Small, Elogant & Sexy! (Samsung SGH-A800)

Member Name: malone19

Product:	Samsung SGH-A800
Date:	23/02/05 (431 review reads)
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Advantages: Compact, Value for money, Never ages

Disadvantages: Few features, Some annoying sound-effects

This phone is one of the most sound and practical devices I have ever used. The design of the phones exterior is the same as many of Samsungs many innovate phones are new to the market. Because of this I believe the phone to be great value for money! The fact that this phone, although older than a lot of the models produced by Samsung, looks exactly the same if not smaller than some of the video and camera versions Samsung currently sell is a great feature for me.

Below is the spec given by samsung:

Polyphonic ringtones (40-voice) and customisable ringtones
High-resolution screen (128 x 128 pixels) plus external display
WAP 1.2.1
Voice dialling and speed dialling
Voice memo (10 minutes)
EMS
Predictive text messaging (T9)
Phone memory (200 names)
Caller display
3 games
Downloadable screensavers
Clock, alarm, calculator
Size: 80 x 40 x 22 mm
Weight: 68g
Battery standby: 150 hours
Battery talktime: 3 hours
Vibration alert
Dual band

Because it is not the newest of models you can probably pick the phone up for a very reasonable price. The exterior design means if you worry what other people think of you based on your phone and do not want to buy a brand new version every 6 monthes it is perfect for you!! The design is standard throughout most of Samsungs range and to this day looks modern. The standby battery time is around 2-3 days after you've being using the phone for quite a while but the standby time when just new is closer to 4 days although I believe many phones differ just depending on individual batteries. If using the phone to talk a lot the battery life is around 2-3 hours so it drains it quite a bit. If your after a pay as you go phone and If it's affordability and functionality you're after this is the phone for you!

The sound is very good and reception has never been a problem... in my experiece this phone picks up signal that many newer versions would not (although it also depends on the sim-card you have). The A800 is polyphonic, but does not have a camera or video. I think it may have WAP capabilities but I myself have never used this function. The style does not detract from the durability of the phone; I have dropped mine on concrete plenty of times and it has not made any difference.

The phone does have a few downsides, mainly as with all Samsungs T9 txt in default and you cannot change this to my knowledge, you can however set it the ABC mode each time with 1 or 2 button presses which I do without even realising now. Also, any time the phone comes up with 'information', such as deleting a text or changing a setting, a tune plays. You can by-pass it, if you're quick enough, by cancelling the information screen or if the phone is in silent, but you can't turn it off. I don't mind this but I can see how some people would.

Overall a long lasting companion that is great value for money.

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