All Excellent, but... (Samsung SGH-A100)

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Product:	Samsung SGH-A100
Date:	25/10/01 (334 review reads)
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Advantages: nice design, high screen resolution, fine sensitivity

Disadvantages: no voice functions, poor decorative cover

This device the company has thought over up to trivialities. The model A-100 is successful combines in itself practically all known functions on today (except voice). Including WAP, which was not in the first consignments À-100.

Let's begin from ergonomics and design. The successful solution as the combined book found by the company Motorola, with success is realized in this model. And, in difference from last, the model À-100 impresses (which with success have confirmed field tests) very strong telephone - it has not a gap, not "breathes", the opening of a cover precise and reliable. Anything terrible will not happen, even if you accidentally step on fallen in an uncovered condition by "face" downward telephone.

The ergonomics of the telephone too at height, that is to no small degree reached at the expense of it of the form: in this case and key it is possible to make larger, both the display is larger, and the telephone in a uncovered condition conveniently lies in a hand, and in a folded condition the telephone is convenient for carrying in case on a belt or simply in a pocket.

The very high screen resolution of the display (64 x 128 pixels) allows perfectly reading on it any information, not straining sight, under any angle, even on the brightest sun. The beautiful and very equal illumination allows using the telephone in darkness.

The traditional Samsung menu intuitively is clear; at the expense of plenty of sections the necessary function is from first time. The keyboard has become the rich on four additional keys (up, downwards, to the right and to the left), facilitating and without that simple navigation till the menu (by the way, in the menu it is possible to move and with the help of side keys of loudness).

Is in the menu and very pleasant possibility - to adjust some various forms for sending / receiving SMS; it is possible to enter to each from these forms telephones of various SMS-ce
nters, that is convenient for the messages on telephones, which are connected to other operators.

The choice of signals for call of the user also is rather wide. Vibrocall, powerful, as a jet plane, I realize not only from a pocket, but also from a bag! A set of tunes big, but nevertheless possibility of writing own is stipulated. For this purpose it is possible to use as telephone, on which screen is mapped musical line (range in two octaves is quite satisfactory), and personal computer with IR-port and appropriate software.

Sensitivity and quality of speech in this device is also well. The telephone has best ability to a reception of a signal in problem zones.

Perhaps, only defect of this model is the decorative cover, which is easy scratch. But, as is spoken, it does not influence a velocity in any way.

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