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Written: Dec 19 '02 (Updated Sep 10 '04)
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Pros: Nice looking phone, many features, excellent color display
Cons: no voice recognition, some dim spots on keypad, screen on outside keeps going out!
The Bottom Line: Great deal! Sweet phone! Buy it now!
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| wickedpete's Full Review: Samsung SGH-S105 |
Here's the spec rundown:
Slim, stylish and in full color. You can personalize your phone with screensavers and ringtones that sound like real music. Using T-Zone you can access your e-mail accounts, send and receive AOL Instant Messages, look up movie times for your neighborhood theater, play Internet games with other players, get information on sports scores, the music scene and local events and more. This phone is also tri-band (GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz) which allows you to make and receive calls around the world.
Basic info:
Talk time: up to 4 hours
Standby time: up to 92 hours
Size: 88.5 x 46.5 x 23 mm
Weight: 92 gr
The Samsung S105 is loaded with the following features:
Tri Mode - World Phone
Polyphonic ringtones (sounds like real music)
Calendar
To do list
Calculator
Color Display
Pictures (Screensavers and Backgrounds)
WAP enabled
Alarm
Phone book
Easy text input - T9
Speed dial
Games
Multi-lingual text display (English, Spanish, French)
Conference calling
Voicemail
Call Waiting
Vibrator Alert
Built in modem
The good:
Some extras that I really appreciate are the internet access, calender, 'to do' list and the text messaging. Text writing with the T9 feature is very easy to use and works most of the time. As you type in words, the phone compares the key strokes and fills in the word. I'd say it works great 9 times out of 10.
The phone book allows up to 750 numbers with 500 on the phone and 250 on the card. The 'groups' allow you to group the numbers into 10 different groups and you can assign a ring tone to each group so you have an idea whos calling before you even look at your phone. I have my 'business' tone set on the flat serious ring tone so I know when not to answer :)
One thing I didn't know before I bought the phone is that the phone is IrDA compatible so you can do data transfer
with your computer without a data cable. All you need is an infrared usb adapter.
The so so:
The holster could have been designed a little better. It is a little difficult to get the phone out of the holster easily. I used to have a Motorolla Timeport which was much easier to be 'quick on the draw' with. One advantage over the Timeport holster is that it does hold the phone shut. My Timeport always used to fly open.
The bad:
Considering all the features and the amount of numbers you can store, voice recognition would have been nice. But its not that bad, I guess.
The price:
Amazon.com was having a $250 rebate, so I couldn't pass it up. T-mobile would give you $50 if you got a plan over $35, but I'm a cheap a$$, so I got the $29.99 plan. T-mobile had the best el-cheapo plan at 300 anytime minutes, unlimited weekends and 1 MB of T-Zone transfer. You can't beat that!
UPDATE:
Screen on outside of the phone went out. Called T-Moblie and they sent a replacement phone and a postage paid return slip to send back the defective phone. I'm impressed! Lesson learned: store as much info on the SIM card as possible. I chose to store my numbers on the phone and it was a real pain deleting and re-entering the numbers on the new phone. My opinion has not changed regarding this phone outside of durability.
UPDATE 9-9-04:
Screen on front went out again! I know its been a while, but now the phone is out of warrenty, so I will have to buy a new phone now. Since I'm sure this model has been replaced with a new one by now, be wary of that front LCD on model X. Two times with two phones says something to me.
Recommended:
Yes
Amount Paid (US$): 49.99
Recommended for: Stylish Trendsetters - Hip and Trendy
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