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Description: Performance
We tested the quadband (GSM 850/900/1800/1900) Ming in San Francisco using T-Mobile service. Call quality was admirable in most situations; voices sounded natural, and interference and static were almost nonexistent. The volume could be a tad louder, however, as we had some trouble hearing when were in very noisy locations. What's more, the sound level is not displayed on the screen when you're adjusting the volume, which makes it difficult to tell when you've reached the upper limit. At times the sound also cut in and out for a few seconds, but it wasn't enough to be distracting.

On their end, callers said we sounded fine, though they could tell we were using a cell phone. They also had trouble hearing us when we were talking in a loud place, but on the whole our friends didn't report any major problems. The A1200's speakerphone delivered clear conversations on both ends as long as we were relatively close to the phone. The speaker is on the rear face of the phone, but was quite loud. The voice dialing function performed well, too, but we discovered it was easy to press the voice dialing button when handling the phone. Calls using the included wired headset or a Bluetooth headset were satisfactory, as well.

It is unfortunate that the Ming's data speeds top out at pokey GPRS. While 3G support would be most ideal, even EDGE compatibility would be nice. What's more, we noticed the A1200 can be sluggish when performing certain functions. In particular, the camera and the media player took a few seconds to open and there was a noticeable delay when using the handwriting recognition. We also had to wait a bit when toggling between different menus and scrolling through the contacts list.

The Motorola Ming A1200 has a rated battery life of three hours talk time and up to 7.08 days standby time. Those may be low for a GSM phone, but our tests revealed a different result of 8 hours and 30 minutes of talk time. That said, we still wouldn't leave the touch screen on for a long time since it can be a battery drainer. .
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