Wednesday 1 July 2009

Samsung Sgh A177: The Phone For Text Junkies

By Charles Moore

With the multitude of expensive smartphones available many people might have trouble trying to find the right phone for them. There is a market for simple and affordable smartphones. The Samsung SGH-A177 is such a phone. With its lack of special features and amazing key board its a great phone for anyone who sends out a lot of text messages.

The Samsung SGH-A177 is one of the simplest phones to be released in the past couple of months. Most phones are either a flip phone or a slider. The Samsung SGH-A177 is neither it is a simple rectangular phone. Many tech junkies might be put off by this while others might embrace the simplicity in its design. Unfortunately the phone was made almost too simple. The plastic shell around the phone doesn't feel very strong. Anyone who is prone to dropping phones should be careful, or at least purchase a rubber skin case along with this phone. Also the screen on this phone is very small. Photos and games wont look as good as what we are obviously used to. If you don't plan on taking much pictures than the screens display is negligible. One of the best features on this phone is its full QWERTY keyboard which was obviously designed for comfort. They keys are slightly raised which is a very big plus as most phone users cant stand flush keys. Also the keys make an audible click noise when you press them while typing. This phone was obviously designed with text junkies in mind.

If you are looking for the next feature packed phone then look elsewhere. Besides basic cell phone functions the Samsung SGH-A177 only has instant messaging capabilities and Bluetooth service for headsets. The phone also features a camera but the picture quality is sub par despite the numerous image capture options. Also this phone cannot record any video.

The microphone installed in the phone needs definite improvement. If you are in a high traffic or loud noise area the microphone will pick it up and the caller on the other end will have trouble understanding you. Additionally the speakerphone is just atrocious. The other caller will sound very low and if the volume is increased to over compensate the caller will sound very distorted and garbled.

The Samsung SGH-A177 is an interesting phone. While it makes texting and messaging easy and comfortable it clearly lacks in a lot of other areas. If you are a serious text junky then this phone would be a wise purchase.

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