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Philips SA5125

Philips SA5125

52 reviews

Jun, 2013

Positive
Sound (22)
Value for money (22)
Size (2)
Portability (1)
Usability (1)

Negative
Reliability (5)
Headphones (1)
Performance (1)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 52 reviews from magazines and websites. People are impressed by the usability and size. The battery and sound also get good opinions. There are mixed reviews on the connectivity and memory, while some have doubts about the headphones and performance.

value for money, sound, battery, size, usability

reliability, performance, headphones

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other MP3 Players the Philips SA5125 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 78/100 = Good quality.

Review analysis

(Based on 52 reviews)

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Consumer review by: sc70117 (cnet.com)

Had for 5 days....Noticing BUGS

DAY 1 Ok, so I went to Wal-mart and wanted to buy my very first MP3 player. Initially, I thought of the I-Pod and looked at what was available. I was willing to spend about $100-$140. As usual this Walmart was out of those in my price range and ......

good audio/video and visual quality

bugs, should be an on/off switch

Sep, 2007

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Consumer review by: guyvandrun (cnet.com)

Good at first.. only last 6 months

I would not buy philips products... If you want something to last.. then save a little more money and buy a topline product.. iPods tend to last from what i have heard.. Right now. today i am going to buy a sandisk sansa e250.. i reasearched it and it...

it has a video player.. photos and Fm radio.. ok battery.. charge alot though.. AC charger bought sepreately for 25 bucks

fm radio cuases Freezing when it freezes a small pin resets it.. the video is hard to work. if you play it loud it tends to freeze. also.. 6 months after i got it. it froz and then it would just shut off on its own.. the battery inside was loose

Sep, 2007

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Consumer review by: alazzari (cnet.com)

BAD battery life - POOR Customer Service

So I take my new mp3 player with me to work thinking i would have music to keep me pumped throughout the day. I come to find out that my battery is dead after only 7 hours of work. I tried lowering all the settings to conserve the battery but ......

Features and Functionality

Battery life was only 7 hours

Sep, 2007

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Consumer review by: (amazon.com)

Amazon review summary for the Philips SA5125

alaTest has collected and analyzed 12 user reviews of the Philips SA5125 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other MP3 Players on Amazon.com.

value for money

reliability

25% of reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Jun, 2013

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Consumer review by: carlitos (amazon.com)

BAD CHOICE

IT DOESNT WORKS AS I EXPECTED. THIS MP3 BECOMES VERY HOT WHILE CHARGING AND STOPS WORKING UNTIL IT COOLS OUT. FOR THE PRICE I WOULD BUY ANOTHER CHEAPER BRAND THAT PROBABLY WOULD WORK BETTER. I CHOOSE THIS ONE BECAUSE IT WAS PHILIPS BUT IT IS NOT OF...

Dec, 2011

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Consumer review by: Shishir (amazon.com)

Very Nice, Original Philips Packing

I bought it to gift it to my sister. So didn't open its packing. it has original Philips packing and player looks very nice. supports: mp3, WMA, WMV Has FM radio original packing says upto 20 hrs music or 2hrs video playtime.

Dec, 2011

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Consumer review by: KanMan (newegg.com)

Nice

Removable memory would be nice.

The menu is easy to see and navigate. Only use it for the Music. It easily sync's with Windows Media Player 11. Nice for the price

None

May, 2009

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Consumer review by: def.jerm (newegg.com)

Defjerm

i recommend this product. newegg has excellent service and constantly updated my info so i knew where it was and when id get it. very good value.

This is an awesome little mp3 player. 1st i read cons in other peoples reviews and several of them said it had low batt life.. no way i fell to sleep with it on and woke up to find that it hadnt even knocked off a bar of the battery indicator. most mp3...

it didnt come with a protective transparent piece of plastic for the screen.. i bought a cheap 20 dollar cell phone and even that came with the plastic covering..to bad.. also the keys feel like a few months down the line they will be falling out or...

Mar, 2009

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Consumer review by: N/A (newegg.com)

First MP3 Player

Cheap and worth getting

Yes my first mp3 player... Mainly because I had no need before hand. However ; 1) Headphone sound quality is good ; 2) When the volume is maxed still good quality ; 3) Can play vids ; 4) AUTO CHARGE NO BUYING BATTERIES

1) HAVE TO USE WMP11 to get songs onto device ; 2) HAVE TO INSTALL THE SOFTWARE

Feb, 2009

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Consumer review by: N/A (newegg.com)