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Samsung E105 Phone (T-Mobile)

Samsung E105 Phone (T-Mobile)

List Price: $149.99
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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: This phone is the best!!!!!!!!!!
Review: I don't know about all the other "professionals" who think this phone is bad.......but seriously, if you want normal ringtones you should have bought a "monophonic" phone instead of a "polyphonic". DUH.........Well, I personally think this phone is the most reliable/cheapest phone there is on the market today........and plus its color.......who can beat that?........The only problem is that the phone doesn't vibrate and ring at the same time.......it vibrates 3 times first, then rings.......which is real annoying after awhile..................but besides that, this phone is perfect.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great phone, Awesome price
Review: I've had this phone for a week now, and I have yet to have a single problem with it. It comes with just the basic features (color screen, polyphonic rings, etc.) without all the frills of some phones (cameras, video recorders, radios, etc.) This phone is great for someone who wants to upgrade from that old green screen to something a little nicer but doesn't want to be out a fourtune on a phone with features that you have to spend a fortune to even use (picture messaging ring a bell?). The games are nice, and the rings are loud and very audible. The reception is great, and the price simply can't be beat. I would definitely recommend this phone to anyone with a listening ear.....I'm already trying to spread the word and get more of my friends updated into the 21st century.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Matt Hoffman is correct. as always.
Review: ive used his phone. it works.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Horrible software?
Review: I bought this phone (with T-Mobile service) because of its diminutive weight (under 3 ounces!) and size. Unfortunately, I am now saddled with a horribly juvenile interface. Beautiful hardware has been married to moronic software. Still, regardless of what follows, I am keeping the phone and rating it 3 stars.

Now for the annoying stuff. First off, as others have pointed out, there are no normal ring tones. The closest is T-Mobile's theme song. Great. Now I'm a walking advertisement.

But that's not all. Turn it on and you get tropical fish; a light house; a fantastically ornate, spinning hour glass (to comfort you while the address book takes forever to load); and an obnoxious animated "Hello from T-Mobile" logo (and a corresponding "Goodby from T-Mobile" version when you shut it off). Then there are some beautiful icons, in riveting color of course, for each functional category (including the sub-adult "Fun Box"), plus some unbelievably tacky 1-bit graphics dancing around on the outside screen whenever you receive a call or have messages. A screen which, by the way (as another reviewer has noted), displays incoming numbers not in full, but by scrolling. I suppose that's supposed to be advantageous and cool since the numbers are moving.

And is there a way to turn all this garbage off? Noooo, there is not! I waded through the 160 page manual and then consulted T-Mobile. The rep told me I should get a phone with fewer features! Ha ha. Features indeed. These seem like small issues, but they aren't--any sensible person will want to stomp this thing after a couple of weeks. What a pity that such an amazing piece of hardware has been ruined by marketing dopes (?), clueless software engineers (?), an art department run by 12 year boys (?).

One reviewer says that multiple phone numbers cannot be assigned to a name. This is not the case. You can add as many numbers as you want to each name (the menu system makes this confusing--if you've just entered a new number then Options, Add Entry allows you to add another number. If you are adding a number to an existing name then the sequence is Search, View, Options, Add Entry). The numbers, however, cannot be annotated with anything but the three defaults provided by Samsung (Home, Mobile, Work), but I have found that adequate for my purposes.

A final note: While I was amazed that the phone can play chess (how well is hard to say, since even at the lowest level it's too slow), I was not surprised that the board is positioned incorrectly, with the white queen on a black square, and that it's almost impossible to play the game because the designers have opted for a flashy three-dimensional representation which obscures the positions and identities of the pieces.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: good phone...meets expectations..few cons
Review: I got this replacing a samsung a460..and my faith in samsung has been made stronger...
Almost the same functionality as the a460, with a lil bit more, and of course, a color screen added. Got wot i expected and am very happy with the phone. Ppl i spoke to said my voice comes across very clear...probably clearer than my earlier device. All in all, very happy with this buy. And forgot to mention the parameter, which was the USP for me - the weight. The thing comes at a mere 2.8 oz and thats real neat. Probably one of the lightest devices on show today. It doesnt come with a camera and all that jazz, but if you dont need those, very nice phone.

CONS
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It seems to have a few delays in operation. Sometimes very slow to respond to keys, and at times, the Phonebook tells me it is "Initialising", when I try to use, and keeps shwing that message fopr quite some time.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Tiny Powerhouse
Review: With the exception of not being bluetooth compatible this phone is the best. Small size and good features mixed with some helpfull additions like an organizer and alarm modes makes this a capable little phone.

I second the complaint about the ring tones.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: tacky and nonprofessional
Review: pros:
-cheap
-good rf
-good battery life

cons:
-no bluetooth (cars will have bluetooth options now where your phone call rings in thru your car's speakers and the caller id shows up on a display in your dash and you can dial from your steering wheel, all while the phone is still in your pocket, ie, the 2004 Acura TL)
-no voice dialing (if you're not going to have bluetooth, at least have this??!)
-styling looks cheaper than its predecessor, the s105
-text input is cumbersome, very non-intuitive
-not a TFT display, horrible to read in sunlight
-phone will *NOT* vibrate and ring at the same time! uhh duh?

Overall, this would be a great phone for teenagers and young people but not for working professionals.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: It's great
Review: This phone is great. It's small and compact. Nice and light. I love the rings and its not complicated. Everything is nice and simple.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: great for kids, horrible for professionals
Review: besides everything written before me, the biggest negative for this phone is that the rings are horrible. If you want a song, then great, if you want a ring, you're out of luck. The only option is the t-mobile melody, outside of that not a single simple ring.

The makers seem to forget all about people who want a simple phone that rings and makes phones calls. All the other options are fun and games, but completely worthless in a phone.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Lots of bang for the dollar
Review: We bought two of these phones on the family plan and love them. They are loaded with features that are easy to use once you read the instructions...which by the way, are as easy as a 2nd grade reading book. Congrats to the Samsung industry for not only making a great, fun, easy to use cell phone, but providing an easy to read instruction manual.

Buy one...or two...you won't regret it.


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