738172

sagame isn't realy that bad, they are not that well known as nokia/samsung



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Posted by Marly
We have a few cheap Sagem back-up phones, when it comes to value for money, no brand can beat them .
Unfortunately they don't have the "name" to sell their more expensive models, though they're not bad al all.
In 2003, they already had a model (MY X-6, VGA-cam) with a CCD sensor, even now most camphones don't have this sensor.

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K320i, V600i, K600i, K700i, K750i, K800i, P990i W800i, W810i, W850, W900i and other brands : HTC, Motorola, Nokia, Sharp, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Alcatel and Sagem.

[ This Message was edited by: Marly on 2007-12-06 00:06 ]

Posted by Muhammad-Oli
Yeah Sagems can't be that bad! I mean... if they can make a phone this beautiful, they must be good!


The Sagem Porsche Design P’9521



Posted by fatreg
it's thinner than a D900!?

oooooooooh


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