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Tuesday, December 20, 2005

DORO Disappointment


Ever ordered by mail and then discovered it doesn't quite look like it does in the the advert?

I recently purchased a DORO 212IPC Skype Certified phone, and had exactly this experience.

Consider the photo on the right. Looks like a stylish, crisp white skype phone.

Unfortunately, this is not the case. The phone is a creamy off-white colour that makes it look like it's been sat in the sun for too long.

Before returning the phone, I wanted to check with DORO to see if it was a manufacturing error. The staff casually replied...

"No no, the DORO 21I2P isn't actually white, but rather a creamy kind of off-white colour".

Great. Thanks for the honest marketing DORO and for a phone that's the colour of yellow snow.