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"NICE PHONE BUT FATALLY FLAWED DESIGN" on by steve0154
Pros: Simple menu options and great call quality
Cons: Doesn't tell you when you missed a call!
Summary: There is no audible reminder or message displayed on the front of the phone if you miss a call or text message. You won't know you missed something until the next time you open up the phone. This is simply a fatally flawed design--I took my phone back to the store and traded for another brand.
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"Calls are muffled, no improvement over older models" on by StJoMO
Pros: Thin and sleek, lots of features
Cons: Call quality is low, S20 pin port not compatible with any audio adapters
Summary: I tried this phone out for a couple of weeks, and switched to the SGH-A707. I'm not so concerned with design and features; I was just interested in ease of use as a phone and an MP3 player without a lot of extra expense.
This phone has terrible call quality; whether land line or cell phone, local or long distance, I found it hard to understand the caller because of how muffled it sounded.
I didn't get to try it as an MP3 player either. The headphone/charger jack is an S20 pin port, unlike their older models, and the only wired headphones I could find for this phone I would have needed to order from Samsung. The only other choice I had was Bluetooth, and I wasn't ready to shell out another $80-150 for headphones most people review as uncomfortable. I have headphones I'm happy with, but there is no adapter available for the S20 pin port. Believe me, I looked.
The phone has a solid design that seemed like it could have taken the abuse I will surely subject it to, and it was not too bulky. Maybe some will have more luck with this phone than I; I'm just not willing to put more effort into making this phone work for me.
I've only has the (Sync)SGH-A707 for a day and am already much happier with the call quality (RadioShack told me this phone is recommended for hearing impaired persons; I don't know about that, but it's definitely better) And better yet, for just a couple dollars I can buy an audio adapter for this phone so I don't need to buy Bluetooth (though, like the a517, it does support stereo Bluetooth).
So far, it seems to me the SGH-A517 doesn't offer anything (it's predecesor?) the SGH-A707 offers, but rather lags behind it in quality. It looks sleeker, but it's not. -
"Simple EZ to use, great features, never had problems!!" on by strawberry429
Pros: Ez to use, web, music player, mp3, great photo quality, great sound. I just love this phone, and its durable!!!
Cons: The only thing is it doesnt have Flash, but u can adjust picture to outdoors, flurecnet lights, indoors, bright.
Summary: Simple ez to use phone, with really great features!!! U dont need to know rocket science for this phone and still use the wonderful features!!!
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"nice phone easy to use" on by pops41
Pros: easy to use good volume
Cons: finger prints galore
Summary: Nice phone the wife and i are very happy with it we used the camera and have no complaints if you need better pictures than get a camera and not a phone took great pics of the grandson on a horse the phone is good the volume is is great and it as a phone works alot better than the sprint/nextels we have had in the past.
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