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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:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 6998
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:
 Good phone for the price September 13, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you want a whiz-bang phone loaded with LOTS of features that can be run over by a truck and still work, then go spend $100. I only spent $20 and really like this phone a lot. It has everything I need, which admitedly isn't much. I wanted a small phone with a color display, a speakerphone and a battery that lasted longer than just a few hours. It's perfectly good for my light-use situation, only needs to be recharged every 3-4 days and it looks like it's from this decade, compared to my previous phone. I've had it for about 2 months and love it!
 Cool-looking, easy to use, but very slow September 10, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I just got this at my local Radio Shack store for 30 bucks. Activating on Virgin Mobile USA's website gave me $2.50 in starter airtime. BTW the activation page appears to only work IE 6.0; I'd tried IE 7 and other browsers before I realized only IE 6 would work.
The phone itself is stylish and very lightweight. I find the battery life acceptable - but then, I only use this for occasional calls and I don't access the Internet (VirginXL) at all.
What I don't like about the phone is it's painfully slow. Even checking balance (by pressing the "up" key on the navigation pad) takes 30 seconds, vs. 5 seconds or so on my 7-Eleven Speak Out Wireless-running RAZR. Sometimes, even pressing the End key to return to the standby screen takes a full second, which is really slow for such an easy operation.
This is an inexpensive but useful phone, if you don't mind its being on the slow side. You can still find it in Radio Shack, Virgin and many other stores, as well as on Virgin Mobile USA's website.
Nice, Cute Phone, Horrible Batterly Life September 3, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I was holding off on writing this review because I wanted to see how this, my very first cell phone behaved battery wise, after reading the neg. reviews here. Yep, the other reviewers are absolutely right. I turned on the powersaver as recommended, but they're right, my battery died out in less than 24 hours; 15 to be exact. Not that charging each night would be a problem, but come on, if you forget, this could be a real handicap and charging isn't always possible. I do like the company's customer service and the fact that the cus. ser. lady didn't try to strong arm me into buying anything. Being that I have never had a cell phone before, I was clueless as to how to set this up, but I found the cus. ser. pretty good. I don't know how long I will use this phone exclusively, as I bought it just for emergencies, but given the terribly short battery life, I may just get the Cyclops instead. Other than the batterly angle, this seems like a pretty cool little phone.
 Turn off screensaver to help battery life.. August 31, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
When I called VM on the issue of less than 24hr battery life, I was told to tun off the screen saver. Why it matters when the phone is always closed, I don't know... but it does help some. Good luck to those with a Marbl phone. I was aslo told that the Oystr has the same problem. This was from VM customer support. Other than that, they didn't offer any solutions. I also read somewhere in another review that this phone uses more battery when searching for signal even when closed in standby, wasting more battery. So turning it off when not in use is your best bet!
Good for the price August 24, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I use a cell phone only occasionly for short calls to confirm where I am or to be asked to be picked up or for permission for something. That's it. Otherwise I use a landline. That's why I chose prepaid. (Also- if I lose it is it a big deal? Nope.) If you're looking for a long-lasting, life-line type phone this one's not for you. Otherwise, everything about it has suited me well. While the battery life isn't the best it works for someone like me (though it would be nicer to have less charges.)
Some of the Virgin Mobile phones are definatley better but also more expensive.
Oh, and if you're gonna get this phone go to a Target or the Virgin Mobile sight itself. It's cheaper.
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