I went to Mal Ciputra, the queue is quite long, however I don't need to stand in there, they only require an ID card, or a copy.. Since I have a copy of my ID card (KTP), I decide to queue in, and take a walk around, therefore, just in case I'm not in the mood I could just walk away. I gave them my ID, around 16.00. After some walking, one tea cup and one Rotiboy bun, I decide to go back and see, how much progress the queue. It turned out it almost my turn, so I decide to wait a little longer.
In the meantime I review the options. They're offering ZTE C321, Nexian FP333, Nexian FP303. After some blind guessing, I set my heart on Nexian, because from the flyer I've got the hint that it offer more feature such as speakerphone, scheduler, speed dialing and less gimmick. Next between FP333 and FP303, apparently FP303 is the later model, with some chrome finish to it. however my final call goes to FP333, because it's all black (yeah, silly but later I relieved with this decision).
Since the phone needs to be charged 6 hours before use, I just start to fiddle with it today. I re-examine the phone, and to my delight it use standard USB port (I think this should be standard feature for all devices) for power charger. After some research on the internet, it could also be used regular usb data cable to connect to computer. Yay. I also manage to peek on the other options (ZTE C321 and Nexian FP303) and find so little information, that's why I'm relieved that I decide to pick this model.
Further browsing to this site: http://www.mobile-files.com/forum/showthread.php?t=71104 reveal that it could be unlocked to be used with other Operator, however this is not what I want. Further research leads to http://ariefcz.blogspot.com/2008/08/adikku-dhiny-beli-handphone-flexi.html. This particular Blog has comments from Slam & Chandra that hinted that it could be used as a modem. Well, that's sounds good, since I didn't expect such feature on a phone in this price range.Unfortunatelly I haven't found the correct configuration to run under Ubuntu. I will try it some other times.
Next, the built in feature, I tried the speakerphone, it's not loud, but quite decent. It only include one game, Kong Ming which confusing, I think it's wei qi, but it's not. From the name, it must be a strategy games, however I still haven't figure it out how to play this game.
This phone also include some ring tones and wallpaper that's purely Telkom's advertisement. When you turn it on, Flexi's advertorial tone is heard. 5 of the 10 built-in wallpaper is Telkom Flexi themed, one Nexian, therfore only 4 universal wallpaper. This phone also support two language, English and Indonesian (i switched it to english now, since it's easier for me), to my surprise it also include an airplane mode (I haven't figure this out why they include this mode, tho but it still a nice addition).
The organiser function is quite nice, the contact could support vcard, up to 500 contact, with 3 phone numbers, address, email, website URL and notes. Scheduler, alarm clock, stop watch, world clock, tip calculator, calculator are pretty basic. I like the calculator function, because it's easy to use with guidance to utilise keypad to input arithmetical symbol.
Texting with this device is so so, the keypad is made of rubber and rather hard to press, the phone itself is rather slow to react. On the plus side, it seems they adopt nokia's configuration (0 as a space).
In conclusion, Nexian FP333 is somewhere below your average mobile phone, but above your regular landline phone. However, because it's price is hard to beat (IDR 165.000) therefore, it's also hard to complain. I think FP333 will never be an entertainment device or a fun organisational tool but it will be a decent communication device.
Bellow are the specs as I grab from a flyer:
- CDMA 2000 1X 800 MHz
- RUIM Card
- 65K Colour Screen
- 12 MIDI Ring tone
- Phone Book
- Speed Dialing, SMS
- Speaker Phone
- Navigation button
- Schedule, Calculator, Alarm
- Languages: Indonesian - English
- Colour : Hitam
- 12 Months Warranty
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