I couldn't really say if the Talby blows more than it sucks, but it certainly does bite. Sitting on my sofa the first night I had it the signal dropped from 3 bars to two, one, zero bars then I'd get a message usually reserved for elevators or certain sections of subway track when completely out of range. The signal would return after a few seconds only to die again minutes later. The next day in Akasaka (major Tokyo business district) it played signal tag with me again. After work that day I went directly to Yodobashi Camera to exchange it for another model, but apparently exchanging a mobile with a number programmed is like trying to return unpackaged underwear or a used breast milk pump. The best I could do was have our local AU shop test it for defects, and in the end they gave me a new talby, which of course I didn't want in the first place.

Marc Newson may be a famous designer, and they sure look cool but once you get past this (approximately 10-15 min.) you begin to realize this phone is absolute junk. Even after I had the defective model replaced I found the ear piece frustratingly quite at full volume, and the interface was equally painful. I've been spoiled by Sony Ericsson's English interface, jog-dial and build quality that usually goes into their products, so honestly I feel like kind of a moron for buying, or rather buying into talby's hype.

So, you want to buy it? Sold.

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