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4.0 stars
"Over-all, good phone"
Pros: Very slim, nice screen, camera's pretty good, more below
Cons: Keys a little close, miss a few calls (details below)
Summary: I've had this phone for a couple of weeks and overall it's been good. Before this I test drove the Samsung Sync, and while it was a good phone, I'm not a fan of flip phones. Before that I had a Nokia 1100 for about 4 years, which I loved. Great reception and battery life, very durable. But here's what I think of the A727.
First, the physical aspects: It has a very good screen. It's hard to read in direct sunlight but there's a pretty easy fix for this- shield the screen with your other hand. While the keys are a bit close together, you definitely get used to it. The slim design is awesome (one of the factors that swayed me towards this phone). It's pretty light, too, which is good (for obvious reasons) but can be bad (it's just a little bit harder to feel it vibrate in your pocket, so I've missed a few calls).
Performance: The editor's review said call quality was shotty, but I haven't really experienced that. Calls are very clear, for the most part (more than the Nokia 1100) and 3G is nice. The one thing that worries me are the times that incoming calls haven't "gone through" and I'll just get an alert saying that I have a voicemail. I'm not sure if this is the phone's fault or whether it just didn't have reception sitting in my pocket. The camera is not bad, I don't use it much so 1.3MP is plenty. The 2MP camera on the Sync was nice, but, in my opinion, a bit unecessary.
All in all I paid $100 for this phone and, overall, am happy with it.Updated
I posted the first review about this phone and i rated it an 8/10. Since then, I've spent about a year with it and have found a lot of things wrong.
1)The first thing that went wrong was that the battery cover in the back fell off and is difficult to keep on.
2)Next, the call quality really is uneven. There are times when I can hear people or can be heard just fine, but then there are other times when this just isn't the case. Also, sometimes calls are "fuzzy".
3)Another problem, but one that's been there the whole time, is that there is only one "silent-mode" profile. Therefore, you can only set the phone to vibrate OR silent (no-vibe). Essentially, there isn't an option to have one profile for vibrate and one for silent (no-vibrate).
4)As of late the alarm has stopped working.
5)To top it all off, my phone has started to pick up other people's conversations that are nowhere near me. There are even times when all I can hear is my own echo. I talked with AT&T and they just said to reset the phone and lose all of my saved preferences.
Overall, I'm really disappointed now and am looking for a new phone.
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