One Of A Kind Love Affair
Written: Aug 08 '02
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Pros: Best phone/PDA you could ask for - it's the best technology can offer!
Cons: will freeze on you; bigger than most phones
The Bottom Line: This is a superior machine. PDA and phone in one.
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| Chess613's Full Review: Samsung SPH-I300 |
Here's what happened: I had a Qualcomm phone that lost its antenna and I wasn't getting any calls coming in on my phone (the caller would be sent to my voicemail and a half hour later, I got a message) - not only that, I foolishly threw my PDA in the air, trying to catch it and of course I missed. So I needed a new PDA and phone. I killed two birds with one stone - and my wallet got killed too - and got probably the last cellphone I'll ever buy.
The Samsung i300 is a fantastic piece of machinery. I had thought about buying the Treo, but they gave me a hassle in buying it cuz I had a check card and not a credit card. Their loss and my gain. Besides, I've heard reviews that Treo had terrible phone reception because Handspring makes PDAs mainly. I bought the i300 at Radio Shack where they had a $100 mail in rebate - on top of the fifty dollar discount from what Sprint was offering. I bought it and the batteries (you get two) WORKED RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX!!! Amazing! I walked over to my Sprint store to get it activated and I was using the phone less than an hour after buying it from the store. Virtually no hassle at all. I had a hard time getting connection from the i300 to my Mac, but I bought a simple SCSI/USB adapter which did the job. I can record phone numbers immediately, I've used my PDA while on the phone with a person, the quality of the sound is excellent, I've found the battery life to be superior (of course, you're gonna burn battery life if you're playing games on the phone - and some games cannot be downloaded and played on yoru PDA like Tetris or Galaga) - I've left my phone on for two days without charging it, and I've had no problem with it at all.
I went on vacation at Yellowstone and the phone did drop some calls, but in most areas it worked. The design is a bit big, but it's sturdy and the screen isn't glass like my old Handspring model. The buttons on the display are big and there's a button on the side in which you can get quickly go to the phone mode to make a call. I actually feel ashamed showing this phone to friends as they roll their eyes. If you can afford the price, you'll love this. It's two machines in one - both working in harmony as one.
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Amount Paid (US$): 400.00
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Chess613
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Location: Piedmont, CA
Reviews written: 12
Trusted by: 1 member
About Me:
Playwright, composer, all around good guy. Lifelong Mac man and chess player.
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