A cool little phone
Written: Nov 29 '00
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Pros: size,flip phone,use
Cons: ringer button can be hit to change ring on accident to easy
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| marklafferty's Full Review: Samsung SCH 3500 CDMA / AMPS Cellular Phone |
Simply put, I love this phone. I never even thought I would really use a cell phone so I never bought one myself. My girlfriend bought this so we would have one while traveling or making long distance calls to our relatives. We share it between the two of us with the one not near a phone taking this one just in case.
Let’s start with the basic description of this phone. It is metallic grey in color. The LCD screen is very readable in all lights. The buttons are large enough so you can read them but small enough not to be a nuisance. The buttons also light up so you can see them in the dark. The antenna is compact when not out and, not in your way when out.
It is a flip style cell phone with the ear receiver on the flip part. This is one of the best features of the phone for me. When the flip is down the phone is small and manageable, when the flip is up the phone feels more like a regular sized phone which is a great draw for me. I am not fond of those cell phones that fit so small into your hand that it is hard to tell they are there. I wouldn’t worry about the flip breaking too much. We use some care when using it put it is a very tough little phone.
Now on to the more technical information. This phone is a Sprint PCS phone so you will need to use one of their plans. They have many plans that can be worked to fit your lifestyle so that isn’t a big problem. It is also a dual band phone. A major thing if you live in an area not totally covered digitally. The wireless web can also be accessed from this phone. I really can’t give an honest review of that feature. We used it once then realized it wasn’t as handy as a computer. Maybe there are some uses for it but we haven’t found any yet.
One of the coolest features of this phone is the voice dialing. You can program up to 20 names to be dialed by voice command. This feature saves a little time putting the number in.
It has 13 ringers and vibrate. You can choose different rings for calls in your phone book or out. The vibrate is strong enough to get your attention but not anyone else’s like other phones. The phone can go about 2 days off charge, or around 4-hours of talk time.
I recommend this phone to anyone that wants a quality phone but not one of those super tiny phones.
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Amount Paid (US$): 99
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Member: Mark Lafferty
Location: Lexington, KY
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