Comments on: Reader question – “Is the S2 Skype Phone by 3 actually any good?”

By: Graham

Graham — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:38:57 +0000

Good robust phone, i have been using mine for about a year and not trashed itunlike most other phones i have had!

The bad points as mentioned above are poor battery life and the very occassional switching itself off? (very unpredictable the switching off, no warning, you just go to check it and it is off – loads of power left but off! – maybe once a a month)

Skype works great as does messenger – much better than my previous Nokia N80.

Overall I’d say this phone is good and very good value.

By: robert

robert — Wed, 13 May 2009 08:55:11 +0000

I have this phone and have to agree on quite a few points heree, firstly the bad stuff – It does heat up quite a bit when using the phone, but nowhere near enough to burn you lol. The battery will barely last a full day, you will need to charge every night. My samsung with 1 bar left of battery will last longer than this thing fully charged. it also just turns itself on and off sometimes, but only sometimes.

The good stuff – It is a good all round phone, 3.2 mp camera, mp3, blue tooth, micro sd, etc…
the skype works great! every thing on here is well advertsed. the price plans are cheap, the internet works fine, gmail has a problem with the app on here, but you can get around that by downloading an older version of it (straight from the phone, I download lots of stuff on it,mp3’s, apps, etc, it works fine) And it is cheap.

I would recommend it for a great cheap phone, but dont get suprised by the hiccups.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:24:56 +0000

agree with comments on battery, it is very poor.
To use Skype it is great,
to use as a mobile phone it is great (call or text).
Facebook works
to get email – impossible (3g keep tell me it is coming yet they charge me)
does not work on google maps as promised by the salesman
the ear piece for hands free does not work
Internet is intermittent.
Overall I am very disappointed as I specifically wanted a phone with Skype & Email, with email being the key. I will be looking for a new phone & provider when my 6 months is up!

By: Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:47:31 +0000

The phone heats up a lot when using Skype.
The battery runs down very fast even if not talking on Skype (e.g. 1.5 days with only one 30 minute conversation on Skype during that time).
There is no spanish dictionary included.
You cannot keep Skype chat text input off T9, it always reverts back. This annoys me.

All in all:
Concept: 9/10
Value: 7/10
Durability: 4/10
Ease of use: 5/10

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:27:53 +0000

Have had this phone since September and agree with the review its a great phone only issue is the battery due to the connection to skype it only lasts around 24 hours. otherwise a great low cost mobile.

By: fui

fui — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:27:01 +0000

please explain what kind of trouble you have had with this phone. it’s not fair to leave a comment like this. it’s not constructive.

By: martin

martin — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:04:56 +0000

I got two and have had nothing but trouble, don’t waste your money