Samsung S105 - Nice
Written: Apr 19 '03
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Pros: overall design, options, color
Cons: no voice dialing, poor screen, buttons
The Bottom Line: I would recommend this phone if you need a reliable phone and would take advantage of extras like internet browsing. Very svelte - Very smooth - Very reliable.
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| sportsc4's Full Review: Samsung SGH-S105 |
The Case (buttons, phone and button layout)
I like how the case opens up. It's not nearly flat like the Motorola V60 and I like that. The phone has a satisfying flip action which isn't hard to open and not too easy to close, dare i say it... perfect? The volume switch is located on the left side and is not obtrusive. Headphone jack is located up top, great place. The external LCD display has a terrific blue background (hold down the volume when closed) which says the time and date and phone number if someone is calling you.
Unfortunately the buttons needed work. The keypad is realtively flat and bunched together. The circular navigation pad is made of cheap plastic (you can hear it clicking by rubbing a finger over it) and the navigation buttons are ackwardly placed on around the navigation pad. It's not horrible but needed better planning. A person gets used to this (I came from using a Nokia 8290).
Phone Software Options (menu options, gui navigation)
Unfortunately this phone does not have voice dialing. Even the simplest phones have this option and it is missed but not a huge deal. The menu system is OK. Unfortunately you can only scroll up and down. Their are 4 directions on the Navigation pad... why couldn't they have taken advantage of this instead of hindering users with only up and down? Besides these two items, the software is quick. when typing in text, switching between capital letters, lowercase letters, and symbols is confusing because it seems to be different everytime.
LCD Screen
First, it has VERY good color representation. Much better than motorola's V72 (not sure, but the color version that resembles the V60). BUT their is horrible lag. On my 'tamagotchi' style game, the cat runs from one side of the screen to the other and ghosting effects are seen. Ghosting is also prevelant when quickly scrolling through the phone book. Unfortunately, like all other LCD screens, the screen fades badly when viewed in direct, bright sunlight. I don't know of one phone w/ a color screen that doesn't have this problem. We will have to wait for OLED cell phone screens to fix that problem.
General Stuff
This phone came w/ headphones, a clip case, 2 (yes TWO) batters (1 extended, 1 standard), and a string type attachment. Battery life is good, i routinely get over 3 hours talk time but beware that if you use features that have the backlight on for long amounts of time (playing games, browsing internet) that battery time will significantly decrease. I routinely recharge the phone each night besides my bed.
I did not review reception and internet access because this would depend on your carrier more than the phone. I can say that even though my reception on my Nokia 8290 was excellent, the S105 is even better (same service - TMobile).
Recommended:
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Amount Paid (US$): 25
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Location: Englewood, CO. USA
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