AT&T Tilt Cell Phone Review - Conclusion
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Mark Brezinski Published on October 25, 2007 Comment on this |
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Who's It For
Business User
Business users should like this phone. The main issue they'll have to deal with is the lag. If they can get past this, they're left with a fully-featured phone that has great connectivity at a great price.
Budget Callers
Budget callers typically like phones that are free with contract. Given this, if they need to find a phone for their job, they can find the original Curve for $-14 with a contract. Getting $14 plus a phone just for signing a contract is certainly a good deal. If they need GPS too, then perhaps they might be lured to the Tilt, which is certainly a good deal.
Chatty Teenager
Chatty teenagers will like the keyboard for texting and the good media player software. They'll find the lag more frustrating than other users, though. If they can find a use for the organizational software, then the Tilt might be a good match, but generally speaking, most of the features that hike up the cost will go to waste. There are cheaper phones that feature good keypads and music software.
Media Maven
Media mavens will like the music player plugin, but abhor music playback without headphones. You can buy an adapter for $5.95, but it's annoying that you have to do so to use standard headphones. They most likely also have good headphones, so the atrocious rattling during playback most likely won't affect them.
Conclusion
The Tilt is basically a Mogul from AT&T with a slightly better array of features. Again, while none of its features are shocking, there are plenty of them. The Wi Fi support and GPS are both good features that really aren't reflected in the price. The software is typical of Windows Mobile devices, which is good. We found the Tilt was a bit laggy, and while it wasn't as bad as the utterly abysmal Wing, it was noticeably worse than the Mogul. Still, if you overlook the loading times, you'll find yourself with good software and great media player support.
On the hardware end, again, the screen is a problem. While the tilting screen could be useful in some circumstances, we don't like being made to feel overly cautious about handling our devices, and have some concerns over how robust the screen is. The keyboard is great; if you text or email heavily, the Tilt might be a good pick. But music playback through the speakers is hindered by the grating rattling sound the back cover makes, and there is no way to use a standard set of headphones or a wired headset without buying a seperate adapter. The battery life was also on the short side for such a large device.
Overall, while the Tilt certainly has its downsides, we'd still consider it a viable option for its price. It does have a good array of features, which we feel overshadow its negative points.
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