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Casio G'zOne Ravine 2, a Rugged Phone for Verizon

The sequel of Ravine, here is Casio G'zOne Ravine 2 for Verizon Wireless. Coming as a rugged phone, Ravine 2 is mostly dedicated for those who like adventure and outdoor activities. Closer look, here is the review and detail specification of G’zOne Ravine 2 by Casio.

Casio G'zOne Ravine 2 comes in a clamshell and sporty design. Its chassis is made out of hard matte plastic with red accent and rubberized bumper. It also gets Military Standard 810 certified of resistant from water, dust, shock, vibration, salt, fog, solar radiation, high altitudes, and temperatures. It feels compact and light compare to its predecessor as it measures 110 x 51 x 21 mm and weighs 138 grams. The front side (clamshell closed) is resided by a 1.4 inches external display with circular silver and red accent bands. The external display shows date, time, signal strength, battery life and caller ID. Meanwhile, on the back side are camera lens and LED flash. Around the phone’s side, there are microSD card slot, microUSB charging port, 2.5mm headset jack, PTT or shortcut key, volume rocker and voice command key. Flip open the clamshell to reveal the internal display as well as the navigation array and the alphanumerical keypad. The internal display features 2.2 inches TFT display with 240 x 320 pixels resolution. The navigation array comes with a circular d-pad with central OK key that is surrounded by two soft keys, a camera key, a speakerphone key, a Call key, a Clear key and an End Call or Power key.

Casio G'zOne Ravine 2


Casio G'zOne Ravine 2

Casio G'zOne Ravine 2 runs on Verizon’s CDMA network and supports CDMA EV-DO Rev. A data network. For browsing internet, there is pre-loaded Opera Mini web browser. Other connectivity includes Bluetooth, microUSB connection, and GPS navigation system. In addition, there is also Push-to-Talk service.

Ravine 2 is also equipped by 3.2 megapixels camera with autofocus and LED flash. It manages to capture images in six different resolutions up to 2.048 x 1.536 pixels resolution. The camera also manages to record video in 320 x 240 pixels resolution. Unfortunately, you can only record video in maximum 60 seconds at a time. In terms of storage, Ravine comes with 256 MB of RAM and 512 MB of ROM (but only 216 MB of space is available for user). If the internal memory is not enough, there is an external memory available via microSD card up to 32 GB. Sadly, there is no music or standalone video player.

Coming as a rugged phone that is dedicated for those who like adventure and outdoor activities, Ravine is equipped with a sunrise and sunset application, a tide tracker, a pedometer, a star gazing application, astronomy calendar, compass, and thermometer. Messaging features include text messaging (SMS), multimedia messaging (MMS), IM and email. Email services support Microsoft Exchange accounts as well as POP3 accounts such as Yahoo! Mail, Gmail and Windows Live Mail.

Other features include 1000 entries of Phonebook, Organizer, Flashlight, and Speakerphone. Last but not least, Casio G'zOne Ravine 2 is powered by standard battery Li-Ion 1150 mAh that is rated up to 4.68 hours of talk time or up to 21 days of standby time.

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