Kyocera SE47/SE44 Slider Phone

As a company, Kyocera is quickly becoming known stateside as a cellular phone provider that can offer inspired phones that are well made, innovated, and can take a great deal of abuse g to them by the average person. Unlike some of the other cellular phone companies that have become somewhat complacent in their phone designs, Kyocera is continuously trying to find the latest thing that any person could want in a phone. A great example of a phone that meets these requirements is the Kyocera SE47/SE44 series and the MTV V5 Slider phone.

Overall Design of the SE44/SE47 Phone Series

One of the features of the SE47 series of phones that makes it extremely popular is its relatively unique sliding design. This design allows for the protective abilities of a flip phone, along with the slim nature of an open faced phone. Closed, this phone has dimensions measuring 88.4 mm x 48 mm x 22.8 mm. When it is open, the phone size extends to a 121.9 mm x 48 mm x 22.8 mm. It weighs a relatively light 96.10 grams, and its slim size makes it a relatively easy phone to handle.

The overall construction of the phone lends to its ability to be easily stored in several of places, including a purse, a pocket, even clipped to your belt. Although the diminutive size indicates fragility, it was shown to be surprisingly durable, even withstanding quite a few unintentional drops when used by average users. The outer casing consists of a hard protective plastic. The tracks that allow the cover to slide up and down appear to be well made, and allow for repeated openings over a prolonged period of time.

The SE47/SE44 also offers a rich display, providing 65,000 colors and BREW 2.0 technology for downloading games and ring tones. It also comes ready with a number of popular built in ringers, and speakerphone capabilities. It has a maximum talk time of up to four hours, but tests have indicated that it lasts for slightly less time with normal use. Cellular use providers that can offer this phone include Qwest Wireless and Virgin Mobile.

Additional Features

The SE47/SE44 phone series provided by Kyocera provides the user with a number of standard features that have almost become essential for any person used to the chaotic and vibrant world we live in. Standard features include polyphonic (MIDI) ringers, an alarm clock that can easily wake the dead, a calculator, a countdown timer, and predictive text input that makes finding those contacts much quicker and easier. It also features a headset jack for when hands free technology is a must, such as when driving in traffic. The programmable speed dialing allows the user to make the connection to those important business contacts that much easier.

In addition to these standard features, the SE47/SE44 also offers easy to use 2 way text messaging, email, and a GPS locator. Although not initially found on the phone, there are a number of other features that are easily added. These include enhanced messaging service, data transfer capabilities, and TTY/TDD capabilities. With the BREW 2.0 platform that is standard and the ability to connect to a personal computer makes downloading favorite games and ring tones a snap. In addition, if a provider gives the option, this phone can easily access the World Wide Web.

Overall Performance

The SE47/SE44 series of phones offers both CDMA and analog capabilities, which means that its ability to make a connection with the network is pretty much a sure thing. Under standard CDMA, the talk time is indicated to be about 4 hours, and the talk time available under the analog system is jut under one hour. Standby time for CDMA is a maximum of 180 hours, or 120 hours if the SE47 comes equipped with push to talk technology.

Customers who purchased the Kyocera SE47 phone indicated that they were very satisfied with their purchase, and would definitely purchase Kyocera for their next phone. The majority reported the voice and sound quality as superior to most other phones that they had used. They also enjoyed the innovative sliding design, even mentioning that the phone reminded them of something out of the Matrix movie trilogy. In addition, the standard 1100 mAh lithium long live battery allowed for the very respectable talk times mentioned above. Quite a few people indicated that the overall unique design of the phone gave a feeling of novelty that never quite worn off.

Another popular version of the slider phone brought to the masses by Kyocera was highlighted by the popular music video channel of MTV. Introduced as the MTV Slider V5, this special edition of the slider phone offers the versatility of a pay as you go plan, like the ones offered by Virgin Mobile, USA. This MTV branded phone not only offered the innovative sliding design, and the same visually engaging interface, it also offered a suite of content from MTV. In addition, a number of features geared specifically to the youth including updates on their favorite shows, music videos, and the latest downloadable songs.

The phone comes, of course with the standard accessories of a car charger, a home charger, and a hands free microphone and ear piece is easily obtainable. Other popular accessories for the SE47/SE44 slider phone include a holster that can easily clip to your belt or purse to allow you to access your phone quickly an easily. In addition, a portable hands-free car kit is available for those long commutes to the office. The kit can provide clear two way conversations, and include a remote mounting clip along with a swivel socket. This allows for easy mounting in just about any car on the road today.

If you're looking for a phone that offers both great sound quality, and a unique design, a serious look at the Kyocera SE47/SE44 phone series. This slider phone offers the sleek look of an open face phone, as well as the protection of a flip phone.