With
the introduction of the O2 X4, the O2 branded line of phones has
made a big leap forward into the world of 3G. However, with the
poor track record of the O2 range (especially the hopelessly unreliable
X1 and X2), we have to wonder whether the addition of a whole new
generation of technology is actually going to work.
Physically,
the X4 is strongly reminiscent of the X3
- it's a conventional-looking clamshell, with a boxy design, a flat
keypad and a large high-resolution screen. It's nothing to get excited
about, and the keypad isn't the most responsive, but it does the
job. The external antenna gives a slightly dated look. It's weight
is low for a 3G phone, although it's still quite a large clamshell.
The
X4 builds on the capabilities of the X3, with much of the specification
unchanged: there's a 1.3 megapixel camera with video recording capability
(at reduced resolution), a 262k display, an MP3 player with stereo
output via the supplied headphones, and a slot for a memory card.
The camera is pretty good and the sound quality of the music player
is excellent. In addition it has the high-speed download capability
that 3G enables, plus the benefit of an integrated handsfree speaker.
The display has been upgraded from the X3 to a resolution of 176
x 220 pixels, and the memory has been increased to 10 Mbytes internal
memory, plus a 64 Mbyte memory card (Mini SD format). The memory
card can be expanded even further to allow storage of a large number
of MP3 tracks or videos.
So,
it's a very highly-specified phone, but let's look at what's missing.
First, there's no video calling capability, which seems like a big
shame since all of the required components are present (3G, video
camera, speakerphone). Secondly, it's only dual band (plus 3G of
course), so it won't work in the States. And thirdly, there's no
Bluetooth wireless connectivity, just USB and infrared.
If
you don't need any of these features, then it could be the right
phone for you,
but as always with O2 we have to ask whether it will actually deliver
the goods. Well in practice, it's pretty good. There are times when
the user interface is a little slow, and sometimes video playback
stalls or skips frames, but apart from that the thing works! Text
addicts might find the T9 impementation clunky and as mentioned
the keypad isn't that great, but there are no big reliability issues
with the X4. It's a good step up from the X3 and offers a very good
range of features for your money.
Features
of the O2 X4 include:
3G video streaming & media downloads (no
video calling)
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Average rating from 97 reviews:
Reviewed by Maria from UK on
27th Oct 2008
I LOVE IT Rating:
Reviewed by Ralphus Maximus from England
on 13th Nov 2007
I got this phine free off my friend because he was buying a new
one(Motorola Razr.)I have had this phone now for a year and it has
been great,pros: Fast in loading,charging(2-4hs, cool looking and
nice coulour scheme, also it recently got plasterd in atalete foot
cream and still works!.The only thing I dont like is the camera
resolution is rubbish and the zoom is vertually non-existant!! great
fone overall, but get a separate camera! Can't tell when it will
break down though!!! Rating:
Reviewed by dixit yogi from india on
15th Jun 2007
i have bought o2 x4....it'a nice phone,good music but it has low
speed of accessing photos Rating:
Reviewed by Ame from UK on 6th
Jun 2007
This phone has been passed down in my family for a few years! Bees
used by 3 different people... but no-one has had any problems!!
Only thing is.. anyone know where i can order a usb cable?! really
wanna try out the mp3!! heellpp!! Rating:
Reviewed by matt from engLAND on
4th May 2007
not a bad phone!! BUT!! it would be better with video calling and
bluetooth.. also putting the memory card in the computer is rubbish!!
it don't access it.. excellent display opened and closed.. camera
not so good.. but i don't really care.. infered really slow.. nice
style! Rating:
Reviewed by yadamsuren from mongolia
on 1st Feb 2007
its good phone. Rating:
Reviewed by Joe from Englamd on
16th Aug 2006
I bought this phone about a year ago and have had few problems with
it. I bought this phone as it was cheap and had alot of good features
(such as MP3, video etc). - There where soon downsides - the flash
on the camera is very poor. putting mp3s on phone takes ages through
the data cable and always crashes my computer. Now, the keypad is
starting to stick - the 'back' and the 'ok' button are very difficult
to press. The worst point is... - i have no idea how to use the
infared! - i go to connections and load it, but the phone just says
'connecting' - and it never connects, no matter how long i leave
it, nowere in the manual does it tell you how to use it - if someone
is reading this and you know how to use it, please tell me!!! Rating:
Reviewed by gary from England on
30th Jul 2006
PHONE IS V. AWKWARD 2 USE, LET ALONE THE POOR LOOKS OF IT. DOESNT
LOOK NICE AT ALL. DONT BUY IF YOU DONT WANNA WASTE YOUR MONEY PEOPLE!
BUY THE SONY ERICSSON K750I IT RULES - SERIOUSLY. Rating:
Reviewed by dan from UK on 21st
Jul 2006
Amazing phone, even waterproof, dropped it in sink, left it for
10 minutes, yes a bizarre accident, and shook it dry and it worked! Rating:
Reviewed by Steven Jerrad from En-Ger_Land
on 12th Jul 2006
Wot is the phone again? Er, GARBAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by robert from england on
11th Jul 2006
This phone was good when i got it, it was better than my older phones
(non colour screen etc). The phone picture quality was bad, the
phone which i smashed in temper could of been better with bluetooth
etc.. and ui kept loosing connection to 02 Rating:
Reviewed by Wayne Rooney from England
on 5th Jul 2006
fone is all you could not want. MASH Rating:
Reviewed by kimmyUk from uk on
30th Jun 2006
Must admit its not the best phone ive had. I bought it for a replacement
when i lost my D600 because it was cheap. It does the job and i
didnt have the problems that ppl have talked about in their reviews
with the battery i Only ever had to charge it every 2 days. Camera
and mp3 quality however isnt very good but guess its ok if your
looking for something cheap. If your like me though you wont last
long with it. Just bought the samsung E900, Class phone got everything
and looks gr8 Rating:
Reviewed by J from NI on 25th
Jun 2006
This phone is quite good, it has cool features and it can be plugged
into the computer with the free software in the box. sometimes the
buttons are unreactive and u have to keep pressing them which is
annoyin and occasionally when ur on the fone it cuts out and turns
itself off even when the battery is full. my charger has stopped
working so i have to charge it using the usb cable via computer.
Rating:
Reviewed by becky from england on
16th Jun 2006
yea .......its ok but really annoying coz it takes so much time
to do anything you want it to and it keeps just cuting it self of
and since iv had it ( which has been for about a year ) it has stopped
letting me access the internet and even tho my phone is set up for
picture messaging , wont allow me to send pictures either! i cant
wait to get a new phone!!!!!!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Greg from Yorkshire on
20th May 2006
I've owned this phone now for just coming upto 11 months. For the
first 7 or 8 months i absolutely adored it, but then the problems
came thick and fast. whats most annoying is that if somebody sends
you a double message it rarely sends the 2nd half, and will not
allow you to look at the first half. It takes eons of time when
looking at your pictures individually, and every now and again likes
to turn itself off whilst doing so. The final straw though has to
be that last month, for no reason at all, my phone deleted all my
400+ contacts. Overall the phones good for the first half of my
contract, but a waste of time, money, and effort with the second.
i cannot wait to get a new phone upgrade! any suggestions?? Rating:
Reviewed by david beckham from england
but im living in spain on 20th May 2006
this fone has bad written all over it. bad bad bad bad bad bad bad
fone. Rating:
Reviewed by martin from england on
16th Apr 2006
ok here goes i bought an x3 december 04 awesome fone however it
soon stopped sending media messages(but still received) so i eventually
decided to replace it with an x4. After a few hours i decided 2
stick with x3 and use x4 just to send media messages heres why -
the x4 has some improvements over x3 - bigger screen,better quality
outer screen, change message tone, more camera features and 3g however
there were backward steps which i didnt like - no tri band, no slideshow
style(fading from pic to pic), no ability to listen to mp3s while
in slideshow, no editing pics(stretching faces on x3 is awesome),
while viewing images the please wait message between each one (upto
8 seconds) is horrendous, the mp3 player jumping when opening the
flip but the worst thing was the lower video resolution and the
jerky video recording (as opposed to the smoothness of x3) so there
u have it the x4 £130 and just used to send pics glad i didnt give
my x3 away just wish it sent pics but it beats t he x4 hands down. Rating:
Reviewed by Nina from England on
11th Apr 2006
although it is ugly, the features on this phone outweigh the appearance.
>>>However, as I have noticed in other reviews, mine has repeatedly
deleted my entire contact list. As I had just left college the second
time it did this I was naturally devestated that I lost contact
with so many people. >>>Also, 99% of the time it doesn't let you
recieve multi page texts. >>>The predictive text is terrible too,
unusable. I first had the phone replaced 2 weeks after I first got
it and stupidly got another o2x4. My contract is up in 1 month and
I honestly cannot wait to get rid of this phone! Word of warning
DO NOT CONSIDER BUYING THIS PHONE!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Jade from Uk on 16th
Mar 2006
My sisterhas this phone and she thinks its good i hope you do too. Rating:
Reviewed by jemima from japan on
28th Feb 2006
DIS FONE IS RUBISH ITS HORRIBLE DA CAMERA BREAKS EVERY TIME U USE
IT NE 1 HU LIKES DIS FONE IS MAD Rating:
Reviewed by karen from England on
21st Feb 2006
This is the worst phone I have ever had! I have had endless problems
with it, despite being sent a new fone as the the probs with my
old 02x4 couldn't be repaired. I also had problems receiving text
messages for a long time. The camera is pretty poor, and seems to
get worse over time for some reson . I haven't been able to add
MP3's to my fone. The battery can be terrible, it may be full one
minute and on 1 the next. The battery indocator often js goes white
so you can't actually see how much battery life is left in the fone.
I havent been anywhere where 3G has really worked, neither has it
made a difference. There are also very few compatible games, considering
the ones it comes with are poor. I would definately NEVER buy this
fone or any O2 fone again. Rating:
Reviewed by jake from uk on 10th
Jan 2006
i have to say that this phone is awful it is rubbish external screen.
rubbish graphics. disgraceful. i fully recomend to buy the samsung
e720. this is the phone to buy.shame on you 02!! Rating:
Reviewed by John from United Kingdom
on 7th Jan 2006
i have had this phone for a couple of months now. at first i thought
it was amazing! but then i dropped it ompletely by accident and
it kept on switching itself off for no reason. i called the o2 helpline
and they thought because i dropped i dropped it by accident it was
my fault.so they dnt atchelly care. i would recomend the sony ericsson
k700i. my brother has it and i us eit all the time cos mine doesnt
work. it is amazing Rating:
Reviewed by charlie from scotland on
30th Dec 2005
Worst phone i have ever had problems with the texting ,pictures,sent
it back to get looked at after endless phone calls to o2 really
not helpfull, after 2 weeks got phone back still same problems will
not be going near o2in the future if that is the rubbish they churn
out Rating:
Reviewed by X4man from UK on
29th Dec 2005
ppl is your battery doesnt last more than 2 days then instead of
buying a new battery, charge the phone for a whole 24 hours and
the battery will last longer i did this three days ago and i havent
had 2 charge my phone yet Rating:
Reviewed by Jay from N.ireland on
25th Dec 2005
This phone rocks, i got it for christmas and it is the perfect phone.
the camera seems to be crystal clear outside but not so good indoors,
maybe theres settings that need adjusted or something and i just
haven worked out how to do it yet. the internet rocks, you can access
google and cool sites although the ringtones are expensive. the
charger is awkward but it does the job. the usb cable is gd but
theres not alot of memory to store mp3's an stuff unless you buy
a larger memory card.before i bought it i heard that texting was
awkward but its not textin is not a problem at all. there are a
couple of games nothying special though but hey, its a fone. my
fone was bough for 130 quid and it is well worth it. it looks the
part and the external screen is handy for readin texts and takin
photos and vids. the flash doesnt do much buts it is still a cool
feature, there are some effects for the camera which are pretty
cool and u can zoom in but it loses quality big time. in the box
u get earphones, charger phone battery, instructions, a simpack
and a usb cable and disk to use with a computer to get mp3's and
put ur vids and photos on the computer. i was almost put off by
some of the negative reviews but im glad i wasnt the phone rocks.
and by the way, when i bought mine i was told that some were being
brought back cuz they broke, mine seems to be doin ok so far but
i got it insured just incase, it only cost 15 quid or somethin so
i wud advise people to get it insured, if any1 has any questions
about it email me jwoolsey580@hotmail.co.uk Rating:
Reviewed by Anonymous from Scotland
on 21st Dec 2005
I got this fone in july, its now december and im already getting
a new phone. Although it has good extras like the camera, video,
3G and MP3 player, it has other difficulties, such as the basics,
people cannot phone you or text you at all, it just freezes and
it it even deletes all your numbers stored on your phone. I wouldn't
be lying if I didn't advised you to get this, invest your money
in a better phone, rather than waste your money on this, don't let
what happened to me happen to you, or at least get the X3 instead. Rating:
Reviewed by dnt worry from uk, woking
on 7th Dec 2005
this fone is wiked, it has good features and has a memory card slot.
the camera is sick and the mp3 is good. its got 2 wicked screens
and a nice flip up design. the only bad thing is that it hasnt got
bluetooth but other than that it is wiked. I thionk you shud get
it if you have the money, i gt it for £63 and it worth it. Rating:
Reviewed by Dan from UK on 5th
Dec 2005
People saying that the pictures are rubbish, well the quality is
default set on low, and the 2nd lowest size (176 x 220 I think)
the MP3 player has a piece of plastic over the speaker which needs
removing. The video quality and size is set at the lowest by default Rating:
Reviewed by DAVE from TELFORD on
3rd Dec 2005
I HATE TO SAY BUT THIS AHS TO BE O2'S WHORST PHONE YET THE MP3 PALYER
SOUND QUALITY IS RUBBISH THE CAMERA DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A 1.3 MEGA
PIXEL WITH 262,000 COLURS IN THE SCREEN COMPARED TO MY SAMSUNG D500
THE CAMERA IS JUNK AND WILL NOT BE BUYING ANY MORE 02 PHONES IN
THE FUTURE COZ THEY ALL A PEICE OF PLASTIC JUNK Rating:
Reviewed by Dan from UK on 1st
Dec 2005
The phone is amazing, the rubbish about the battery not holding
charge is because of the MP3, it uses up as much battery as a call Rating:
Reviewed by Gareth from Unityed KIngdom
on 30th Nov 2005
I bought this telephone to enable me to get pictures of my grandson.
What a disappointment. It's an awful phone and O2 customer services
are terrible! Rating:
Reviewed by Matthew from England on
22nd Nov 2005
Don't listen to Dean (the guy below) he dontknow what he is on about.
IT IS A CLAMSHELL PHONE, NOT ALL CLAMSHELL PHONES HOLD THERE CHARGE
FOR MORE THAN A DAY, THEY DONT IF YOU ARE ON THE INTERNET OR PLAYING
GAMES ON IT ALL THE TIME. But it is a trendy phone and loads cheaper
than the motorola V3 also it has video recored. The battery will
last for a good two days on it if you give it the full 16.5 hour
charge. Rating:
Reviewed by Dean from UK on 5th
Nov 2005
Not a week had passed since i wrote my review on this phone and
the piece of junk went wrong!! The battery would not hold the charge,
i changed the phone and got a replacement and believe it or not
the same thing happened again!!..i am now the proud owner of a Motorola
V3... DO NOT GET THIS O2 PHONE...it is poor. Rating:
Reviewed by Dean from UK on 27th
Oct 2005
I nearly made the mistake of letting some negative reviews stop
me getting this phone..lucikly i didnt! I love the phone, the camera
is excellent, MP3 player is excellent, downloading pictures and
MP3's from your PC is easy and fairly quick, its fairly easy to
use and undertand, games are excellent, easily the best phone ive
had to date :-) Rating:
Reviewed by dave from uk on 25th
Oct 2005
this phone is a pile of plastic junk and if you buy it it has 99999999999999999999999999999
many faults with it i would rather have kept my grans 3310 Rating:
Reviewed by Isla Scott from Scotland
on 23rd Oct 2005
I love this phone. I bought it about 2 months ago after researching
the best phone for me online including using sites like this reading
reviews to make my mind up what would be a good phone to buy. It
really is a good phone, I dont think ive ever enjoyed/used a phone
as much in my life as I do with this one! the camera takes some
pretty decent pics, any camera phone with a mega pixel camera is
better than VGA at least! the video is fun, its great it doesnt
limit you to any file length like 30 seconds... it has a removeable
memory card slot which is great, I got a 512mb card cheap online
and that works fine with it, now I've managed to take literally
100s of photos and tens of videos on it without it running out of
memory! The MP3 feature is also great, I can sit and listen to some
songs on the bus every week with the hands free which is included
and im also impressed that the phone came with a USB cable. Not
many phones appear to come with the whole kit, hands-free, memory
card and computer cables etc. but this phone comes with it all so
you can get started right away! I find it really pretty simple to
use, it only took me a few days to learn how to do the basics like
call people and add contacts, text people and all the rest...most
of it is pretty obvious. Plus its a nice size, not so small your
finger fits over 4 keys lol and not so big it gets in the way or
cant fit in a pocket, it also has a pretty cool external display
and looks pretty trendy...you can take pics of yourself with the
camera using the external display too which is kinda fun :-) So
overall, ive found this phone to be really useful and fun and I've
not really had any problems with it (apart from 1 exception, which
would be that its pretty slow loading pages and processing files
(photos & videos) you have to wait a while once you press the ok
button to stop recording video or to capture a photo and it sits
at a screen saying 'waiting' for a fair while...but then again you'd
expect that, its quite alot for such a small device to be expected
to do all the different multimedia files it can play/capture etc.
so im not surprised by that. It also does the same thing when you
want to browse your files like your images and video files it'll
say 'waiting' for a while before loading the screen... thats really
the only downside ive found.) Overall I'd definately recommend this
to anyone wanting a decent priced phone with a better than VGA camera
and video capture facility, or even just an easy to use modern flip
phone :-) trust me, I've found it to be great over the last couple
of months and im someone who doesnt use phones much, I think ive
been converted to a mobile phone fan lol give it a try, its really
not as bad as some people make it out to be Rating:
Reviewed by James from UK on
20th Oct 2005
Good for money, but no features implemented well. MP3 player does
not always recognise files, incompatible with variable bit rates
etc. Menu system old fashioned and clunky. 1.3MP camera nowhere
near as good as competitors. Large brick styling too! Battery indicator
useless, sometimes states empty when not. Much improved over X3,
long way to go yet however Rating:
Reviewed by Joe from UK on 20th
Oct 2005
at first i loved this phone, i thought it was all great, but the
battery just doesnt last,i have to charge it all the time, the flash
doesnt seem to wrk (it flashes,but the picture is still dark)and
the mp3's take ages to upload through the cable!the o2 active is
REALLY expensive (i spend £4 on a ringtone and £5 on a game stupidly
thinking they were free, lol). i dnt no if ne1 else thinks this,but
i think it is so slow when delteteing or saving a picture.but i
still like this phone and its great vaule.its just not what it says
on the box.(and 1 mre thing,i thing,does ne1 no how 2 wrk the inferred,its
not in the userguide and it just says connecting,and nothin else). Rating:
Reviewed by sammy from uk on
19th Oct 2005
i HATE THIS FHONE Rating:
Reviewed by dj viper from uk on
18th Oct 2005
i hate this fhone, it shu itself down within an hour and i know
it has blootooth but its not that reliable, do not buy this fhone
as it is a waste of money so you might aswell buy a nokia from the
money you spent. GET YUR MONEY BACK !!!!!!!1 Rating:
Reviewed by ROD from SCOTLAND on
12th Oct 2005
THE PHONES GOOD, EXCEPT FOR THE LONG, NO VERY VERY LONG, TIME IT
TAKES TO POWER ON (A GOOD MINUTE AT LEAST). BUT THE BIGGEST PROBLEM
BY FAR IS NOT THE PHONE BUT O2. YOU WOULD THINK O2 WOULD SUPPORT
THEIR OWN PHONE, BUT NO. NOTHING IS COMPATIBLE. O2 ACTIVE IS NOT
FREE (UNLIKE VODAPHONE LIVE!) GAMES DONT DOWNLOAD TO THIS PHONE
NOR DO MOST MP3'S AND THE O2 WEBSITE OFFERS NO SUPPORT TO THE X4
PHONE. ITS PATHETIC. Rating:
Reviewed by Daniel from UK on
8th Oct 2005
This is probly the best phone i had until it was stolen. The mp3
was good i like the sound, and also the ability to insert a mini
sd card was excelent esspecialy for mp3 ringtones and vids ect.
I think the picture quality isnt so good, well its good for a phone
but when it gets dark the flash doesnt help and light from a lamp
just turns the picture orange. Everything else is pretty good with
this phone just needs bluetooth, i have heard of samsung and how
they have brought out this phone, so if you want bluetooth dont
get the o2x4, not sure what the samsung one is called but its an
identical and is the twin of the o2x4 just has extra features! Rating:
Reviewed by Max from UK on 4th
Oct 2005
Simply i love it Rating:
Reviewed by Ms write from england on
1st Oct 2005
one word to describe this phone is fantastic. you can't moan about
anything about this phone, good design all features are brilliant!!!!
you must get this phone!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by MR DONALDS from ENGLAND
on 30th Sep 2005
I BOUGHT IT, FANTASTIC. IT'S THE BEST PHONE I HAVE EVER HAD. I REALLY
DO ADVISE YOU TO GET IT.!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CAMERA IS BRILLIANT, MP3
IS HAS A GOOD SOUND, VIDEO CAPTURE IS GREAT. EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS
PHONE IS BRILLIANT. Rating:
Reviewed by da informer from dunno on
16th Sep 2005
any problems are probably down to a software error. my o2 x3 had
the wrong software on it. when i got it back after it had been upgraded
it was even better than before!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Cassim from Northern Ireland
on 8th Sep 2005
THIS FONE IS AMAZING!!! BRILLAANT VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY COMPARED
TO OTHER FONES. MP3 PLAYER, VIDEO, PICTURES, GAMES.... ITS JUST
GREAT! Rating:
Reviewed by kevin from england on
3rd Sep 2005
i had that phone for over a month and it is really fantastic that
phone is even better because it has 3g and the phones original memory
is 6 mb but the memory card is whooping 64 mb Rating:
Reviewed by Mr X from UK on 1st
Sep 2005
For the record this phoe is off the hook!!!, cus this baby can do
it all. well accept bluetooth, but who cares. mp3 player is awesome,
briliant sound quality, and the best thing of all the mp3 songs
can be your ringtones, ooohhh!!!, it just gets better and better.
my advice, buy it now and u will have no regrets, period. Rating:
Reviewed by mc cuish from uk on
31st Aug 2005
mine will turn on but wont call or ler me send textswhen i try to
call it comes up user busy i have been on to 02 about it and got
no help from them at all the phone is not blocked and thay cant
tell me what the problem is. Rating:
Reviewed by gareth from uk on
30th Aug 2005
the fone was junk then the mp3 player broke after 2 days. i hated
it . i was told good things about it. dont ever get 1 or the xm
they r rubish. iv had it a month n iv got a new one already. no
bluetooth or infered or nefin on the xm. Rating:
Reviewed by laura from rhyl on
26th Aug 2005
good handset not that much different from the x3 and a lot bigger
plus it doesnt look as nice much better handsets out there eg w800i
and k750i Rating:
Reviewed by jop from uk on 16th
Aug 2005
its jus a gr8 4ne. i jus luv evryfin bout it. Rating:
Reviewed by becky from UK on
16th Aug 2005
This phone is ok with mp3 player, camera and video, but the texting
is rubbish - does anyone know how to save words in the phone's dictionary
that aren't already there? cos you just have to keep typing them
in everytime... Rating:
Reviewed by Chris from UK on
13th Aug 2005
Yea This Fone Is Great :~ NOT i took a pic of my middle finger and
i couldnt even see my finger nail. As soon as i started a game it
shut it self down.And Yea i did try it more than once.And with more
than 1 fone. Rating:
Reviewed by David Stoddart from England
on 12th Aug 2005
Ok, have used this for over 2 months now and noticed the following
down sides. 1 - when browsing pictures, it seems to take ages to
get to the next ones. 2 - when taking a photo using the flash -
the flash does not stay on, as a 'torch' (which I would have preferred),
instead it just flashes - without making any light at all on the
photo. 3 - you cannot delete the very-annoying built in ringtones!
4 - when taking a video, the sound recorded is very low - almonst
inaudable, and on my videos, it seems to stall every second - missing
out frames !!. The upsides are still a high quality phone, and using
full mp3 songs as ringtones is great! Rating:
Reviewed by mark davie from northern
ireland on 7th Aug 2005
i completely disagree with jonathon who rote a terrible review of
this fone and i woyld like to say that all the points he has mentioned
are not true for my x4 and so they must just be faults with his
handset as mine is brilliant and i completely recommend u get this
fone it really is a great fone!!!!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by johnathon gronavich from
switzerland on 6th Aug 2005
THIS IS THE WORST FONE I HAVE EVER HAD THE MISFORTUNE OF COMING
ACCROSS. IT SAYS IT HAS A FLASH WITH THE SUPPOSEDLEY GOOD CAMERA
WELL IF YOU ARE THINKING OF BUYING THIS PHONE DON'T IT HAS NO FLASH
AND DA CAMERA IS AS BAD AS EASTENDERS. THE COLOUR SCREEN WOULD BE
BETTER OFF WITH NO COLOUR CUS IT GOES ALL BLURY AND THE LETTERS
IN TEXTING ARE TOOOOOOO BIIIIIIIIIG! THE PHONES GAMES, I HAVE TO
ADMIT ARE QUITE GOOD AND FUN BUT COULD DO WITH A BIT OF A QUALITY
UPGRADE. THE MP3 PLAYER IS NOT AS GOOD AS THE O2X3 BUT HAS ALLRIGHT
QUALITY, WHEREAS THE POLY RINGTONES HAVE TERRIBLE QUALITY AND SOUND
LIKE SOMEONE IS CRINKLING A PLASTIC BAG WHEN THEY ARE PLAYING. THE
REAL SOUND RINGTONES ARE JUST AS GOOD AS THE MP3. I RECOMEND YOU
THAT YOU DO NOT WANT TO BUY THIS FONE, BUY THE O2X3 INSTEAD IT LOOKS
BETTER AND IS BETTER. Rating:
Reviewed by grant from scotland on
4th Aug 2005
This fone is gr8. Ttl luvin the fact its got a flash nd a 1.3megapixel
camera. The mp3 player is awfy gid nd its got 3g noo tats gid Rating:
Reviewed by Saza from England on
30th Jul 2005
This is a weird... but wonderful gadget! Rating:
Reviewed by hazy from UK on 27th
Jul 2005
Husband and I just bought this phone each last week after reading
all the reviews on this site and others and have to say it is a
fantastic phone. My old phone was 8 years old and only called people,
nothing else, so I knew nothing about phones like this one. It is
extremely easy to use and has everything you could possibly need
for commuters like us, especially the O2 Active service. We are
now able to keep up to date with news, sport and entertainment on
our journey to and from work on a normally long and boring journey.
The camera is excellent quality in a phone at this price. Bought
in O2 shop and got £20.00 of credit for free as well!! Excellent!!
We have found no problems with this phone at all and recommend it
to anyone who wants a cheaper phone with a decent camera and is
very user friendly. Learnt how to use the phone within a couple
of hours. Easy! Can't live without it. Buy it now, but be fast as
they are selling fast throughout the UK, especially in the South
of England Rating:
Reviewed by Saad from Pakistan on
25th Jul 2005
this is a very gud mobile for a person woh is in a buisness ...
and this shape is very good Rating:
Reviewed by jamie from scotland on
25th Jul 2005
my brother just wrote a review of this and i am totally raging with
him because what he wrote was a load of rubbish this phone is amazing
and the best mobile around for its price and has a great mp3 player
and video and camera ! Rating:
Reviewed by kyle from scotland on
25th Jul 2005
my brother has this phone and pesonally i think it is rubbish the
camera is poor quality and there is no bluetooth, anyone who wants
a decent camera phone go for the samsung d500 Rating:
Reviewed by kat from england on
25th Jul 2005
it's a really good phone because of the mp3 player! i luv it bcoz
u cn by uva cards (eg 1gb) and put dem in!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by hannah from england on
22nd Jul 2005
THIS PHONE IS JUST A BIGGER VERSION OF THE O2X3, AND THAT PHONE
IS GR8! SO IF U LIKE BIG PHONES, GET THIS 1, OTHA WISE BUY THE O2X3! Rating:
Reviewed by scott morgan from wales
on 22nd Jul 2005
this phone is the best phone ive ever had the camara is amazing
like the mp3 player, its not complicated at all. dose anyone know
the settings to access the wap plz!! Rating:
Reviewed by David Stoddart from England
on 22nd Jul 2005
Its easy to put mp3 files onto the phone, firstly its easier if
you have a mini sd card in the phone, then just attach the phone-to-pc
connection lead (usb), and the phone gives you the option to sychronise
or use as a 'card reader'. Select the card reader option, then you
can open the phones memory card on your pc and it comes up as a
removable disk. Then just drap and drop (if you have a brand new
card in, you need to create a 'music' directory on it though first
!!). Hope this helps, and the phone is brilliant (ps, try this web
site for 100% free mp3 ringtones : http://www.motomail.co.uk/uploaded-ringtones.php
happy ringing !! Rating:
Reviewed by xXx Gemzy xXx from England
on 19th Jul 2005
this fone is blummin brilliant all the features r groovy and it
is such a neat lil fone wid everythin u need on it, i mean cmon
a mp3 player- how kwl do ya get?! honestly?! the camera and video
r brilliant and wen recordin a vid u can record 4 as long as u want!!!
its brill im recommendin ths fone 2 all me m8s mwah luvya x x x Rating:
Reviewed by Omar from England on
19th Jul 2005
I think that the o2 x4 is nang because it is 4x times faster than
o2 active this is because it is 3g compatable. another good reason
is because it has 1.3 megapixel and has a mp3 infared and bluetooth. Rating:
Reviewed by mark davie from northern
ireland on 17th Jul 2005
hey i love this fone unfortunetly i bought it two days b4 u got
a free 512mb ipod shuufle with it wich i really wanted any way i
would like to no if any1 can help me, HOW DO U PUT MP3s ONTO THE
FONE FROM THE COMPUTER?? i dont have a clue :( plz help me!!! p.s.
i love this fone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!i used to have the 02 x1 then the
o2 x3 and now i have this one it is such an improvement!!!thank
s and plz help me!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Adam from United Kingdom
on 15th Jul 2005
When I saw my friend had the 02 x3, i was slightly jealous as I
had the x2, which at the time I was pleased with. However it didnt
have video on and I really like recording things to show off to
my friends with. But when I saw the X4 was released I had to have
it. When it arrived I straight away clicked on the camera button
to video something and the quality was brilliant for a mobile. The
still photos that you can take are immense and can measure up to
some digital cameras due to the 1.3 megapixels intergrated into
it. The menu is simple to use and the mp3s sound good enough through
the loudspeaker, although I have a creative zen touch for music.
The phone is also 3g enabled, with good battery life, maybe 4 days
with average use of features. The games aren't impressive really,
but you can download some if you really want and the mp3s can be
set as ringtones, so no need to buy any. Overall I love this phone,
and I think it has a better camera than the samsung d500, as my
friend has one and the outside photos are poor. Rating:
Reviewed by David Stoddart from England
on 13th Jul 2005
Got this for my birthday this monday, from my beautiful wife !,
Good Points : 262k internal, 62k external screens, memory card,
1.3mp camera, mp3 ringtones, can use phone with pc lead as either
a synchroniser or removable disk, can read text with flip closed,
can start mp3 playback and close flip - still works. Bad Points
: when taking video - screen jumps every second (very annoying!),
not many games to download, 3G services do not work (I am on pay
as you go), not much 'user' settings, cannot change dedicated key
options. Overall - my first flip phone - and am very pleased with
it !! Rating:
Reviewed by Phillip Darlington from
UK on 13th Jul 2005
Fantastic phone for the money (£129 from the O2 shop with £20 airtime
thrown in!). Plus Points: Expandable memory (a 64MB Mini-SD card
is thrown in plus the internal 10MB Memory), 1.3 MegaPixel Camera,
Video Camera (though the picture is rather small!), MP3 player which
can be played out loud or through the headphones (supplied), MP3s
as Ring Tones, 3G access (which is just sooo fast) the list goes
on and on...! If you plug the USB (supplied!) cable into your PC
then it will also charge your phone. Bad Points: Not very customisable
if you don't like O2 colour scheme then your're a bit stuck! The
text input is a bit limited (e.g. you can't seem to control capitals).
The joint USB/Headphones socket can get a bit confused and think
you've got headphones when it is USB and vice versa. The USB connection
is great but if you are using the phone as a Card Reader you can't
do anything else with it. It doesn't seem to have many games available
for it - most categories on the O2 Games Arcade come back with "there
are no games compatible with your phone", though you can get Tetris
:) Overall though, I like it and it is far better than my Nokia
7250i which it replaces. It may not be as customisable as other
phones but for what it does and the cost it is amazing - and you
never need to buy a ring tone instead just download an MP3 and use
it as the ring tone! Rating:
Reviewed by sam from uk on 11th
Jul 2005
this phone is the worst phone i have ever bought, as it does nothing
i want it to. the camera is not good and it doesent even have blootooth.please
do no buy this phone as you will not like it either. Rating:
Reviewed by pardy dude from uk on
9th Jul 2005
this phone is amazing, know wot I mean man. my mummy bought i for
me last week!! Rating:
Reviewed by david george from uk on
7th Jul 2005
a good phone but a tiny bit slow. It looks good and is. Rating:
Reviewed by Ian from England on
6th Jul 2005
i really cannot see how people can think this is a bad phone! honestly!!
it has all that you need! and i got it in the 02 shop for only £110!!..
it has a great mp3 player that can be played out oud or with headphones,
and they can also be set as ringtones! the camera is obviously not
up to real camera standard, but on the high quality settings is
awesome for a phone! the video is also cool and with the mini sd
card (which come with it) you can record for as long as you want!
if you want picture proof or any other details, feel free to email
me as i know alot of the reviews are confusing.. blondeguy_89@hotmail.co.uk
hope this helps! Rating:
Reviewed by Catherine from Northern
Ireland on 6th Jul 2005
This is probably the best fone ever and you are stupid to think
that it is a rubbish. The camera and the MP3 are the best part of
the fone and I don't I would ever want to change it for a long time. Rating:
Reviewed by robyn from england on
4th Jul 2005
i got this phone last week and was so surprised by oustanding it
was, my last phone was a nokia but i still found it simple if not
simpler to use, i do not see how people can write such poor reviews!?!
it has a quality camera, mp3s videos, its very good value for money,
an dstores plenty of photos! Rating:
Reviewed by ben from N.Ireland on
30th Jun 2005
a terrible phone. O2 why dont u go boil your head. Start a new range!
never buy this or your an idiot Rating:
Reviewed by Jethro from uk on
27th Jun 2005
Menus could be better. Buttons cramped. Seriously lacking any form
of speed dials, basic feature on many modern handsets. Camera and
video seem very good, but wouldn't have one if I had to pay. Rating:
Reviewed by Luke from southend - on
- sea on 22nd Jun 2005
phone does everything and yes you can set mp3s as your ringtone Rating:
Reviewed by GREAT ONE from UK on
18th Jun 2005
AMAZIN PHONE RATING VALUE FOR MONEY GR8 PICS N MP3 Rating:
Reviewed by Matt from England on
18th Jun 2005
THIS PHONE IS SO GOOD BEST VALUE FOR MONEY PHONE AROUND MP3 AND
CAMERA IS GREAT!!! Rating:
Reviewed by mark davie from northern
ireland on 16th Jun 2005
ABOSOLUTLY BRILLIANT!!GET THIS PHONE...I USED TO HAVE THE O2 X3
AND THIS ONE IS SUCH AN IMPROVEMENT!!!!5 STARS!!GET THIS PHONE!! Rating:
Reviewed by Daniel from UK on
15th Jun 2005
This phone is gr8!!! the mp3 is good but i got a free ipod with
the phone so im not sure which one to use lol. But still it is and
excellent phone, its my first flip phone and im very pleased! Rating:
Reviewed by sam from uk on 9th
Jun 2005
i absolutley love this fone as iv only had a black and white screen
fone in the past and is just great to have a camara fone that all
my friens are jelous of. Rating:
Reviewed by Matthew from E on
1st Jun 2005
I like this phone. It has got every thing on it that I wanted but
this time round I did want a Symbian OS phone. Also the thing that
really changed me was the fact that it has no bluetooth so if you
want a mobile phone that has pretty much every thing including O2
3G but no bluetooth and no Symbian OS then go on out and buy this
phone. Rating:
Reviewed by Paul from Unted Kingdom
on 29th May 2005
Difficult to find fault with this phone at all really. Camera's
great, MP3 players great & for a 3G phone battery lifes pretty good
too. Its size isn't bad either as most 3G flip phones are bigger
& chunkier than this one. In fact the only fault I can find is the
lack of a speed dial function meaning I have to always go into my
phone book to make calls. Excellent overall though. Rating:
Reviewed by sam from uk on 27th
May 2005
i wouldnt give this fone 1 star if i didnt have to its rubbish.
its too big, rubbish camera and not very easy to use menus see yaxxx Rating:
Reviewed by milk from england on
21st May 2005
no bluetooth oh and btw i think half of the people who do these
reviews havn't realised that you can turn caps lock off as well
as on. the phone is really rather good but i would rather go for
a X3 personally. Rating:
Reviewed by John Sparrow from England
on 20th May 2005
I think that the phone is amazin the camera is amazin, the mp3 player
is amazin, the video is amazin. I cannot find anythung wrong with
this phone!! recommend it to any one Rating:
Reviewed by Daniel from England on
20th May 2005
GREAT FONE. GOOD CAMERA BUT QUITE BIG 4 A FLIP. PRICED TO HIGH AS
WELL Rating:
Reviewed by Phil from Scotland on
18th May 2005
WHAT A PHONE!! This phone is soooooooooo rubbish that O2 should
be fined for making it. and on the bright side............. well
the same. Rating:
