I'd rather use a simple cheaper phone
Written: Sep 03 '03
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Pros: Beautiful screen, smooth flip top, small and comfortable, great sounds
Cons: Phonebook/Caller ID, I don't know if its worth the extra cost for the color
The Bottom Line: Unless you REALLY want the color screen, I'd pass this one up and go for a cheaper phone. The phonebook is unintuitive, and I just expected more from this beast.
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| popkorn1's Full Review: Samsung SGH-S105 |
I was pumped when all of these color phones started coming out. I wanted to get one so bad, and this is the one I bought. I'm a techie, so all these fancy toys are fun for me.
I've been using this phone for almost a year, and honestly am pretty tired of it. I thought the color screen would be so good, but I'd rather get my money back and go back to a simple cheap phone that does the same thing, with less flare.
The thing that really turns me off about this phone is the caller ID. You can put multiple phone numbers per person in the phonebook, but when they call from one of those numbers.. it just says there name - not WHICH number they're using. That annoys me because say somebody calls me from their cell phone, and I want to call them back. I have to go through the call log and actually click on their name to see where they called from. It just seems tedious, I wish it would display an icon or something to show which number they are using.
Same thing goes for placing a call. In the phonebook you have a list of names. Within a name, you can have multiple numbers. So to call somebody, you have to find there name, click it, then find the number, and click it. I liked my old simple phone where I could just list say... "David (Cell)" and "David (Home)" and pick which one right from the phonebook.
The sound quality of the phone is great, it picks up sounds easily and sounds like a house phone. No gripes with that.
The ringer sounds great too, really fancy stuff.
Honestly that's all there is to say about it, the games are slow and boring, everything is basically average. The replacable face plate is very cool though.
In the end I wouldn't recommend this phone, I'd go for something cheaper unless you really want the flare. Any cheaper phone could get the same job done.
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Amount Paid (US$): 250
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