Sonim XP3.20 Quest - user opinions and reviews

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Did some body has a trouble wit the battery
My battery life is a day

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  • 2010-03-08 17:33
  • 0BFB
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for the internet, u must save ur provider internet setting in Profile 5.

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  • 2010-02-27 06:39
  • sEEx
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Hi every one :
I really want to buy a durable cell phone is Sonim good ? And is it really have problem with connecting to the Internet ? Is any one use all of its options without problem ?

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  • 2010-02-25 09:31
  • 3Irv
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> In reply to Anonymous @ 2009-11-12 21:30 from PTd2 - click to readI am in NZ too and am having the same problem that i cant connect to the net or GPS.

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  • 2010-02-23 10:11
  • uBN8
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So far - 1 year - my Sonim works OK, battery life is fine. What Voltage is used to charge it?

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  • 2010-02-22 10:37
  • L7x7
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> In reply to Anonymous @ 2010-01-24 09:49 from SuKP - click to readHe didn't actually break the phone, just cracked the screen. You can clearly see that calls could still be made. So the phone was definetly damaged but not "broken"

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  • 2010-02-22 09:37
  • qi$A
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> In reply to Erik @ 2009-10-26 19:09 from iJry - click to readHad the same problem untill I turned off the GPS. You can't see from the front page that it is turned on - so go check it.

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  • 2010-02-11 16:39
  • Mfxa
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Unbelievably faulty phone and firmware. Never again, lesson learned.

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  • 2010-02-09 23:48
  • SuKP
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Just bought one of these phones after reading up on it and i cant even switch on the GPS!!!...the only option in tools is something call AGPS and when i go into that it only says always, never and while not roaming. i thought there is supposed to be an on off switch. even if you dont use the Java app its supposed to give you a position. anyone help, trying to get the Internet working is another story.

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  • 2010-02-08 12:35
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> In reply to Hemant, Jaipur @ 2009-07-28 15:43 from vG2D - click to readBest Buy $399.00

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  • 2010-02-07 04:58
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> In reply to Anonymous @ 2009-11-12 21:30 from PTd2 - click to readHi, the gps seems to not look like working at first as you need to re ask it to check once it has aquired the signal, otherwise it will show waiting for ages.

I put the phone outside, press ok, then wait a few minutes and press ok again and it refinds and displays the new data. walk with the phone a bit and repress get data ok, and it will show the new data.

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  • 2010-02-04 03:00
  • TSAv
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> In reply to JSTRACHAN100 @ 2009-11-23 00:24 from Tf8i - click to readHi, the spare batteries can be brought from Brightpoint or the place you got the phone, I beleive, if still stuck, try e-mailing sonim on Bobs blog on toughestphone.com

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  • 2010-02-04 01:58
  • TSAv
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> In reply to Steve @ 2010-01-25 22:57 from qZu} - click to readif u text 5000 messages a month, that means with 8 hours of sleep, you send a text every 6 minutes, your hands will hate you for that dude x'D

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  • 2010-02-02 21:17
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Evansville, IN U.S.A on AT&T/Cingular network.

I typically get 5-7days out of the battery.
I have no internet and use 5000txt a month about 500mins a month and use the lamp all the time.

This is the only phone i can get to hold up. Will buy again, excellent reception.

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  • 2010-01-25 22:57
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> In reply to Anonymous @ 2010-01-22 11:50 from tCQf - click to readPR fault. Hilarious.

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  • 2010-01-24 09:49
  • SuKP
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BBC Reporter breaks 'unbreakable' mobile phone at CES

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...ture=related

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  • 2010-01-22 11:50
  • tCQf
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Got one replaced after one month (turned off randomly), second phone started to make very poor and crackling sound after four months. This IS too much problems for almost 350Eur phone.

By the way, looks like Sonim aftersale support is only to replace defective phones. No firmware upgrades, most questions answered by now almost standard sentence: "we will fix this in the next phone version". Too bad, but true.

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  • 2010-01-18 23:36
  • SuKP
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thanx 2 all of u! was not clear in mind if i should again buy samsung b2100 or sonim xp3pro! but now my mind is clear again; will buy samsung again; had one sold it cause of stupidness and mow buy it again, was wondering if sonim could be ok, cause u hardly can get it in austria, but so far, so many people havin so many problems with that fon, no thanx! tried also nokia 3720classic outdoor, poor fon, not good! will g back 2 samsung thanx again! greatz

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  • 2010-01-16 23:17
  • nd2X
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I've had this phone for about 3 months. So far it has shown to be a really tough and reliable one. Mechanically, it is superbly made. The software could definitely use some improvement. Several times, when I was using some Java apps (two different ICQ apps), the phone had frozen so bad that I couldn't even turn it off, had to remove the battery. I've not been using any Java communication apps ever since. No bugs spotted apart from this. Some of the things could be more customizable.
In general, for all the things I use this phone for - call, sms, an occasional photo or voice recording, the functionality is completely adequate. The reliability is great, my friends already tested it's waterproofness (the first time they saw it). Battery life is wonderful as well, I usually charge it as soon as the charge level gets down to 2/4 bars - once around every 6-8 days. That depends on how much I use it, of course.
A tip for all the people who'd been having battery life problems: I've noticed that if I turn the phone off, then plug the charge into it, it will completely charge the battery. When I haven't turned the phone off and charged it while it was on, it showed to be fully charged much more quickly (showing all 4/4 bars), but then the charge would drop back very fast. This might be some bug in the charging software/hardware in the phone or the battery, but whatever it is, charging with the phone turned off seems to work great. Try this if you have problems with battery life.

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  • 2010-01-04 19:59
  • 0CF5
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Changed my ideas about the concept after having returned two Sonim Quests. It was offered as a bundled offer with a Dutch Vodafone flat-rate internet subscription. Originally, I went for the ruggedized concept and long battery-life, together with the internet-driven Amaze GPS-software. But after two brand-new Sonims failed to deliver even the most basic phone functionality (internet connection, and thus GPS-functionality, never worked at all - battery ran out of steam within a few days), my dealer offered me a not-so-rugged, but infinitely more functional HTC Diamond II, which worked fine right out of the box. Maybe I'll give Sonim another try in a couple of years or so, if they've cleaned up their act and provided they're still in business.

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  • 2009-12-25 11:38
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