Super Samsung (Samsung SGH-A800)

Member Name: welsh_poison

Product:	Samsung SGH-A800
Date:	28/07/04 (931 review reads)
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Advantages: Small, Light

Disadvantages: Easily scratched

I?ve had this phone now for 9 months and it has served me well. I love it suits me perfectly. As its so small it fits neatly into the small zip compartment of my bag, it even fits into my purse without a struggle. It also helps with my busy lifestyle, organising my day and making sure I wake up on time. And a big plus is that it comes with the ring tone 'Under the sea' from The Little Mermaid, a little childish but a lot of fun.

When I bought it came in a tiny, red box along with a charger, a hands free kit, a handle, two booklets and a sim card. The two booklets were the phone manual, which tells you how to use the phone, such as how to insert the sim card, how to charge the phone, how to enter phone numbers, e.t.c. Secondly was the tariff information booklet, which gives you information on the tariff your phone is on. Once registered the phone was automatically credited with £5.

The phone is a very small, lightweight, silver flip phone. It had a small screen on the front which tells you the time and the date, how much signal you have, and how much battery you?ve got left. It also tells you if you've missed any calls, if you've received any messages and most importantly who is calling you. Then if you want to answer you simply flip the phone open and talk away. When I first had the phone it was my first flip phone and it made my feel very sophisticated so whenever I had a call I couldn?t help posing as if i was some star receiving an very important call. Unfortunately the majority have a flip phone now so it doesn?t have the same effect. There is also a small flashing light on front, which flashes when you have signal or a message. This is a very annoying little light. When i go to bed i always keep my phone near me and unless i tuck it under my pillow my whole room lights up aqua blue every 5 seconds.

When the phone is opened its length almost doubles, but this is still very small. The inside screen is larger than the one
on the outside, it displays the same information as well as displaying a graphic. My phone has a little doggy, playing with a ball on it. The background light is a very vivid electric blue.

The phone ways only 68g, is 80mm in length, 40mm in width and 22mm in height. This is a very small phone therefore I don?t recommend it to people who easily lose their phones.

The phone is simple to use and offers a wide variety of functions:

1) Messages ? Here you can read messages you've received, view messages you've sent, write new messages, and listen to your voice mail along with a few other options. You can also store up to 220 messages in the phones inbox , outbox and preset messages.

2) Call records ? With this option you can few the last 30 call missed, received and dialled, as well as the call times.

3) Voice functions ? Here you can record your voice in order to use it to perform functions. For example if you wanted to phone home you could record your self saying 'home' set it up with your home number and then using the active folder say 'home' and the phone will automatically call it for you. You can also do the same things with functions in the phone such as 'messages' or 'phonebook'.

4) Sound settings ? Basically everything to do with the sound of your phone you can do it here. Everything from choosing which ring tone you want down to setting up a minute minder to beep every minute your on the phone. (very annoying)

5) Phone settings ? Everything to do with your phones image is here. You can set up a greeting message to appear every time you switch your mobile on, decide which graphics you want on your internal screen and all pick what colour you want your service light to flash, as well as a lot of other options.

6) Organiser ? In this option you've got pretty much everything you need to organise your life. Memos, a calendar, a to-do list, an ala
rm clock, a calculator even a converter. There?s also a stopwatch and a countdown function.

7) Network services ? Here you can control everything to do with your calls, such as call waiting, barring and caller ID.

8) Fun box ? In this option you've got the www browser, games and a media box. Allowing you to get online, store images and get addicted to one of the games, fortress, space war and X ? fighter. For some reason I cant seem to get my head round fortress or X-fighter, but space wars is addictive, I go through stages where I cant stop playing it.

As you can see this phone has a lot to offer. Not only can you do the usual things such as make calls, send text messages and go online, you've also got a whole section on organising. You'll never be late again, never miss anyones birthday and if like me you get confused when abroad working out how much it is in pounds you can use the converter to work it out. Easy.

A separate button takes you to the phonebook menu. Here you can find a number stored in your phone, you can add an entry, set up a speed list and a voice list. You can also view your own number and the phones memory status. When entering a number is possible to set it up in a group, add an image to appear when the person is calling you, select a melody for each number, and also add their email address. The phone can store up to 2000 numbers in its own memory and 200 in the sim card memory.

The only down side to this phone is that it scratches easily and isn?t very robust, you also have to be very careful when opening the phone, you don?t want to brake the flip screen.

When I bought this phone 9 months ago I paid £130, from virgin megastores. It is around £100 at the moment and you can purchase one from any good mobile phone company such as phones4u, carphone warhouse, e.t.c.

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