With value features & design, SCH-T300 still needs improvement
Written: Mar 11 '02
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Pros: Tri-mode wide coverage, voice memos &dialing, low price, sharp resolution &design, light weight
Cons: awkward menu &navigation, small buttons, long antenna, little space for name &to do list
The Bottom Line: For the budget, aesthetic and PDA/high tech fans this is a useful toy with great excuses to replace your old plastic looking non voice activated phone.
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| arrietkirkland's Full Review: Samsung SCH-T300 Cell Phone |
Reason of purchase: to replace my aging (battery dying) Sanyo 4500
Choices of Digital phones available: Samsung SCH-N150, Sanyo SCP-6000, Sanyo SCP-5000
Why I chose SCH-T300:
1.The rectangular, silver metal case design looks high tech and is in good taste
2.It's the right price range. I paid $140, headset, belt clip and cigarette lighter charger included.
3.It has three reception modes: AMPS 800mhz, CDMA 800mhz and 1900mhz, providing users with the widest coverage area as opposed to the light but single mode Sanyo SCP-5000. I was tempted by the light weight, but what's the point of taking out a sleek phone, dial a phone number, then the screen says, "not in service area"? SCH-T300 is reasonably light at 105grams.
4.Personal information manager (PIM) features such as 4 minute (2 voice memos, 2 minutes each) voice memo recorder, calendar, to do list, count down timer and alarm clock. It's handy when you don't want to pull out or forget to carry your PDA.
5.Voice dialing: 20 voice dial locations with superior sound recognition; Phone Book Features holds up to 500 alphanumeric entries, with maximum of 32 digits. You can enter 6 numbers per name (home, work, mobile, etc.) There are 15 melodies (mostly classical tunes) to choose from
6.High resolution big creen: VERY IMPRESSIVE black and white resolution and the screen size is great for web-surfing, short-sighted people like me.
This phone, of course, isn't perfect for everyone:
1.People with large hands will curse as they press the keypad.
2.The central navigation button is too small, making jogging directions difficult. As a result, SCH-T300 menu is surprisingly hard to access comparing to competing models by Sony and Sanyo I used to have. Being a supporter of "no non-sense high tech gadget", I find this very frustrating.
3.The antenna is alarmingly long. Fortunately, reception is good in most areas so there is little need to extend it.
4.There is only 12 character spaces for name entry and 30 spaces for to do list.
5.The new T9 text input system is useless. It has a list of most commonly used words. When you key in the first letter, it spells out the rest for you. I happen to use less common words so it guesses wrong and presumptuously enter the word it "thinks" I want to enter! I end up using the conventional ABC keying system.
Overall, Samsung SCH-T300 is a stylish phone with good features and performance at a great value. It's not perfect, but I will still choose it over other phone models.
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Amount Paid (US$): 140
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Member: arriet kirkland
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