Sagem Puma Phone

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 11 expert reviews

Excellent:

0
Good:

2
Average:

1
Bad:

8

Pros:

The Puma Phone offers a user-friendly interface, an attractive design, and a nice selection of sports-themed apps. Call quality is decent, and the solar panel can deliver an emergency charge.
Quirky details dotted around the phone, Plenty of features, Solid build
Some fun fitness apps, funky interface could appeal to youth market ...

Cons:

The Puma Phone's GSM and 3G bands are optimized for the North American market. Call volume was rather low, and the touch screen is small and occasionally inaccurate.
Solar charging doesn't work, Expensive, Buggy and slow software

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Last revision on February 1, 2012

Reviewers Liked

The Puma Phone offers a user-friendly interface, an attractive design, and a nice selection of sports-themed apps. Call quality is decent, and the solar panel can deliver an emergency charge
Quirky details dotted around the phone, Plenty of features, Solid build
Some fun fitness apps, funky interface could appeal to youth market
Eco-friendly. Compact and pocketable. Stylised UI. Cool design and animation flourishes. Great sports apps and features

Reviewers Didn't Like

The Puma Phone's GSM and 3G bands are optimized for the North American market. Call volume was rather low, and the touch screen is small and occasionally inaccurate
Solar charging doesn't work, Expensive, Buggy and slow software
Sluggish touch-screen means texting is very frustrating, expensive yet feature light, mediocre camera and GPS featuresLook and Feel
Fiddly onscreen keyboard. Substandard camera and video recording. Lack of Wi-Fi. No built-in 3.5mm headphone jack

Expert reviews and ratings

Apart from the phone's incredible and unconventional dialogue, innovative color scheme and icon design and its revolutionary solar panel, the phone's features may seem rather limited to the tech savvy smartphone user. People are accustomed to...

By BrightHub on May 18, 2011

We'd change a few things about the Puma Phone, but it delivers a fun user experience that no phone can match. Just make your area has the proper coverage and enough...

By cnet on April 14, 2011

We'll be honest with you -- we kinda love and hate the Puma Phone, but it's mainly hate. Yes, it's a feature-packed device with plenty of cheeky drops dotted around the place, but it's also rendered half as useful thanks to some poorly...

By Engadget on October 17, 2010

Considering the price, the Sagem Puma Phone does very little for the money. If you do a lot of texting you'll find the screen too slow, the browser is basic, and there are no social networking features. If you're going to spend £300 you...

By 3G UK on September 16, 2010

An expensive but basic touch-phone that doesn’t actually manage to get the basics right...

By Mobile Choice on September 14, 2010

If you're a fitness fanatic, then no doubt you'll love the Puma affiliation and the sport-related apps, but bear in mind that most of what the Puma phone offers, you can get from other app-tastic OSes like iOS and Android offer many of these...

By Recombu on September 02, 2010

While we wanted to love this phone, it's just too underpowered. Let's hope the Android version makes a better hash of...

By T3 Magazine on August 25, 2010

Despite the Sagem Puma Phone's designer name, unique features and likeable attitude, it's curiously lacking in...

By CNET UK on August 18, 2010

The quirks tire, and you’ll soon start to loathe the Puma...

By ElectricPig.co.uk on August 13, 2010

It’s not just sporty types who will appreciate this cool, fun to use, eco-loving touchphone...

By Stuff on June 29, 2010

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