Kyocera KX1-SOHO Cell Phone User Reviews

Pros: Nice size, easy to use

Cons: Not durable at all, speaker-phone is not very loud and it is hard for the other people to hear you

Summary: Over-all this is an easy phone to use if you don't like more high-tech phones. The battery dosen't last very long after about the first month and it is VERY easy to break. The outer LCD screen is easy to shatter and the inside screen is delayed when it opens.

Pros: It has the speakerphone option that I like and it's a smaller phone

Cons: It doesn't let me know when I've missed a call, the hinges are not good on it

Summary: It's not a phone you would want to use a lot. My next phone will not be on like this one.

Pros: I have had this phone for about a year and it does everything I want it to. I don't need all the gadgets and tones. Just a good working cell phone.

Cons: I do wish it picked up a better range. And that the company had a broader range for service but right now it works fine.

Summary: I would buy this phone again. It would be great for a child also. You can find covers for it on EBay all day long. It also stays charged for a very good time too.

Pros: the graphics are really good for the caller IDs, and I enjoy the ringtone selection.

Cons: buttons are too small and there are not enough ringtones.

Summary: Overall, the KX1 SOHO is a good phone. Except for the small buttons, the features include customizable menus, caller ID graphics, and the ability to make phone numbers unavailable to other users of the phone.

Pros: This phone has a speaker phone and voice dialing.

Cons: Music tones do not sound good on this phone

Summary: This is a cute litte phone that is great for emergencies and hands free dialing. You may not be able to use the voice setting unless you train the phone. It does not play true tone ringers very well. The sound is not great. I don't care for the button on the side either. It usually makes the phone go into instant vibrate only mode. It is thin and fits into your pocket. The buttons are big enough that they are not hard to navigate. You need to buy the connectivity kit in order to download data to your phone.

Pros: Comes with a large selection of satasfactory ring tones. Contains a large amount of memory storage space. And has bright lighting features.

Cons: Reception gives you negative feedback. Signal bars at a normal low. Batery runs down and goes dead within at least 1 month of use. Sound fuzzes, and has a scrachy tone... NOT clear! Phone is NOT durable towards anything.

Summary: I would suggest this phone for someone who would only use it for emergency purposes. If you are seeking a cell phone for regular use, I would not sugguest you purchace this one.

Pros: Small and light and mine came with a great belt clip. Menus are straight forward and easy to use. LCD on outside of phone shows reception, time and date, battery status and caller ID, can change from ring to vibrate without accessing menu or opening the flip, voice dialing works well, it has a calander and planner and voice memo function and alarm clock and the internet stuff. Reception and clarity are as good or better than the Nokia phones we had before.

Cons: No camera if that matters to you. Speakerphone function is not great, speaker is not loud enough for me to hear well in my truck. Battery life could be better, we plan to upgrade from the standard batteries.

Summary: Lots of features and performance for a "free" phone.

Pros: The smallest Tri-mode phone with external LCD, Verizon currently offers. Well chosen feature set.

Cons: Chopped & garbled sound, limited phone book capacity, sticking out antenna.

Summary: At first KX1v SoHo seemed like a solid compact basic tri mode phone, but when phone arrived and I started using it, I realized that the sound quality on this one was the worst I've ever heard. The phone is made in Mexico by former Qualcomm Wireless division acquired by Kyocera in 2001.
I am using cell phones for many years and I had quite a few of them (including Qualcomm phones) and the KX1V's sound quality is the worst I've ever experienced. While people can hear me fine (though the voice sounds like I am talking from a tunnel) I can barely recognize my friends' voices on my end. Voices sound as if they were coming out of a tin can and often sound gets chopped or garbled. And all this when the phone shows excellent signal strength.
It's not a defective phone. I've got four KX1v SoHo phones for my family plan, the phones are used in different cities and all of them have the same problem or should I say a design flaw.
It's not the phone's speaker problem either since the sound quality doesn't improve when I am using a pretty high end headset with it.
While the phone looks small, it's pretty thick which makes it quite difficult to keep in your pocket, also its antenna sticks far out and may get caught in something and break.
It's pretty narrow and it can probably explain it's tiny navigation buttons.
I think it's pointless to discuss the phones extra features when it cannot perform basic operation the phones are made for, but I'd give it one star for the tip calculator.

Pros: Very small, excellent voice quality, logical menus & setup, voice control works perfectly, very good reception.

Cons: Buttons a bit tiny, not for those who want tons of visual/aural features.

Summary: If you just want a small, easy to setup and use phone with good sound quality...this is it. Will do basic messaging, even web browsing, but if ringtones/wallpaper and downloadable options are your thing...look elsewhere.