Panasonic X70
Review
Phone
rating: 
The
Panasonic X70 is a nice-looking phone that is a good size and feels
nice to hold in your palm. At 92g it's lightweight, but still has
enough weight to have "presence" in your hand. The exterior
has a small flashing light display that alerts you to incoming calls
and displays basic phone information. Opening the flip reveals a
good sized internal screen. The keypad layout is similar in style
to its predecessor, the GD87.
The
X70 has a high-quality TFT screen with 65k colours. The digital
camera comes with a flash light that enables you to take pictures
after dark. However the resolution of the camera is poor compared
with most other camera phones available, and image quality is somewhat
lacking.
One
key improvement over the GD87 is the addition of Bluetooth™
wireless connectivity, which enables you to wirelessly connect a
Bluetooth headset.
A
nice feature (missing on some other camera phones) is that you can
attach a picture to an entry in your phone book, so that person's
picture appears when they call you.
The
main issue that we have with the X70 is that apart from Bluetooth,
it doesn't really offer much more than the older GD87 - we feel
that Panasonic have lost their momentum with the X70 and the phone
is now looking very dated.
Features
of the Panasonic X70 include:
- Integrated digital camera with flash
(110k resolution)
- Colour TFT display (65,536 colours)
- Bluetooth™ wireless connectivity &
Infrared
- Downloadable ringtones & wallpaper
- Games
- Phone
book (200 names & numbers) with pictures
- User memory: 4 Mbytes
- WAP 2.0, GPRS
- E-mail
- Size: 87 x 47 x 24 mm
- Weight: 92g
- Battery
standby: 75 - 250 hours
- Battery
talktime: 1.5 - 5 hours
- Vibration
alert
- Tri
band
Panasonic X70
Consumer Reviews
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Average
rating from 100 reviews: 
Reviewed by Daniel from UK on
1st Nov 2004
Nice looks, good size and weight. Features aren't too bad and the
Bluetooth is useful. Texting has been a hassle with lousy prediction
and keys placed to help you lose your message. Battery life is poor.
Worst of all the build quality is bad - with reasonable treatment
the case now looks a mess and charging is just a game of chance
- for the first time, I'm looking to get rid of a phone whilst in
contract.
Rating: 
Reviewed by Jon from England on
29th Oct 2004
I don't know why everyone is complaining about the reception - that
is your network you fools, not the phone!!!! it is very easy to
use, and the features can be changed with ease, no problems. i have
bought quite a few of them for family and sold a few, i would recommend
this phone! only downside is what people say about texts, if you
press the red button it's gone, but they're saved to outbox! also,
for you idiots that wrote that incoming and outgoing calls can't
be saved, THEY CAN!!! Press the green button and voila, they're
there, in their opinion its bad but it really is a good phone and
Panasonic have done a great job with this model, i'm awaiting a
model that will be even better (if they can do that!)
Rating: 
Reviewed by Sabrina from England on
29th Oct 2004
On the upside: It's a nice looking phone and so much easier to write
long text messages on. It's nice that you can change the front screen
light to signify who's ringing or if you just feel like a change
as well as add a picture of the person who's ringing. On the downside:
It's battery life is terribly short. You can have one decent phone
conversation before you have to charge. The photo quality is also
very poor, especially the night time ones (even with the photo light).
There are mush better camera phones, with amazing zoom capabilities
and as soon as my contract is up I'm changing phones.
Rating:
Reviewed by Nicole from England on
28th Oct 2004
I do like the style of the Panasonic x70 and i also like the fact
that you can have all different coloured backlights for the sceen.
I also like the idea of having a picture of the person who is phoning
however one thing that i do think you could improve on is the qulity
of the speaker phone on the Panasonic X70 it isn't that clear. I
also like the idea of the camera light. I think this is a great
feature to the phone. The reason why i myself gave the particular
phone a 4 is because i believed it was a good, stylish little phone
and i do enjoy using it.
Rating:
Reviewed by David from England on
25th Oct 2004
Absolute rubbish. Had it nearly a year now, and though it was fine
for the first 9 months or so, once the charger socket has gone (which
it will because they, and the chargers are absurdly fragile) you
will have to send it to Panasonic to be fixed, But to fix it they
have to wipe all your pictures and messages and whatever off it,
but thats OK because you download them all into handset manager
before you send it can't you, except you can't because handset manager
is flipping useless and doesn't work on Windows 98 even though they
say it will, and of course with the charger/data cable socket broken,
you can't connect the phone up to your computer anyway even if handset
manager did work. All in all, putting design over build quality
is just not good enough and I cannot wait to trade the stupid thing
in.
Rating:
Reviewed by Ashley from Scotland on
20th Oct 2004
I had my Panasonic X70 for about ten months until it was stolen.
I thought it was a great phone, i never had any problems with the
battery. (The Best way of getting the battery to live longer is
to only charge it when the battery is down to its last bar. Dont
charge it if you still have two or three bars left, its a waste).
I have had no problems with my phone what so ever. The camera wasnt
amazing, but being my first and only camera phone it did me fine.
The only thing i didnt like was the inbox showed you the start of
the message, not the person who sent the message, which is what
i prefered. As for ringtone, i used me own, being able to record
your own ringtones was great, i had a few great recording from a
Justin Timberlake live. Overall, a great phone, no problems. I really
miss it!
Rating:
Reviewed by CHR from UK on 20th
Oct 2004
even tho i havint used 1 b4 it seems exelent i bought 1 today, had
a few douts by these coments but ill give it try looks exelent,
but seems otha ppl dont think so camera dunno but from ur reviews
seems horrible!! is it that bad!!! what is it like??? thnkx
Rating: 
Reviewed by Katy from UK on 17th
Oct 2004
This phone was such a disappointment!!After about two weeks it started
crashing on the odd occasion especially when getting a text message.
This 'odd occasion' then progressed to 9 times out of 10, it deletes
some messages by itself and gets rid of numbers in the phone book
sometimes too. Very annoying! it does have its good points but if
you want your fone to actually function properly i wouldnt buy this
fone at all
Rating:
Reviewed by Sammy from UK on
17th Oct 2004
I've had this phone on contract since it came out. When my contract
ran out I gave it to my daughter. You no what kids are like always
dropping them and breaking them. But my daughter loves this one.
Its lightweight, good camera, long battery life, great games, wicked
tones. Everything she wanted. So if you think this phone is rubbish
try READING the manual!!!
Rating:
Reviewed by Emma from Australia on
13th Oct 2004
Hey, someone in the reviews gave this phone a bagging due to him
not being able to find out who called him last, well READ THE MANUAL
(oh, no, of course, that involves effort, gosh!) Just press the
green call button in the menu, and good lord! people you've called,
missed calls, people who've called you! Gee! I have no real issues
with this phone - camera hates sunlight but I've got some really
crystal clear indoor shots with it. Also, sometimes the wallpaper
goes all static, but you just have to set it again. The only main
issue I have is the battery life - Very very very low. But hey,
I think I gave it a battery memory by charging it nightly. My bad.
Rating:
Reviewed by Sam from UK on 12th
Oct 2004
Occasionally does what it says on the tin but then it does it badly.
I wouldnt mind too much if it was simply a reliable telephone but
it's not. This is my second X70. The first one ceased functioning
after 2 weeks. I think that may have been a result of attempting
to use it in Spain (they dont like temperatures above 25 or below
24 celcius. This one continually turns itself off - always at the
most inconvenient time. The camera works sort-of. Big deal! The
menus are hopeless. Dont buy this phone if you are used to the userfriendliness
of Nokias.Dont buy this phone if you want to make phone calls abroad.
Dont buy this phone if you want to make phone calls from anywhere
else. Consider semaphore before wasting your money.
Rating:
Reviewed by sean from uk on 10th
Oct 2004
rubbish with a capital R
Rating:
Reviewed by Mhairi from Scotland on
9th Oct 2004
Firsty I'd like to say, I read the reviews that had been left already
and to be honest, I havent had any problems with my mobile, its
never switched off on me or anything like it so I wouldnt let that
put you off, it can happen to any model, I used to have problems
with an old Nokia model I had. Secondly a couple of other things
were untrue, you dont have to delete the whole line or word if you
have made a spelling mistake, all you do is delete the letter, re
type it and then predict it again, and you dont lose the text message
if you try and send it and it doesnt for whatever reason, if you
go to your outbox, its saved in there. I've thought that myself
when i've tried to send a text and its said 'Message Failed' but
it does save it for you. Good points- This phone took a bit of getting
used to as I was used to the Nokia models. I liked the style of
the phone when it arrived, thought it looked nice and sleek. Once
i'd read the manual it was easy to find my way around, to be honest,
i dont use all the features it has! I love the different colours
you can choose for the front screen! Bad points - The picture quality
isnt as good as I thought, I'm really not that impressed with it
but then again, I hardly use that facility as my mates dont have
a camera phone that I can send them too! Think next time i'll get
one with a better quality to it. Also the games are good (having
paid for new ones), but you have to pay when you get passed a certain
level, AND you have to pay for each level which I wasnt too happy
with! It seems they are just trying to get money out you all the
time! And lastly the quality of downloading Real Tones isnt that
good either, I wouldnt bother as you will just waste your money
:( All in all its a good mobile, with alot of good qualities
Rating:
Reviewed by Jeanette from Australia
on 7th Oct 2004
First impressions? I loved this phone. It's stylish and lightweight
and fairly easy to use (once I'd read the manual). However after
just a few weeks it started to play up. It began switching itself
off everytime a call or message came through or when the alarm went
off. It began deleting messages by itself. It had poor reception
and battery charge. I wasn't too impressed with photo quality either.
I even sent it back to Panasonic twice for repairs and it came back
with the same problems. I thought it was just my bad luck, but then
I read all these reviews! It sounds like it's fairly hit and miss
with the quality of the Panasonic x70. I'm heartbroken that I have
to part with this cute little phone, but it's just been more trouble
that it's worth. And yes. I'm going back to a Nokia.
Rating:
Reviewed by Lee from Uk on 5th
Oct 2004
Im about to go out to the shop to buy this phone. Firstly ive read
your comments about the reliability, it concerns me a little, but
i will give it the benefit of the doubt. Secondly, its a PANSONIC!!!!,
if anyone has ever bought/owned/liked a Nokia then i doubt they
will like Panasonic, i have owned 3 previous panasonic phones and
they have all been 1st class, they just operate a little different
to Nokia's and the like.
Rating:
Reviewed by Stuart from UK on
5th Oct 2004
Huge disappointment. I've bought lots of Panasonic products in the
past (TV, Camcorders, etc) and always been impressed, but not this
time. It looks ok, but everything else is rubbish. It consistently
turns itself off, and fails to charge even though the charge light
is on - apparently a common problem, and the reason why my dealer
had no spare courtesy phones. It also loses previously saved phonebook
entries. The user interface is appallingly thought out, and it takes
numerous presses even to start keying in a text. If you fail to
send due to poor reception, you have to hunt around the folder system
to try to find your message to resend. Oh, and the camera is poor,
as is the sound quality. Im going back to Nokia. Definitely one
to avoid.
Rating:
Reviewed by DJ Acer from England on
4th Oct 2004
THIS IS THE WORSE PHONE I HAVE EVER HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO USE...
On first appearences, i liked the lok of it - the overly friendly
salesman showed me on various websites that this phone was a £300
5 star phone at the top of its leauge - Well, i should have known
better to trust him,eh??? 1) TEXTing is awful. There is NOTHING
easy about writing a text with this phone - even finding your way
into composing a text is a pain in the butt. Predictive text is
useless, make a spelling mistake and you cantjust change a letter,
you have to delete the whole word and write it again. Most annoying
of all though is the way it deletes your whole message if you try
and send and you have no reception - which happens regularly...
2) Bringing me neatly on to the RECEPTION. It is rubbish. Rarely
get a decent signal anywhere in Bristol. 3) NO CALL LOG. Why, why,
why can i not save the number of the last person who called me???
This is so simple, and probably one of the most useful functions
of a mobile phone - and yet Panasonic have left it out of the X70.
Come on - Panasonic should be able to do better than this. 4) GAMES.
one game of Breakout (reminised of my days playing this on my Atari
2600) - but i got to level 5 on my first game and was told i have
to pay 50p for the next level??? Coporate swines! Haven't i paid
enough for this phone already??? And now im bored of it i have to
pay £1.50 for a new game... WHAT A SKANK! I am just glad i realise
just how bad this phone was in the first few days of having it -
it will be going back to the shop tomorrow. DONT BUY THIS PHONE
Rating:
Reviewed by James Niclair from Uk on
30th Sep 2004
Fine phone, decent standby (Unless you forget to turn off Bluetooth
that is) and fairly hammerproof. Have had this phone for 3 months
and it's never let me down - bluetooth works and I'm totally happy
with it - I just need to work out how to use voice dial with a bluetooth
headset as I've done it a dozen times accidentally (Hence one very
large phone bill last month) JamesN
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Reviewed by tris cokes from england
on 25th Sep 2004
Pretty poor performer - freezes often - then turns itself off -
anyone know how to change the colour of the top and bottom bars/information
on inside screen. Can change wallpaper ok but can't work out how
to change the rest - someone changed it for me in a pub and now
I can't change it back!
Rating:
Reviewed by Steph from UK on
9th Sep 2004
I take great exception to being called a retard by Oliver. He may
have got the only "perfect" X70 which has been produced. I thought
we had a democracy and that everyone was entitled to their own opinion,
and that is what the rest of us who have taken the time and trouble
to write a comment about the X70 have done. Or perhaps I'm wrong
???????
Rating:
Reviewed by Oliver from - on
8th Sep 2004
ive read most of the other reviews & im shocked??? what are those
retards talking about, this is the best phone ive ever had. i recently
had a sharp gx20which is rated 1 star above, but i dont think it
comes close. the pics arent as good nor is the strength. GREAT PHONE,
i mean it cant be perfect can it? it comes close though :)
Rating:
Reviewed by Cheese Man from England
on 2nd Sep 2004
I had this phone less than a week and it broke (refused to turn
on). Thankfully it was less than 28 days so i swapped it for a samsung
e700. Good points :- cool clock on the front err thats it Bad points
:- rubbish camera quality sending text messages was an absolute
pain quite bulky broke within a week summary mediocre phone at best,
get a samsung e700 or e800 if you can live without bluetooth.
Rating:
Reviewed by emma from uk on 27th
Aug 2004
can u buy the panasonic x70 in pink yet or is that just in different
counteries???
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Reviewed by Steph from UK on
23rd Aug 2004
I've had the X70 since December last year and to be honest I'm a
little disappointed with it. The facility to save SMS is sort of
non-existant, but there is a way around it sometimes, type the message
out then go to send it but cancel it, it ocassionaly goes into your
outbox so you can use it form there. The camera is not that bad,
actualy had some decent pics with it. I'm onto my second handset
as the holes where the charger fixes in damages extremely easily
and I've just had to have a new battery. I brought a separate bluetooth
headset to the one Panasonic makes, but that is a different story.
If I have the phone on quiet mode and I send a text (delivery report
facility switched on) the screen sometimes lights up to tell that
the message has been delivered. Also I have the phone on rainbow
colours when a call comes in, again that sometimes fails so have
to rely on me hearing the phone (over my loud stereo in car) or
wait for the bluetooth headset to tell me there's a c all. Sometimes
the phone won't make calls even when I have a full signal. All in
all I'll be glad when December arrives so that I can change it for
a different one, but to which one ?????????????????
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Reviewed by Jadie from uk on
21st Aug 2004
i have this fone, and i have had no major problems yet.. i dnt no
wat sum ppl r tlkin about, wen they said it has no zoom it blatently
does if u wer to read the manual or in my case which i lost it jus
continuosly(however u spel tht) go through the phone, if you go
into camera mode and thn use the arrows on the curser right to left
is brightness and up and down is zoom or normal.. so plz do get
it right next time, also i agree the messages in sms inbox r a bit
rubbish by not havin the sender and juas sayin the first line but
u get ova it! this fone is so much better than the samsung e700
i dnt no wat ur talking about. obviously u dont either otherwise
u wouldd of known about the camera zoom etc.. and u can hardli say
ur samsung flashes colours wen sum1 rings or txts u can u now, so
ha! go get a panasonic x70 if ur finkin bout it... i was gunna get
the next 1 the x60 but it isnt out yet ar wel x
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Reviewed by sean from australia on
11th Aug 2004
I'm writing this review in an attempt to help those poor people
who are giving this phone 1 or 2 stars. First question ARE YOU LITERATE?
in reading your reviews, 99% of your complaints can be fixed, i
had them, and you know what I did? I read the manual. *shocked silence*
A bit too drastic for you? camera quality, for all those who complained
about it, yup it ain't too good, its grainy and doesnt seem to pick
up the photo light too well. BUT if any of you had read the manual,
you would know that you can change that. if the picture is grainy,
then you swap from PNG to JPEG format (or vice versa as they are
both suited to different distances and lighting conditions), if
the picture is fuzzy, then there is a neat little thing in the camera
menu that those who had read the manual would know about, the camera
is defaultly set to MEDIUM quality and to the LOW resolution. you'd
be surprised what reading the manual can do for you, you might want
to try that before complaining abo ut the phone on the internet
or even shelling out another $600 for aother phone.
Rating:
Reviewed by Phil from UK on 11th
Aug 2004
Looks good but this is a bad phone. Can you not pick less than 1
star? Forget the camera - if you want decent pics - don't use a
phone! The real problems begin here: 1 - Defininately the worst
is that SMS can't be saved. When typing a long message and a call
is received or you press the "Red" button by mistake, the message
is lost! Come on Panasonic, how basic is this!? At least give us
the option to save!? My first Nokia 10 years ago could do this!
Also, takes about a thousand button clicks to send it - very irritating.
2 - SMS are listed by content rather than sender. This is not so
bad in the Inbox where they are sorted by date but in Sent Items
they are listed alphabetically meaning it is nearly impossible to
find what you are looking for unless you can remember what you typed
in each of 100 texts! 3 - MMS are displayed by a number rather than
the sender name even though they are in my contacts. 4 - IR handset
manager can't find the phone even though the link works fine - can
send files OK. I see lots of others have had problems with this
too - anyone got a solution yet? I'm binning it and going back to
Seimens - they can make a decent phone. Yours frustrated Phil
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Reviewed by mia from uk on 10th
Aug 2004
i think this a most excellant phone, its usful and it has a good
camera light. its very neat and stylish and is simple to use. i
also have a motorola v500 which my brother gave me and to be honest
it doesnt even come close. i dont think it looks as good and the
panasonicx70 which has more features, is easier to use, is more
reliable and looks better. its also an improvment on LG C1100 (i
think thats what its called) which i was using for along time, yet
again the x70 has more features and has been far more reliable.
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Reviewed by zac from uk on 28th
Jul 2004
it is a very good phone i dont no what everyone is on about , i
have had no promblems only when i dropped it from about 6ft high
when the areil came loose but still then it worked fine!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Darren from England on
25th Jul 2004
Had this phone now for a few weeks, and it is very stylish and easy
to use. So GO AND BUY ONE!!!!
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Reviewed by Montague Smith from australia
on 22nd Jul 2004
absolute rubbish, i have to move outside of my house so i can get
a reception from the people calling me, it's now in being repaired
as everytime i get a phone call it dies! the person calling me still
gets a ringing tone but my phone essentially can't be answered as
i can't hear it, it just drops dead. like mentioned in the posts
above i would steer clear of it! service girl said if it's physical
or liquid damage i'd have to pay for it, lucky i'm not the only
one with the same problems
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Reviewed by sam from england. where
the sun dont shine on 21st Jul 2004
i dont have this phone. thank god. i have an e700 an its loads better.
however i have used the x70 alot so i know what im on about. the
cameras, which are the main selling points of both of the phones
are v different. the e700 has digital zoom, effects, frames, multishot
(which is v good an fast) timers an rotations an the picture quality
is amazing. the x70 has no zoom, poor picture quality, a useless
photo "light" which doesnt light anything up, and a multishot which
takes 7 pictures over the space of about 15 seconds compared to
samsungs max of 15 in 2 seconds. the games are carp on the x70,
the screen is dull an hard to see outdoors. the design is ugly an
the phone feels tacky. the texting is frustrating to the point where
you want to snap the phone in half. it wont save words an sometimes
it wont even recieve messages. aaaa i hate my phone so i'll stick
with my e700 which i broke so i'll get a new one
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Reviewed by Andy Cardiff from UK on
7th Jul 2004
This is the worst phone I have ever owned, and I've certain had
a few in my time. It should never be advertised as a camera phone
as the camera is next to useless! Even the (after thought) plug-on
camera accessory I had with my old T68i took far better pictures.
The user interface feels like some proto-type and is dreadful. It
takes five key presses alone to start typing an SMS. The predictive
text is dreadful and doesn't allow you to add words to the dictionary
or learn frequently used words. If you spot a miss-predicted word,
you can not go back and alter it, you have to go back, delete the
whole word and then retype it again and then change it to the correct
word. No short cut keys to jump to 'create SMS' or 'turn-on bluetooth'
etc. I also don't like having to read an entire SMS guessing who
it might be from all the way through, only to find out at the end
of the message!! Mine also frequently crashes on receiving an incoming
call. It shuts down for 15 seconds and doesn't even list a missed
call when it comes back on, so if you aren't watching it 24/7 then
you will never be aware that you even missed that call! Looks good,
but doesn't deliver, at all! STAY WELL CLEAR OF THIS PHONE!
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Reviewed by James from Nth Ireland on
7th Jul 2004
To make a point my last phone was a Nokia 3650 for 18mths, I thought
I would make a big change. Photo's on the X70 are not so good but
most printer software makes up for the short fall in quality. Setup
is a fraction of the time I had with 3650 plus the screen is bright
and clear. Down fall no memory card or slot. Bluetooth or infrared
lets you easy transfer. In a nut shell I have no regrets ie "Orange
World" runs better than "Vodafone Live"
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Reviewed by Jimmy B from UK on
6th Jul 2004
Had this phone only 3 weeks before it started going wrong! First
it wouldn't charge (intermittent fault), then the camera would only
work when it felt like it (again intermittent) then the screen went
white and would not work again (terminal fault!) basically it was
poo. I've now got a Nokia 6610i which is v nice... I may have just
been unlcky and had a duff one as many other reviews seem to love
it but I personally had a lot of trouble with the X70 and only 3months
of very frustrating use out of it....
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Reviewed by Dick from Kenya on
30th Jun 2004
When i saw this phone it looked good and from what i heard it was
susposed to be really good, so i bought it. I have to admit, it
is stylish and it looks cool. But a few pointers have to be made
about the phone: camera needs to be better, pictures are fuzzy.
no java - no good games. battery life (goes out fast, it meets its
death every 2 days after charging it. So the phone is okay, but
i sugest, dont upgrade to it from other panasonics
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Reviewed by Dave from England on
25th Jun 2004
This phone is rubbish. Forget the photo quality, it is a designers
nightmare. The 4 way cursor is rubbish, and unpredictable. To get
ANYWHERE you have to navigate through loads of menu options. When
there is a text message, it shows the first line of text, not the
sender. To send a text is AGONY, to flip between numbers and letters
is AGONY. to find these: ! or ? is AGONY. I had a Nokia phone before
and it was great. This model is rubbish.
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Reviewed by Matthew Hutchinson from UK
on 24th Jun 2004
EVERYONE WITH AN PANASONIC X70 READ THIS! Hi everyone. I've just
got the Panasonic X70 phone myself and i must admit it is a very
good phone. Only problem is the battery life which lasts about a
day for myself as i use it a lot!. The phone overall is very good.
Smart and very good looking. Camera quality is average and the photo
light is a bit of a gimmic as it doesn't help much but i haven't
tried it in complete darkness so who knows, but it wont give you
good pictures at a distance so don't bother using it for those photos.
Batter life is very poor as i said but it is now possible to get
a battery for about a tenner off ebay which has a bigger mAh than
the standard battery from panasonic. I've got one off www.ebay.co.uk
but i'm waiting for it to arrive. If i leave another post about
the battery you will know it was rubbish. But it says it will increase
the battery power x2. As i originally had a 3510i nokia the battery
would last three days using the phone 3 times a d ay for 50min calling
time but with the panasonic X70 it only lasts just one day with
a 50 min phone call with about ten texts. So if your not up for
paying loads for a pay as you go phone and your a high end user
don't go for the panasonic x70, go for a nokia 3510i as it's one
of the best battery wise. Apart from that i would have gave the
panasonic 5 stars if only the camera and battery life was good.
Also if you get the panasonic it's worth while getting a data cable
(not an infra red!) so you can put tones and logos on it; if you
have a home pc as the phone comes with software to put them on.
The car phone warehouse does them at £29.99 while you can get them
for about £8 on ebay. I can understand some people saying the phone
is rubbish obviously due to battery power and camera quality but
who knows this after market battery may work wonders as it's over
800mAh. we will soon see.... watch this space :-)
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Reviewed by Richard Heaton from uk on
23rd Jun 2004
How bad has a phone got to be for my daughter (15) who was highly
embarrassed by her nokia 3330, not want it as a present after using
for a weekend. She's now gone back to her old phone. She mainly
used it for texting which apart from being fiddlely doesn't show
who has texed you, also if the signal isn't strong enough it doesn't
give you the option to save the message if it cant send but deletes
it. I used it for a couple of days and found it useless in the business
environment I work. What use is this phone? It only got a signal
on our kitchen window sill when all our previous generation phones
get a signal in most of the house. Its gone back and I'm well out
of pocket. Do your homework, I trusted the salesman and the price
bracket this phone is in, both turn out to be unqualified in the
marketplace.
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Reviewed by chris from england on
16th Jun 2004
Review: I fist got this phone in December, and everything was great,
but ove the past month, the camera has stopped working, blue tooth
is intimitent, and the sceen on the case has stopped working. I
don't bash the phone about, but the outer paint of the casing is
peeling off also. I'm really disapointed with the quality. I have
always had nokia before, without any problems, but this phone is
bad . . just though, on predictive text, it doesn't learn words
either, so if there is a name or a word which you use often, it
will keep getting it wrong!
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Reviewed by fone love 4eva from uk on
13th Jun 2004
i had had the panasonic x70 for a week and i think it is really
good da camera is k but o well.
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Reviewed by Kevster from U.K. on
22nd Apr 2004
This phone does not even deserve the 1 star it has been awarded.
It is, in the the most basic of language, C**P!!!! This is the first
camera phone I have purchased and to be honest I bought it as a
gimmick and I wish I hadn't bothered now. The camera is such poor
quality, I have seen better quality pictures taken in the 50's.
The light serves no purpose what so ever. The menus are too complicated
for quick navigation. Even the most basic of features seems to have
been over looked on this phone. There is no way to get back into
the missed call menu. If you are sending a text and you hit the
wrong key, that is it, the text has been erased. Don't get me wrong,
the phone looks great but that's all it has in it's favour. Take
my advice, steer well clear of this little heap of junk!
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Reviewed by Billy J from England on
8th Apr 2004
X-70 Vs E-700, Which is the better phone? I have owned the Samsung
E-700 and to tell you the truth, I didn't ind it that good. It's
slightly smaller than the X-70, and has no exteral aerial, but the
features on the X-70 are much better, for one, the X-70 has Bluetooth
compatablity which is much better than having wires getting in the
way. The X-70 has voice dialing, the E-700 doesn't. I now have the
X-70 and I'm very happy with it, so in my opinion, the X-70 has
the slight advantage,
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Reviewed by S from UK on 6th
Apr 2004
For a £250-300 phone it is a disappointment. I expected it to be
thousand times better than any other phone out...how wrong I was.
I camera is rubbish my friend has the GD87 and the camera is so
much better. Why did panasonic change it. The pics are fuzzy and
poor coloured. Also the lack of graphics and colour is a dissapointment.
The GD87 has a much better menu and compared with Samsung the phone
looks like it's three years behind everyone else. Also the 'amazing'
photolight does sweet FA nothing more than a torch. The worst thing
about this phone has got to be the txt messaging. Instead of displaying
the name of the sender it displays the first line of the message...Wot
is with that?? Nokia please bring out a decent flip phone your new
one sucks!! Samsung keep up the good work!! 3 phones are the future
and not too expensive on contract.
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Reviewed by new user from uk on
6th Jun 2004
i've only had dis fone for bout a week and i think its a nice fone,
its good lookin, small, light and best of all its a camera fone.
although the camera quality isnt that gud i still think its a gud
fone but then there r a few dissapointments like it doesnt tell
u who a message waz sent by and u only can hav one game at a time.
the bluetooth is gud and the infra-red but the battery life isnt
as gud. overall gud fone to use.
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Reviewed by Hannah from UK on
3rd Apr 2004
Ive had this fone for a while now and i have to disagree with alot
of the reviews which say it is completely rubbish and so on. Fair
enough the camera isnt amazing or anything and the foto light is
a bit poor but on the whole it is a great fone. It looks really
stylish and is realtively simple to get used to using (i myself
have only ever had nokias which are usually very similar so moving
away from nokia was a bit wierd but within a few hours i was fine).
Texting does take a while to get used to and you yave to be a bit
careful with the central circle buttony thing (im not that technical)
but if you are wanting a mobile that looks really good, relatively
simple to use and has space for LOADS of pictures as well as the
ability to do voice recording and stuff then th Panasonic x70 is
most definitely worth considering!
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Reviewed by amy from uk on 1st
Jun 2004
i have have had the panasonic X70 for about a month now and so far
i am very impressed with it. the battery life wears out after a
day when you first get it but what do you expect if you have just
got a new phone! you are playing with it all the time. after a little
while you don't play with it so much and the the battey life lasts
longer. the camera is good quality and you can add frames to your
pictures as well as making it black and white and all sorts of other
things. it is a beautiful design and is very light. it is excellent
value at the orange shop for just £180.00. it is very easy to use
and has many original functions such as when the phone is closed
if you press a button the front screen goes rainbow coloured which
is very cool and there is a voice recorder. there are also lots
of different clocks to choose from (digital, normal clock etc)the
ringtones are great and when you are on something like games you
can close the flip and when you open it up again the games a re
still there. the phone also has blue tooth although i haven't used
it it sounds good. i highly recommend this phone.
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Reviewed by livvy! from UK on
25th May 2004
Panasonic X70 vrs Motorola V500 ive had the X70 for a few months
now and i have to say i am extremely impressed with it. when first
thinking of getting a picture phone i was stuck at whether to choose
the Panasonic X70 or Motorola V500, thank god for the X70! my friend
got the Motorola V500 at the same time and when comparing picture
quality, memory, gadgets and overall style the X70 won hands down
every time. i found the picture quality to be very good, i dont
know what everyone is making a fuss over, some of my pictures look
of better quality then another friends Motorola V600!!! (by the
way the Motorola V500 is VERY heavy compared with the X70 or many
other new clamshells.) The Panasonic X70 is light and looks good
all the time, the camara light is really bright and is VERY useful
as a torch if nothing else! ... But, as with everything, it does
have it down fall, the battery life is poor for a phone that has
so much to investigate and when a text is received you have to read
it before knowing who it is from, but for me thats not so bad as
you can normally tell who its from anyway just by reading the first
line. There you go, thats my view!
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Reviewed by Rich from UK on 11th
May 2004
I've had this phone for a couple of months, and I love it. OK, the
camera isn't too amazing and can be grainy, and the texting is a
bit dodgy with flipping between upper/lower case and numerics, but
that's something to get used to. The ringing volume and the earpiece
volume is loud. The screen is lovely and clear and displays photo
realistic colours. I'd recommend this phone to anyone who wants
something stylish, lightweight and with a good battery life. And
contrary to other reviews, mine is working fine!
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Reviewed by Daz from UK on 6th
May 2004
I've been reading all the reports of unreliability on this phone
so I decided to wait a few months before passing judgement but up
to now I've only managed to crash it once (and that was under exceptional
circumstances i.e.. -25C in a meat freezer). The X70 looks great
and feels solid (unlike some "flip" phones out there). The outer
monochrome display with multicoloured backlight and changeable analogue/digital
display outshines it's rivals, the only problem being if you put
it down on your desk someone always wants to pick it up and have
a closer look. When you open the cover you find a large bright clear
display with a clock even your granny could read and as with most
phones now the background can be changed to any picture you have
in your data folder. The keypad has a nice feel and is well lit
although the D pad is a little awkward at first. The menus are quite
easy to follow as long as you're not one of those people who believe
all phones should be like a Nokia. I don't know about you but I
use my X70 primarily as a phone so I was pleased to find the reception
is better than average and call clarity is excellent although there's
no external volume control which would have been nice. If you use
SMS a lot using Abc rather than T9 then this is not the phone for
you as you have to change mode to write numbers. The ringtones are
reasonably loud and annoying but if you like you can download
any MIDI file up to 50 kb and set it as your tone, the vibrate is
also powerful enough to make you think you're having a heart attack
if placed in a shirt pocket. The camera is a bit of a let down,
the photo resolution is only adequate viewed on the display (the
way it was intended to be viewed) and laughable if transferred to
a web page (hmmm I always wondered why I bought a digital camera).
As with all phones the battery life isn't as good as the manufacturers
claim, with bluetooth on I get about 3 to 4 days with an average
of 20 to 30 mins of calls per day. It does have a power saving setting
(which doesn't appear to be in the manual) if you go on settings/clock/power
time you can set a time to turn off when you go to bed and back
on in the morning but if you have SIM lock enabled you only get
about a minute to enter your code before it turns back off. Bluetooth
works fine with Plantronics M3000 and Kondor Konnect headsets (the
only ones I've tried) although if using voice dial the name prompt
is very loud. The X70 also connects well with my PC using Mobile
Fun MA700 bluetooth fone data suite (£39.95 but great fun). All
the usual features you expect are found in the organiser i.e.. Calendar,alarm,calculator
etc. Also a currency converter (very useful). There are many other
features which I haven't used yet but I'm sure I'll get around to
it in the future. All in all I find it a nice practical, good looking
phone with more good points than bad. Recommended
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Reviewed by Pat from UK on 15th
Apr 2004
I brought tyhis phone on the 14th of April i have only had it 1
day but from what i have seen it is the best phone i have ever had.
I am used to usin sagems (previously myx-6). This phone has everything
you need camera (also camera light) games and much more. It is a
very small phone which is quite handy and the camera quality is
much better than my old phone. Id rate this phone to anyone who
can afford it really because it is quite expensive.
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Reviewed by Aaron S from Birmingham
England on 14th Apr 2004
Phone: Panasonic X70 Age: Jan 2004 model Had it for: 2 months Previous
Phones: Nokia: 3210, 7110, 8210, 9210, 6210, 7210, Ericsson T68,
Sagem Myx5, StarTac, Panasonic GD60, GD70, X60 Cool features: Alarm:
This is much better than any Nokia I have used, 4 different alarms
with selectable melody (you can even use a voice recording). Configurable:
You can configure the 'hot' buttons to do all sorts, configure the
screen case, configure the menu themes, configure the configuration.
LEDs: They look good. Speakerphone: Loud, clear and easy to enable.
Finish: super sexy finish, with clamshell 'click' Panasonic X70...it's
a shame because it is so cool it hurts me to say this, but the crap
parts are as follows. Battery: This is a joke, there is no way this
battery should run down so quickly (few days tops), no excuses,
it's not a smart phone, it doesn't have Java, Panasonic need to
be careful with their 200+hour battery life estimations or else
someone (like Orange) will take them to court. Camera: Another joke,
my workmate has the GD87 and his camera is CRAP BUT STILL MUCH BETTER
THAN THE X70!!! I waited a year for this phone to come out for the
camera to be crap? The flashlight is very cool and will have the
opposite sex running to you in droves but when you turn the screen
and show that the light made no difference you will look like an
idiot. Games/Apps: This is by far the best joke, Panasonic in all
their wisdom decided to let the operators rip off their customers,
so they disable the Java (making the phone virtually useless with
a laptop) and decide to use this infusio crap which basically means
you can only use software if you're prepared to 'infusio' £1.50
to the operator. Then when you're bored of it you must delete it
and pay another £1.50 for the next game. SMS/MMS: This one is fast
but stupid. It won't learn new words and won't highlight old words,
so if you're trying to change 'bun' in to 'bum' it wont work, you
have to delete the whole word and type it again. Messages in the
sent items folder appear all mixed up, with no order, no names,
nothing.. Messages in the inbox are in order but once again have
no names/dates unless your prepared to read the whole message..
once again, stupid! Phonebook: Okay more stupidity in here, if I
enter 'Dave' as an entry in to the phones memory and then copy Dave
off my SIM on to the phone, it assumes this is another Dave and
WITHOUT ASKING makes another phonebook entry with exactly the same
name. This may not sound bad, but just try copying new SIM entries
for old contacts to your phone and you will see what disaster this
will cause. Final note: This is one of the most desirable handsets
currently on the market with superb build quality, excellent screens,
very bright LEDs and it's also very very sexy.. It's just a pity
it's a dumb blonde...
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Reviewed by JK from ENGLAND on
7th Apr 2004
This is a poor excuse for a mobile phone, I've got a mate that has
the Panasonic GD87 (the previous model) and it is way better than
the X70. Ithought the point in bringing out a new phone was to ake
it better than the last model, but which twat decided to put a shit
camera on a new phone. And another thing is the power button, it
is far to close to the 3 button which piss' me right off when i
am trying to play games or type a text. one last critiscim, the
internet/GPRS button is really annoying, i have found my phone at
leasst 5 times when it has been in my pocket and the GPRS HAS SOME
HOW COME ON RUNNING UP MY BLOODY PHONE BILL aarGGHH. But other than
the above its alright. PS. Iit could use a longer battery time aswell.
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Reviewed by Linda from Australia on
6th Apr 2004
I got my phone from Hong Kong.. thought it was very cute. I have
always had a Nokia and was hesitate to use the Panasonic interface
but the it hasnt been as bad as i thought. There are many functions
that annoy me though, messaging is a real pain... very fiddly. The
camera is quite crap and that photo light is useless. In comparison
to the Samsung, E700 it is considered very poor. Sometimes it does
freeze. I wont say its a bad phone. I like it but prefer samsung
E700 over it any day. But it is a little better than the Nokias
that are coming out. In general still quite easy to use and has
the functions necessarily need as well as conveniently having the
blue tooth function
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Reviewed by Tom from UK on 24th
Mar 2004
I've had the phone for 3 months now and it hasn't really impressed
me. The camera is completly crap and all the photo light is good
for is a torch, the camera isnt sensitive enough to actually pick
up the photo light unless you go up really close to something. It's
away getting repaired at the moment for the second time as the bluetooth
and both screens stopped working and when it came back the outer
one was still broken. The battery life is pathetic, it only lasts
one day! It also has the funny habbit of switching itself off randomly,
even when there is plenty of battery left. Cant wait till it comes
back though so I can sell it and get a samsung E715 instead.
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Reviewed by Greg from UK on 11th
Mar 2004
Function by function my phone has packed up. First the front panel
light, now the camera. Picture quality is absolutley diabolical
compared to other phones I've seen since I got my Panasonic in December.
The maximum ring volume is way to quiet. Texting is overly fiddly.
I could go on with a list of problems but quite frankly you're going
to discover them yourself if you buy this phone. It amazes me that
there are so many positive reviews here, I can only guess that they
haven't had their phones long.
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Reviewed by Gary from uk on 9th
Mar 2004
nice looking phone. definately poor camera compared to some in this
price range. grainy pictures. 3 months after purchasing charge inside
phone has packed up. apparently a fault on a certain batch. ok so
these things can happen but the online retailer can't take the phone
back after 28 days so they say and so they gave me the service centre
number. BIG PROBLEM. PERMANENTLY ENGAGED. Back to the online retailer
and they've got the same problem with that number. they can't help
cos they don't have another number. unbelievable! anyway decide
to surf the net. find www.domestic-appliances and their list useful
numbers. Panasonic is there. Ring it and find i'm through to panasonic
uk switchboard. helpful lady explains that you just can't get through
to customer care. much to busy, perm engaged. she takes my details
and says she will get them to call me 2morrow as it's 5.20pm and
they've prob knocked off. sure i think but ever the optimist i put
the phone down and decide to write thi s to help anyone with the
same prob, then BINGO! PHONE RINGS AND IT'S PANASONIC CUSTOMER CARE.
another nice lady arranges for collection of offending article (her
name and email address provided just in case) and says it should
be returned in 3-5 days. SPOT ON . CONFIDENCE RESTORED. for anyone
having similar problem call panasonic uk switchboard on 01344 862444.
If they keep to their word i'll come back and give them another
star!
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Reviewed by roger from england on
19th Feb 2004
This is without doubt,the worst phone i have ever owned,the messaging
sucks where you have to read the message to find out who its from
and the bluetooth sucks as well,i can`t get mine to tranfer anything
to my pc although my last phone i had no problems with and the software
you get with it doesn`t even support bluetooth,i`ve only had it
3 weeks and the light on the front screen has stopped working so
i`m sending it back for a replacement and then i`m gonna sell it
and go back to using my Nokia 7650,this is the first time i have
had something other than a Nokia,and to be honest,"Nokia" you can`t
beat em.
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Reviewed by Bill from UK on 9th
Feb 2004
Truly outstanding. Neat,compact and feature packed with great connectivity
options including bluetooth which works really well. I have used
mine for 3 months now having dumped my previous 3G handset because
of unrealibility (NEC e606 on 3). This device does everything a
mobile phone should and lots more and even in a shirt pocket its
so light you forget you have it! Superb!
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Reviewed by Dave from UK on 6th
Feb 2004
dont waste your money. i admit, the phones casing and styling is
nice. but thats its best point. this is a camera phone, and the
picture quality is ...... to politely put it 'not good'. the build
quality and design are great, and functional too. but this phone
is let down on the sofware side. the model i had was the Orange
branded one. the screen is ok, colourful. the games function .....
isnt java, so limited and costly. texting is quite good, the T9
dictionary is comprehensive to begin with. and the rest of the features
are no more special than other phones that have them. compared to
the samsung e700 (which i dont own, have only used a friends) ....
better phone is the e700. which has a much vibrant screen, and a
massively better camera (and i compared pictures taken in artificial
light). the light on the x70 is a nice gimmich, useless, but thoughtful.
its only good for taking pics in very dark areas, or really close
up (blair witch style). if you want a phone to pose with, and dont
care about functionality, this is the phone for you.
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Reviewed by Abs from UK on 31st
Jan 2004
this fone is bad its one of da best fones in its category mind only
cost me £250 which is a bargain and the screen is not as bad as
ppl say i have had the SonyErriccson Z600 and P900 and the X70 is
the best fone i have had the E700 and E710 which are suppose 2 have
better cameras but they rn't and sold they look niser but and better
on paper but they don't necessarily have the best camera and the
camera on the X70 is better than of any fone i have tested. This
is really one of the best fones around.
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Reviewed by Stuart C from UK on
23rd Jan 2004
Very disappointed at first, it has grown on me, but still suffers
from a number of niggles: Picture quality is poor, even for a phone
camera, as is the sound. Much more annoyingly, there are far too
many menu levels to negotiate and prompts to respond to even for
simple actions(it takes ages to get to the screen showing who sent
a text), editing text messages is very fiddly (switching between
alpha and numeric, upper and lower case, inserting punctuation -
all a pain compared with a Nokia,) battery life too short (the claimed
250 hours standby is nonsense,) so overall barely rates even three
stars.
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Reviewed by Steph from UK on
22nd Jan 2004
Overall I am fairly happy with the phone, the only draw back for
me is that when you receive a delivery report after sending a text
message the phone is not able to let you know what time the message
was delivered, which is somthing I like. Also in text messaging
there is no "archive" facility as in if you want to write a message
but not send it there is nowhere to save it to. The only option
is to send it to yourself and keep it in your inbox. There are certainly
pros and cons with this phone but it is far better than the Nokia
7210 I had before.
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Reviewed by Steve Rendell from UK on
22nd Jan 2004
can someone help can you record music for a stereo and have it for
your ring tone , I read a previous review and someone has but I
cant find it ! please email me if you know how steve.rendell@reading.gov.uk
Thanks
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Reviewed by Nig from UK on 21st
Jan 2004
I have the GD87, my girlfriend has the X70. Hers is lovely and wins
on all counts except ... the camera is RUBBISH. Dull, dark, fuzzy
photos. GD87 camera is miles better, even without the flashlight
thingy.
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Reviewed by Ian from England on
15th Jan 2004
On the X70 -vs- E700 issue: The E700 doesn't have Bluetooth. Fairly
important if you're into that sort of thing. However, the X70 has
an external antenna which makes it slightly less pocket friendly.
I personally think they are both excellent phones with pros and
cons in both cases.
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Reviewed by Jim from UK on 15th
Jan 2004
Yeah, nice phone. Best way to get new ringtones is beam across .MID
files using either Bluetooth or IRDA, (try www.musicrobot.com to
get some decent MIDs). On the phone, you need to go into 'organiser-connect'
then select 'receive object'. Annoyingly, it'll only let you transfer
1 file at a time. Mine plays MIDs no problem and the 4MB storage
accomodates about 200 of them.
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Reviewed by mark from england on
14th Jan 2004
this phone comes accross like a prototype for the true sucessor
to the gd87. A shame such a pretty phone with so many features could
be let down by basic things. People say it is only a phone so don
not expect much as far as It's camera is concerned. I disagree.
the gd87 had a better camera, and this is supposed to be the replacement.
the photo light hardly makes a differance. The text editor is c###,
and like people say, you don't know who sent you a message until
you read the complete message. Do not like it asking me if i want
a delivery report with every message sent. Do not like the horrble
orange background on the various menus( orange - sought it out).The
night light is ineffectual.The camera seems to have such great potential
which it can't achieve unless it is revamped.
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Reviewed by joker from U>K on
11th Jan 2004
i am at the moment only window shopping for this fone cause like
others i cant decide wheter to get x70 or e700, HELP ME! i heard
the camera quality on the x70 is pretty poor so to me thats a bit
of a turn off, does any1 no wat the camera quality is like on the
e700?
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Reviewed by Zoser from UK on
10th Jan 2004
Had the phone for over a month now, very tricky at first but ive
only had nokia before so was pressing the wrong keys without thinking.
Now ive got used to it the functions are all there, and as a phone
it does everything i could ask really. Only being able to have 1
game at a time is an issue especially as the phone has so much storage
space and the camera is pretty useless at lower light levels but
the twighlight mode does help in many cases. txt symbols were an
issue at the start until i found you can press up/down after the
1 key to select symbols which speeds things up no end. great phone,
why does the camera have grains?
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Reviewed by Anya from UK on 7th
Jan 2004
I made such a mistake going for this phone! It looks great but it's
so dull and boring! I got mine last Sunday and this Sunday it's
going back! Don't make the same mistake as i did! I'm going back
to Samsung...maybe the E700?
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Reviewed by linda from uk on
5th Jan 2004
excellent phone but does anyone know where it can be unlocked?????
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Reviewed by Tom from UK on 3rd
Jan 2004
This phone is amazing. I bought it to replace my nokia 8910i as
a needed a phone with a camera. It's 10 times better than the nokia,
and at less than half the price. I can't believe such a good phone
is so cheap and understated. I like everything on the phone, it's
nice to use, looks great and has tons of features. I especially
like the photolight feature (which is great as a torch) and how
the screen on the front of the phone changes colour. The only thing
that doesn't impress me is the bluetooth, it's too basic and is
very difficult to use with my bluetooth headset (although this might
be because it's a nokia headset). Appart from this one point I can't
find anything to complain about. All in all a great phone, and would
recommend it to anyone.
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Reviewed by Jo from Australia on
31st Dec 2003
This phone is great! I've only had it for a few days but I haven't
stopped fiddling with it since i took it home! Quality of the screen
has improved dramatically from previous Panasonic phones, however,
photos taken by the integrated camera is a little dodgey as the
pictures turn out fairly fuzzy. Nevertheless, it is a very good
phone which is definetly worth considering when buying a new phone!
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Reviewed by lillkjl from uk on
31st Dec 2003
is this fone better than the samsung v200? im stuck on which1 2
buy?!do u kno where i can get a cheap x70/v200?i do kinda wont a
good camera fone.
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Reviewed by Dan from England on
30th Dec 2003
I've now had the phone for some time now and its a great looking
phone to own.I think it was a good idea to go smaller than the GD87
however I cant understand how a company can even think about selling
a product without thinking about bringing out accessories for it,
a big shame lets hope it gets sorted very soon!!. As for the phone
it has great easy to use functions which anyone can use, however
I do now after owning three x70s believe that there is a design
fort with the camera, if you activate the camera mode then repeat
to turn the on board light on and off you will find that the display
on the screen will go split screen or your phone will pause and
then switch off, the split screen will not affect the pic you take
but considering we are spending so much money on a phone you would
expect everything to be working ok. I am now at the point where
orange will not exchange my phone but will only send it to technical,
I'm not happy one bit with the after sales service it needs sorting.
So at the end of the day I give the phone 5 stars because I still
like it but as for after sales service I have to be pushed to give
it a 1. If anyone wants to know about the split screen then email
me at dan21375@yahoo.com
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Reviewed by not tellin from not tellin
on 29th Dec 2003
itz excellent in every single way i wish i hadnt traded 4 an ngage
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Reviewed by bob from uk on 29th
Dec 2003
good allround only ever had a nokia and previously Ericson. loved
them for simplicity and style love this phone for its style and
class but it is simple enough for me to use and you get used to
the quirky menu and once you have done most thinkgs you will remember
becasue you have to go through everthing else to do it. oh and the
battery is definately not good enough.. I am not a heavy user and
it runs out every day....bring on a biger battery. good camera and
light comnpensates for most things..
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Reviewed by Gangsta from England on
28th Dec 2003
Wicked Phone. Panasonic Phones are amazing. After Owning the Panasonic
GD87,i thought getting the X70 would be worth it and i wasnt disappointed.
it looks sleek and sexy. ONE TO GET!!!!
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Reviewed by scott from england on
27th Dec 2003
I have had this phone for a week now and feel it is a very good
piece of kit. Only annoying habbit is that after owning nokias and
s.e phones i keep pressing the red phone/power key to erase a letter
when texting and it deleates the whole thing and puts me back to
the menu screen again, but i will get the hang of it. Does anyone
know how to get free ringtones on to this phone, i have a laptop
with Ir on it and can link the phone to it with ease, I read somewhere
that you can download ringtones to yopur pc and then send them to
your phone for free, all the ringtones i've downloaded are too big
to send. Any tips?
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Reviewed by Ian from UK on 23rd
Dec 2003
As everyone can see, the phone itself is beautiful. Overall is good
to use. Has got some really good features, such as multicolour flashing
outer screen, and big bright internal screen. With regards to the
camera - ITS ONLY A PHONE! Not the best quality camera, and I have
been told that there are better, but does its job and you can easily
take good enough pics to send to other phones. Don't bother using
the photolight in the night, try using the 'Twilight' feature instead.
Frames are good too! The only thing that really gets on my nerves
with this phone, is that when you are using the T9 dictionary, and
the phone doesn't know what word you are trying to spell, there
is no way of teaching the phone what the word is, like on Nokia
and Siemens phones. You have to delete it and use normal text input.
Infrared and bluetooth both work well as soon as you learn how.
Loads of storage room on phone for millions of ringtones and pics.
WAP is good as screen is big. The only thing this phone needs is
new software to allow for video capture and playback like Nokia
have developped for the 7650. Any chance, nice people at panasonic??????
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Reviewed by Brandon from UK on
23rd Dec 2003
Not what i expected at all. The cheaper, lower priced, better value
GD87 is almost exactly the same. The differences between the two
models is barely anything. Consider upgrading to this model from
a GD87 very seriously.
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Reviewed by X70 lover from England on
22nd Dec 2003
OH MY GOD!!! Amazin phone, get one, with out it ur nofin!
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Reviewed by Dawn from England on
15th Dec 2003
Love this phone! Small and stylish and the screen is crystal clear
with great colours. I had a few teething problems with the phone
because the manual is rubbish and the menus aren't quite as obvious
as say a Nokia, but I have managed to figure out most things for
myself. I was a bit dissapointed with the photo quality in the dark
despite the camera light they only tend to come out if you're really
close, but it makes a good torch! Daylight photos are really clear.
Another down side is the fact that when you download a new game
it overwrites the previous one, however there are some great games
on Orange open world and if you pay your £4 per month for it you
get loads of play time. The ring volume is great! Nothing wakes
me up in the morning - I nearly jumped out of my skin when the alarm
went off the first time! Whatever you do don't pay outright for
the handset, you can get it free on so many contracts now and it
works out cheaper than the handset alone.
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Reviewed by Kimbo from Uk on
15th Dec 2003
This is a top quality phone. brilliant functionality and very nice
looking. Only let down is the camera quality.
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Reviewed by jum from u.k. on
14th Dec 2003
A great phone, first time user of panasonic interface but found
it very easy to use. Camera seems a bit fuzzy sometimes but besides
that very good. The design looks and feels strong, but the usual
case with flip phones is that they get lose, hope this is not the
same. Had the choice between Samsung E700 but feel like i got the
better choice, did I? looking for reviews to compare. GREAT PHONE.
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Reviewed by Liz from UK on 12th
Dec 2003
Can anyone help. I have a Samsung A100 looking at the panasonic
x70 v Samsung e 700. Panasonic has blue tooth. Can anyone advise
as to which phone I should get. I'm a big fan of Samsung - do I
stay or do I go?? Cheers....
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Reviewed by Nagina from uk on
11th Dec 2003
i've had my x70 for a day now, and i've foun ppl really do love
it, as do i, but on of the main reasons i bought it was because
of the Java enablement, but wots the point if the games cost money,
nad u can only hav 1 at a time? If anyone knows where u can download
java games from, i would be really greatfull. Overall the fone is
really gr8 looking, battery slightly dodgy,and is basically a gr8
package!!
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Reviewed by Bash from England on
10th Dec 2003
This is a superb mobile. I have owned both Samsung and Nokia models
in the past but this is by far the best phone yet. It has a great
feature list snd the size is perfect. My brother has a Panasonic
GD87 and you can really feel the size difference. The only annoying
thing is that you can't tell who's sent you a text message until
you've read it! The Bluetooth is so useful and the screen is razor
sharp. Overall very highly recommended. Buy one!
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Reviewed by Cat from UK on 9th
Dec 2003
I've had my phone for about a week now and have grown to love it!
People are right about it being slightly annoying that you can't
see who has sent you a message straight away(but you can see it
after you've read the message as it's shown underneath the text)
but this is something that i've come to get used to so it's not
a problem anymore. Shortcut keys for texting are fine (press and
hold down the number 1 button and you can select whichever symbol/number
you want) not being able to save your own words is fiddly but just
makes me write properly as it's too much of a hassle going through
the menu's and changing the intput mode for the characters With
the camera, you just have to accept that it's on a phone so will
never be the best quality (but saying that i love it) and the photolight
(have heard people saying it's rubbish) works well for the use it's
intended - i.e. taking pictures in the dark All in all, it has all
the features i need, and many that i know i'll never use but like
having anyway. and is a great phone - versatile too as already it's
been dropped on the floor and hasn't got a scratch on it Would definately
recommend it .. but give it time as there are things that you'll
have to get used to if you've only ever had a nokia Ooh also, love
the screen on the front - colours are brilliant
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Reviewed by Wayne from Nottingham England
on 9th Dec 2003
Nice looking phone fairly easy to use but the phone is let down
in many ways lack of polyphonic ring tones and the soft ware could
be much better,i had this phone on a orange contract sent it back
after 3 days under the 14 day returns policy just found the phone
too boring,Hoping to get a Samsung E700 already tried out a friends
much better mobile than the Panasonic X70 even though its not a
blue tooth phone.
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Reviewed by Sambo from UK on
3rd Dec 2003
Hi, I have only given this phone a 3 at the mo, have only had for
a day and so far so good - however - I have already had to recharge
(admittedly I have bben exploring!) Functionality is great (faster
than T68i) but when receiving MMS or SMS there is no name displayed
- does any one know a way roung this? I'll submit another rewiew
pending trial!...
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Reviewed by Paula S from England on
21st Nov 2003
I've had my Panasonic X70 for a couple of weeks now, and I really
like it! There are a couple of things I am not too cheered about,
like the fact that when you are texting and you want to use commas,
question marks, exclamation marks, etc that you have to fiddle a
little bit with it, rather than just press another key to get the
appropriate menu as you do with other phones, but this is something
I am willing to put up with for the sake of a gorgeous looking phone!
Not happy that I can't seem to get the USB cable yet in order to
d/load pics to or from the phone, but I'll get over it. On the whole,
well pleased!
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Reviewed by Richard Haynes from England
on 20th Nov 2003
This is my first Panasonic after years of Nokia and one Siemens.
This is the best phone I have ever owned. The picture quality isn't
too good but I do have a digital camrea for that. Battery life does
improve after a few charges. The rubber thingy at the end doesn't
fit again easily after it's been removed but that's hardly anything
important. The user interface I am still getting used too but it
is a vast improvement on all things Nokia. The screen is quite brilliant
and the functionality has all I want. I have even recorded my own
voice to use as a ring tone! I paid 80 quid for mine on Orange but
it will be free on contract pretty soon. It was a bargain at 80...
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Reviewed by lacewitch@hotmail.com from
UK on 18th Nov 2003
fantastic phone, the only anoying ything as far as i can see is
you can't get it to display who has sent you a text or atleast i
can't! ( may be that is just me being female and there being technology
involved)any advice? It is even beter now since i manages to cop
mine for £30
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Reviewed by nina scott from denmark
on 17th Nov 2003
ok it is a really good phone, i have not used it but if any ane
can say, how much does this phone cost?
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Reviewed by Tommy from UK on
13th Nov 2003
This phone is wicked! It's the first small good looking phone with
an integrated camera. I haven't wanted one yet because they are
all too massive. but finally one has come out that i can fit into
my pocket instead of a briefcase. Also has everything u want and
all the lastest features, 5 Stars!!!!
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Reviewed by Stevie boi from Scotland
on 12th Nov 2003
This phone is the best phone on the market right now but a little
big on the dear side (at 370). But don't let the price put you off
because if you are lucky then you can get one for 250. You are missing
out on a lot if you don't have one of these. BUY ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Farewell till next time.
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Reviewed by Chris from UK on
12th Nov 2003
I have owned an x70 on the Orange UK network for 5 days and feel
qualified to comment now. Overall it's a pleasing phone - just takes
a bit of getting used to as my previous handsets have been Nokias
and S.E. I like: 1) The overall look and feel of the phone. It's
my first "flip" phone and I love it. 2) The external LCD display
always tells me (when the flip is closed) the time, battery status,
signal and whether any messages have been receieved. (You can choose
between 7 colours of backlight!) 3) Call quality seems crystal clear
and the earpiece volume is LOUD 4) The internal screen is large,
wonderful and clear 5) The ring tones are loud (some of them) and
I have added to them from various websites 6) The Handset Manager
software for the PC allows you to maintain contacts (after some
fiddling I was able to upload all my contacts from MS Outlook),
compose ringtones and upload pictures. It also lets you download
pix, SMS, etc from the phone for storage. You need IR on your PC.
(or the USB lead, that isn't out yet - idon't think [12 Nov]) 7)
I like the usual gimmicks like assigning a photo to a contact so
that when they ring their photo comes up. 8) Infra red transfer
seems OK, but I've not got the hang of Bluetooth yet. 9) Big screen
makes the WAP browser usable. I don't like: 1) The camera. The image
quality is pretty rubbish; it's OK for sending pix to other phones
and for the contacts (see above) but don't expect to take any "proper"
pictures with it. {I think I'll still pack my Kodak instamatic when
I go on holiday}. The "photolight" hardly makes any difference.
If you're buying this phone for the camera - DON'T! 2) Battery life
seems very dodgy - with a modest amount of playing each day I've
already managed to drain the battery 4 times!!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe
it'll improve after a few more recharges 3) The phone comes with
one measly game, which isn't great. Other games to download cost
money, and there's only room for one downloaded game at a time.
Very poor show for a 2003 phone with a great screen to only have
one game. Not sure if it will become possible to get free games
off the web - I wouldn't know how to instal them anyway. In spite
of the above the phone gets 4 stars from me because its good features
are packed into a good looking and nice-to-handle package. (Unlike
the similar-featured T610, IMHO)
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Reviewed by Bhaven from UK on
12th Nov 2003
I THINK THAT THIS PHONE HAS IT ALL! PANASONIC HAVE DONE IT AGAIN.
THE LOOK OF THE PHONE IS REALLY GORGEOUS AND SMALL AND COMPACT.
THE PHOTO LIGHT IS BRILLIANT AS YOU CAN TAKE PHOTOS WHEN YOU'RE
ON A NIGHT OUT. ITS VERY EASY TO USE BUT IT MAY TAKE A WHILE TO
GET USE TO ESPECIALLY AFTER A NOKIA. YOU WILL DEFINATELY STAND OUT
WITH THIS PHONE WITH IT GREAT FEATURES AND RESOLUTION. THE BEST
PHONE OUT RIGHT NOW!!!
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