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One cousin was even crazy about the ability of the phone to receive the local FM radio transmission in Africa.So then for the L6i to be described as an "International Version", was proved right when my folks got their phone working. And they made a call from it to me here in the US. Hahahaaaaaa.For People traveling outside the US and for those who are here on a short visit if you are looking for gifts for friends and family I strongly recommend this low-priced phone with camera, internet, organizer, SD slot, and FM Radio. I ordered and received two of these from Amazon and shipped them to my folks in Africa. Please buy one or more today. Amazing isn't it.
I bought some for my friends and they are in use right now. For use outside the United States especially in Africa, one always needs a quad band unlocked cell phone like this one. They received them with joy and they jumped into jubilation when they put in their sim card and it started working at once without ant hitch like decoding or anything like that. However for use in the US please go for the ordinary L6 without the 'i'.
Sometimes, it goes into "emergency call" only mode because it can't pickup my provider (AT&T) which I usually have great signal in my area. But it is very much a "made in China" phone,m so the quality seems a little poor. I think this is a great phone. It's pretty neat. But the only that I couldn't stand was the poor reception it has.
Amazon's description is not accurate, so if you need a quad band phone beware of this phone. You might be better off getting a US version instead. If it had 850 band, it would have worked. The network in upstate NY switches from 3G to EDGE. This international version does not work everywhere I need it to work. The phone description says it is a quad band phone, but the one I received was tri-band (900/1800/1900). I have AT&T service (3G) and it works in NYC, where I work, but it did not work in upstate NY. The phone itself is a decent phone, but if doesn't work, it doesn't matter.
It has a lot of problems with reception; I have a contract with ATT and broke my phone, this phone was a replacement for the old one. Plus the reception fades in and out. This isn't the best phone in the world but it will do. The problem, however, is that this phone does not get reception where my old phone used to.
Will try to return the phone. But still it would store "names" in the address book in Chinese language only. The keyboard, and the default language is chinese. After spending a long time, I was able to find out how to change the language to English. They should have warned the customers about this issue.
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