Samsung SGH-A657: A Cell Phone Review

The SGH-A657 includes a robust 1,000-contact mobile phone book with a space for 6 numbers in every entry, e-mail address and instant messaging service. You can save the numbers with photos and ring tones and also save them to a group. Almost 250 names may be saved in its Sim card.

Fundamental features of this phone are a tremble mode, content and multimedia message function, call logs, alarms, calendar, notepad, calculator, currency converter, world clock, a regulator, as well as a stopwatch. It also has a Bluetooth, sound recorder, USB port, instant SMS, GPS navigator and AT&T access.

Demerits

The e-mail is restricted to Web-based POP3 admission, and it does not have voice dialing facility. Regrettably, streaming video is poor in this model. The display range is tiny and the images are bad due to disproportionate pixelation and variable motion. The audio does not have harmony and the videos tend to get paused when the buffer function is on.

The SGH-A657 enables Cellular video facility that is supported by AT&T and presents numerous stream videos and Mobile Music which allows us to download several songs from the wireless. The understanding on both the applications is comparable to the AT&T devices; as they are modest in design. The music is played in diverse formats and it presents a play list and shuffle as well as repeat modes.

The battery has a life of only three hours. It is very less when compared to the other smart phones. This is a very big demerit in terms of features.

Merits

Its quality of call is superior. It has adequate signal functions and the conversations are clear. It does not get intervened by electronic gadgets present near it. It does not attract background voices.

Speakers are excellent. Its volume is louder when compared to normal calls and the audio is always clear.

Videos get loaded rapidly due to the 3G function.

The peripheral speaker has a physically powerful output.

Headphones present you with a valuable experience.

The mobile includes a concrete assortment of music-related functions, like XM Radio Mobile, and a community segment with admittance to fan sites as well as downloads. It allows you to produce ring tones and save the music track as ring tones. You can add your preferences to it by using an array of themes, colors and a greeting note. The phone puts forward demo editions of Midnight Pool 3D, Tetris as well as World Poker Tour games.