I have owned 2 Centros over the past 2 years. I love the phone, but both times the phone was effected by water damage due to the syncing port being permanently uncovered. At first site the Centro looks like the keys are way too small to actually type on, but you get used to it fairly quickly. One of my favorite parts about the phone other than the touchscreen was the ability to put it on vibrate mode with a toggle switch on the top (very convenient). The phone has a very loud speaker built in that almost doubles in loudness opposed to an iPhone, which is very impressive and the quality is very good for the size of the speaker.
The only difficulty with the phone I had when buying it was figuring out how to play MP3’s as ringtones. I found that you actually had to buy a MicroSD chip and install a program called MiniTunes. Took a bit of research, but was fairly easy to do once the program was installed and MP3’s were transfered to the MicroSD.
I’m not quite sure if I’d recommend buying a Centro unless you get a very good deal for it as the water damage problem is common and makes it impossible to retrieve lost numbers and information on the phone, which is very frustrating when you use your phone as a portable calendar and an event planner.
Oh and a warning to those of you who are thinking about a warranty for your phone: They replace your phone with a refurbished one. Every replacement Centro that my family and I have received have had buttons that stick out akwardly. It’s like they take them apart to “refurbish” them and the buttons never fit correctly again.
Pros: qwerty keyboard, loud speaker, touch screen, speaker quality
Cons: easily water damaged
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