Beeline A100 as the USB connector is called. Phone Beeline A100: branded, but not locked

Despite the fact that in everyday life I use pretty sophisticated smarts, I continue to test unrelenting tenderness to "simply phones." First, because my parents (especially the Father) prefer the most simple models, and therefore I try to keep up the market. Secondly, because in the depths of the soul I understand it is just as simple, cheap and unpretentious should be normal mobile phones. In order not to be sorry to quit in the bag, so that you could have dropped without fear, they immediately fly to a tangible amount, and that the battery serves for a day, and a week. Or two. And on a business trip or leave, such an unpretentious satellite is simply necessary, because local pockets do not sleep, and the expensive phone is guaranteed for their influx of delicate feelings. But to stay in an unfamiliar place is not enough without a favorite gadget, so without all contacts and without communication ... the feeling, gently say, unpleasant.

I have to ride quite a lot, and, attempting there, I spit the iPhone deeper into the inner pocket, and I use Nokia N70, living in the farm to remember how many years. In principle, there are no complaints about it, and after changing the battery a year and a half ago, he seemed to gain a second breath. But recently began to somehow weirdly, when receiving SMS and turn off. Strange? Yes, not the word ... In the service I was advised not to suffer and buy something new, the benefit of the same functionality is now inexpensive. And I thought that I was on trips, in fact, nothing and no need, besides voice, sms and a capacious battery. Therefore, I decided to look at the very easily simple models. Went to familiar guys on Savelovsky market and saw their phone with the inscription "Beeline" on the back cover. "What," I ask, "are these Chinese instead of" NOKL "launched? And with MTS or megaphone there are such? ".

"No," the guys answer, "" Full official phone, "Beeline" under itself some kind of Chinese brands, in stores 850 rubles costs. Want, take 800. " Of course, I did not buy anything immediately, but the phone for experiences for the week score. And, sobering in it better, was pretty surprised.

First, no this, of course, is not "Beeline", but the most that neither there is ZTE. The exact name of the model was not able to calculate, because under the code A100 On the Internet there is some kind of ancient clamshell ZTE, and there is nothing similar to the belfoof on the official site. At the same time, ZTE is better better than complete Unzyenseism.

Secondly, the functionality of the beast (of course, taking into account the price) is quite wide. Vibration, loud connection, radio receiver, loved by many flashlight - all this is, and the radio works even without connecting the headset. The latter comes in the kit and, unfortunately, connects through a non-standard connector. Unfortunately, because the sound in it leaves much better, and if it is quite suitable for conversations, then for listening to music - not very. Meanwhile, the desire to listen to something cheerful arise may well, because Beeline A100 supports ... microSD up to 8 gigabytes. Checked - really eats. MP3 - Theoretically - You can pour with any bitrate, but there are no 320 kbps / from the player, it does not roll. Therefore, it is better to limit ourselves to 256, especially since on such ... khm ... the headset is that 128, that 320 do not even honor the difference.

Talking on the A100 is normal - and you all hear, and you hear you. Skip the incoming call is almost impossible: first, vibrates surprisingly strongly, secondly, the yell is very loud. Built-in ringtones - twenty pieces. You can find quite pleasant.

Very pleased with the battery. It seems the container is small, 670 mAh, but for a week it was not possible to felt it "bottom". I listened to music, the games checked (I note, there are only two of them and both terribly primitive), I taught the radio, I talked to the hour and a half, and only I managed to defuse the battery. This, notice, after the first charging.

Did not like two things. The first is a very mediocre screen, a cheap CSTN matrix in all dubious glory. Honestly, it would be more pleased with a black and white image than such a disgrace. But, probably, such lovers of antiquity are few, and the branded colors "Bilan" look at the matrix quite reliably. The screen resolution is not announced, but, on the eye, it is extremely low. At least, for the Internet surfing on GPRS, which the phone Kak would support, the screen is not suitable categorically. Java, by the way, is not supported, so leave hope to put "ICQ". I do not need it, but many, I know, love such little focuses.

Second - strange keyboard. It is strange: it seems that the keys are not small, and are located standard, but dial the number and, moreover, SMS is inconvenient. Last, I note, it is necessary to do very tightly, because the time after which the phone considers the letter chosen, extremely small. You can adapt. But still felt that this is not Nokia and not even "Sonaryon."

And the most important surprise phone is supplements. The guys were told to me that he was locked at Beeline, and with other SIM cards would not work. I decided to check this statement and did not lose: there is no SIM-Loca and in the messenger, there is all the sims with a bang. And this is a completely different knee: it turns out that the device can be used in those edges where "biline" is not yet. For example, in Europe, Turkey or Egypt.

TOTAL. The fact of the presence on the lid of the Bilain logo did not inspire me on the cover, because, despite all the sympathy for this operator, I have been happy for many years with pleasure to use the services of another :) But for its price, 850 rubles and even cheaper, the offer is pleasant . Moreover, there is also a Simka with the tariff of the Beeline World Tariff, which is also well to call in Mezhgord and even in some international destinations. Just do notice on the "300 minutes and 300 sms" promised on the box as a gift. They are highlighted by portions of 3 minutes and 3 SMS per day, and if you for some reason, this generous gift was not immediately used, the next day he burns. However, a gift horse ...

I am still in the process of choice, and if someone from readers has already bought something similar - I will be grateful for the advice. I just ask not to offer Babushkofones Just 5: I am not as cool to buy Chinese thirty-collar fun for such money :) In fact, they are with Beeline A100 of one field berries, but price tags, to put it mildly, are different.

P.S. In the photo, the screen looks almost black and white, in life it is tangible more color. And do not be surprised by the date: Honestly, it was just too lazy to put it.

Mobile phones of little-known manufacturers in our country are much worse than their fellow famous brands. In popularity can affect except the price. On this way, ZTE went, which in partnership with the Beeline operator presented the Beeline A100 model. The mobile phone has an attractive price with adequate functionality.

On the shelves of our stores began to appear branded and customized tubes, leaving under brands of cellular operators. The MTS company, who began selling Mobile phones ZTE and Huawei under her brand, was the pioneer. Try yourself on this field decided both Beeline. The first swallow was the model A100.

Beeline A100 is a typical representative of low-cost phones with medium functionality. Well, now more about this device.

Dimensions. Contents of delivery.

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The novelty looks typically for most inexpensive phones. Dimensions - 107x45x13.5 mm, weight - 95 grams. The device is convenient to hold in your hands. Weight is distributed evenly throughout the housing. Compact dimensions allow you to comfort the tube in any clothes, even in tight jeans. But in the bag the phone may well be lost. The main thing here is to acquire the initial experience and skill, after that the phone can be found anywhere \u003d))

Delivery set includes:

• ZTE phone / Beeline A100
• Battery
• Charger
• Wired stereogartite
• Instruction

Design, construction

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The appearance of the phone that got to us simply shouts about the fact that he carries the name "Beeline". Most of the body of the phone is made of matte black plastic, which slightly animates the glossy edging of the yellow color, passing through the side of the apparatus. The rest of the tube is similar to other mobile phones inexpensive price segment.

The front face is located a 1.4-inch color screen. Below is a block of function keys and a five-position button. Even below - the alphanumeric keyboard.

On the lower end there is a connector for connecting a charger and wired headset, and on the top - a flashlight is located. The protective plug for the interface connector is not provided. The lace hole is traditionally placed in the upper left corner of the phone.

On the rear surface you will not find anything. There are no external speakers or a built-in camera. Beeline A100 is still a budget mobile phone.

Remove the rechargeable compartment cover is very simple. The phone has a lithium-ion battery, next to which the mount for the SIM card and the microSD memory card slot is located.

Keyboard

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Keyboard Beeline A100, like most cheap models, made of rubberized plastic. Control unit Standard: Soft-buttons, call keys and pen, navigation frame with entered ok button.

The numeric keys are close to each other, but they are fine enough. As for the prescription itself, it is tight. To this you need to get used to it. Unlock Keyboard Beeline A100 is carried out by sequentially pressing the left soft key and the "*" keys.

The backlight of the yellow keyboard, is quite bright, it is evenly distributed over the entire surface, so that all characters are read well in any conditions.

Graphic features

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As noted above, the screen has a color device: 1.8-inch CSTN display with a resolution of 128x128 points displaying 65 thousand colors. The screen graininess is clearly visible, extremely small viewing angles. The display is very blind in the sun, and the information is very difficult to read.

Opportunities Personalize the user desktop more than enough. For interface, in addition to standard options: greetings, background patterns, screensavers - There are also 9 topics. It is a pity that the display characteristics cannot clearly show all these topics in complete glory.

Interface and navigation. Functionality

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In idle mode, the user sees the desktop, which displays the name of the operator, date, time, network indicators and battery charge. The phone cannot be used in the absence of a SIM card. The menu of the tested phone is presented by nine points.

"Contacts" stores detailed information about telephone numbers and subscribers. The user himself can choose one or another version of data representation, settings also abound. You can create an unlimited number of user groups, assign personal melodies and other settings on them.

In the "Calls" section there are logs of missing, incoming and outgoing calls, and information about the date and time of the call is displayed only for missing and received calls, and for outgoing calls, only a shared list of recruited numbers is displayed. Also in the "call log" of this phone there is a function / cost function and various call counters, SMS, GPRS.

In the "My Files" item contains a phone memory manager and memory card.

In "Settings" focused functions for setting up the device. This subsection includes all options associated with the work of calls, call forwarding, batch transmission of GPRS data, as well as data synchronization. In addition, graphics settings, call melodies, display layouts and a lot of others are available here.

Next, follows the "Messages" section. Beeline A100 supports both ordinary SMS and MMS messages. The functionality of working with messages is implemented standard, the only thing that can be mentioned is a set of preset SMS templates and the ability to send one message to multiple recipients.

In Multimedia, there are subparagraphs responsible for entertainment functions: audio player, FM radio, games. It is worth noting the fact that radio can be listened without connecting a wired headset.

In the "Organizer" there are the most necessary functions for any person, such as alarm clock, calendar, all kinds of reminders, a calculator with advanced features, a timer, a stopwatch with a record of 20 intermediate parameters and much more.

Next, the "Internet" section is a built-in Internet browser. It implemented full support for WAP resources and many new features. You can call a frequently used panel: a list of references to visited resources.

Beeline A100 supports 5 profiles - a common, meeting, outdoor, without sound and headphones. All of them are in the "Modes" paragraph. In the process of setting up the profile, you can set the melodies of various signals, their volume, the signal type (sound, vibration, alignment of sound and vibration, the vibration is then sound), as well as turn on the replay of the signal.

Memory and speed

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Beeline A100 has 220 KB of integrated memory, about 215 Kb is initially available. At the same time, the user can significantly expand the memory due to microSD cards.

Duration of work

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Beeline A100 has a lithium-ion battery with a capacity of 670 mAh. In testing conditions with the total number of calls up to 30 minutes a day and listening to the radio, the device worked for four days. Accumulator battery is charging around one and a half hours.

With a pleasant moment, the fact that with short-term removal of the battery, the values \u200b\u200bof the current date and time are not reset - without a battery, the clock is simply freezed. Therefore, if you want to change the SIM card or remove / install a memory card, then after performing this operation, you should install the battery to place as quickly as possible. Moreover, Beeline A100 does not properly offer to check the current date and time.

RESULTS

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Beeline A100 is a typical mobile phone in an inexpensive segment that can approach the schoolchildren of junior classes, older people and as an additional (hiking) version of the mobile phone. In the functional plan, the device must meet the needs of the target audience. Problems may arise except with the machine screen. He is still small, and the quality of the picture leaves much to be desired.

Benefits:

• Attractive price
• FM radio running without a headset

Disadvantages:

• Uncomfortable keyboard
• Non-standard interface connector and lack of supplied cable

According to our data now Beeline A100 you can buy at a price of 850 rubles.

Testing apparatus is provided by the cellular operator Beeline.

1. What is the phone "Beeline A100"?

This is a cell phone that supports bandsGSM 900/1800.

Available in 4 colors (black housing, colors of the edging frame): black, yellow, gray, brown.

The phone has a radio, flashlight, works with a memory card. SupportsmP 3, WAP.

There are no cameras in the phone.

The phone is branded:

– it is pre-installed Beeline settings for Internet access and sendingmMS.

– the phone has branded beeline pictures that can be installed as wallpaper,

– phonebook phone contains a list of service numbers, incl. Beeline Rooms (CPC, Service Management). Activation Eco.

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2. what Included?

The prepid-set includes:

– Telephone

– SIM card with connecting to TP "World Beeline".

The phone is sold in the following configuration:

– Telephone

– Battery

– Charger (Network)

– Wired stereo headset

3. Where can one buy ?

The phone can be bought together with present-sets in your own Beeline offices or dealers offices (Euroset, connected).

4. Can I buy a phone separately fromsIM-Cards?

No, the phone is sold only in the prepage kit along with the SIM card with the connection to the TP "World Beeline".

5. What competitive advantages over phonesin a similar price category, manufactured by other operators? Other manufacturers?

Main advantages:

– Availability of radio

– Availability of audio player

– Memory card support

– MMS support

– Having a flashlight

– Possibility of readingtXT-files

– GPRS support

– The presence of stereo headset included

Moreover:

– no need to configure Internet access andmMS. - All settings are pre-installed.

– phonebook phone contains a list of service numbers, incl. Numbers Beeline (CPC, Service Management, Eco Activation).

– in the online browser of the phone contains bookmarks on Beeline sites.

When buying a pre-office kit, the subscriber additionally receives a bonus - 300 intranet minutes and 300 intranet SMS.

6. Will be Does the phone work withsIM. -Carts of other operators?

There are no restrictions on the work of the phone with SIM cards of other operators.

However, Beeline cannot guarantee the correctness of work, in particular, because for the Internet andmMS. The phone is pre-installed the Beeline settings.

7. Is it possible? -Cart from the set insert to another phone?

There are no restrictions on the use of a SIM card from the kit.

8. What type and volume memory cards support the phone?

Maps are supportedmicroSD with a volume of up to 8 GB.

9. Is there a headset?

Yes, in the kit there is a wired stereo headset.

10. Opera Mini, ICQ, etc.?

Not

11. Is it possible to load melodies, pictures, topics? What is the supported file format, is there a limit on file sizes?

jPG, *. JPEG, *. GIF, *. WBMP, *. BMP.

Maximum resolution for pictures - 640 * 480 (maximum volume - 512 KB).

12. What files can be downloaded to the phone?

Download information withwAP -Portal Beeline

1) Ringtone - currently shipped file.mid - about 2 kb

2) Realton - currently shipped file.mp3 about 156 kb

3) picture - currently shipping.jpg - about 11 kb

13. Can I download video to the phone?

Video device does not support - when loading withwAP. -The Beeline According to the rules of the content adaptation, the animated GIF format must be shipped, but the script work is incorrect!

14. Is it possible to transfer downloaded content to another phone?

There is no Bluetooth and IR port in the phone.

Transmission is possible only through a computer using a memory card as a removableuSB -cake, or bymMS. (if the content volume does not exceed 300Kb).

15. Is it possible to use the access pointinternet. Beeline. Ru To access the Internet?

Yes, it may be necessary to check the default access point settings.

16. Can I use the phone as a modem to access the Internet with a PC? For receiving / sending faxes?

No, the phone does not support such functionality.

17. Who is Manufacturer?

The company's manufacturer is the companyZTE.

18. Will there be phones of other models in the future?

Watch out for our news.

19. Performed Whether warranty service?

Yes, the guarantee for the phone is 1 year.

20. Is there a built-in photo / video camera?

No, there are no cameras in the phone

21. Is it possible to synchronize with PC?

Not.

22. Is it possible to use a phone with a memory card asuSB -cake or need a card reader?

Phone in qualityuSB The device cannot be used, you can use memory cards - but only through the card reader.

23. What is the maximum length of the diversesMS?

The phone supports a gluing of no more than 4 messages.

24. What is the maximum Name of the name in the phone book?

57 characters on Cyrillic, 60 characters on the Latin - when adding a contact to the phone's memory.

23 symbols on Cyrillic and 26 on Latin - when adding a contact to intermitted SIM cards.

25. What is the maximum Volume of the MMS created?

Maximum amount of createdMMS - 300KB.

Maximum resolution of pictures for sending toMMS - 640 * 480.

26. What is the startning Amount included?

The starting amount is 10 rubles.

27. What "Reading e-books"?

Attention! The description of this function is missing in the instructions.

The phone provides the ability to read format files.tXT. (in various encodings). File.tXT. You can download to the phone from the Internet (for example, withwAP. -Site "Upload!") Or from the computer.

In order to open the file, you need to go to the menu item "Reading Files".

An application will open, allowing you to select a file to read, select the encoding in which the file should open.

If unreadable characters are displayed when opening the file, you must select another encoding (from the list available).

28. How to find an alarm clock in the phone?

The alarm clock in the phone menu is called (may be called) "Signals". Located in the "Organizer" section, which is available in the main menu or on the left joystick button (the joystick is the center button).

29. How to turn off the radio?

If the radio was turned on, then it continues to work in the background, even if the subscriber left the application.

In this case, to turn off the radio, you must open the application again:

– through the menu ("Menu" -\u003e "Multimedia" -\u003e "Radio")

– press the lower joystick button.

In the application that opens, you must press the joystick central button.

30. Does the phone support 3 g?

No, the phone supports onlyGSM / GPRS.

31. Using DTMF codes for working with IVR-AMI (interactive voice answering machines) does not always trigger keystrokes. Why?

In cases where the screen backlight and the keyboard went out, 2 clicks are required - the first displays the phone from the "Energy Saving" mode, the second press enables the DTMF code. To avoid inconvenience, in the phone settings you can change the backlight time.

32. How many SMS and numbers accommodates tel. apparatus (not on the SIM card)?

200 sms and 500 contacts

33. For one name, how many rooms are possible to register (not on the SIM card)?

one

34. How many records are stored in the call log?

15 records

35. How to configure a "black" list, what features, what signal will be ab-there blacklist (is busy, unavailable)?

Menu-\u003e Calls-\u003e Settings-\u003e Advanced-\u003e Black List-\u003e Numbers from the Black List-\u003e We enter a cell number 8903 ******* or +7903 ******* (you can enter up to 20 numbers) -\u003e OK-\u003e inf. Message "Save?" -\u003e Yes-\u003e After automatic return to the previous menu (1 mode2, the number from the black list) -\u003e mode-\u003e ON.

The black list is activated. When a call to our device, Beeline A100 from the number specified in the "black list", the caller will hear the signal - busy.

36. What time is the return possible?

Return of faulty equipment is possible during the warranty period.

ZozPP does not oblige a refund of a good phone within 14 days from the date of sale. Phones are technically complex goods and in accordance with Government Decree # 55 are not refundable and exchange, if they are.

37. The transition from a cloned TP, which is sold, on any other TP will not be free similar to the clone of mobile TV?

The transition to other TP will be carried out according to the tariffs of the original TP "World Beeline".

38. If AB-NT will change the TP with the world of Beeline (clone) to another, it will not be able to return to this TP?

The subscriber will not be able to return to the clone "World Beeline", even "Hands", but ongoing to go to the original TP "World Beeline" or any current tariff.

39. Can a subscriber randomly or intentionally correct the preset MMS \\ GPRS settings? If it may, whether the automatic settings of the device via DMS are possible?

The settings pre-installed by the manufacturer can be changed or deleted.

Sending settings in DMS is not provided. The possibility of sending non-automatic settings in SMS, as well as e-mail and fax via fax sender.

40. By default, the WAP or Internet access point is spelled in the Internet settings?

Settings profiles will be installed foraPN. The default onternet.

41. Will it work the access pointwAP?

WAP access point will not work. You must offer settingsaPN Internet.

42. How to change Internet settings?

Menu - Settings - Data Transfer Settings - Accounts. Next select the desired account.

43. Are there any hidden teams (for example, see the firmware version, return to the factory settings)?

Return to factory settings is in the menu: Menu - Settings - Restore factory settings.

View the firmware version is irrelevant, because On the phone was not planned to be modified. If the phone is malfunction, the firmware replacement is possible (if necessary) only under SC.

Team * # 06 # allows you to view IMEI.

44. The charger for it will be? Will it be sold separately? How much is?

The network charger is supplied complete, it will not be sold separately.

45. A new battery for the phone can be used with us? How much is?

The battery is supplied complete, it will not be sold separately.

Questions about the bonus:

1. How to get a bonus? Does it be preserved when changing TP?

To activate the bonus, you must call the Binomer 0674010101.

After that, the subscriber will receiveSMS. Informing about connecting the bonus.

The bonus is provided only on the TP "World Beeline", to which the SIM card is connected, which is included in the prepage kit.

When changing the TP, the bonus is turned off.

Repeated bonus is not provided.

1. How are accrued Bonuses, what are spent when they are reset, accumulated or not?

The bonus is 300 sms and 300 minutes within the network.

Daily within 100 days the Subscriber is provided for 3 minutes of intranet voice traffic and 3 outgoing intranet SMS for free. All other calls and SMS are charged during the day according to the subscriber's TP.

Bonus minutes are consumed by Perekubnogo when calling the beeline numbers of their city and the area.

Unused per day bonus "burns".

If the subscriber is in blocking, the period of providing bonuses (100 days) is not interrupted, but the bonus is not provided until the subscriber comes out of blocking.

1. If on the balance sheet of the subscriber 0, will the bonus be charged and will it act? If the bonus act is not at 0, what is the minimum amount should be on the account?

If on the balance sheet 0, the bonus is not accrued, as in the case if the subscriber is blocked. At the same time, the period of providing bonuses (100 days) is not interrupted.

In this case, the subscriber needs to be replenished with a balance sufficient to unlock or leaving the "live zero" state - and the accrual of bonuses will resume.

In particular, if the balance is positive, but disadvantaged for outgoing call or sendingSMS. - The bonus is accrued and the subscriber can use it.

1. How can you check the bonus?

Standard verification request extra. Balances - * 106 # Challenge.