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Kyocera Domino review: This Domino falls flat

If Kyocera had heeded our advice for an anteceding handset, today's Domino may not have toppled.

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Despite offering solid call quality during our San Francisco tests, the Kyocera Domino had enough design and hardware disappointments to keep us looking for a better simple cell phone.

It doesn't help that for the Domino, Kyocera has regurgitated an almost exact copy of the design used on the earlier Jax, repeating most of the same mistakes. Sorry, Kyocera, but revisiting that screen is a crime we can't easily overlook.

Read the full review to see photos, videos, and where this phone goes wrong.