Should I buy a 7135?

[rneff50]

Must important for me is reliability - meaning, mainly battery life, and no crashes. I have had phones crash several times in the past and that is very annoying and I have heard that this is an issue with the 7135. I have read all the specs and am familiar with the past model 6035.

Let me know what your experiences with this phone are?

[DiverDown]

Well if you don't mind buying a phone that just came out and uses a version of Palm OS an old version of Palm OS. (7135 comes with Palm OS 4, yet OS 5 which is a totally revamped OS has been out for almost a year.)

The phone is also way over priced and its friggin huge.

So you see my opinion on it. But hey my pops had the 6035 and he bought the 7135 just because of all the #'s and business crap he had on his old phone.

[PatP]

I've had a few odd crashes with my 7135, but I attribute those to software problems... Every one I've had has occured while using an old version of an application, and upgrading to current releases of the same apps has fixed all of those problems.

Battery life on the 7135 isn't great. It maxes out at about 2.8 hours talk time for me. It will standby for at least 72 hours, with some talk time left. A second battery is enough to get me through even the most demanding day. A travel charger and/or car charger would do the same.

While the 7135 isn't perfect by a long shot, it is definitely the best approximation of perfect that I've found!

-PatP

[DaPhoneMan]

If you are interested in buying a 7135 for a 25 percent discounts. Reply. I think it's a great phone and it phone get old anytime soon. You will be hanging onto that phone for many years to come.

[GoodmanR]

I would not buy it. It looks gigantic. Wait for Verizon to come out with a Smartphone (even though they arent great either) or get one of the new Treo's (not avalible on verizon, thanks verizon for the good phones)

[AlltelTechIII]

Now for the correct answer.

I've used the 7135 since its come out. The phone works good, but it will hang up if you try to close and open programs too quickly. It is built VERY well and is much smaller than anything that competes with it (Blackberry). Also, it is the perfect size when you consider what you are consolidating (Palm and Cell phone). Remember you are also getting a MP3 player and a 65,000 color display. Plus (like everything else) it has memory expantion and has a built in POP3 server. I love mine, I don't use it as much as I should probably, but non the less its great.

I prefer Windows based PDAs though. Thats where my iPAC comes in handy.

I have experianced about 2 hours of real talk time and around 2 days of real standby.

[CaptainLoose]

I just purchased the 7135 phone after waiting for months...reading these forums, waiting for Sprint's i500 pda, etc. I used the Kyocera QCP 6035 for several years and am hooked on pda/phone combinations. I finally caved in because I do think this phone is dependable and I'm familiar with the software functionality. I've used it a few days...the battery life is the only drawback. I figure nothing's perfect...I'll just get a few extra chargers.

[PhilK]

I've had the 7135 for about three months. It's the best Palm/Cell Phone combination out there right now and it's on the best network in the Northeast. It's not perfect; I have experienced some crashes with third party software installed and the battery life isn't great, probably about two hours of talk time. I wish it were a bit thinner as well. I carry around an extra battery when I know that I will not be near my base/charger and plan to use the phone a lot. I have a sync cradle/charge in both my office and home to charge it as often as possible. The MP3 player is great as is the memory card slot. Overall I give it an A.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]