UTStarcom Quickfire

The UTStarcom Quickfire is an attractive, sleek looking cell phone that has a bar with slide keyboard. The large QVGA display covers over top of the full QWERTY keyboard. This type of keyboard is particularly good for someone who loves e-mailing, texting and instant messaging people on a regular basis.

The UTStarcom Quickfire has GSM technology and supports data that is EDGE, 3G, GPRS and HSDPA. The antenna is internal. The phone is a smartphone and has side keys on it. The battery is Lithium ion with a talk time of three hours and standby time of 12.5 days.

Some of the key features of the Quickfire include a touchscreen, a 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth wireless technology, a speakerphone, a MP3 player, GPS and a microSD slot.

Pros

Bluetooth (2.0 with A2DP)
Video capture and sharing
Full QWERTY keyboard
TFT display
GPS navigation
Java applications
USB port
Web browser
Alarm, calculator, calendar, to-do list, voice recorder
Photo caller ID, ringer ID
Voice dialing

Cons

Lacks some of the features of phones in its category, like an infrared port, FM radio, ringer profiles, push-to-talk feature and Wi-Fi.

Overall

The UTStarcom Quickfire is more than just a fancy name. The large QVGA display is definitely a selling point worth noting. No cell phone can have everything but the Quickfire has more going for it than it has going against it. It is a phone worth becoming acquainted with. If you need Wi-Fi however, then you will have to keep looking, otherwise give this phone a try.

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