Samsung X426 (12/20/2003)

Works great for a basic phone.by erg208 - August 12, 2008

Pros: Minimalist design

Cons: No external screen; no camera

hate this phoneby soapflakes - January 24, 2006

Pros: small and light

Cons: bad sound, bad ring tones, small buttons, low battery life

This is a phone. It makes and receives phone calls.by sagarman - November 2, 2005

Pros: Small size.

Cons: No external display

Sent It Back For Repairs and Has Broken Againby dharvey25 - November 2, 2005

Pros: It has a bright led to illuminate the keys

Cons: Very poor quality!!! No Speaker-Phone Option, No Simple "Phone" Ringtone, Very weak hinge

Phone works in the manner that I need it to work.by stephennatishin - August 22, 2005

Pros: Easy to operate; menus are self-explanatory

Cons: The rubber that protects the connectors is hard to remove and easy to lose.

this phone has fun ringtones! my brother is jealous of thatby joeplayer91 - August 3, 2005

Pros: great at making calls, kick ass ringtones

Cons: would be cool if it had camera

Great phone for people on the goby Justin111 - July 13, 2005

Pros: Bright screen, great battery life, good reception

Cons: lack of external display, not a lot of bells and whitles

looks great, microphone is terribleby va_georgeus - July 8, 2005

Pros: compact, color, easy to use, functional

Cons: terrible ring tones, microphone

What is everyone complaining about?by he934178 - June 13, 2005

Pros: Small phone, great battery life, good sound.

Cons: no external display, display hard to see in sunlight

Cheap, but get what you pay forby jrock83 - May 16, 2005

Pros: Small and inexpensive

Cons: Low on features - No external display

happy with the phoneby Miss Tish - May 4, 2005

Pros: great sound, easy to use, colour screen

Cons: ringtones kind of cheesy, no display on front

Decent PHONE, but no bells or whistles of any valueby CTheRaven - April 7, 2005

Pros: Compact, Interesting Ring Tones

Cons: Ringtones, Phonebook, Menus, ease of use

nothing specialby joody17 - March 30, 2005

Pros: compact, clean appearance

Cons: constantly drops calls, poor reception, poor sound quality, mediocre text messaging capabilities

Junk - can't hit the tower compared to othersby Cousinvinney - March 23, 2005

Pros: easy to use, respectable features

Cons: constantly looses communication with the tower

It really stinksby - January 12, 2005

Pros: the phone looks ok, it has good quality images, light weight.

Cons: Where is the IR ports And bluetoot, it doesn´t have any comunication option with other cell, horrible ringtones, very few options compared with Sonyericsson. T226

The Worst Cell Phone EVERby - January 12, 2005

Pros: Small, and sort of thin

Cons: No external display window, you can't put the phone of a silent mode. The worst phone ever.

AT&T voicemailby - January 12, 2005

Pros: I've not missed a message as I have with PCS. Notifications are sent within a few seconds of the voicemail being left.

Cons: Not time and date stamp as to when the message was left.

poor serviceby - January 12, 2005

Pros: The color screen is nice. The phone is lightweight.

Cons: The service is poor. I have less service than I had with the traditional voice service than I do with this GSM service. I lost the hands free piece that came with the phone and I have bought three replacements, none of which work as well as the original.

best reliable phone I have had so far.by - January 12, 2005

Pros: easy to use,light weight, gets a good signal and clear reception.

Cons: I do not like the limited screens or the standard rings that are provided by Samsung. I usually get a new phone about once a year and so far It has been my best most reliable phone/

Not a good phone if you don't keep it in your hand!by - January 12, 2005

Pros: I have had this phone for three months now. It is lightweight, easy to slip in your pocket.

Cons: If you carry this phone in your pocket, it is hard to hear the ring. Hands-free doesn't ring in your ear, so again you may not hear it. The display is hard to read if you are outside. The signal reception is not nearly as strong as my prior Nokia phone

Great little flip-phoneby - January 12, 2005

Pros: Small, great reception, great interface, good ringtones.

Cons: lacks external display, vibrates 3 times before it rings when in vibrate/ring mode but not a big deal

Good Overall value with few downsidesby - January 3, 2005

Pros: This phone is a great value for what it does. It's a good phone to give a teen or a first time cellphone user because of it's ease of use. The ringtones are very clear and LOUD (People have been amazed at how loud it is when they hear my phone ring) and t

Cons: Just nitpicks basically. Sometimes, the Mmode service is hard to reach and a call to AT&T is required in order to fix it. Also, no external caller ID can be annoying at times, but that can be fixed by not having the phone automatically answer a call w

I'm waiting to be impressed!by - December 20, 2004

Pros: I like the picture quality and animations. Small, palm sized phone. Loud ring tones which is a plus for those of us hard of hearing. Small and light weight and holds a good charge. Good reception and overall call quality.

Cons: Received as an insurance "replacement" for my broken motorola t721. T721 has SCADS more features which I dearly miss! This phone (x426) has no outside window. No voice command calling, more steps to make calls by phonebook than is probably safe (driving

worst phone I've ever ownedby - November 29, 2004

Pros: size and weight are good and the phone book isn't bad, although you have to press a ton of buttons to get where you want to be.

Cons: Terrible service, constantly being cut off or other party can't hear me. Keyboard keys too close together, horrible ring tones

an OK phoneby - November 26, 2004

Pros: its light, slim, and it a very nice looking phone. It comes with a FEW good features. very affordable.

Cons: it's not such a great phone. Bad reception!!! i could be in the middle of no where and a NOKIA would have service and mine wouldn't!! i had to replace the phone a couple of times because once you drop this phone you lose features. (i dropped it once and i

Looks nice, doesn't work in carby - November 22, 2004

Pros: Phone works great for messaging and internet. Also works great for voice when standing still

Cons: Phone does not work well in car at all. Continually cuts out even when near cell tower. Do not buy this phone if you want to use in car.

Depends what you need it for...by - November 6, 2004

Pros: Very nice looking phone. Small learning curve. Easy to use. Has Java games support, mp3, poly and mono ringtone support, menus well organized. Sound quality is good (a lot of people have complained about this, but I think that's AT&T's fault...I'm in

Cons: My biggest problem with it is actually hearing it or feelign the vibration. For some reason, there is no speaker on the outside for the ring, so the sound projection of the ringtone is somewhat degraded. When in my pocket walking down a busy street, almos

great quality not many gamesby - October 25, 2004

Pros: a good big screen to see all the little deatails in the screen that your looking at, good tones(could be better),

Cons: no good games, im a kid and thats important even with its internet capability it wont have any, also interfiers with my radios frequency.

very cute phone, low cost, fragileby - October 25, 2004

Pros: very small, fits easily into pockets, looks nice and has a good color screen. Good ringtones and easy to navigate.

Cons: unreliable service, you have to wait awhile after turning it on to retreive messages or phonebook. People I call always complain about me breaking up or about noises in the background (such as breathing) being too loud. Its also very easy to scratch

Crappy receptionby - October 25, 2004

Pros: slim, sleek, and very easy to use

Cons: terrible reception, dropped calls, phone errors, etc.

Worst phone I've ever used.by - October 8, 2004

Pros: Large screen Size Battery Voicemail features

Cons: Where do I begin? - Software locks up - 30-40% of calls do not connect or are dropped. - Gets uncomfortably hot on long conversations. - No "normal" ringtones. They're all songs. Bottom line: Avoid this phone at all costs. The "flip" feature is not nearly

Okay phoneby - October 5, 2004

Pros: The menu is easy to navigate through. Colorful screen

Cons: Some of the ring tones suck. The screen is VERY hard to see in the sun. I had a Nokia before so I am not used to "sensitive" phones. I dropped this one a few times and it still works but my cover is dented and stratched. With the phone being gray (ins

the cutest phone i've ever hatedby - September 30, 2004

Pros: small, small, small. oh, and i love that it is small. and cute!

Cons: also had the problem of the speed dial and the ooooooooo's. Sent for another one under AT&T's warranty which had the upgraded firmware - that fixed the problem. Unfortunately still had a bad SIM card which was AT&T's fault - hours wasted troublesh

Great Little phoneby - September 11, 2004

Pros: I love the fact that I can have a phone that doesn't ring life everyone else's. It's got a clear screen and pretty easy to use when you get the hang of it. For me it a great phone for what I need it for.

Cons: Your manual. Some of us technically challenged people found your manual not to be user friendly. It's too technical and all over the place. We would need less tech language and more layman intructions. I had to go to my provider to get some help with some

GARBLED soundby - September 6, 2004

Pros: Small, lightweight, larger screen

Cons: I just got 2 of these phones last week, and returned them to AT&T tonite, because of POOR reception. My wife and I both experienced "garbled" sound...and "cutting out". When I got there, ANOTHER customer was returning her Samsung X426 for the same rea

cheap in price and qualityby - September 1, 2004

Pros: Nice screen, easy to navigate, volume OK, slim size fits in you pocket well.

Cons: Speaker broke, had to be replaced (free). Kept turning off on it's own, had to be replaced (free)

Phone is cute!by - September 1, 2004

Pros: Cute phone. Lots of positive comments. Own two of them and they good for the money. No external noise problems some complain about. Pocket size makes it easy to slip in your shirt pocket.

Cons: Should improve on the vibration. Agree, screen hard to see under daylight. Experience frozen problem once. Less effective vibration. Some "childish" and un-needed ringtones, need normal ones. ATT service and support is discouraging!

Hate it! Sounds like a wind tunnel.by - September 1, 2004

Pros: Has wonderful features.

Cons: Had to fight with ATT Wireless to replace this phone. Same problem with new phone: microphone so sensitive it picks up background noises in quiet Accord even when no radio, no air, windows closed.

Great Features, 3 MAJOR Issuesby - September 1, 2004

Pros: The x426 is a feature packed phone. I mean, it's nice. If you are looking for an inexpensive phone that has all the basic bells and whisles, but do not make tons of calls, this is you phone!

Cons: The three major issues are: 1) A non-standard 2.5mm headset jack. So this means that you can only use the poor Samsung earbud that comes with the phone. (No one makes a 3rd party headset for this phone. Period.) 2) The phone has NO noise supression i

I TOTALLY agree with Sirisha. This phone ROCKS!by - September 1, 2004

Pros: Good graphics, bright screen

Cons: But, AT&T SUCKS! Too many dropped calls, pockets of bad reception (or none at all).

"This could have a better phone....."by - September 1, 2004

Pros: True, the menus are a cinch to navigate, the color display is excellent, battery life without equal, and is probably the easiest phone to operate I've ever owned, it does have it's problems.

Cons: Why did Samsung make the microphone so sensitive? This is a serious drawback. Because of this my friends and coworkers can only hear me clearly in a quiet room of the house but rarely on the street. I'm forever cutting out regardless of where I am despite

would not recommend to an enemyby - September 1, 2004

Pros: size, colors, games

Cons: People can not hear a word I say. I have a deep voice and the mic is way too sensitive. Was told by AT&T to stick sotton in mouthpiece. Still awful. Shopping for a new phone.

Nice little cell phoneby - July 21, 2004

Pros: small,sleek,colorful screen,load ringer,user friendly.

Cons: calender features and address book not as good as the Nokia 6800,not many aftermarket accessories.

A decent phone for the moneyby - July 21, 2004

Pros: Light-weight and sleek--fits nicely into a pocket. Pleasant to-look-at display. Inexpensive. I have had no issues with voice quality or an over sensitive mic. It would be nice to have external caller ID, but considering this phone was given at no cost

Cons: Let me add my voice to those miffed about the ringtones! To Samsung's credit, their customer support referred me to a site where I could download a proper, normal adult ring. This phone does not auto-sync with the time off the local cell tower--not a b

can you hear me now ?????by - July 17, 2004

Pros: Great Features Sleek Design

Cons: Reception is among the worst of any cell phone I have ever owned. I can not hear you now nor can you hear me.

Cute phoneby - July 15, 2004

Pros: 1)small & light weight,looks sleek 2)good screen resolution. 3)Good battery life

Cons: 1)The phone freezes when you use the speed dial option and I found that this only happens when you use the headset(mic) "call end" button while ending the call. So, the next time you speed dial the same number you get a bunch of "o"s next to the caller na

Terrible Garbageby - July 13, 2004

Pros: Small, stylish.

Cons: People say it sounds like I am talking to them in a 50 mph wind storm or in a bucket. Don't even try to talk in the car. Was after 30 days, ATT wanted me to buy another for $199 and assured better quality. Unfortunately ATT is selling junk and won't ackno

Stay Clearby - July 12, 2004

Pros: Very small,lightweight.Screen is very bright and colorful,ringtones are very loud.

Cons: Where can I start?Reception is mediocre,people will complain that you are cutting in and out and it will drop your calls.Speed dialing will freeze up the phone and there's a good chance the screen will go very dim.I work for a wireless corporate store and

The Best Out There!!!by - July 12, 2004

Pros: Very many...for one, the screen is big and clear, and also it is very understandble how to use it...very light and compact.

Cons: only one - no outside graphic (which dosent really matter).

Good for inexpensive cell phone.by - July 12, 2004

Pros: Size, price, size.

Cons: No voice calling, when phone opens the call is answered.

Poor quality for a low priceby - July 12, 2004

Pros: The phone is easy to use with a clear, color screen and loud ring tones.

Cons: The sound quality and reception are very poor. I work for a cell phone company that sells this model of Samsung and 95% of the people who buy it return it complaining that the people they talk to say that it sounds as if they are talking to them from the

The phone is cheaply made.by - July 12, 2004

Pros: I couldn't really think of anything outstanding. I like that the phone is a color phone and it is small and not bulky.

Cons: First thing, never go with Cingular! The screen on my phone all of a sudden got blurry one day when I opened it and I had never dropped it in water or done any serious damage to make it do that. Lastly, the ring tones SUCK!

i love it but i wish it had more durabilityby - July 12, 2004

Pros: great features, its like a mini computer in my hand, its small and light, can store like 500 numbers, its cute and i think its a smart phone

Cons: if it falls it gets scratched really bad, its durability is very low but that sit

Easy to see screen, loud ringer.by - July 12, 2004

Pros: Small and lightweight. I had the software upgraded for no charge from manufacturer for better sound.

Cons: Caller ID is not on outside of phone but flip can be disabled.

no cameraby - July 12, 2004

Pros: this phone works really well, its easy, lite n priced well in comparison to my other purchases.......ie:panasonic gu 87 and a nokia 8390, both those phones are now used as paper weights....this one works nearly every where...plus......it was free because

Cons: i miss the camera of the gu 87, but i guess the trade of is, i know if i get stuck somewhere, i can call out instead of taking pictures of my bad situation

It looks good, but that's about it.by - July 12, 2004

Pros: It looks sleek. I admit I was sucked in because it was cool. It does have nice wallpaper and good selection of ringtones.

Cons: I tossed this phone after 2 months. It has horrible sound quality. I could never hear anyone, even with full signal strength and volume up all the way. All I ever said was, "Huh? What?" Everyone I know said, "I hate your phone." I bought it for busin

Favorite phone yetby - July 12, 2004

Pros: This is my first Samsung. Everyone thinks because Nokia are the easiest phones to recieve with a Mobile Phone package that they are the best phones. Wrong. This is my fav. phone yet, and I have had probably every Nokia since '99 up til this phone. It i

Cons: The only one I can come up with is that you don't have a time display on the front of the "folder," which would also act as an exterior Caller ID. You have to open it to see who is calling, and then press "Answer", but that isn't a big deal.

Doesn't have good receptionby - July 12, 2004

Pros: less expensive - but you get what you pay for large screen

Cons: doesn't have voice activation

Looks Great/ Works Horribleby - July 8, 2004

Pros: The phone has a great look to it. Which initial that is what i purchased it for, the look. It has a good set up, easily navigable. The screen is very clear, and large.

Cons: The phone sound quality is very poor. The service is not good, and it continually cuts out. When compared to a phone on the same system in the same area this phone's service quality is noticably different and drastically less effective. The phone does

Great for First-Timersby - July 6, 2004

Pros: Great color screen, and easy to use features.....some digggin around required for some things, like missed calls times and stuff...overall not that bad

Cons: flip phone without external caller ID, kinda odd nowadays....Apart from that, the settings for ringing are kinda odd....needs some diggin to lower and increase the volumes....the change between volume between bars is also pretty drastic...a few more bars

Looking for fun at a low priceby - July 6, 2004

Pros: The color screen is beautiful, the ringtones are fun, the animated screensavers are cool. It's a fun phone period. Standby time is decent and charging time is fairly fast.

Cons: I agree with the cover for the charger, I've lost mine forever because it detaches, it's not connected to the phone. I have a hard time getting a strong signal, even with an attenna booster. It's either very strong, or no bars at all, I don't often see it

Great value phoneby - July 1, 2004

Pros: I received this phone for free with my plan and I love it! I used to have a Nokia, and it's a lot different, but it still has some great features. The "real ringtones" with animal sounds and voices are nice. The screen is very bright and the buttons are

Cons: Microphone can be loud to the person on the other end; can't change volume on incoming text message alerts

Worst Phone Ever!!by - July 1, 2004

Pros: Size, style. Screen display is okay.

Cons: Speaker on the phone is horrible, when talking on phone while driving in the car, it sounds like all the windows are down and the stereo is on high. Picks up a lot of background noise. Person talking on phone sounds very loud to person on other end. Po

Why can't I hear?!?!?by - July 1, 2004

Pros: It is small and lightweight and it rings clearly. Lots of options that are clear and easy to use, including available downloads.

Cons: The outside scratches and chips very easily. Unless you hold the phone in exaclty the right place it is hard to hear. I have never had people complain more about external noise (eg. hearing the car riding on a smooth road). Gives off a lot of static to ot

IT IS A PHONEby - June 29, 2004

Pros: small light compact easy to use. GET THE NEW FIRMWARE VERSION. type in *#9999# to find out what you have. GET VERSION 1.6 NOT 1.5

Cons: standard ringers are not lound enough when the phone is in your pocket

pretty to look at, compactby - June 22, 2004

Pros: looks nice and sleek, ringers and speaker volume are loud and clear. The screen is gourgeous, menus are very well done.

Cons: no external lcd screen, no decent ringers nothing that sounds proffesional, buttons small and fingers slip easily on hard plastic material, you'll never feel the vibrate.

Preaty good ring tonesby - June 12, 2004

Pros: great size, looks nice, great color screen, not to expensive

Cons: THE RING TONES ********** there is no normal ring what so ever it annoys the hell out of me

good stuff for the moneyby - May 26, 2004

Pros: easy interface, polyphonic tones, nice small size, java enabled wallpapers

Cons: no external caller ID.

Great general all purpose phone.by - May 25, 2004

Pros: Clear sound quality, easy use intuitive menu/feature design, very bright/clear display.

Cons: sensitive microphone, no voice dial, textured finish would make the phone easier to hang onto.

Behind the Timesby - May 15, 2004

Pros: It's small, lightweight, 3 alarm settings, decent ringtones

Cons: No outside Caller Id; no speakerphone; some features not available unless you pay for them (this may be an ATT issue); not very durable (1 drop & it's all scraped up. My Moto was a soldier!)

small, light, beautiful & worthlessby - May 12, 2004

Pros: Almost weightless at 2.8 oz. Color screen is great. The battery life is unreal. Very affordable.

Cons: Microphone is way to sensitive. Picks up all the background noise and then some. Reception and call quality are horrible (partly AT&T's fault). Tons of technical bugs. No voice activated dialing or "normal" ring tones. We bought 43 of them and are li

Awful voice qualityby - May 11, 2004

Pros: Attractive, stylish, light weight, brilliant color screen, ring tone sound quality, battery life

Cons: VOICE QUALITY, ring tone selection, no external caller id. Had a pair of these phones. Tried everything to modulate voice quality, but always sounded garbled with lots of background noise. Exchanged for 2 of the same phone, had the same problem. Went

makes me miss my 4 year-old phoneby - May 4, 2004

Pros: looks nice, is very small, has a lot of apps...

Cons: asides from the visual factor, this phone is terrible: 1. lousy reception 2. microfone is too sensitive so no one can understand you 3. drops way too many calls 4. the aweful ringtones (just give me one that rings, i do not need horse sounds!) Apparently

Nice and light weightby - April 23, 2004

Pros: nice loud ring tones, great colors on screen, three out side lights to let you know if it's on, message and red for charging, great features like calendar with reminders and big digital screen saver so I don't need to get my glasses and more. alot for the

Cons: the phone has a slippery finish, hard to see screen in day light specialy in full sun!!! The phone frooze up on me calling a speed dial number and added a lot of ooooooooo after the number and I couldn't hang up the phone or get it back to the main screen

This Phone Is Horrible !!!by - April 22, 2004

Pros: flip phone

Cons: 1. First phone I've ever had that crashes! (freezes) Thanks Sun for your lousy JAVA. 2. The phone is difficult to hear when ther is background noise (i.e. driving). 3. People complain about background noise when I call them. 4. Battery life sucks. 5.

What a horrible phone...NOT!by - April 21, 2004

Pros: This phone is great, better than the Nokia 3100. It has a few games cool backrounds and ringtones and has almost all the stuff I need.

Cons: It doesn't have service inside the house all the time. It's too loud when I turn it on but it's still a good phone

Great phone for the money.by - April 14, 2004

Pros: The value/price ratio on this phone is excellent. It was not designed to compete against the top of the line, it was designed to deliver straight forward cell phone communications with a few bells & whistles like mMode and games (no camera). The "ta

Cons: Though good, this phone has some juvenile and not-so convenient features. No time or date display? No outside caller ID. If you make a mistake keying in the cell/home/ofc/oth icon, you have to start over (cannot be edited). When a name is selected with m

Good deal with a few glitchesby - April 11, 2004

Pros: small, compact, good price, color display, lightweight, easy to use user interface (100 times better than a motorola user interface), one touch silent option, great battery life...i only charge it once a week with about 1 hour of talking a day, better rec

Cons: Screen is hard to see in sun, No external display (samsung makes a similar phone with external display, bat AT&T doesn't carry it), It vibrates 3 times before it rings, so if u don't feel the vibrate u miss the call before you can answer it, I had my

bad microphoneby - April 9, 2004

Pros: good size, features, color icons

Cons: I tried two of them and both had bad microphones. Friends said I sounded like I was talking in a well. I could hear them fine, but they could also hear a lot of exterior noise also.

Great on my second tryby - March 31, 2004

Pros: small size & very light, yet great design, & user interface, color screen, battery life

Cons: 1. the first unit I got had to be returned due to microphone issues. The second unit I got (under AT&T 30-day guarantee) works perfect. 2. no external caller ID

Greatest Flip Color Phoneby - March 26, 2004

Pros: Beuatiful color display Cool Ringtones Long Battery life Great Reception Does not over heat Looks good It seems to have a very promising future... :p

Cons: Smaller than the palm of my hand. But no cons... :)

Decent phone!by - March 23, 2004

Pros: Lots of features. Very small. Loud ringer.

Cons: No external display. Sound quality is kind of poor, but I think that may be a GSM thing. I tried GSM about a year ago, but went back to TDMA due to coverage & SQ problems.

Bad Bad Badby - March 12, 2004

Pros: slim phone, looks nice

Cons: Mic WAYYYY too sensitive! Friends and family would complain about my breathing! I am on my second x426 each phone freezes when I dial my speed dial #2 which is also my shared plan partner. ATT won't help me, they want me to spend $30 bucks for another x

Microphone WAY TOO SENSITIVEby - March 10, 2004

Pros: Great Screen, Easy to use

Cons: Picks up too much background noise, chronic static and garbled sound

Lots of Microphone troubleby - March 8, 2004

Pros: Tons of features, polyphonic ring tones, animations, screen savers... Big colorful screen.

Cons: But the actual "phone" part didn't work so well. My V66 had much better sound quality. Suddenly noone could understand me. I think the microphone was too sensitive. Apparently this isn't true of all the x426's, but has happened to more than a few.

Great phone, low cost, easy to useby - March 3, 2004

Pros: I am very pleased withthis phone, I have had it for about 3 weeks and so far it has been one of the best phones I have ever owned. The features are all very easy to use and the screen is incredibly clear. The phone is extreemlly light weight and comfortab

Cons: There are only two possibly dissadvantages that I can find, if you can call them that. First of all, the phone has a unique hands-free jack, although it appears to be a 2.5mm as most phones, it does not accept the same headsets, so I can not use my Jabra,

A GOOD BUY....by - January 13, 2004

Pros: The phone is small, slim, and lightweight. It is smaller than both my Nokia 3560 and my Motorola V60i. It's easy enough to use. The screen is bright, very clear, and large. The java-enabled wallpaper animates. The backlight is bright blue and very ea

Cons: The phone doesn’t have profiles that can be pre-programmed with certain settings for work, outdoor, at home, etc. The charger connects to the phone by a chip that connects to a chip in the bottom of the phone. I don't care for it because it could get br