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Mitsubishi 342i mobile phone review
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 Mitsubishi 342i is announced in 2004
Design
The latter quickly became immensely popular and also the manufacturer's flagship, but with the advent of the 342i, Mitsubishi has finally entrenched itself as an important player in the market for experienced users, the Mitsubishi 342i is slender and not very compact handset at 106 x 47 x 18 mm and 104 grams. A perfectly adequate 65,000-color display is bright and crisp, and is a far step above the dim 4096-color versions on even the most recent Mitsubishi models.The display resolution 128 x 160 pixel ideal for small and smart phone.
The left side of the unit holds a spacious volume rocker, while on the other side we find a dedicated camera button.There is nice LEDs which notify users of new messages, active network and missed calls. This is not common for all Mitsubishi handsets and is not necessary to pick up and activate the device to see whether any alerts are waiting.
Ergonomics
The 342i is comfortable to hold and lies well in ones hand.While the big display a numerical keypad placed on a small space offers appropriately-spaced keys and are not pleasantly comfortable in use.Sporting a simple and user friendly menu in style with other recent Mitsubishi handsets.The plastic keypad has good placed keys, with the shrunken center keys for no apparent reason, make the phone harder to dial than necessary.Unfortunately, the keypad of the Mitsubishi 342i emits excess noise, but on the bright side its keys have been comfortably spaced and sized. We're not entirely happy with the design of the navigational pad and its adjacent buttons, however, as distinguishing between these less easy than it ought to be.And last,but not least, a five-way navigation buttons centered below the display.
Features
Dual band 900/1800 MHz connectivity isn't all the Mitsubishi 342i has to offer: there's also support for GPRS, SMS, and a range of applications such as WAP , Java MIDP 2.0, a voice recorder, FAX/Modem, all of which laptop and handheld users will be pleased to learn is a breeze to utilize either by means of infrared old wireless device,GPRS support is the fastest way to download files with your mobile, and spacious phone book.
As previously mentioned, the 342i is also equipped with a 0.3 megapixel camera support for picture-taking and when it comes to storage the 342i offers 5 MB which is dynamically shared between images and J2ME applications.
Performance
Audio quality on the 342i was crystal clear, and signal quality was good. The removable 700 mAh Li-ion battery is rated for 4 hours talk time or 150 hours standby, which is quite low given the battery's theoretical capacity. Charge time is about 105 minutes.
Availability
The Mitsubishi 342i is now available throughout Europe in some language version.
Conclusion
Mitsubishi 342i is a beautiful phone to hold and use, and it's quickly won our hearts. The typical Mitsubishi design flair is present in abundance, with all the requisite consumer features to back it up.But love doesn't notice such little flaws. |
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