Qtek 8500 - user opinions and reviews

Qtek

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Design
8.2
Features
8.0
Performance
7.9
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the best phone ever! i also have a htc p3600 but this is nice because its slim and its so star trek :) if you only use it for few apps this phone is the best! i simply love it! i hope htc will make another new model of this! please htc ! touchscreen and pocket pc edition would be great also!

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  • 2007-08-23 02:38
  • pkuE
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hey, can mp3 be used as message alert tone?

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  • 2007-07-11 03:41
  • UD}w
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can videos be played in full screen?

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  • 2007-07-11 03:39
  • UD}w
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Cingular just came out with the latest ROM in March 2007. Owners should go to htc america web site and download the lastest software.

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  • 2007-06-10 02:21
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Does anybody know how is the audibility of the incoming call.Is it loud enough to hear it in a loud street?Can you create documents?How is the Organizer and how long voice records can you make?

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  • 2007-05-19 20:44
  • SaA$
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in the US, if you have been with the same carrier for over a year, you can ask the carrier's Customer Care to unlock the phone for you. (Just a reminder, the locked phone must be from the same carrier).

You can do this year after year.... basically you are entitled to unlocking one phone every year....

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  • 2007-04-15 06:54
  • MGIT
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Bought our Qtek 8500 over X-mas in Russia -- and lemme tell ya, this phone kicks arse! No problems with it at all. The battery life lasts for 5 days as opposed to what others claim. Not saying they're lying, but I will state that MOST people are not aware that when you buy a phone, you must always let it run out of juice, then charge it fully, and do it again and again. Do this the first 3-4 times you own this phone, or else your battery will NEVER last for more than 24 hours. This is how these batteries work.

Buying phones in Europe is much better than buying any phone in the US. Services like Cingular, Sprint, Verizon, etc. always mess with the phones and add their own api's and software, which degrades performance because they eat up the RAM on your phone with so much crap playing in the background. This (more often than none) ruins the phone's quality and limits the performance of the phone. Dropped calls have more to do with your provider than anything else -- that's a fact too! This is why some people love their Moto RAZRs on different networks while others hate it. All depends on what they put on it - and you have no idea what they put on it either, because they'll never tell you. I assure you though, it ain't what you get when you buy it without a SIM card.

Overseas, we use SIM cards and can switch providers whenever we choose. When you buy the phone here -- you get the phone to work the way it was meant to work, not the way a service provider wants it to work for you. As an example, I can install a 6MB .jar file (java app) on my phone, but my brother in the US can't even install a .jar file over 250kb on the same phone! Now that is a joke!

Bottom line, this phone is amazing -- but BUYER BEWARE -- because unless you're buying it unlocked, you are always open to problems being caused by your SERVICE PROVIDER, not necessarily by the phone. The US needs to wake up man! Unlock the phones and let the people choose their own darn providers! :)

Sound features are weak on this phone -- speakers suck. But it has amazing features if you like smart phones. It's not nearly as good as a PDA, so don't buy this if that's what you really want to compare it too. However, the OS (WM 5) is great and and the speed of the OS is VERY FAST. Bluetooth works great and the active sync software with PC's is great too through USB.

Who should get this phone? People who want a smart phone that's fast and can read MS documents, surf the web, access email, install games, etc... but isn't really for people who collect MP3's -- the sound is crapola! Videos play good at full screen (beautiful picture quality), but again, you had better be in a quiet room, because the volume is less to be desired.

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  • 2007-04-07 15:31
  • mrDF
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Just got this phone 3125 from MY CARRIER and I have to say this phone is such a complete pile of crap. I will start with the lock ups when On Line, followed by the dropped calls and the hard & soft resets. All this on my first day. Its clear that this phone has problems and that the company selling it to their customers is also aware of these issues, that why you can buy it for 99.00 with a data plan. But in their deffence they are send me a different model phone with no charges and thats why I stay loyal to them. But avoid these issue and find another phone.
THIS IS A GREAT LOOKING PHONE AND AS A PHONE
ITS OK AT BEST, BUT AS A PDA NOT EVEN CLOSE.
MY TREO-700-P IS TRUELY SECOND TO NONE.

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  • 2007-03-09 14:12
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Just ordered this phone from Cingular can someone send me accurate, information on how this phone preforms, I will be using it for emails and some Web work not much more. I realize that all phones have their problems but I will be using this phone for calls and need to be sure call volume is good and blue tooth works.

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  • 2007-03-06 14:29
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hey Thom. i'm glad u found a use for this phone. i don't like mine either. i have not been able to find a use for mine but will try and use it like a paper clip too. lol! Do u know how many sheets of paper it will hold together before the plastic breaks? does any else hear clicking sounds when you are trying to make a call? i am going back to my razr and syncing with moto phone tools.

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  • 2007-02-13 06:03
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Will Cingular take this phone back because of all of the problems? I have heard that there have been several recalls on this phone. I hate my 3125. No matter what name they market this phone as, it is still a turdphone. I want my treo 650 back.

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  • 2007-02-13 05:49
  • FJiV
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I agree with Thom and sdp. AWEFUL phone. What was HTC thinking? I can barely make a phone call without it locking up. Also the ram is always running out. I have to restart it every 2 hours.

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  • 2007-02-13 05:25
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I think no one on this dis.board but sdp actually ownes or has used this phone. It is the worst phone I have ever owned. Ok, it does look really cool. The best working feature on this phone is the ability to use it as a paper clip.

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  • 2007-02-13 05:17
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do not buy this phone. camera is like a cheap vga. reception is 2 bars less than my blackberry. voice quality is poor. i have to restart it all of the time or i wont receive calls. awesome design by HTC but it is still a very bad phone. thing is going on ebay tonight. p.s. i have had 3 new phones since Jan 4th 07. go get a blackberry or a razr if u want a phone that works.

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  • 2007-02-13 05:06
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I was using the HTC Wizard or Tmobile MDA and wanted something more smaller and compact. This is really a great phone cause you dont find any Windown 5 flip phone out there.
Got the Cingular Version of this phone the 3125 but the ROM on it is so old. I unlock the SIM and unlocked the CID so I was able to flash the Qtek 8500 latest ROM 3.6.251.0 and it works so much better than the Cingular ROM, the Qtek ROM does not have the occasional missed call issue. Menus are faster and reception is great. I also went on surrealnetworks.com/mpx and download some free applications for the Dash which will work with this phone. Alot of free themes out there on the internet, loaded some MP3 ringtones and it is good to go. Love this phone, Im a phone freak and I am really impressed. I had 4 phones in 6 months and I am gonna keep this one for a little while until something better comes out. If you have any questions feel free to email me.

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  • 2007-01-25 02:24
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Can someone help me with the settings on a Qtek 8500 to connect to the Fido (Canada)WAP network? I got a text message from Fido with the settings, but can't seem to co-ordinate the GPRS/Proxy & Internet connection settings on the phone to get connected to the Internet (I am trying to get on the net to check my GMail)

Your kind help would be greatly appreciated !!

Thanks !!

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  • 2007-01-25 01:52
  • 4xjm
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This phone is amazing! I got the Cingular 3125 which is only slightly modified (some extra software, more memory, and bigger battery) and simply love it!

To answer some questions:
Yes, it supports Push, but I don't believe it is entirely the same as Blackberry's. It works the same way as all other Push-Enabled WM5 phones, however.
No, you can not create/edit MS Office documents with the OEM software. There are some 3rd party applications out there, but there's really nothing that's worth it imho.

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  • 2007-01-04 22:36
  • jS6H
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Ihave got the black qtek 8500 model,can i please get to know how to acess/use this phone on my computer (windows xp) the cds seem to install but i cannot locate or open the phone files.Thanks.

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  • 2006-12-23 17:28
  • m42H
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hi everyone,

just wanna ask one question, can this phone create new microsoft words document and edit document? i read somewhere said cannot..... thinking of getting this phone...

thanks everyone for reading it, hope some user can give me some information, thanks. appreciate it very much

cheers

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  • 2006-12-16 21:46
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Does this phone have Push Mail? I have read somewhere that it does, and doesn't. I'm seriously thinking about getting this phone. I'm a bit concerned about people saying it has problems receiving calls and locking up. Still it does have Windows on it :-) How easy is the keypad for quick texting?

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  • 2006-12-01 17:48
  • nE5x
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