Samsung A530 Phone (Verizon Wireless)

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Summary: Great phone!
Review: I purchased this phone a year and a half ago and it's been great. I haven't had any problems with it. The display is sharp. I got two batteries with it - a "short" duration, which makes the phone very light to carry around and looks sleek, too, and also the "longer" time battery. The longer time battery obviously adds a bit of weight to the phone, but not so much that it's bulky in your pocket. The phone is pretty small, anyway, so all in all, it's a great phone and I've been very pleased with it.

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Summary: Warning: This phone is a lemon!!!!
Review: I purchased this phone from Verizon 18 months ago for $200+. The phone headset jack stopped working after 2 months and I took it back to Verizon. Verizon replaced it with a defective refurbished phone which promptly stopped working within 3 months. This time, people could not hear me while on a call with me. I took it back again.... This happened 7 times in 18 months. Each time Verizon refused to switch it for a new replacement phone (even when it stopped working within 2 months of purchase. Instead, Verizon exchanged it with a defective refurbished phone which stopped working within 2 to 3 months and I would have to take it back. Eventually, the seventh time I took it back and accused them of selling me a lemon and exchanging it with lemons, the store manager agreed and replaced it with a cheap LG phone. This phone did not have the high capacity battery or travel charger that my original Samsung did and defintely is of inferior construction / aesthetics.

Bottom line - the Samsung phone is defective, purchase it at your peril.