About a month ago the GPS on my S60 all but stopped working. Never had an issue with it until then, and I didn't change anything that would have called this. But in the last month, my phone is only getting a GPS signal about 10% of the time. I've been limping along like that, as I'm normally just using it for traffic updates, so it hasn't been a big deal... that said, it left me stranded with my family in a not very nice part of town the other day. So that's the final straw. I ordered a different phone to replace this yesterday.
So in my approximate year and a half of usage, here's my feelings towards the phone.
Pros:
-Thermal Camera, if you have a legit need for one. I work in electronics, so I do, and I will be keeping the phone in my tool box for the thermal camera
-Battery life- it's been terrific for me
-Good bright light pictures from the photo camera- the pictures in bright daylight have been terrific
-Decently fast operation... no real issues with it being slow or laggy, internal storage is sufficient
-Good cell reception and call quality- no complaints there
-Physically tough- will take a beating being dropped, etc, with no issues whatsoever. I love it.
Cons:
-Waterproofing- I've seen so many reports of water ingress, I have 0% confidence in this phone's waterproofing, which is sad considering the hype around it
-GPS- just quit working for me, inexplicably
-Wifi reception- has been pretty poor, phone gets warm, and eats battery, during wifi usage, which indicates poor antenna design
-First OTA update broke photo camera low light functionality. Camera was pretty darn good up until that point, and has never recovered with subsequent updates
-Cheap exterior- screen over microphone fell off, plastic cover over charge port fell off
-Buggy software- As documented on this forum, my phone has suffered from wifi locks and wakelocks that I have learned to mitigate, but should have never happened in the first place
Overall, my experience with this phone as been good, but I also didn't pay for the phone, Bullitt Group gave me the phone for free in their sweepstakes early on. I think had I paid the $600 USD asking price, I would have been upset with the overall experience because of the numerous bugs.
So in my approximate year and a half of usage, here's my feelings towards the phone.
Pros:
-Thermal Camera, if you have a legit need for one. I work in electronics, so I do, and I will be keeping the phone in my tool box for the thermal camera
-Battery life- it's been terrific for me
-Good bright light pictures from the photo camera- the pictures in bright daylight have been terrific
-Decently fast operation... no real issues with it being slow or laggy, internal storage is sufficient
-Good cell reception and call quality- no complaints there
-Physically tough- will take a beating being dropped, etc, with no issues whatsoever. I love it.
Cons:
-Waterproofing- I've seen so many reports of water ingress, I have 0% confidence in this phone's waterproofing, which is sad considering the hype around it
-GPS- just quit working for me, inexplicably
-Wifi reception- has been pretty poor, phone gets warm, and eats battery, during wifi usage, which indicates poor antenna design
-First OTA update broke photo camera low light functionality. Camera was pretty darn good up until that point, and has never recovered with subsequent updates
-Cheap exterior- screen over microphone fell off, plastic cover over charge port fell off
-Buggy software- As documented on this forum, my phone has suffered from wifi locks and wakelocks that I have learned to mitigate, but should have never happened in the first place
Overall, my experience with this phone as been good, but I also didn't pay for the phone, Bullitt Group gave me the phone for free in their sweepstakes early on. I think had I paid the $600 USD asking price, I would have been upset with the overall experience because of the numerous bugs.
