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Samsung X105 Phone (T-Mobile)

Samsung X105 Phone (T-Mobile)

List Price: $149.99
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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: They gotta give you money to take this phone...
Review: ...and now they do. I wouldn't have spent $50 or $100 or whatever it was on this phone, but if you want a small, robust phone and you get over $100 back in cash -- that's well worth it. It's not a super-gadget, but it does what it needs to, and I found a link to http://muwap.com here on amazon (with the 10% off coupon) and downloaded all ringers I needed. I'd "buy" the phone again in a heartbeat.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Very Clean Phone
Review: A nice basic phone, color with ringtones, and games, and everything else one could want in a phone bar a camera or bluetooth. The phone's contact manager isn't great though, and it is too new enough for there to be much online support, but almost every ringtone or java game comaptible with the S105 will work fine with this phone.

Oh and for the love of your ears turn down the ringer, it could wake the dead, even if they were wearing earplugs on its defualt level. As for the default ringers they are very, umm distinctive, not certain I like them, but you'll never need worry about whther or not the ringing phone is yours. If you don't like them you can always download more I suppose

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Worthy Successor to R225
Review: As the earpiece jack was becoming unreliable and the battery was beginning to go, it was time to replace my R225, which had been pretty satisfactory.

My expectations of a cell phone are modest. I want it to be a reliable cell phone with a clear connection, not a web browser. The X105 is a good upgrade which also allows me to continue to use the same leather case and car and travel chargers as the R225.

Two clear advantages are the battery life, which is much better, and the absence of an external antenna.

As has been observed by others, the phone book takes an unconscionably long time to initialize (a minute or two - much longer than the R225, which took about 15 seconds), and the screen is difficult to read when not illuminated (and in bright light). I've also had to adjust to punching the send button twice to initiate a call from a phonebook entry.

In general, I must say that I am impressed with Samsung quality, and I took the opportunity (as long as I had to extend my contract for a year) to upgrade my plan. I now have free nights in addition to weekends and 1,000 prime time minutes for $39.99.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: x105
Review: do not buy this phone the keys stick and the ear pice gets hot after 10 min get the t610 instead or the e105 or the v205

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Ok, this is cool
Review: Finally got all my ringtones loaded on it using http://muwap.com. They even give people 10% off if they use coupon-code "amazon" -- best deal in town, especially when you use it with such a cool phone.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Good solid phone, could use some user interface improvements
Review: First, the important stuff: This is a good quality phone, with good reception, solidly built, and, AFAICT great battery life. It's compact and light and has a nice look and feel.

The color LCD is nifty, but very difficult to see outdoors.

There are 2 'menu style' options for the UI. The default 'Page Style' is toyish and I found it annoying. I found 'Bar Style' more tolerable and easier to read. The wallpaper animations are annoying. Still, it's not that bad and the phone is generally pleasant to use, save 2 annoyances:

1) It's not easy enough to scroll through past calls -- you need to go to the Menu, then select Missed, Incoming, or Outgoing Calls. I find the segregation needless and miss my old Qualcomm that had a scrollwheel dedicated to scrolling phone numbers, no buttons or menus necessary.

2) Every time you get a voice mail message, you also get a text message telling you you have a voice mail message. This is unnecessary and annoying -- although I suppose this is the fault of T-Mobile, not the phone. It does however take 6 clicks (of the same button at least) to delete these text messages, and the 'you have mail icon' doesn't go away until you listen to your message and clear the text notification.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Basic Phone
Review: Has great voice quality. Doesn't drop calls. Fairly good battery life. Intuitive menu system and buttons. Buttons a bit on the smaller side.

Display is quite sharp, but (like most color screens) fads in bright sunlight.

Also very satisfied with T-Mobile - just renewed my contract with them. Service through them (and their partners) was easily available in many parts of the country (and a few foreign countries including England and Hong Kong) without a hitch - you just need to ask customer service to 'enable' international service (costly though - you pay for the convenience - but this is common to all carriers). Most impressive, never been on hold for more then a few minutes when calling customer service.

Reccoment both the service and the phone.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: great phone
Review: I am very pleased with this phone. Really Small, cool looking, color screen, good speaker volume, etc.
It is very easy to navigate through the menus, and reception is pretty good.
If you have trouble dialing numbers after a few days, then your fingers might be too fat. While it is true that button are a little small, it took me about two days to get used to them and find out the best way to push them without getting it wrong.
In summary, really cute phone which has been great so far. I highly recommend it. And you can even make money when you order it (signing a one year contract, of course)

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: I wish I never bought this phone
Review: I bought this phone because I wanted something different from the Nokia. I guess I should have stuck with what I knew best because this phone sucks. I through to any phone calls, I call someone and before there phone rings, my phone hangs up. I call up T-Mobile to complain and all they tell me is they can give me another one...NO THANKS!!! I'll go back to the Nokia phone, no more Samsung phone products for me.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: could use work, still great
Review: I don't understand the recent fascination with flip phones. I prefer standard cell phones like Nokias. Thanks to Sam Sung, I found a good quality phone I can definitely rely on! I am a Korean myself so you may think my review is biased. Think again! The phone should not be distributed by T-Mobile. T-Mobile is infamous for having bad reception in different areas. I can clearly see the reception difference with my previous provider (Verizon) and T-Mobile. T-Mobile has these tendecies to fluctuate. Verizon did not have that. As a result, the phone seems to have bad reception. It's not the phones fault. It's T-Mobiles. The phone doesnt drain battery trying to get a signal. I find that VERRRRRY nice. My previous phone used massive amount s of battery life to obtain the full bar reception.
I left my Samsung X105 on for 3 days and it had full battery. I read previous reviews and I agree with many of them. It is tedious to see your incoming/outgoing/missed calls. Takes about 5 buttons to push when it SHOULD be done in about 2 or 3. In addition, everytime you change a setting you get this annoying pop-up screen like you do on the internet. The screen is very clear in my opinion. It is difficult to see in the day, but you adjust to it. The phone is bright and luminous (better than my reading lamp).
Another bad quality to the phone is checking your voicemail. It does not require a password. I just had my phone stolen recently and the voicemail settings were changed instantly. Your phone calls itself basically and the menu for voicemail automatically comes out. Very risky move. Besides the fews cons I mentioned, the phone is great. If theres reception problems or mic problems..it's T-Mobile.


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