Samsung S105
Written: Jul 22 '04
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Pros: External caller ID/Time, Color, Flip
Cons: VERY FRAGILE, doesnt last, Review based on 7 phones over 2 years, please read.
The Bottom Line: Unless you get a new phone every couple months and just want to try something new, dont bother.
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| irish2284's Full Review: Samsung SGH-S105 |
Alright, First off, this review is not based on my phone alone or a couple months of use like many of the reviews. I owned my phone for almost 2 years and know another 7 people who have or had this phone. I wrote my first review of this phone in a Hotmail link and lost it because I am dumb and didnt cut and paste. Therefore this review is going to still have the same info but more to the point, lol.
Pros - Flip phone which is always nice because you dont have to lock and or worry about calls being made in your pocket or purse. Color, which isnt a big deal now as most phone companies are basically giving out color phones. As a college student I loved the alarm set up... there are three alarms, daily, weekend, and once which was great and I do miss. It is nice to have the external caller ID and time available. Outside of that the only other good feature is the customizable joypad for Quick Keys.
Cons - Here is where it comes.
Battery/Reception Bars - The battery only shows 3 bars which leaves you guessing if you have 30 min or 2 days of life left in it. The reception bars are very very sensitive (no matter what service provider). They would change up to 4-5 bars if you moved the phone a foot in one direction.
Durability - horrible, after about a year the antenna broke off. This happened in 5 of the phones I know of. The battery pops off on the smallest of drops (I used to have a Motorola that I could kick a block and still have working).
Programming Problems - Within 8 months of having my phone it would randomly exit screens (like in the middle of writting a text message). I know 2 people who went through a couple different sim cards, and had numbers erased from their phones for whatever reason.
Overall, the phone has a few perks but they dont last. If you are a person who gets a phone every couple of months then you might want to try it just to see but if your like me and think a phone should last then dont even bother (and it is my understanding the upgraded version of the E105 isnt any better). I only got this phone because I knew the salesman and it was free. Dont even bother with it.
Recommended:
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Amount Paid (US$): 150 Retail
Recommended for: Stylish Trendsetters - Hip and Trendy
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