A Great Little Phone
Written: Feb 23 '02
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Pros: small, great reception, easy to use, fast charge
Cons: voice activated dial sometimes iffy
The Bottom Line: This phone has great reception, very clear sounding voice, and is fun and easy to use
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| wendie7's Full Review: Samsung SPH-N200 Silver |
This is the second cell phone I've ever owned. After having repeated problems with my previous phone and service (a Nokia and Cellulink), I decided to make the switch and go with a Sprint phone and service, since their service is available to me at discounted rates through work. I love this phone!
The phone is easy to use and the multi-number phone book is just great. Instead of having to have four or five different entries for those people I know who have cell phones, home phones, dorm phones, pagers, and work phones, I can enter all the information in one spot to eliminate the searching. There are 250 speed dials and a fast search to find the names quickly in the phone book. I think this is a very nice change over the normal phone number memory.
Distinctive rings are something I use a lot. You can set the phone to ring different depending on who's calling. My phone rings one way if work is calling, one way if friend A is calling, another if friend B is calling, and another if my mom is calling (you get the idea). This lets me know who's calling before I even reach for my phone (or get up to get it, if I'm at home)
I have Wireless Web service on my phone (the specs on eOpinions say this phone isn't web enabled, but it is) and its an interesting service. It sure doesn't compete in any way with the regular internet, but if you're just looking to get top news headlines, your stock quotes, or a few short e-mails, its fine and a great way to kill time!
Another feature I like is the page feature. You get a sprint e-mail address and someone can be online and "e-mail you" and it sends you a numeric or written page so friends and family can send short notes to your phone!
I've dropped this phone a few times and it hasn't even scratched. I'm a klutz and I was a little worried about breaking the flip piece or breaking the retractable antenna, but they seem very sturdy and I haven't had one bit of problem.
While Voice Command (a service that allows you to command via voice your phone to just about anything) didn't come with the phone, Voice Activated Dialing did. Great for people who are driving or have their hands busy, just hit the talk button and say "Call John" and away it goes. While this feature is fun, unless you say the name nearly exactly (to the breath) how you recorded it, it has a hard time recognizing your voice. Also, if you have to press talk to get the phone to dial, it would be just as easy to program those numbers into a 1-9 speed dial so you could just call said person by pressing down the number. Oh well, its a fun feature I guess.
The battery in this phone seems to die down quicker than my Nokia, it has a stand-by life of about 4 days tops and a few hours straight talk time. The good thing is though, since the battery is lithium ion, it doesn't hurt the battery at all if I charge it when it is still relatively charged. In fact, unlike other phones, you could plug this phone into the charger every night before bed and not worrying about wrecking the battery, thats nice!
All in all, I really like this phone and I think you will too!
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Amount Paid (US$): 99.99
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