NEC 525 HDM (AT&T)

Editors' rating

Excellent

8.0

out of 10

The good: Solid camera features; large, vibrant display; one-click access to key functions; world phone; strong call quality and battery life; IR port.
The bad: Bulky; uses DoJa instead of J2ME for games.
The bottom line: If you're looking for a quality camera phone that can do more than snap pictures, consider the NEC 525 HDM from AT&T Wireless.

Reviewed by:
John Frederick Moore
Review date: 2/19/04

Performance
Ratings explained

Performance of NEC 525 HDM (AT&T)

Design: 7 Features: 8 Performance: 9 We tested the quad-band (GSM/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900) world phone in the Chicago area using AT&T Wireless service. Call quality was generally strong, and callers frequently commented that they couldn't tell we were using a cell phone.

Battery life was excellent, as well. We coaxed about 5 hours of talk time, in range of NEC's maximum rating of 5.4 hours, and managed 7 days of standby time, compared with the company's claims of 6.25 days.