Introduction, packaging
Airis T482… where should I begin? I have received quite a lot of emails regarding the handset in the last couple of days, as we’re talking about a device that we know from pictures, has a nice design and looks quite smart. To tell the truth after having a quick look at the specs I too have been excited, but I was again disappointed after some more in-depth analysis.
Last year I have thought about T620 that not many people know the name Airis in this region. This statement is not very true now, as the manufacturer’s cheap PDAs have invaded the market, and so the brand has been associated with the adjective “cheap”. That’s why most people have such an attitude towards T482, and they won’t be disappointed when looking at the price tag, which is around €330 EUR. Anyhow, before we go running happily to the store to buy it, we should sit down and think a little bit about what do we want to get for this money. It’s sure that two years ago we couldn’t get anything, at least not a phone-PDA with GPS and WiFi. Today, however, the situation is different: here’s LG KS20 for example, which has a quite unstable price, about €285-€330 EUR, which although doesn’t have GPS, but it supersedes any Airis device from any other aspect. If we don’t want to got that far in terms of features, then we can take a look at E-TEN X500+, which can be used for navigation, has a VGA display and costs exactly as much as T482. What’s the point to this? That Airis has to show something else besides its price-tag.
The sample device, provided by GPS-Trade Kft. came in a pretty large box, that seemed quite demanding at first. There would be no problems with the yellow-blue colors, but the picture on the cover is not that unique: it shows three youngsters looking amazed at a fourth one with a cell phone in his hand (which looks very much like a Nokia to me). Of course, Airis is cheap, but taste is not a matter of money. The large size of the box is unjustified, as T482 comes only with a headset that looks like a rubber hammer, a miniUSB cable and a charger. Oh yeah, and a Memorex CD, in paper case, with a sticker on it that reads: Airis T482 PDA Phone user. Impressive, isn’t it?
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