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bigjobs
Joined: Aug 27, 2002
Posts: 94
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Well, did a bit of a check , and out of 25 different phones I and my mates have only the T68 has such a quiet text alarm tone, most others can go very loud, all can go loud.
It simply stands out as beacon of stupidity, what's weird is that the original T68 firmware had a lovely loud tone.
"sorry mate didn't hear your message"
"why not?"
"I've got a T68i"
"Oh, OK, nuff said"
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pachy
Joined: Nov 05, 2002
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Well, for what its worth, my view is that @bigjobs is the only guy here talking sense, i had a t68m for 6 months got the upgrade to "i" kept it (& loved it) for another year, then i got a p800 & its superb.
BUT when people who are still looking to buy a t68i in my family come to me to ask my opinion, i allways say "a brilliant phone that is almost ruined by a far to quiet sms tone" its amazing to me that they never saw how stupid that FAULT was, lots of people dont want the phone in thier pocket where they would benefit from the vibe, for example women who keep it in a bag always miss sms.
Come on people @Bigjobs said "A really cool phone messed up by one silly fault" i think thats accurate, what the hell was SE thinking, remember that they got it right on the t68m, then CHANGED it ????? |
butterguy
Joined: Jan 18, 2003
Posts: 192
From: back and forth from US to UK
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What a stupid excuse....if you know it's quiet...why not check every so often if u have missed a message?? i guess it would defy the purpose of having the tone to warn you but damn...talk about being a whiny bitch....*cartman mode* "meh meh meh meh...my sms tone isn't loud enough....meh meh meh meh"  |
njabe567
Joined: May 05, 2003
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I really never used to think about SE untill I saw the P800 and then bought it but its people like this that would have made me think twice about buying a SE device....but am I glad i got it..P800 rocks!!!!!!!!!!! |
dave_uk
Joined: Mar 06, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: London, UK
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On 2003-05-05 14:58, doctabako wrote:
. A message alert does not a phone make.
This message was posted from a T68i
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The only sensible thing on this thread. C'mon guys, a whole thread to talk about the T68i's SMS tone? The most fully-featured phone of it's time and someone is THAT unhappy about the volume of an alert tone?
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bigjobs
Joined: Aug 27, 2002
Posts: 94
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The message alert is the second most important feature on the phone, the first being the ringtone.
Everything else is just nerdy features, bluetooth, fancy calendar options ,IR connectivity, animated screensavers are a side show to the single biggest reason for a mobile phone.
COMMUNICATING WITH PEOPLE!!!!
I lost count of the amount of important texts I missed, because of that silly tone, the suggestion that you should keep looking is so ridiculous, you should think what your saying
Why not save on your doorbell, just keep looking to see if someone is there 
My mates stopped texting me cos I never heard them, every fookin time I picked it up there would be 5 texts on it I had missed, I started to hate the frekin thing. |
drachrich
Joined: Feb 19, 2003
Posts: 36
From: philippines
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T68i s indeed a good fone but nowadays, a lot models supercede it, but its good 2 have a phone which started it all-a winner of its own!
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geo2k
Joined: Dec 26, 2002
Posts: 307
From: UK
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The T300 has the same message tone and i find that its loud enough in whatever place i am :-) i must just have good ears
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butterguy
Joined: Jan 18, 2003
Posts: 192
From: back and forth from US to UK
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man why didn't you just get one of those stupid flashy pens that tell you when you re gonna receive a tone or a call??? lol i mean if your hearing is messed up, let's hope that your vision is alright... |
janahan
Joined: Jan 13, 2003
Posts: 232
From: UK
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ok some ppl are going a little far here, but a fair point is made.
I have a T68m, upgraded to a T68i. a T300 and a P800.
The Ericsson T68m had a nice LOUD alert that could be heard (i swear even the ring tones were louder on that baby). It also pulsed the vibra about three times for the messages. The only disadvantage is Delivery reports, it played the same the same beep for the delivery report, which sometimes gives a bit of a confusion. (my older Blokia 6210 gave a more discrete beep for delivery reports).
T68i made it more quiet, and also cut the vibra from three vibra pulses to two somewhat shorter pulses, meaning more missed messages.
T300, same as T68i tone wise, BUT felt louder (i rarely miss a message on that)
on all the above phones no alert for new emails (if u have it checking periodically)
Bricksson P800, excellent, work of art, not only are the tones fully user selectable, it has the old ericsson tone, and the Vibra pulses three times before the tone is played which for some reason makes it less likely to miss a message. Also new email alert. Different alerts for mail, sms, mms, and area broadcasts.
Great work on the P800, trash on T68i/T300
win some loose some. |
pachy
Joined: Nov 05, 2002
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Yea, SE did a fantastic job on the P800 (BTW on the P800 my network voicemail tone isnt included in the options to change its tone, but i eventually found that file & changed it to my own chosen WAV using "file manager"),
Anyway, people who cant tollerate anyone finding the odd fault with the t68/i, please read note no.1 below, those of you who are more outgoing can read note number 2;
Note 1, T68i was a LANDMARK in phone history, SMS tone was PERFECT.
Note 2, T68i was a LANDMARK in phone history, SMS tone was PERFECT for people with no friends.
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Posted: 2003-05-06 01:46
