ASUS P527 Review

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Obi-Wan

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So i got my P527 on monday-spl thanks to predatorvj :ohyeah:

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Here's a short review-

Disclaimer-First phone review.so if i skip something... :)

The Package-
The phone comes in a neat package with a lot of accessories-the best being a phone cover.
The phone + stylus
A cover
AC Charger And Car Charger
Data Cable
MicroSD Card (1GB) with its adapter
Handsfree (wired)
Manual And CD
Car holder-vey good build quality

The Phone
Its a good looking phone with nice keypad.the buttons have a great feel.The joystick is above average
Right side has a slot for mem card (without any cover/lid) , camera button,reset button and a hold switch-which is awesome.
Its a sturdy phone with no squeaky sounds.
The 65k color screen has decent contrast and nice color reproduction and its touch recognition is great.

Sound Department
Sound quality of the loudspeaker is the same as Sony's P910i-good and headphones' sound is fairly good.windows media player has no eq so its better to use 3rd party softwares.Supports MP3,WMA,AAC formats

Camera
Its 2 megapixel autofocus camera @ 1600*1200 max resolution.i found it way better than N70 indoors.
Pics will be up soon
Video quality is not so good but works pretty good for a 2mp cam.

Battery
First day heavy usage got the battery to zero within a day.But with normal usage it lasts for about 2 days.
Standby time ~200hrs acc to manufacturer

Performance
200mhz TI proccy and 64mb ram do no good for multitasking.But for those who can live without it-it is good enough.i never found it lag in navigation
or hang

Connectivity
USB 1.1 is slow :)
So its better to use a mem card reader for most works except for syncs.
WiFi and bluetooth
No 3G
GPRS Class 10
IR
GPS
Interface-Regular WM6 , besides that ASUS launcher gives it a Symbian style navigation.

Conclusion-The Asus P527 is a decent phone with good looks and navigation with a price tag of 15k which makes it a nice buy for someone looking for a PDA.The only thing ASUS should have done is to feature more ram and USB 2.0
 
Good effort. You forgot to mention about the GPS part of the phone.
Phone is now retailing for around 15k only.

The Package also contains a car mobile holder (which is of really good quality, not the cheap type one), you have not added it in your list :P.
Budle also comes with satguide one india map with destinator application.
 
yes...edited a lttle.but i dont have GPRS so cant use those map features.if u can,i'll be happy to put those there.
also when i bought my first one it was 17990-about 2 months back
 
nish_higher said:
yes...edited a lttle.but i dont have GPRS so cant use those map features.if u can,i'll be happy to put those there.
also when i bought my first one it was 17990-about 2 months back
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You dont need GPRS to use the GPS. Just install the application (destinator) came in your micro SD card and start it. Make sure that you are not sitting inside a room while using the GPS. (GPS is inbuilt in P527).

From last week of June, this phone is selling for 15k in indiaplaza.
 
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gmano said:
You dont need GPRS to use the GPS. Just install the application (destinator) came in your micro SD card and start it. Make sure that you are not sitting inside a room while using the GPS. (GPS is inbuilt in P527).

From last week of June, this phone is selling for 15k in indiaplaza.
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ahh.didnt know that - i mean the gps part..will do that
i did feel that it was a bit overpriced at that time - the p750 was 27990 (not available).these were chandigarh's rates
 
nish_higher said:
ok just found GPS signal to be too low..i think its due to me living im ambala :)
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It could be because you're sitting inside your room / work place at home / office in Ambala :P

GPS needs open sky to get connected. It will not work when you're inside a room :)
 
no gps phones working in my area..i tried in street,on teh roof but all phones give same result-GPS Signal too low.
 
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