S105 is a winner in my book
Written: Jan 03 '03 (Updated Apr 19 '03)
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Pros: Lightweight, cool blue back light, slim, infrared, big screen
Cons: Not very durable (plastic casing), Ear piece volume, not many accessories
The Bottom Line: If you can get this phone for free, get it! If you're not big on features like games, ringtones, and a built in organizer, then don't fork over the cash.
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| Wldchkn13's Full Review: Samsung SGH-S105 |
I've had my phone for about two months now. I got it for free through an Amazon/T-mobile deal. I use to own two Nokia phones. Those phones were great cause they were tanks, but they didn't have as many cool features as the S105.
I've dropped my phone twice from about 3 feet and it's still running strong. It has 3 fat dents from the fall because of it's plastic casing. My friend has a Motorola and those things are tuff. The only drawback is that they are heavy.
There are not many accessories available for this phone. I just wanted to make a note of that for those of you that are into removable faces or crazy cases.
For some reason the earpiece volume is really quiet. I've turned up the volume all the way when the call is active. I can hear the other person reasonably, but sometimes I feel like I have to shove the phone into my ear hole just so I can hear what someone is saying.
The screen is big and I like the fact that you can customize the main screen's selection bar colors and the main screen's desktop. If you plan on getting this phone here are some tricks I've learned:
- Don't buy the Serial or USB to S105 data cable. It's better if you use infrared or get an infrared adapter. I say this because it will be more versatile to have the infrared adapter than the data cable that only works with your phone. If you don't have an infrared port on your laptop or only have a PC, go buy an infrared port from Fry's or find one on ebay. Look up USB IrDA. Don't pay more than $40 for the adapter otherwise your getting jipped.
- Look around online for places where there are WAP servers with free games and ring tones. Don't play around too much with the Samsung web pages. A lot of times they make you run around in circles and in the end want you to pay money. I was able to download 4 games. Right now I have 10 games total on my phone. I was able to fit 17 new songs on my phone. It came with about 22 ring tones. That's 39 ring tones. I fit 8 of my pictures on the phone. The phone comes with more pictures for you to use to set as your background.
- I was able to find 500 ring tones for S105 on Kazaa. Do some searching around you should find something since this phone just came out.
- The nice thing about this phone is you can get any midi off the internet and change it into your ring tone. Look for a program called Easy GPRS on the Samsung website. This program will help you get your pictures, ring tones, and other files onto your phone via the infrared port or cable.
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