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By Asher Moses on 15/09/2006

More reviews , RRP: AU$999.00

The good:

  • Attractive
  • Pleasing battery life
  • Multiple data input options
  • Push e-mail support
  • Full suite of connectivity options

The bad:

  • Sluggish performance when multitasking
  • Camera quality means card recognition feature is useless
  • Phone keypad is less efficient than a QWERTY keyboard
  • No 3G support

The bottomline:

Attractive and well-rounded, the P525 is a highly proficient smartphone for those that aren't intent on performing extensive data entry.

Buying choices:

Editors' rating:

7/10

Users' rating:

7.4/10
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