Excellent phone
Written: May 07 '03
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Pros: Good reception, sound quality
Nice size, look, slip on faceplates
Cons: Not the best ringtones
Can't download new ringtones
Short battery life
The Bottom Line: Great, low-cost phone. I love flip-phones and did not want to shell out $$ for a Motorola, however I am now glad I didn't, because I love this phone.
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| sjg98's Full Review: Samsung SCH-A310 Mobile Phone |
I have this phone through Verizon Wireless, and it is the best cell phone I have used up to now. This is my second phone and I have also tried other phones, parents and friends. It has great reception, and clear audio quality. It has vibrate built in, which is always nice. The blue color of the screen is unlike what I have seen on other phones, it really stands out and is easy to read. The outer LCD can be set to light up 7 different colors depending on day or who is calling.
You can also set the phone to ring on certain dates/times to remind you of events using its scheduler feature. I use this fature EXTENSIVELY because of my short memory and forgetfullness. Even if you do not use it for scheduling, the scheduler is nice in that you have a mini calender on you at all times. You can also type in memos on your keypad that are stored in the memo menu. I use this for shopping and to do lists. The phone also has voice memo recording which I have not used extensively, but found useable if I needed it. The phone also has voice dailing, which i DEFINETELY use all the time. You can program 20 different phone numbers to be accessible by voice. It is very accurate at picking up the name you are saying. It is much more convenient than dailing or going through the conventional phone book menu of a cell phone. The phone book of this cell phone allows you to store several phone numbers for each person in it: Work, Home, Cell, Other, as well as email address. For me, this phone is almost like a PDA. (and I do have a PDA so I'm not just making a comparison to something I have never seen before)
This phone also has text messaging, a feature which I do not use often, but when I tested it out, it worked quite well. This phone also has a mobile web browswer, I do not use this either, but it is nice to know I can use it in the future if I would like to.
The phone also has removable outer faceplate covers if you want to customize it. The phone comes with a nice belt clip holster if you use those. I stopped using it because the phoen is so small, especially compared to my old startac, that I just put it in my pocket.
This phone is also quite durable, I have dropped it several times, not small drops either, they were the kind of drops that made me think 'oh boy I broke my phone', however it still works just as well as when I took it out of the box.
Only downsides to this phone: its ringtones are not the best sounding ringers on the block, and you cannot download ringtones to it, and the battery life could be longer.
Overall, I would highly recommend this phone.
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Amount Paid (US$): 100
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Member: Stephen Gomes
Location: CT
Reviews written: 49
Trusted by: 1 member
About Me:
College student into photography, electronics, computers and entertainment.
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