Glamour for grandmother – a review phone teXet TM-B310

Phones with large buttons became popular and even fashionable for about a year ago. A new model from the company teXet allocated among such simple and uncomplicated device especially unusual designs.

Appearance

It is difficult to come up with something more convenient to use than an ordinary candy bar, the degree of convenience, it comes immediately after the spin. Case dimensions mean they are 110 x 51 x 13.5 mm and weighs 80 grams phone. The model is large, and therefore the phone comfortable to hold in your hand. It is easy enough, why not become a burden in your pocket.

Attach to the device useful and attractive accessory – a tabletop stand. The phone can be recharged while it is in it, such as at home on the table.

Black case adorned with silver trim, which runs on all side surfaces. To select your product against similar models, it gave a glossy front surface. The basis of the case is made of plastic; it’s a simple matte material. The rear panel is a nice soft-touch material. This is a good choice – it is not scratched and does not mark.

Ergonomics no complaints there, and collected TeXet qualitatively. On the left there is a convex rocker tight volume button is pressed with a noticeable tapping. Below is a lever, activating the work of FM-tuner. The last item on this side is a practical port miniUSB. This means that the charger can be found in any home, where a computer.

Bright LED flashlight on the top is activated by the lever on the right side. There is visible even one piece – orange button SOS, to call relatives and friends.

The back cover in its place sits tight, but at a much press she moves and opens the interior in the face of SIM-card slots and memory card.

Under the small display is a system of very large buttons at the same level. To make it easier to click them, the buttons provided little deeper. Translucent buttons, symbols marked with silver color, they are perfectly visible in different conditions, but thanks to high-quality illumination in the dark too.

The only disadvantage of the keyboard – the slippery shiny buttons, and in fact a simple matte plastic would have liked a lot more fingers.

Hardware Features

Functionally, the model is extremely simple, but at the same time, a number of useful actions it can perform. It is worth noting the presence of a speakerphone, which is activated by the touch of a button. Running speed dial numbers stored in phone memory, there is a button SOS, which allows you to make an emergency call on the previously recorded number and send it as SMS. And in memory can store five “fast” numbers.

Inverted screen diagonal of 1.8 “supports a resolution of 128 x 64 pixels, and highlights the white characters in blue. Screen is perfectly readable in the sun.

The phone supports memory card format microSD. You can download it and listen to the music player in his spare time, unpretentious good headphones are included.

Battery capacity is 800 mAh, battery compatible with battery Nokia BL-4C. Popular format makes it easy to pick up additional power when needed. By the way, without recharging the unit works very long time a week stretch, unless, of course, not much to talk about.

Menu

On the small screen shows only the most relevant information. This level of signal reception, battery indication, the big clock. Also displays the symbols of unread messages or missed calls. Font chosen major so all the good shows.

The menu consists of just six points represented by large icons with captions. The phone memory can store up to 250 rooms; each contact is assigned to name only (up to 20 characters) and one number. Supported speed dial for the eight rooms.

Call log is divided into standard categories, including outgoing, and missed calls. All are standard.

Of the additional applications here are three alarms that can operate on certain days of the week. The calculator is very simple as the calendar – create new events will not work.

For fun, you can use a player that plays MP3-files from memory cards. There is also a FM-radio, which is stored in the memory of all four stations.

Sound notification configured using one of five available profiles. The phone has a cool feature voice prompts – when dialing a phone number will be delivered on a figure that will certainly help people with visual disabilities.

Conclusion

A simple mobile phone with a claim to originality. Functions are not so much, but have everything you need. The eye-catching design highlights teXet TM-B310 among similar models with large buttons. It is an attractive option for those who want something unusual, and at the same time extremely simple.