- The battery life is poor, meaning it needs charged daily after moderate use
- The camera lens has cheap plastic in front of it instead of glass, leading to blurred and washed out pictures
- The screen scratches easily – even using the included stylus with its soft tip
- The stylus slot wears down quickly, meaning it will eventually slip out with ease and be more likely to get lost
- The radio will not pick up stations with Bluetooth activated, yet there is no indication given to the user that this is the case
- The volume control behaves unpredictably, sometimes jumping up or down two notches for a single press
- The gallery lumps videos and images together for no apparent reason
- The podcast management is primitive – I can’t choose which it gets and which to leave – as is the way it handles connecting to the internet to download podcasts – it’ll only use a specified connection, rather than choosing the best available connection like it does for internet use
- The operating system is a halfway house between a button based phone and a touchscreen one, meaning some actions need a double tap and some do not
- The operating system is unstable for a product that was deemed ready for the mass market – I have endured more software issues with this phone than any other I have owned in the last decade
After seeing the recent call to limit taxi drivers’ hours, it had me harking back to my own time as a driver and I think it’s a very sensible idea. However, the notion of taking breaks every couple of hours is both impractical and unnecessary.
I worked as a taxi driver while I was at college and in my first year at university, so from experience I know that there are plenty of peaks and troughs during the day. You get a rest when it’s quiet – compulsory breaks would get in your way when it’s busy and wouldn’t be needed when it’s quiet.