O2 Cocoon – review
I have been playing around with the O2 Cocoon for three weeks now and here’s my verdict of this nice little phone. I even included a little video piece so you get to see the scrolling LED display in action. Check it out.
You might have seen my unboxing procedure already, but if you haven’t here it is: O2 Cocoon unboxing ceremony. As you can see the packaging is very nice!
Features
The O2 Cocoon will give you everything you expect from a modern music camera phone; 3G support, video & music playback, built-in RDS radio, 3.5 mm audio jack, Java support, Organizer, bluetooth – I don’t miss any features but I can’t say that I’m really impressed by the feature list either. It’s basically what you expect from a modern phone – except for one thing: the scrolling LED display that is hidden beneath the white plastic cover. It is what makes you wanna get this phone – it’s just so cool! Check out this 40 second video clip I shot to see what I mean.
As soon as you have unboxed the phone you’ll be ready to go in a minute.
Just dock your SIM card…
…close it…
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…and hit the ON button.
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When you have seen the amount of works that the design team has spent doing the packaging, the battery dock, and the LED display you would probably expect a cooler graphical user interfae. It’s in fact quite boring and doesn’t match the coolness of other parts of the phone – but it’s easy to use and solves your problems.
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Music
The sound quality is excellent and if I would choose another thing about the O2 Cocoon that I really like it would be the music player.Even if you add 500 songs you can easily access them by using the built-in tune browser and the buttons on the side of the phone makes it easy to control your music.
If you change volume, start playing another tune or just pause, your command is scrolled on the LED display. If you’re looking for a phone that also doubles as a music player, the O2 Cocoon is a very good choice.
Phone
The O2 Cocoon is a really nice phone. Sound quality is perfect, and it’s easy to browse through your contacts, add new contacts, call missed numbers etc. It’s well put together and very easy to use. You will get the hang of it in minutes.
Camera
Don’t expect to do any serious photography with the O2 Cocoon’s camera since it’s pretty basic. In perfect conditions – daylight, clean lens and a target that is standing still – you can take really good photos, but as soon as the light conditions are bad your results will not be any good. Video quality is OK though, similar to the Sony Ericsson Cybershot and much worse than the Nokia video cameras.
Design
Here’s where the O2 Cocoon really shines. It’s such a beauty and it’s the details that makes it such a cool phone to use and be around. Imagine yourself having the O2 Cocoon lying in the table in front of you in a dark nightclub or pub, and someone sends you an SMS or calls you – the scrolling LED display will give you everyone’s attention for a while. Another cool design thing is the battery charger – or what O2 refers to as the nest. When you put your phone inside the charger it instantly turns into an alarm clock with a big clock on the display. I tried to shut it off but I actually don’t think you can – but you can at least dim it.
Overall
The O2 Cocoon is a nice phone, but most of all it’s a cool phone. Sound quality is perfect, both during calls and while listening to music. The camera is OK, it’s nowhere near the SonyEricssons 3.2 megapixel camera phones, but it give you nice video and good 2 megapixel photos. If it wasn’t for the scrolling LED display this phone wouldn’t get that much attention – but it’s a killer with it. And the combined dock, charger alarm clock is nothing but awesome! 7 out of 10.
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August 27th, 2007 15:28
[...] O2 Cocoon – review [Fosfor Gadgets] [...]
August 27th, 2007 17:47
And which providers does it work with?
August 27th, 2007 19:41
K, it depends on where you get it – I tried with with 3 different operators in Sweden (Telia, Telenor and 3) – all of them worked like a charm.
August 28th, 2007 14:50
[...] O2 Cocoon – review [...]
August 28th, 2007 15:10
Mikael, if you live in Sweden how can you get this phone? Is the only option to get it from the UK somehow? Buying it from there means an adapter too right, any word on international availability?
August 28th, 2007 15:16
Krillo – I don’t think you can get the phone from anywhere else than the UK as of now…
August 28th, 2007 15:51
[...] O2 Cocoon – review [...]
August 28th, 2007 17:16
[...] O2 Cocoon – review I have been playing around with the O2 Cocoon for three weeks now and here’s my verdict of this nice little phone. I even included a little video piece so you get to see the scrolling LED display in action. Check it out. You might have seen my unboxing procedure already, but if you haven’… [...]
August 28th, 2007 19:54
can anyone tell me if this phone can be used to record audio?!
Also, i’ve read elsewhere that the headphones are rubbish.
Is that true?!
is it a phone worth getting on the £35 a month deal for 18 months?! Please reply ASAP!
THANK YOU
August 28th, 2007 20:19
Matt, the headphones are really good actually – and even if you don’t like them you can just use any standard headphones as it comes with a 3.5 mm connector.
I’m not sure if this one can record audio alone – but it can record video clips with audio so it would be strange if it wasn’t possible to just record audio.
If it’s worth £35 a month for 18 months is for you to decide, go check one out at a store and get a feel for it…I like it, but that doesn’t mean that you will it.
August 31st, 2007 15:05
[...] Min vän Mikael på Fosfor Gadgets har lagt upp en recension av O2 Cocoon. [...]
September 2nd, 2007 08:26
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September 4th, 2007 09:12
if i bought the phone in UK…. can we use it in Hong Kong and Canada?? Pls reply.. thanks
September 11th, 2007 09:51
[...] to our friends at Fosfor for an amazing Cocoon this month. Check out the vid! And, on design they had this to say: [...]
September 15th, 2007 12:40
really a superb phone. They arent available where i live thow.
has an apple like style. you would aulmost have expected the iphone to look like this one.
http://www.theblub.com/?p=57
it would aulso fit in that list.
September 16th, 2007 12:21
can anybody tell me the unlock code for O2 cocoon plz? thx…. plz reply..
September 22nd, 2007 23:19
I have this phone. Great phone! Also, I think this phone is already unlocked, as my Orange sim card works in it…
October 2nd, 2007 15:42
[...] guess what, the stories are pouring in because of this…. we get great responses on blogs as Fosfor in Sweden, Heron Preston in NY, Nalden.net from the Netherlands, the French Laurence-Hélène, [...]
October 17th, 2007 13:44
lovely phone indeed!!!!
just wondering what other languages does it support?
and the internal camera, can u use that to take pic of urself or just a webcam like SonyEricsson’s 3G phone?
what kind of material for the white part(external)?
what kinda material they used on internal screen?(soft plastic like motorola V3 or hard plastic?)
can u setup Gmail in the cell?
and when u browse the web by Cocoon, can u actually see other languages on it or it’s a mess?
coz im conparing this phone with SonyEricsson’s upcoming cell Z750i
Cocoon has AF and flash, 2GB built-in memo and plus, the DESIGN!!!
waitin for ya answer and cant thank you enough for sharin this lovely baby!
October 17th, 2007 17:14
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November 20th, 2007 11:23
niiiice!!! & where in the hell can i bue that phone!????I NEED IT
November 27th, 2007 21:47
[...] Studio återanvänt några av idéerna från deras koncepttelefon åt Samsung när de skapade O2 Cocoon men det är fortfarande en grymt cool telefon. Synd att den aldrig blev [...]
December 7th, 2007 18:29
just wanted to know if your cocoon was still as fantastic 2 months down the line ive just had to send my replacement back have been to the shop above 10 times with various faults im now looking for a suitable wall to throw it at .O2 shop wont let me use their wall something about bad publicity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 11th, 2007 00:17
Is the ringer and vibrate mode any good on this phone?
December 19th, 2007 07:40
O2 Cocoon is so cool for me!!
i wanna know about price of it..how much?
January 2nd, 2008 13:20
O2 Headphones rubbish? My input jack is all twisted (no idea how that happened) and now I can’t work the headphones. I just tried to plug in the headphones and no response. The jack is very fiddly- help- can I fix it myself?
February 15th, 2008 12:40
wondering if they have chinese support sms?
March 7th, 2008 09:23
anybody can tell me the code that we need to reset o2 cocoon ?
thks
March 9th, 2008 03:21
please, the website where I can buy?
March 9th, 2008 03:22
please, the website where I can buy for use it out of England.
thanks.
March 16th, 2008 16:53
how do i change my message tone?????
May 5th, 2008 19:59
HOW do i change my message tone
June 8th, 2008 01:34
hi, i just wanted to find out if the o2 cocoon phone is still out in the market? and where can i find it? thanks
June 16th, 2008 14:14
hey, i live in india and o2 cocoon has not been launched here.. and i have told my friend to get it from new zealand,so wanted to know that hope there will be no problems in working the phone in india..Also want to know that what material is the external body made of?? as it looks appealing as it is in white color bt would the color become dirty after using it for few months???? plz reply….. help me……. thanks a lot!!!!!
June 29th, 2008 23:27
hi i’m an owner of the cocoon phone and would like to say, you can find it at most 02 shops (if they have one in your area
) and i did some scouting on ebay and phone some nice deals on there for you guys.
but i was wondering where i could purchase the original cocoon headphones on thier own. mine have stopped working for no reason what so ever!
so it would be nice if someone could get back to me.
thanks,
p.s to the people who wonder if it works outside the UK, it does. it’s quad band and i was able to use when i recently went to gambia (africa)
July 7th, 2008 13:55
is there an easy way to take the back off to get at the battery, im using a knife, surely im doing something wrong?can you email me back pls!
helen
July 29th, 2008 19:30
there is a small sliding button on the side of the phone with a picture of a battery. slide the button and the back should fall off
July 29th, 2008 19:34
need help!!
does anyone know how to put photos or pictures off the internet onto the phone. ive tried sending it to the phone but if you then look in the images folder nothing seems to be there.
PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 30th, 2008 20:51
if people me by unlocking a cocoon phone they want it to take a sim card that is not on o2, then try your sim in the phone as ours takes any, unlocked already when bought new.
March 3rd, 2009 16:39
pls send me a data cable and it rate on my email address o2-cocoon my product no is 1cucocon. all is in warranty .u can replace if it possible.
May 14th, 2009 13:23
where can i get the cable in malaysia to charge my cocoon ? mine is no longer working.
May 30th, 2009 10:48
help me unlocksim for o2 cocoon
October 2nd, 2009 17:27
but to better understand and interesting topics and information about the necessary details thanks.
December 9th, 2009 12:13
thanks