The Best Phone being used in US
Written: Sep 11 '02
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Pros: Cute Appearance, Cool Ringers, Excellent Color Display, External Caller ID, etc..
Cons: Short Battery Life, Expensive
The Bottom Line: I was very impressed with Samsung SPH-A500 phone. I do recommend this phone to everyone.
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| hckim724's Full Review: Samsung SPH A500 Cell Phone |
Since 1998, I've been using many different kinds of mobile phones in New York area. And, about two weeks ago, I purchased Samsung SPH-A500, a kind of mobile phone that I have always dreamed of.
In Asian countries including Korea, a mobile phone such as Samsung SPH-A500 is pretty common nowadays. And, I have hoped that a phone like this would come out in U.S. as soon as possible. Finally, it did!
First of all, this phone has really cool appearance. It is very sleek, stylish, and small. I recommend you personally go out to Sprint PCS store to check this phone out. This phone has a huge external caller ID so that you can check out who is calling you before you answer. Not surprised yet? Well, compare the external caller ID on this phone with others such as Motorola V60C, or Sanyo 5150. Their external caller ID's are much smaller than this. This external caller ID shows date, day, and time.
Second, let us hear ringers. This phone has 16 chord. If you hear various ringers on this phone, you will get surprised and attracted. Again, 16 chord. You can even download many other beautiful ringers from the Sprint PCS website. When this phone rings, other people around you will look at you!
Next, what a cool color LCD! This phone has a much brighter screen than other phones do such as Sanyo 5150. This color LCD could consume battery very quickly, but you can set the display to the energy-save mode. You can download many different kinds of screen-savers from Sprint PCS website. And, this phone has animated color display for games and screensavers.
And... you can do voice-dialing. If you record other people's name on a specific number, you can simply say the name to dial the number. Or, if you are tired of pressing numbers to call someone, you can simply do "digit dial." Say numbers, and this phone will dial the number!
Have extra money? You could buy a camera that goes with this phone. You can take a picture of something using this phone and even e-mail them!
Well, one downside is that this phone is a little bit expensive.. $300. And, if you would like to take a picture using this phone, you need to buy a camera separately by paying $99. There is a rebate of $30 on the camera though.
In addition, it has rather short battery life. The bright color LCD as well as luminescent blue backlit keypad could consume battery life very quickly. The Sprint PCS offers a free extended battery.
Dimensions: 3.4" x 2.0" x 0.8"
Weight: 3.6 oz.
Talk Time: Digital, up to 2.5 hours; AMPS, up to 1 hour
Standby Time: Digital, up to 9 days; AMPS, up to 15 hours
Color: Silver
Main Display: 128 x 160 color TFT main display; up to 12 lines of dynamically sized text; 94 x 64 pixel external LCD
Mode: Dual band/Tri-mode (CDMA 1900 MHz (PCS); CDMA 800 MHz; and AMPS 800 MHz)
Wireless Protocol: CDMA
Service Provider: Sprint
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Amount Paid (US$): 299
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