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| Kyocera Marbl Prepaid Phone (Virgin Mobile) | 
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| Brand: Kyocera
Category: Wireless
List Price: $99.99
Buy New: $29.99
You Save: $70.00 (70%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 7053
Color: White
Media: Wireless Phone
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
Model: MARBL
UPC: 836182001272
ASIN: B000P1QP8K
Release Date: April 2, 2007
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
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 Battery kills this phone June 25, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I love Virgin's pricing and gladly canceled my Cingular/AT&T account when it was due for renewal. I opted for the Marbl based on what I thought were complete reviews. Somehow I missed the many, many complaints about battery life. It is awful. The phone will not stay charged for more than 24 hours, even when it's not in use. Other than that it's a nice, basic phone. But I can't live with that short a battery life so I'll use up my minutes and toss the phone. I'll switch to another carrier because I won't be wasting money on a Kyocera phone again.
Battery Stinks June 16, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I guess I should have read some reviews before purchasing this phone...
As others have said, the battery life is terrible. I thought I was getting a good deal at $20 but this is another case of you get what you pay for.
Don't buy this phone June 1, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I first bought this phone and used it and charged it. The battery life lasted 1 day and then tanked. I didn't use the phone for calls and it was on standby. I had Virgin mobile replace that phone. The second phone I charged and used it. The battery life lasted 5 days on standby. I didn't use the phone for calls. I tried calling virgin mobile to try to replace this phone, but a rude lady got very nasty with me. I stated that the phone was suppose to have standby time of 7 days (BTW, the website says 9 days standby time). She stated that the phone had standby time of 5-7 days. Then I said that the phone battery only lasted 5 days and this was unacceptable. She then stated that she charges her cell phone everyday and that 5 days was acceptable. She then stated that since I didn't use the phone at all 5 days standby time was good. Horrible service. Don't buy this phone, it looks nice, but the battery life is horrible. This phone is garbage.
battery sucks big time May 31, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I tried to upgrade my teen's ancient kyocera (so old you have to extend the external antenna!) to the Marbl. My teen rarely uses his phone, but it gets the job done and "never" needs charging. I charged the new Marbl and left it unused and closed overnight and in the morning the battery was low and the phone could not be used. I thought about exchanging the phone until I saw all the CNET reviews complaining about lousy battery life. I returned the Marbl and will wait till something better comes along.
 HAS SOME GREAT FEATURES... April 8, 2007
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
First off, I love my Virgin Mobile. I like to have a mobile phone handy, as everybody does. But, the thing isn't glued to my ear...that's why I went with Virgin prepaid. I use it a few minutes a day to several minutes a week. I have phones at home and at work that I can use. Having said that, this Kyocera Marbl phone was supposed to be an upgrade (for me) and a replacement for the AudioVox 8610 that went bad after nearly 3 years. The good: nice features like speakerphone, easy texting, speed- and 1-touch dialing, and voice recognition make this a feature-packed phone for only $30 bucks. It's very compact and easy-on-the-pocket, with an internal antenna to boot. The bad: the battery takes several hours to charge, and can be depleted in only a few calls (with the 8610, battery usually charged in an hour, and would sometimes last several days). The Marbl has a nice look to it, but it's mostly all plastic, and the color screen doesn't have many pixels. The buttons are all very small. My chief complaint, though, is that when I flip it open to talk, when pressing it to the ear the screen goes out...not sure if this is a defect, but it happens every time. Simply flipping it open a millimeter or two beyond its fully-open position will knock out the screen, whether talking or just looking at the screen! Is this an energy-saving feature? I may exchange this phone for another if this proves to be defective. Or, I may upgrade to the Cyclops camera phone. I will update this review at a later time....
***UPDATED***4/9/07
Well, it turns out that the scenario I mentioned above was indeed a defect...it had a defective wiring that caused the screen to go out when fully flipped open. I was going to exchange it for another Marbl, but instead opted to upgrade to the Kyocera Cyclops!! My advice....UPGRADE!!
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