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Summary: Slow, annoying, fragile, heavy, and bulky...
Review: 1.) Slow - If you want to check your missed calls list, this phone feels compelled to inform you whether or not there are any new calls in the list...it does this for about 20 seconds. Of course, it will take you half a second to read the message...and you probably don't care about what it says.
2.) Annoying - Ever had anyone scream in your ear? That's a sensation I get from this phone on a regular basis. It has the nice ability to attach a voice tag to a phone number...a useful feature...when it works. About 80% of the time, it recognizes the number I ask for, the other 20% it lets me know that it doesn't understand...by screeching (next to my head). Want to know what that feels like with your phone? Turn the ringer up to the highest setting, hold the phone next to your ear, call your phone. Not pleasant.
Add to this the fact that when you're searching one of the numerous menus on the phone (menus that have at least 5 items in them), the menu system uses up a whole screen to display one line of text. It has three lines available to it...but it uses one. What's next? What did you just pass? Go back and look, can't find out another way!
3.) Fragile - My phone is cracked. Why you ask? Because I took off the battery cover. Why did you take off the battery cover you ask? Because I wanted to write this review and that was the only way to find out the model number.
4.) Heavy - Speaks for itself...the phone weighs way too much.
5.) Bulky - Again, like heavy, speaks for itself.
My recommendation: buy a better phone. This one will only make you cry at night.
Rating: 
Summary: Nokia quality
Review: Before buying this phone, i had some doubts. It's not a cool gadget like most of the Sanyo and Samsung phones are, but on the other hand, those other phones are much more expensive and they don't provide really 'must-have' features.
After buying this phone i can say now that it was a great choice. This Nokia phone easily beats Sanyo 8100 and the Samsung phone i had before, in all departments. While the 8100 looks like a tech wonder, the 3588 does the job a cell phone should do. Clearer calls (even though, the displayed signal looks weaker than on 8100! very weird), very good sound quality, very intuitive menu and a clean color display.
In terms of goodies, the 3588 comes with 3 games (only one really worth playing), polyphonic rings (some really good ones) and a couple wallpapers.
Overall, if all you need is a great cell phone, i strongly recommend this one. It may not be the hottest toy out there, but it is one of the best phones Sprint has.
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Summary: A GIRL'S PHONE
Review: Bought the phone a few months ago after my beloved Motorola Timeport died. It was the only decent phone that Sprint offered (don't need photo, web, etc,). I've used the phone daily in most areas of the continental U.S., and it has worked flawlessly. I don't like the way the side panels of the phone light up when functions are performed (namely, when the phone rings). That is more of a kid's feature, and there is no way to disable the panels from lighting. I knew that when I bought it, but I thought "so what?" As such, I swapped the Nokia with my daughter, who LOVES the Nokia, for her Sprint LG-LX5350. It's a flip phone (which I like), and so far, so good. The Nokia is not your dad's phone. (The rating is courtesy of my daughter; I'd give it a "4.")
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Summary: Wanna cool Nokia? You have it here!
Review: Cool. Cheap. Color: 3 words that describe the Nokia 3588 perfectly.I mean, what more DO you want? This beauty's got classic, sleek looks that jerks you a little about a Nokia 3310's looks. The 3588 also has some amazing ringtones. And I own a cellphone shop, so I have the experience. I RATE THIS THE 5TH BEST PHONE THAT I'VE EVER COME ACROSS IN MY STORE. Do you need more prompting to buy this, pal? Well, then here it comes!: The Nokia 3599 includes an alarm clock, calendar, voice recorder, calculator and stopwatch .
And trust me, its good value for money if you're on a tight budget. And oh, if you're thinking of getting this for a teenager, you've come to the right phone; they'll go crazy after its looks AND its color LCD (which happens to be a little oversize).
If this phone's goin' for an adult, you've hit da soda pop again, you lucky person! NOW are ya convinced that this mobile's REAL! (it is).
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Summary: Text Messaging Doesn't Work
Review: Due to a software issue between Nokia and Sprint this phone's text messaging capabilities don't work with Sprint's system and won't until a software patch comes out "some time in the next few months". You will have to spend at least 1 hour with Sprint's award winning customer service team to find someone who will admit this to you. The problem is that Nokia designed their phones so that incoming messages are retrieved quickly and then viewed "offline" the way most providers work. Sprint, however, likes to have people hook up to their server first and then stay connected, burning minutes while they check their inbox, compose a reply and wait for the Sprint server to respond so they can send it out. Innovation in money-making at its finest.
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Summary: Text Messaging Doesn't Work
Review: Due to a software issue between Nokia and Sprint this phone's text messaging capabilities don't work with Sprint's system and won't until a software patch comes out "some time in the next few months". You will have to spend at least 1 hour with Sprint's award winning customer service team to find someone who will admit this to you. The problem is that Nokia designed their phones so that incoming messages are retrieved quickly and then viewed "offline" the way most providers work. Sprint, however, likes to have people hook up to their server first and then stay connected, burning minutes while they check their inbox, compose a reply and wait for the Sprint server to respond so they can send it out. Innovation in money-making at its finest.
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Summary: Handy but poor voice quality
Review: Got this at the (non-Amazon) Sprint store to replace my pre-historic Sony-Qualcomm CM-600 "dogbone" which was falling apart. The Nokia has a bright screen and easy-to-read large fonts -- unlike almost every other phone available from Sprint -- that make it usable for the older/visually impaired user. The phone is small and light, and while features require a number of different button and nav selections, it's no worse than most. However, the voice quality, per the Consumer Reports eval, is below par. I frequently have to use it with a earpiece/headset combo to be understood.
Rating:
Summary: Great Phone
Review: I am in love with this phone. I got it a few days ago and it is perfect. It is small and gets service everywhere. I am pretty young so i don't need web-browsing capabilitys which are not offered on this phone. But I still love it.
Rating:
Summary: Worth paying more for something else.
Review: I bought this phone about a year ago and have been using it ever since, on the Sprint PCS network, to replace an old TP2100. The first time I bought it, the phone was defective, so I had to get it replaced after a few days. I liked the phone okay at first, but I really wish I can go back in time and buy a better phone.
Several issues:
*mediocre reception.
*rather bulky and unattractive.
*cheap feel, cheaply made, cheap materials.
*screen not easily visible in bright sunlight.
*battery life marginal.
I will go into a little detail about a few things. I get okay reception on this phone. It is NOT GOOD reception. The phone will work in areas where there is a good signal, but in areas with a marginal signal, such as my apartment, the phone will drop calls left and right, and fade in and out about 5 seconds of every minute (this is outside, so interference from the building is not the cause). In my residence, I use my husband's Sanyo, as it gets an excellent signal, and doesn't drop nearly as many calls. I have had Sprint check out the phone, and they say it is working correctly. I can only assume it is the poor quality of the phone that is to blame.
The phone is quite big for what I would expect from a modern phone, with no camera. In a small purse, it takes up a lot of room. What is more important is that the phone is cheaply made, and has a cheap feel to it. It's made out of rather flimsy plastic. I dropped the phone once onto concrete from about 3 feet up, and the antenna head got a crack in it and a corner of the phone got serious scratches. Also, the screen can be difficult to read in bright sunlight, but it's quite bright otherwise.
As far as battery life goes, it's not that great. I've gone to bed with the battery half full and have woken up to a dead phone. I believe the poor reception in my immediate area is to blame, as the phone searches for a signal and that takes battery time. Talk time is decent.
Pros:
*LOUD ringer
*lots of features, but I rarely use them.
Rating:
Summary: AVOID THIS PHONE - NOT EVEN IF THEY GIVE IT AWAY
Review: I bought two of these phones to use with Sprint PCS. My wife's phone locked up (GPS failure) after only two months of use. After an hour of arguing at the store it was reluctantly replaced. My phone now has the same failure after only six months of use. I'm switching to another company's phone next week and will never use a Nokia product again.
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