![]() It gets great reception thanks to that antenna, and it's loud-louder than the speakerphone, even. The FM radio, actually, is the Brick's finest feature. You can only play media off the memory card, though: The Brick doesn't receive any form of picture or multimedia messaging. You can't set ringtones by contact, but you can choose one of five built-in ringtones and message sounds, or use your own MP3s. If you play music on your smartphone, it plays out of the Brick's mono speakerphone, and you can use the handset's keys to fast-forward, pause, or rewind it.Ī microSD card tucked under the battery lets you load up MP3 music to play, JPEGs to view, or MP3-format ringtones. Making calls or sending texts, you can use the '3' key to switch from the Brick's basically useless internal phone book to the address book on your Bluetooth-connected smartphone. I connected it to a T-Mobile Moto X ( at Amazon) (Opens in a new window) and found it blossomed with features. Of course, the Brick doesn't use Bluetooth headsets it *is* a Bluetooth headset. You can actually plug in your "real" phone into the Brick with a USB cable and use the Brick as an extended battery. The Brick itself charges using either full-sized USB or micro USB ports. battery, which is still a lot of talk time. We got 35 hours, 12 minutes of talk time on the larger battery. model, with the smaller battery and no dock, costs $69. Our test unit also came with an attractive white charging dock, which is also part of that UK package. (Opens in a new window) Read Our Just5 J510 (Unlocked) Reviewīinatone sent us a UK unit with a 2,000mAh battery that's specced for 28 hours of talk time and 3 months of standby the standard U.S. Noise cancellation through the microphone is good, but transmissions had some background hiss and lacked depth. It's absolutely fine as a desk speakerphone, though. The speakerphone, which is on the back, isn't quite as powerful as it appears-it's loud enough to use outdoors, but not as thundering as I'd hoped. I found voices on the AT&T network to be very harsh and volume to be uneven. That didn't help it with our particular low-signal test (in a basement), but will probably help it out in the countryside, enhancing its usefulness as a safety phone.įor a voice phone, I'm sorry to say the audio quality isn't great. The Brick has a three-inch-long, stiff antenna sticking out of the top it's unscrewable and can be replaced with even longer antennas, if you want. (The phone is 11 inches by 2 inches by 1.6 inches and half a pound, if you're counting.) The buttons are backlit and rubbery, and the large, plastic body fits well into your hand-just not into any pocket on the face of the Earth. It defaults to showing the time and date, and can display only a few characters at a time you'll have to scroll for any text message, for instance. The phone has a small, inexpensive, 1.77-inch, 160-by-128 TFT LCD with a sadly unalterable, garish UI color scheme. Since 1982, PCMag has tested and rated thousands of products to help you make better buying decisions. How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication.How to Record the Screen on Your Windows PC or Mac.How to Convert YouTube Videos to MP3 Files.How to Save Money on Your Cell Phone Bill.How to Free Up Space on Your iPhone or iPad.How to Block Robotexts and Spam Messages.
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