Samsung A800 (Samsung SGH-A800)

Member Name: matt_m_b

Product:	Samsung SGH-A800
Date:	28/08/03 (1542 review reads)
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Advantages: small , blue screen, light

Disadvantages: hard to use, breaks easily, bad quality

The Samsung A800 comes across as a small and stylish phone but once you leave the store the likelyhood is that you will regret getting it. I would definately not recommend it to pay as you go users as because it is over priced. For the same money you could buy a much better quality phone. Also if you get in on contract it will be free but you are better off either paying a bit more money for a better phone or getting an alternative.

The A800 is buy no means a disaster because in some ways it is a good phone. Its compact as has plenty of features for a phone its size. Its also the perfect Samsung for those who are not concerned about photo-messenging/colour screens etc. The highlight of the phone is its ringtones that are modern and funky! However, what it has gained on its predesessor, the A300, it loses equally. For example the battery life has improved but the reduction in size means that the phone is harder to use and the material the phone is made of is now very 'plasticy'. I have had my A800 for 4 months and the buttons are starting to come apart and the phone feels like its about to fall to pieces.

The main disadvantage about the A800 is that the signal is significantly worse than other Nokia's i have used in the past. I find myself without signal in areas i would normally have a signal. Sometimes i can rectify the problem by turning the phone off and on but this can become tiresome when you want to make a quick call or send an SMS.

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