Today we will be reviewing the Kyocera Milano C5120. For me this device is a real tongue-twister to spell out and to be honest I haven’t really heard much about the Kyocera phones. Still this is a pretty decent phone with a good price. It comes in many names, names such as : Kyocera KYC5120 and Kyocera C5120. The Kyocera Milano C5120 was released for Sprint and is not a regular GSM device, this being a a CDMA phone. Again I can’t say I’ve heard a lot about the Kyocera Milano C5120, I haven’t heard of it EVER, but one might hope that it’s cheap considering that this is a pretty weak device even for when it came out.
Leaving all of that aside, let us stop wasting time and begin this little review of the Kyocera Milano C5120.
GENERAL
First we will take a look at the more general aspects of the Kyocera Milano C5120. Here you can find information about the supported networks of the Kyocera Milano C5120 and the announcement and release dates. The Kyocera Milano C5120 supports both 2G and 3G networks, but as I’ve said before, they are CDMA and not the regular GSM types. Those networks are as following : CDMA 800 / 1900 as the 2G ones and CDMA 2000 1xEV-DO as the 3G ones. The Kyocera Milano C5120 was announced in September 2011 and was released shortly after in the same month.
BODY
Following up is the review of the body of the Kyocera Milano C5120. Here you may find info about the size of the phone, its weigh as well as whether or not it has any marks that would distinguish it from other phones. The Kyocera Milano C5120 is around 105 x 61 x 17.1 mm big and weighs somewhere around 158 grams. As you can see it also has a QWERTY keyboard on slide. Personally I don’t trust phones with slide-able parts since they usually tend to break at those slide-able parts. It’s common sense, the more you use something the more probable it is to break.
DISPLAY
Following up is the review of the display of the Kyocera Milano C5120. Here you can find information about the type of screen, the screen size and the screen’s resolution and pixel density as well as whether or not the screen has any protection and / or marks that would distinguish it from the rest of the phones out there. The Kyocera Milano C5120 has a TFT capacitive touchscreen with approximately 256 thousand colors. The size of the screen is around 3.0 inches and the resolution housed by that screen is 240 x 320 pixels. The pixel density of the Kyocera Milano C5120 is around 133 ppi. The Kyocera Milano C5120’s screen also has Multitouch. Sadly it has no protection or enhancements to the screen to make it even slightly notable from the crowd.
SOUND
Following up is the review of the audio output of the Kyocera Milano C5120. Here you can find information about the alert types, the speaker and audio jack, as well as whether or not the device has any sound enhancement whatsoever. The alert types of the Kyocera Milano C5120 are as following : Vibration and MP3 ringtones. The Kyocera Milano C5120 also has a Loudspeaker and a 3.5 mm jack. Sadly the Kyocera Milano C5120 doesn’t have any means of sound enhancement, but one will have to do without them.
MEMORY
This part of the review focuses most on the memory of the Kyocera Milano C5120. You can find information here about the internal storage space and ways of increasing it as well as the RAM memory. The RAM of the Kyocera Milano C5120 is 512 MB, which is pretty good, probably the best part of this device. The internal storage space of the Kyocera Milano C5120 is 512 MB of ROM memory ( out of which I don’t know how much is user-available ) but upon purchasing this device you also get an included 2 GB Micro SD card. If you require more be free to purchase another Micro SD card – any will do as long as it doesn’t exceed 32 GB.
DATA CONNECTION
Following up is the review of the data connectivity of the Kyocera Milano C5120. This part will focus on the GPRS and EDGE, the Speed and WLAN as well as the Bluetooth and USB connections. As with all the CDMA phones, the Kyocera Milano C5120 doesn’t have either GPRS nor EDGE. The Speed of the Kyocera Milano C5120 is a Rev. 0 up to 2.4 MB/s. The WLAN of the Kyocera Milano C5120 is a Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n with Wi-Fi Hotspot ( however if you activate this certain charges may apply ). The Bluetooth of the Kyocera Milano C5120 is a Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP and EDR. The USB of the Kyocera Milano C5120 is a Micro USB v2.0.
CAMERA
Following up is the review of the camera of the Kyocera Milano C5120. Here you can find information about the main and secondary cameras as well as their features and capabilities. The main camera is a 3.15 MP snapper capable of photographing at resolutions of around 2048 x 1536 pixels. The only features of the main camera are : Autofocus and Geo-Tagging. The Kyocera Milano C5120’s camera is also capable of recording video but I have no details about the quality. The Kyocera Milano C5120 doesn’t have a secondary camera.
BATTERY LIFE
Following up is the review of the battery life of the Kyocera Milano C5120 since we know it’s so important to device. You can find here information about the type of battery of the Kyocera Milano C5120 and the time it can function. The Kyocera Milano C5120 has a standard Li-Ion 1490 mAh battery. This battery is capable of functioning for around 7 hours and 40 minutes in talk time and I have no idea how much in stand-by.
HARDWARE
Following up is the review of the hardware components of the Kyocera Milano C5120. Here you can find info about the three great components of each device, those being : processor, motherboard and graphics card. Sadly, the Kyocera Milano C5120 only has two out of three but we’ll work with that. The two components of the Kyocera Milano C5120 are : chipset and processor. The processor of the Kyocera Milano C5120 is relatively weak : Single-Core 800 MHz and so is the chipset : Qualcomm MSM7627T. Now its strongest point, but at least this phone is cheaper than most.
SOFTWARE
Following up is the review of the software of the Kyocera Milano C5120. Here you can find out what OS the Kyocera Milano C5120 has an whether or not it can be upgraded to a better one. The Kyocera Milano C5120 comes with Android OS v2.3 Gingerbread and can’t be upgraded to a later one. Frankly one would doubt if it could even support a better one. Still, should you be curious about upgrading to ICS know that it’s possible but only with unofficial updates ( which can badly damage your phone ).
FEATURES
Last but not least, the review of the random features and capabilities of the Kyocera Milano C5120. The sensors of this device are as following : Accelerometer, Proximity and Compass. The messaging on the Kyocera Milano C5120 can be done via : SMS ( with threaded view ), MMS, E-Mail, Push Mail and even IM. The browser of the Kyocera Milano C5120 uses HTML and has no integrated support for Adobe Flash. The Kyocera Milano C5120 doesn’t have a radio but to fix that just search this website, you’ll find a solution eventually. The GPS of the Kyocera Milano C5120 has integrated support for A-GPS and also this phone has Java via Java MIDP emulation. The only available color for the Kyocera Milano C5120 is : Black.
Here is a brief list of what this phone has :
- MP3/WAV/AAC+ player
- MP4/H.263 player
- Organizer
- Voice memo
- Predictive text input (Swype)
This concludes our little review of the Kyocera Milano C5120. If you think that anything is lacking from this review feel free to leave your suggestions for things which should be added in the comment section below and I’ll be sure to consider them when writing my future projects.
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