V205 - Great Clarity T-Mobile Phone
Written: Sep 15 '03
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Pros: GREAT CLARITY, easy to use, cool camera, great sounding ringtones, great 65,000 color screen.
Cons: annoying SMS, slow web browser, no ring/vibrate feature, poor camera clarity
The Bottom Line: I would recommend this phone, just because i have yet to see the clarity be beaten by any brand besides samsung. Not worth $300 though.
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| Krum65's Full Review: Samsung SGH-V205 |
I just purchased the tri-band samsung V205 from my local T-Mobile store as an upgrade to my S105, a similar phone. So far, i've had no problems with the phone. Its got GREAT clarity, The camera was the main feature that attracted me to this phone. Coming from the S105, there were only a few differeces to this phone.
Ringtones: 40 chord polyphonic ringers, an upgrade from the 16 chord ringers on the S105. They sound AMAZING.
Camera: The swiveling camera attachment, which is really useful for those moments where you wish you had a camera and you dont. Now I do! The clarity on the camera isn't the greatest, but is good enough. One problem is it doesn't have a zoom, which is a major drawback to taking some pictures. Another problem with the camera is that its always exposed, so its inevitable that it will get dirty.
Text Messaging: If you are a heavy SMS (text message) user like me, you'll despise this phone. It doesnt have a personalized dictionary like in most nokia's, so if you like to use a lot of different vocabulary, your gonna have a tough time using it. Also, one very annoying thing with the SMS is when your writing a message, and you need to erase something, you'll sometimes accidently hit the end key which erases the entire message, making you have to start from scratch.
Internet/Email: GPRS is quite slow, similar to the S105. Emailing pictures can also be a challenge. The phone can save email addresses, but when your going to send the picture, you cant access them! this seems kind of foolish to me, having to type in the email address every time you want to send a picture, but thats the way it is. Don't even bother trying to utilize the AIM built into the browser, its ridiculously slow and nerve wracking.
Screen: The phone has gotten a lot of "oohs" and "ah's" due to its INCREDIBLY bright 65,000 color screen. I can even use it as a flashlight in the dark its so bright!
Ease of Use: The phone is pretty self explanatory. If your coming from a nokia, you should have no problem. The key setup and menu setup is extremely similar.
Phone Book: You can add up to 250 entries on a regular sim card, plus 500 entries into the phone. Also, you have to store phone numbers as 10 digits, otherwise when you get a call it wont show up as the persons name, rather their number. same goes for dialing, you need to dial 10 digits if you want the name of hte person to show up, otherwise you can dial 7 digits, and in your outgoing call log it will only show numbers, not names.
Complaints: The phone will not ring and vibrate at the same time. Only one ringtone does this, and you can download certain ringtones to do this, but the phone is not initially programmed to do so. The vibration also can be too light and you can miss calls this way. The phone is also a little boxy, the S105 is a lot sleeker. The service light is also placed in a stupid area right underneath the external LCD, unlike regular flip phones having it on the top right.
Recommended:
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Amount Paid (US$): 99.99
Recommended for: World Travelers - Works Anywhere and Everywhere!
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