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'the phone is so terribly slow you'll have plenty of time to ponder what you're going to do next while you wait for a screen refresh.'

'it lacks 3G support.'

'The phone is too frustrating to use.'

'The choice was difficult because other than this recurring problem the T-Mobile Dash (upgraded to Windows Mobile Standard v6) had been a near perfect converged handheld device for me.'

'Speakerphone performance is below par.'

'The Cingular 8125 is available now at a pricey $299.99 with a two-year contract.'

'sticky volume slider controls'

'The hidden QWERTY keyboard was equally disappointing.'

'Bulky device is uncomfortable to hold.'

'The 128 x 128 front screen could have been larger, given the extra real estate available, but even when you're not using the PDA functionality, the 9300 works very well as a phone.'

'Some downsides of the Nokia 9300 include its heft, its awkwardly placed expansion slot, its nontactile, nonbacklit keyboard,'

'The keypad, for one thing, looks like a prototype's keypad more than a grown-up's one: it's not backlight and it feels terrible.'

'programs and files should internal memory prove insufficient.'