Compatible with T-Mobile cellular service, Samsung's dual-frequency GSM/GPRS SGH-E715 phone includes a Web browser, digital camera, some organizing software, and a host of other useful features. The phone's cover features a 80 x 64 pixel gray scale OLED subdisplay, which remains on even when your phone is closed, to display signal strength, battery power, and the time of day.
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When a call comes in, caller ID is displayed on the outside so you can check who it is before answering. The area also displays message-received notices, and other alerts as they come in. The subdisplay also functions as a viewfinder if you want to take your own picture using the phone's 640x480 digital camera.
The camera's main lens is a rotating device that can take multiple consecutive photos at a time. You can also save the photos and send them to a friend or colleague in a text message vis MMS service. The camera includes snazzy functions such as frame setting , tone control, effects, rotation, and a self timer. It can take color, black and white, or sepia-tone pictures, and it comes with a variety of stored image templates that you can use to decorate your snapshots. There's also an LED flash, which helps provide a clear view of your subject in dim light environments.
The E715 sports 40 polyphonic ring tones, as well as many more available for download on the Web via the E715's built in Web browser. Also available for download are a variety of Java-based video games, compatible with the phone via Java MIDP version 2.0.
As an organizer, the E715 includes a 1,000 contact phonebook, a scheduler, to do list and alarm. And, its IrDA (infrared) interface enables easy, wireless phone to PC sync connection. The phone weighs 3.4-ounces.
SEE A DETAILED VIEW OF THE e715'S FEATURES What's in the box:
Handset, travel adapter, battery, hand strap, user's manual, ear microphone.
1 You cannot find another phone with these features!
I have had this phone for over two years. It's been dropped many times, jossled in damp bags while sailing, and nearly lost in deep sand.... but this champ still ticks. No problems at all with screen display, battery run time, nor lost info. The best feature is definitley the self portrait mode.... rather we use it to photograph several people together and no one gets left out. The outer LED greyscale display clearly shows who is in, or out of the picture so it's a snap to properly frame every shot. There is also a great undocumented feature that i use quite often. by holding down the side selection button for a few seconds, the LED white light will fire up making this one of the handiest flashlights around. I usually change phones every year.. however, i have not found another phone with these two unique features...so i am keeping this phone till it finally dies.
2 Numbers stored in Phone Book were lost.
Hi,
I bought Samsung E715 on Amazon.com through a service plan for T-Mobile. It worked fine for nearly 5 months. But, now it started giving problems. Sometimes the mobile gets turned off on it's own. Today to my surprise, I have lost all my phone book stored in the phone. Now I am regretting for storing the numbers in the phone in stead of sim card.
I don't know what's going on and I have lost valuble list of phone nos. I don't have a back up also.
-Raghu
3 Good for one year
I've had the phone for over one year. Everything was fine.
Now, the screen got bad and of course I am out of the warranty period. It is a known problem but they don't want to do anything since it's been over one year.
Buy something else.
4 Great Phone ... No problem for 1 whole year
This is a great phone and amazingly stylish. It is light weight and probably the only flip phone with no antenna. It has excellent camera features ... zoom, flash, multi shot capabilities, framing capabilities and so on. The picture quality is also good. Samsung has a data sync software using which it is easy to keep a back up of your numbers in ur computer. The menu is easy and straight forward. I had it for a whole year and never ran into any problem. Lot of people have complained about battery life ... but, actually I never had any problems. I charge it once every two days. It gets drained fast only if you use the camera and flash feature. But then thats what happens even in digital cameras ... flash suck up battery. The only con, I could think of is that its IR does not work with other competing brands. But it works fine with my laptop's IR. Or you can use data cable instead. Yeah, another con is that the keys are placed very close to each other. So if u have really large fingers, then it may be little difficult to dial. But overall its a great phone.
5 Worst phone ever!!!! Do not buy this phone!!!
I purchased this phone a little over a year ago and returned it to T-Mobile 5 times for replacement phones. The major problem is with the screen. Eventually, white horizontal lines will appear on the screen. When i talked to customer service at T-Mobile they say that this is NOT a known problem and are able to send out a replacement phone. I can't understand how this is not a known problem when I have had 5 bad phones. Am I just unlucky to have received 5 out of the 5 bad phones that Samsung produced? The second problem is that the phone will turn off at random. I have begun to constantly look at the display of my phone to see that it is turned on and working properly. Again, I called TMobile to complain about this and apparently this is a known problem and are willing to again send me out a replacement phone. Other than that the reception is horrible on the phone unless I am outside of my house or business. Overall I wish I never bought this phone! And sometimes wish I had never switched to TMobile. Their customer service is horrible and they are more than willing to send out this same replacement crappy phone over and over. But, they are not willing to contact Samsung and have Samsung take responsibility and force them to do a product recall. TMobile wants me to spend mopre money so I can buy another phone and pay almost retail price for a comparable phone. They will not give me a price break on a comparable phone with features that are really comparable. Over all I would rate this 0 stars and would look for a different model or different brand.
6 Worst service center of samsung
I bought the samsung cell phone E715 six months back from amazon site and it is in warranty period , it stopped working and I send that cell phone to service center , after 10 days I got the unrepaired cellphone. when I called the service center they told me we cannt repair this because of Liquid damage.
I told them that it is in warranty period as stated on their website and product , but they decline stating that it is because of my misuse.
On site they have mentioned 12 month warranty .
7 Just don't buy this phone.
I have had this phone for 8 months. It worked well for about two weeks then it started having trouble connecting. I was forced to power down the phone and bring it back up again for almost every call. T-Mobil replaced it, the replacement was good for about 6 weeks, then it too started doing the same thing. I was annoyed, and did not want to go through the hassle of returning it, so I decided to deal with the problem. In the last week, it has started to not receive calls until after a restart, this, I can't deal with. I am once again replacing the phone. While waiting for the new one to arrive, my screen started to go ( horizontal bands ) This seems to be a common problem for others with this phone also, It's very hard to read and has to be held at a sharp angle in low light to even see the phone book names as you scroll through.
Do yourself a favor, pick something else. I don't want this phone anymore, but I would feel way to guilty trying to unload it on someone on e-bay. It may make a good backup 911 only phone for someone, but that's about all it would be good for. You' have been warned.
8 Good phone as long as it's under warranty
This phone is a decent phone. I've had mine for about 1 yr & 1 month. It is decently built & durable for the most part. The extra features are nice but not exceptional. The ring tones sound great and the camerphone is ok - picture quality is not so great & looks even worse than on the screen when uploaded to the pc. However, the one big flaw with this phone (most of the ppl I know who have this phone have had this problem is that the screen images fade (some ppl report they get faded horizontal lines) somewhat around the time near the 1 yr warranty is up. As far as I know, there is no way to change the contrast. After I noticed that my screen had faded, I called T-mobile to have it repaired, they told me that my 1 yr warranty expired the day before and they had no sympathy & could do nothing for me (I was very extremely angry to hear that I missed it by 1 day) Also they told me that they had "never heard of this phone having this type of problem) - I find this very difficult to believe since if you google this samsung phone along with the words "screen problems" or read more amazon reviews, you'll find that this is a widespread, very COMMON problem. I would not recommend this phone again & if anyone does pick this phone, be sure to purchase the insurance as the screen WILL fade, its only a guess as to when.
9 E715
E715 is cool looking phone. But the truth is that it's screen life is pathetic. I need to get it repaired within a year luckily it was in warranty period. But to my irony the samsung fixed it and the screen went off again after 2 months of repair. so guys be carefull you will not be able to use this phone more than a year.
10 I don't have this phone, but have seen it, look very cool
But do you know this phone has a very high radiation? google "Samsung E715 sar cnet". it is 1.41, veyr high
11 Stable Phone
I have owned three of these phones for more than a year and two of them live on a construction job site with form diggers. They get scratched, muddy, concreted, and sometimes wet, and despite some heavy scratches on two of them here and there. They work perfectly and the flip hasnt loosened a bit. They taken some good bangs and falls as well. Excellent reception, good camera system, and all around good phone.
Samsung just makes the best phone products out there. I had the S105 before this and still the best phones on the market.
12 Just two words: Awesome Phone
Ok guys! Time for my review. Got this phone on Feb 28, 2005. I must say it possesses great looks apart from features. I was in a dilemma whether to buy V600 or e715, but finally landed on e715 since it is lighter. Agreed that this phone doesnt have bluetooth, but be frank folks, how many of you actually use Bluetooth?? If so, doesnt ur battery drain like hell? If i need to transfer data, the Infra Red port is sufficient. If i need to talk handsfree, the ear bud is sufficient. About camera, i am not a camera freak, if i have to take snaps, i have a digital camera.
Overall, 5 stars from my side. Dont know about the screen getting too bright after 5-6 months, but 2-3 of my friends have had this fone for 1 year and they had no problems like that. So, guys... Keep Fingers Crossed, but Eyes Open!!
13 Great phone so far
OK so I was looking to ditch Cingular because I was drawn to T-Mobile's plans and sheer attractiveness of their line of phones. This Samsung phone was (and still is) the ONLY phone that truly catches my eye. It looks great from any angle, and it's one of those phones that people naturally look at and want to touch. It's happened to me when people see mine lying out. Something surprising is how LIGHTWEIGHT it is, especially for being a camera phone. The screen is extremely bright, good display of colors, and I've had really good reception. I thought it might be a little worse because of its internal antenna but luckily this hasn't been the case. It holds a LOT of pictures, right now I have like 100 saved on it. The ringtones, I'll admit SUCK (for lack of a better word) so I keep it on the generic T-Mobile ring because I'm not into downloading them online. It's held up well too, it looks fragile but it still works perfectly even after having been dropped several times on concrete and BEING immersed in water in the toilet. I KNOW. The only two things I wish this phone had are: memory to hold more than 30 text messages in its memory before filling up, and slightly better battery life. Other than that, sleek looking phone, works great, GET IT.
14 Keeping my fingers crossed
I bought this phone for my wife a month ago, and she really liked it. It worries me that the past a few reviews are so negative. But I believe these claims are absolutely true. My first two samsung phones (SPH-300 and A460 from Sprint) all had display problems before. The first one lasted 3 years, and the second one only lasted 2 years (Can you believe I am so loyal to Sprint with very very poor receptions?). That's part of the reason that I switched to T-mobile. If the trend keeps, maybe this one will only last less than a year :)
Other than this, the phone is really great. Taking sharp pictures, a lot of memory space, sleek looking outside, the size fitting your hand just about right.
15 Choose another model
I have owned this phone for exactly one year, and here is my report. About six months ago horizontal white lines began to appear on the LCD screen and, over time, the problem began to get worse and worse. Exactly one week ago I turned off my phone and allowed it to charge overnight. In the morning I turned the phone back on and discovered that I could no longer see anything on the internal display - it had whited out.
This is a very common problem with this Samsung model and it is enough reason to stay away from it. Testimonies from other reviewers on this site, and others, corroborate this, but if you still want to take a chance on this model then you should be aware of some other potential problems that this phone suffers from.
When you view a complete log of all sent and received calls whenever you press the Send button, scanning through them is a real hassle. Pressing a key once often cycles through three entries, and it's annoying when you want to make a call to a phone number in your log but the phone keeps overshooting it. Very buggy, not to mention excruciatingly annoying.
Also, a couple months ago all of the address book entries that were stored on my phone got deleted. I have no idea what could have caused this, but it apparently is another common problem with this model.
The supplied ringtones that Samsung offers on this phone are nothing short of pathetic. It seems every ringtone that was programmed into this phone was meant for teeny boppers or little kids. There are no standard ringers on this phone and because of this I had my phone on vibrate all the time when I was out and about.
However, if the ringtones are your cup of tea you cannot assign them to individual contacts. The only way you can do this is if you make your contact part of a group in your phonebook. Why Samsung would make it so that you can assign ringtones to groups, and not individual address book entries, is a mystery.
When you close up the phone to end a call, the phone still stays on the line for well over a second. This means that if somebody were to say, "wait, I forgot to tell you something" it leaves them with the impression that you just hung up on them.
This was a very disappointing offering by Samsung, and I'm quite surprised that they haven't issued a recall of this model due to its host of defects, and I'm equally surprised that T-Mobile continues to sell this phone with their service.
You would be better suited with another model.
16 Worked fine (for a while....)
Well, just as all the other reviews state....it's a really cool lookin phone, has some nice features...BUT - it's got it's bugs too. For the price, i'd stay away from it.
Though I haven't had any problems with T-Mobile - i have with this phone. I'm going on 10 months with it and the screen (like the others state) is starting to bleach out on me. Fine lines are appearing across the screen and yes, it's starting to reboot on me for no apparent reason.
Also, i haven't read this on anyone else's review - but my phone looses phone numbers out of my phonebook every so often. They just get deleted. I'll go look for my buddy Curt - and his name and number are gone. weird...this happens probably about once every couple weeks...
the camera on the phone is subpar too...read reviews on it - you'll see...in dark light...the pics are red...again - weird.
So, i dunno..i was happy with it the first month...but after a while...it's lame...cool looking, but lame.
17 I wanted to like this phone...really...I did.
Let's get the main stuff out of the way...the phone is a stellar paperweight and a mediocre phone. The camera is good for being a camera phone, the reception...even compared to older Tmobile phones...is laughable. The interface is terrible. The battery charge is nonexistant. I have NEVER been able to keep my phone alive on standby for 8 days as the phone specs claim I should be able to.
And now, my overall experience purchasing and using this phone:
For starters, this was not the phone I originally wanted. Due to several snags with a certain company that sells book, multimedia, and other fun stuff via a website and their phone dept's lack of competence, I was unable to get my desired phone for 8, count 'em EIGHT months. Why did I wait? They had a stellar rebate. After a while, though, saving 2oo dollars more than buying direct from Tmobile was no longer worth it. Anywho...
When I finally bought the e715 direct from Tmobile, I was excited. I was getting my first camera phone, and I had heard that Tmobile service was great. On top of that, my roommate had the phone I had tried to order, and her reception in our house wasn't too bad. In fact, I monitored her usage and locations before I signed with Tmobile.
That being said...my current phone is my THIRD replacement phone.
The third one doesn't drop calls as often as the first two did, but I still cannot talk in my house. Perhaps that's because the SIM card has been replaced twice? Customer service was terrrible, and even though I checked a parts matinence thing on my contract, it has never been activated (despite constant requests for them to do so, and no notification as to why it hasn't been done. Overall...do yourself a favor, go to Sprint, buy a phone directly from them, and enjoy the bliss I can only dream of for the next 6 months.
18 screen contrast too bright
this is my second e-715 with the same problem the screens contrast goes too bright after 6 months you can not adjust it
19 Just got mine stolen, sad but not devastated
I loved this phone because of the antenna-less design, but like other reviewers mine started having glitches. If I accidentally let the battery die or turned it off, when I reboot it the screen is completely faded out (way too bright) and has lines through it. Also when you turn it back on after use it takes maybe 5-10 minutes to regain all of its features (phonebook and camera in particular--if I try to use the camera within a few minutes of turning it on, it says "Please wait" for a minute and then reboots itself).
Even then, I may buy the same phone when I get my replacement because I like its features and its easy to use.
Also I'd like to say I have had excellent service from T-Mobile unlike the other reviewer; they have been very helpful when I had issues (and I have had a few with minutes plus my phone just getting stolen). They are also very nice and polite to me even when I was freaking out this morning because I found out my phone was stolen.
20 Dont get TMobile
This is the latest phone I've had with TMobile. I got a contract extension, and I regret it. I have a couple months left until I can switch to a better company. The service with these people is awful. They are rude and dont care if you're satisfied if you have a contract. They get really sweet when your contract is up.
There is a reason that Verizon and Cingular are much, much bigger companies. If you're thinking of switching, dont pick TMobile! The initial deals look good, but you'll regret it!
21 Phone Has no Longevity...
I received this phone for Christmas of '03 - and while I have never had a problem with the battery life as some others have suggested (I travel frequently and have had no issues) there are a number of other very serious problems with the e715.
For starters, I am on my third replacement phone. The original, after 8 months, began to show signs of "decay". It would reboot for no apparent reason, vibrate uncontrollably ( even when not on silent mode ) and the ringtones... well, the only way to describe them would be "posessed". They would speed up and slow down, play the wrong note, etc. It's not a particularly fun thing to hear at 2am in the morning.
The worst part, however, is the LCD display. I began to notice fine lines in it, then within another month it had completely faded out that in sunlight, you couldn't read it at all.
My second replacement went bad ( reboots and LCD screen ) within a month. I am now on my third, but it has already rebooted twice and the screen is showing lines. At this point, I'm just going to buy a new phone - I've had it!
For the price of this phone (originally almost 400 dollars) you would expect better quality. I would not reccomend this phone unless you are the type who plans on buying a new phone every 6 months anyway to keep up with the latest technology.
22 Recurring screen problems plague this phone...
I have had to return my E-715 twice because it appears randomly the screen gets horizontal bleaching patterns across the screen. Dont believe me? Do a Google search on "e-715 screen lines".
Of course T-Mobile and Samsung both tell you that you're crazy and that you're the only person who has experienced this problem.
Otherwise the features on the phone are great, the IR port is great to sync to your computer, and the LED light you can use as a flashlight is the best feature on the phone.
23 Samsung's Rep Is Overblown, But a Great Phone for 6 Mos!
Initially upon signing up with T-Mobile, I shelled out good money to get one of the first *affordable* camera phones on the market -- the Samsung V205. I had to send this phone back literally 5 times, before upgrading to the E715 (again, paying a lot of money, and renewing my contract in order to save a couple of hundred bucks). At first, I was dazzled by this phone; I thought it was great. I've had it for about 6 months now, and it's crapping out in the exact same fashion as the V205, leaving me to believe that perhaps the problem is not with the phone models, but with Samsung themselves. The problems are as follows:
* the screen blanks out, and the phone shuts itself off, even with a full battery quite randomly. For instance, I opened the phone to check my organizer, snapped it shut, and the phone just shut off. This has occurred 9 times already in the past 2 days. Additionally, after this happens, it will not turn on again, or get to the little welcoming screen and just shut off. This was the problem that caused my hatred of the V205, as there is really no fixing this.
* you can't save your photos on the SIM card, thereby costing you all of your irreplaceable pictures when you inevitably have to get yet ANOTHER new phone.
* the variety of ringtones, or lack thereof, make it somewhat of a marketing scheme to pay for niftier ones.
* The flap covering the headset input is difficult to move out of the way. To talk on the phone in the car, you need to be expecting a call, as you will miss the call by the time you get the flap to stay out of the way so you can plug in your handsfree.
* You can't keep the phone on the clip and speak into it. Both the Samsungs I've had, you have to detach the clip to open the phone. Very annoying if you have a tendency of leaving things places.
* it will tell you that it detects over 5 bars of service, yet say searching for a while, and NOT give you any service
* takes a while for the phone to rev up and for you to use it after you get it on
Good points are present, also, though:
* the reject call button is great
* photo caller ID -- brilliant
* in class, you can make the phone stop vibrating without even opening the phone, by pressing the side button.
* sleek design with nice colors.
* picture quality better than some phones
* stores a LOT a lot of pix
* offers you a lot of options in terms of customization, like icons, fun groups for specific ringtones, different sounds for the keypad, if you activate the folder it makes noises when you open or close the phone
* voice recorder is pretty clear, sound quality not bad
* rings loudly, though doesn't vibrate and ring at the same time like Nokias do
* antenna-less, but its reception is actually not as good as some cheaper phones.
I hope this was helpful to you guys out there. Good luck!
24 Great phone
There are as always, people here writing reviews complaining about silly problems that are usually the result of their own incompetence. This phone is great, as is T-Mobile coverage. It looks great, you get 2 screens (an OLED on the front). You can use the front OLED screen as a camera viewfinder by holding down the camera button for a few seconds. The LED flash is only useful close up, but the actual flashlight feature is very useful. A few weeks ago I was biking in a forest trail, and I underestimated the length of the trail. I was out there when it started getting dark.. bottom line, when it was dark I used the flashlight to light up the forest. It did a good job. Anyways, Samsung's OS is great and easy to use. It is the simplest and most logical menu system, with Motorola's being the worst. The phone is also very thin and has no antenna. I don't even notice when the phone is in my pocket. The ringtones are loud enough. Battery life is fine for me.. I charge every other night basically. Why do people need 4 day battery life? Is it that hard to charge while you sleep at night? The only problem I have is that the LCD's contrast fluctuates on its own for some reason. It gets washed out then goes back a few days later. I am going to call TMobile and ask for a replacement, but it's not a big deal. Also, I don't like the loud sound played when you take a picture. It can't be disabled. The IRDA is useful when used with easyGPRS software (available online). I use it to download my pictures, and also to upload my own wallpaper. It was also useful when I first got the phone -- I was able to type my phonebook entries on the computer quickly then upload them to the phone, without dealing with tedious phone typing.
25 Don't buy Samsung E715
The reasons are:
1. The screen display becomes complete while after 6 to 8 months of use and you can't see any thing on the screen after that.
2. The battery life is the worst of any phone I've ever owned. It MAY last 2 to 3 days in stand by IF I don't use it at all; if I use the phone at all, even just 10-15 minutes, no more than one day on a full charge.
3. The only good thing abount it is just the look and you can enjoy it for 6 months are so and later you have to junk it as display goes off!
26 This phone crashes once a week!
I have this phone a little over a year. This is my first Samsung phone and boy what a mistake! In the past 3 months the phone crashes at least once a week. I loose all my pictures, my downloaded ring tones and a few phone numbers here and there. I always have to delete everything in my phone and reload all my schedules, ring tones and numbers again from my computer. It is so annoying.
The initialization time takes FOREVER! You need at least 3 mins to get to your phone book from the time you first turn on the phone.
Battery life is short. I use my phone for business and I always have to carry an extra battery pack in my bag.
The external camera button is badly situated. I hit that button accidentally all the time and I get tons of black pictures.
I have not been able to find a good quality handsfree set out in the market besides the manufacturer ones (which by the way if you have a shallow earhole it is a nightmare to use).
However, this phone is quite user friendly. You can pretty much figure the phone out without doing any manual reading.
If you are a power cellphone user than I don't think this is your phone.
27 Samsung and Tmobile make a great team!
WHAT I LIKE MOST:
1. excellent reception.
2. 65K color sreen is clear, beautifully saturated.
3. sound is clear like a bell.
4. lots of features
5. external LCD screen is very useful in the dark, so is the service light but can be somewhat annoying because of its brightness.
6. high quality built, no squeezing between clamshell
7. light-weight, much better than Motorola phone.
8. perfectly compatible with Asia's 900Mhz network. All you have to do is call Tmobile or look up instruction codes to unlock the phone. With ATT phones, even they are tri- or quad-band, you're out of luck.
WHAT I DON'T LIKE:
1. short list of wallpapers and ringtones.
2. the battery is not as strong as E-316. Charge it nightly at bedtime will solve the problem.
3. where's bluetooth technology in this 300 dollars phone?
4. ear-microphone jack is covered by plastic cap. This design is out-dated.
28 *More like a 4.4*
Yo this phone is TIGHT! Really, its mad nice. It looks mad ghetto and it has an Internet and you can get all these tight ringtones WITH WORDS in like all songs like Drop It Like It's Hot and 1,2,Step. It also has a camera on it (many phones do it aint dat special anymore). Jus look at it; its mad ghetto... da only phone dats more fly are da T Mobile Sidekicks and dat new Cingular Razor Phone... aiight many phones but this 1 is really tight but its kinda old (it came out in da summer), and alot of new phones were made but dis 1 is still real nice. *Kinda expensive though*
29 ready for a replacement
i have owned a samsung e715 since january of 2004. actually you could say i have owned 4 of them and i am fixing to own another. all e 715s i have owned have started to have scan lines and fade out. the phone works great and has some great features but if your screen fades out there is no point in having such good features. another thing is the pictures of the inside of your pocket which are great if you love black pictures of nothing, but i will say that when it does take a picture of the inside of your pocket it at least lets you know by releasing a shutter sound. the ringtones on this phone suck and that is all there is to say about that. also i have to recharge my battery about every other day and sometimes i do not have a charger with me when i need it. i bought this phone because it looks great and has the great features, but man it has been a pain in my hind quarters.
30 Alert! Scan lines on LCD
I've used the E715 for almost a year now an I'm not so happy with it. Although the phone looks cool and sexy, underneath the hood the phone has some serious design flaws. The first and major issue is scan lines on the LCD display. After a period of use the LCD contrast increases and scan lines appear on the display. If proper precautions are not taken the display will slowly wash out and the user can see nothing. I've had two replacements from TMobile in the past 10 mnths due to scan lines. My brother's E715 LCD washed out completely.
Some say these scan lines are due to the use of generic desktop/car chargers but I never used any. Others say placing the mobile near sources of strong magnetic radiations like TV, PC monitor etc can cause these lines. But nobody is sure (Refer to HowardForums.com under the Samsung forum.)
Another issue is the initialization time. Once the phone is powered on it takes at least 5 mins to initialize the phone book. This delay is unacceptable. Battery life is also not that great compared to the NOKIAs out there.
If you carry the phone in your jean pocket, the external camera button activates and takes blank pictures without your knowledge. This drains battery too. Samsung should provide some kind of lock to disable this accidental activation.
On the plus side reception on this phone is good (although T Mobile coverage is spotty) Having an IR port makes it easy to upload ringtones and download pictures.
31 3 C's... Cool, Clear, and Crisp
The Samsung E715 seems to have both VERY positive and VERY negative reviews... but I think this cellphone is excellent EXECPT for the battery life. Here's a list of some Pros and Cons I could come up with...
PROS :
- Small and lightweight: If you're someone who needs to carry around just the cellphone and not a huge bag, this phone is great. It easily fits in the palm of your hand and can fit in a jeans pocket with ease.
- Exquisite design: Although not a trendy phone, this cell is in a class all by itself. With no external antennae, the shape is VERY sleek and slick.
- External LCD: This is an EXCELLENT feature. The current time, signal strength, and battery life are all in a gorgeous aqua-blue color against a black background. It stays lit all the time, which is especially helpful when trying to find your phone in a movie theatre or walking somewhere at night.
- Camera: I suppose many people think that if there's going to be a camera on a cellphone, it has to be absolutely superb. Well first of all... it's a PHONE. Although this feature takes clearer pictures than many other camera phones, don't expect the results to rival those of a digital camera. I would suggest merely using the camera for fun, rather than relying on it for important pictures.
- Reception: This certainly depends on where you live and what carrier you're with (I'm with T-mobile). I get excellent reception all the time - and by excellent, I mean that all 6 bars are right beside the signal strength icon. Just think about where you live and make your decision based on how other people have fared.
CONS :
- Battery life: I've owned a Nokia before and I can honestly say that the Samsung E715's battery life can't even compare to it. I could go for days without charging the Nokia, but with the E715, I need to recharge it every two days or so. If you disable the colored service light, I find that it helps the battery stay fuller longer.
- Phone-book Access: When I turn the phone on and want to make a call right away, I find that I have to wait several minutes before I can access the phone book. It can get very annoying, but I've learned to deal with it by turning the phone on way in advance before planning to make any calls. That way, easy access is not even a question.
The Samsung E715 is a great phone, with a few minor (in my opinion) points that certainly don't weigh out the good points. And the most important thing about a cellphone is it's ability to make and receive calls... and with the E715, you get superb results.
32 great phone, no speaker phone
This is the best phone I've ever owned...BUT, it doesn't have a speakerphone, which is a big let-down. :(
33 Great features - poor reception = Fun toy but poor phone
First a note about T-Mobile's customer service: it's fantastic - the best bar none; responsive, never argumentative and always helpful. Unfortunately this phone gave me the opportunity to get to know that department a little too well, but at least the experience wasn't unpleasant.
Back to the phone itself, the internal antenna leaves much to be desired. I wouldn't recommend the e715 to anyone who isn't always in an area that has very heavy cell coverage. My husband and daughter have two different model Nokia phones and both have internal antennas but yet they both manage to keep calls longer and make calls in areas where the e715 can't pick up signal. Don't get me wrong there are pros for this phone:
- very lightweight weighing in at 3.0 oz
- compact size fits almost anywhere
- easy to read external display
- large, vibrant internal color display
- 640x480 resolution camera w/ lots of extras like framing, sepia, b&w, etc
- fairly intuitive, easy to use interface, however I have to warn any Nokia users, it is significantly different and takes some getting used to.
The one very large con is the poor reception and lets face it, you can put as many bells and whistles as you want on this thing, its main purpose is still a communication. No signal = no communication = funky gadget but a bad phone.
34 Looks cool... that might be it
I've had this phone for almost a year, and I can't wait for my contract to be up so I can get a different phone. It sure looks cool, but it's performance doesn't keep up.
Perhaps the most annoying thing about this phone is that it has a camera button on the side of the phone that regularly goes off in my pocket. Not only does it take black pictures of my pocket, but it makes a loud shutter noise. If it ever happened around any women I didn't know, I'd probably get a lot of strange looks, and/or a slap across the face.
The user interface isn't very user-friendly either, and it's a pain to look up a number without dialing it, and there are only 9 speed dial slots.
I like that it lets you store multiple numbers for each contact, but you can only have ONE number for each contact set to speed dial, and it does not tell you which number you called after you press the dial button. Not a big deal, but sometimes annoying if you are unsure if you selected someone's work or home entry, and all it says on the screen is their name with some dumb animation of glowing balls floating on water(?!)
Lastly the display gave out on my last month. It's washed out and hard to see contrast. You can still see if you tilt it to a certain angle, and I am debating whether i want to bother with exchanging it under my equipment protection plan.
Love the design of Samsung phones, and was happy with my previous Samsung, but I am not sure if I will get another one now. definitely not without trying it in a store first.
35 Frequent Call Dropping and LCD defects
I have just requested my 2nd replacement phone (under warranty) within the last five months. This is the worst cell phone I have owned. It drops calls frequently (in Detroit Area). For the second time, the the LCD screen has developed a leaking "black ink-like" spot that obscures the screen.
36 great phone
3 months so far. it is a great phone. Infrared port is very handy to transfer data. Enjoy.
37 Good
I've had this phone for nearly a year. The best thing about it is the taking pictures...however, they won't allow you to turn to sound off when taking a picture. Also, when scrolling through your text messages, you aren't allowed to just press the down arrow and continue scrolling.You have to go back to the menu and look at it the list and click on one you would like to see. However, it does have some pretty awesome features.
38 Still a great phone
I originally purchased this phone a year ago. I bought it the day it was released. If you remember back that far, it was a pretty eye-catching phone. It was one of the first with an integrated camera (moto-t720 had a detachable camera), other than a few over-priced nokias. One great thing is that it is still distinguishable in the sea of Silver Flip-phones. It doesn't look like any other Samsung, Audiovox or LG out there. SO thats nice.
PROS:
Very Small & Lightweight
Great (but small) screen
Camera
Flash (not blinding, but provides good light when needed
Multi-shot (you can take up to 15 pictures in one second)
Photo Storage (upwards of hi-res pix)
External Display (with Analog looking digital Clock)
User Interface (these menus are as intuitive as early Nokia)
One-Touch Silent mode (don't ever get caught with you cell ringing in class or a meeting)
No External Antenna (you wouldn't think it made a difference, but its not nearly as bulking in pants pockets)
T-Mobiles REPLACEMENT warrenty (12months!)
CONS:
T-zone button (its right in the middle of the direction pad, and when tapped takes 5 seconds to cancel)
Sidebutton for camera (i have about 10 pix that are of the inside of my pocket)
Screen (for the first 10 months it was vibrant, but it developped some faint horizontal lines)
Overall this phone, especially for FREE, is worth whle. I like samsungs, and Love T-mobile's price structures and Customer Support.
39 Countering the negative reviews........
To counter some of the gripes people have had with this phone I've been all smiles since upgrading about a month ago. First off, the internal antenna gets better reception than the standard little nub of an antenna that most other phones have. It's also a nice feature for those of you that carry the phone around in your pockets since there's nothing sticking out to get hung up on. As far as the knock of sudden dropped calls with the internal atenna, no problems in my service area. The battery life was an area of concern after reading reviews, but then, like all new things, you start out weak and build the charge as you go. It's gotten ALOT better at holding its charge as time has worn on. Though not as comprable to other phones I've owned (Nokia, Motorola) the E715 is suitable for a college kid like myself for talk-time and battery life. The ringtones that come preloaded are intolerable though. The front LCD display is VERY convienient when it's dark because it's always on showing time, signal strength, and battery life, not to mention the caller ID function. This phone has plenty of bells and whistles to keep you busy and the camera is a nice touch. This is a phone afterall, so the quality isn't the best, but it's still fun. Though this isn't as technical a review as some I just want to give the impression that this is a good overall phone and I would recommend it-- especially since it's price keeps dropping.
40 Samsung Offers No Service
I recently purchased the Samsung e715 cell phone. I was very impressed with the size, flip phone features and camera features. The phone did not hold a charge properly and dropped calls at will. T-Mobile referred me to Samsung and after several attempts over a few weeks I gave up on getting through to anyone at Samsung. T-Mobile finally sent me a new battery which did not help, so they have replaced the phone. The service is not great in some areas, and according to T-Mobile that may be due to the internal attennae. The phone also gets quite warm very quickly when in use. Not my best purchase....
41 Great phone - but beware on family plans
No problem with phone, it works great.
If you are thinking about buying more than 1 phone from Amazon then switching to family plan as they suggest you can do, beware the following:
Amazon claims it doesn't matter which plan you purchase at checkout since you will be switching it to family plan when you get your phones. Not true.
T-Mobile starts your account on the day they get the activation request from Amazon. In my case, they started my plan on September 9 and I didn't even get the phones delivered until 9/14. I activated my phones when I received them and switched immediately to the family plan, no problem. BUT I had to pay pro-rated fees for the plans I purchased with the phone from 9/9 to 9/14. This amounted to $6.67 per phone - PLUS I was hit with all the state and federal fees for those pro-rated plans in addition to paying them for the family talk plan.
So when Amazon says it doesn't matter what plan you pick if you are going to switch to family talk plans, they don't know what they are talking about.
42 Not worth the price
I had this phone for roughly 3 months before giving it away. I had a very hard time changing from my Nokia 3650 to this phone. I was highly disappointed that it did not have speakerphone or voice dialing capabilities... not to mention bluetooth. Although I spent more for this phone than my friend did for their Motorola v.300, I begged her to trade me... and offerred to give her $50 in addition! I ended up going back to my old phone, which is almost 2 years old... but a much nicer handset. The battery life is highly unacceptable. I will admit the design of the phone is nice, as is the lcd. Very crisp and clear lcd screen. The pictures LOOK alright on the lcd... but just try to email them, and prepare for disappointment. they are even grainier than the photos I took on my Sonyericsson T300! I know it was not just my particular handset either, for I had to do 3 handset exchanges on it before I gave up for varying reasons... 2 of the phones would get staticky audio after I was on a call for 15 mins or so. In the end, I do NOT recommend this phone... get the v.600 instead. (or in my case, a nokia phone)
43 Good phone!
I was looking at some of the reviews on here and wanted to clear some things up:
You CAN set different rings for different users. You can also set different graphics to display on the front screen when they call. Simply go to the Caller Groups/Friends list in Phonebook, and set your preferences there.
The fact that the phone doesn't set the timezones automatically is a wonderful feature for me. I can choose exactly what time I would like to have. For instance, I can set the clock ten minutes ahead, as I hate being late.
The ringtones don't really bother me.
I get wonderful reception.
I am often drawn to aesthetically pleasing devices, and this is one of them. The light indicator in front is a great feature. You can also mess with that so it changes for different modes.
The zoom on the camera is O.K.
The flash is wonderful. Love the voice memo function too.
I've dropped the phone on numerous occasions due to clumsiness and it's just fine. (Phew)
The flash also serves as a flashlight that stays on for about 15-25 seconds. Great when trying to find your way in the dark, or keys...
I do wish there was video on this phone.
Is it too much to say that overall, I love this phone?
44 Nice size, good reception, but poor usability
Pros:
- Small size (and definitely the no-antenna packaging)
- Better-than-average reception
Cons:
- No Bluetooth
- No "ordinary" ring tones out of the box
45 Bad reception
This phone is ugly and heavy and has a terrible user interface even for techies like myself. It also drops calls like crazy here in Manhattan. The Moto V600 is a much better phone, takes better pictures, gives you better clarity and reception, is smaller, and is much, much cheaper. Get the Moto V600 if you want T-Mobile. Stay away from this ugly monster.
46 full of features, lacking in usability
This phone is (or at least was, when I bought it) relatively full-featured compared to other phones on the market. It has a camera, you can download ring tones (in a proprietary format or common MIDI), and it has a rich graphical interface. One of the first things I did was take a picture of a painting I liked and set that as the background image on the color inside screen.
It has some other nifty features, such as an actual dot matrix monochrome LCD for the outer display (underneath the fixed-format LCD that displays the time, signal strength, battery charge, etc). You can use this to take pictures without having to open the phone, and it lets you take pictures toward yourself and actually see what the picture will look like.
However, I found the phone to be a bit lacking in day-to-day usability.
For one thing, after you power it on, there's a "booting" period during which some of the phone's key features (such as the phone book) are unavailable. You can't quickly look up someone's phone number unless your phone has already been on for a few minutes.
When you make a call, the phone's display and keypad backlighting turn off after about ten seconds. There is no way to disable this feature. It makes it very inconvenient to use when you have to punch numbers in after the call has connected (such as a voice mail password or extension), since you can no longer see the keypad. You can hit one of the buttons on the side (either the volume control or the "camera shutter release" button) and the backlight switches back on for ten seconds, but I think it would be much more usable if the backlight on the keypad simply remained on during the call. I originally thought that they might be trying to save battery life, but the backlight and LCD display remain lit indefinitely when you are not on a call.
The phone does not automatically set the time. You have to choose your time zone, and enter the time manually. My Motorola Star-Tac from 1998 would automatically set the time, I do not see why this phone from 2003 does not have this feature. I flew from Seattle, WA, to Columbus, OH, and my phone still displayed the time back in Seattle. When I had my Star-Tac, I would use it to set clocks or to set my watch, since it was synchronized by the cell network and always had accurate time. With the Samsung e715, it becomes yet another device for whose time setting you, as the user, become responsible.
The voice mail notification is done via text messaging. I am not sure if this is unique to this phone or is something T-Mobile does, but it inserts an additional step in the process of checking voice mail. First, you receive a text notification that you have a new voice mail. You have to manually delete this (complete with Are You Sure? every time). Next, you dial in to the voice mail system to fetch the message. My Star-Tac had a much more intuitive interface. You see the voice mail notification icon, and you dial into the service and check your messages. After doing so, the icon disappears. With the Samsung and T-Mobile, the icon bears no relationship to whether you actually have new messages or not. If you forgot to delete the "new voice mail waiting" text message, you might think you have new messages the next time you check your text message inbox.
Despite all these problems, it does have some saving graces. It is very small, with no external antenna (this does cause some minor signal-strength problems inside buildings), which allows it to fit easily into almost any type of pocket. The display is bright and easy to read, and the battery life is excellent (I've made calls lasting over four hours and still had well over half the battery charge left).
If you are looking for a phone with some cool toys, that's small enough to fit in your pocket comfortably, and has enough battery life to let you play with it for days between charges, then this phone might be good for you. If you're looking for a day-to-day phone that makes it easy to do common phone-related tasks, this is probably not the right phone.
47 My Samsung E715
This is phone is alright to have but I like to get new things in my life, so this is why I am looking for something new.
48 Good Phone Bad Company
I like the phone itself, but don't ever break it!!!
I needed to replace a plastic window that cracked; the electronics were fine. Samsung doesn't have service centers like some other companys, and getting through to their repair department is a NIGHTMARE.
I spent 1 1/2 hours on hold and finally had to hang up to pick up my son. The next day I spent 2 1/2 hours on hold only to get a recording telling me that they were on holiday (they weren't) and to call back during normal business hours. I then called back and asked for a supervisor since I didn't want to get transferred just to be disconnected after 2 1/2 more hours.
I was told one would call me back in 3 business days. I don't care how awesome the phone is...any company that shows such little regard for its customers will NEVER get my business again. Unless you have many hours to waste in the event you need their repair department, I would strongly recommend you look for another phone.
49 i like it a lot
i like it a lot, its a great phone for the 30$ price here on amazon. cant really beat that.
50 samsung e715
GOODS: Good battery life/ sophisticated look/ small enough to fit a small pocket/ numbers not too small for a phone this size/ good graphics/ big numbers on screen when trying to dial out/not great but a good camera phone/PRICE
BADS:Really bad factory rings and music/no bluetooth
Conclusions: Buy this phone-u will not regret it.
51 I like this phone!
I don't want to simply repeat the PROS and CONS which others have stated so many times,
I just want to ask, does anybody know how to remove the music whenever the games get started? It's really loud and I did not find a menu which I can turn it off.I dare not to play games at public places..
52 A great camera phone: read this to enjoy it 100%
Samsung E715
PROS:
- Very nice looking
- Nice camera with flash
- Infrared port (for downloading pictures and data from your laptop, it works!)
- Small and great design
- External LCD
- Well manufactured
- Cheap price ( free or max $50 on-line).
CONS: not so smart (compared to Sony T610), not so user smart-friendly, lack of many functions like:
- It is not possible to use calling cards
- It is not possible to use picture ID with the external LCD
- No stopwatch or chronometer
- All the ring tones are horrible, very bad taste. It do not comes with standards ring tones, just annoying and horrible melodies-songs.
- It is not possible to copy all your contacts from your phone to the SIM card or vice versa all at once. To do this you need and extra free software (easyGPRS) from www.samsug.com
I got this phone from www.wirefly.com for free with the activation of a new contract with T-mobile. A great deal!!
So far the reception is fine, just like my 1-year-old Sony T610. The first day, at the end of the day, the battery had only a mark left (out of 3) after not so much use. Looks like it is true the bad commends about the battery life. Anyway after turning the signal light off, it looks like the battery is working better.
The camera works fine, I am happy with it. It works much better than the Sony T610. By the way the camera on the Sony T610 is horrible; that is the reason I ended up buying the Samsung E715.
Regarding the infrared port, some people say that it is not possible to download pictures to a laptop (even the people from Samsung support say the same thing): well, thas is not true. All you need to upload or to download pictures and data is very simple; just get the program EASYGPRS from the download section on www.samsung.com.
Many people have a lot of problems making the software work with the infrared port. Here are the settings to enjoy your phone problem free:
After installing the EasyGPRS software, on the setup menu, set the port to IrDA. Then set the SPEED to 230400. Then on your laptop go to control panel/system/hardware/device manager/infrared device/right click on the infrared controller and select properties/advanced (here set the value or rate to 57600). After that you will be able to transfer all your pictures with out any problem.
This Samsung E715 looks great, it is very small, and the reception here in Manhattan is fine. The T-Mobile customer service is good too. This phone do the job right as a phone, but it is not such a smart phone. In performance, logic and ease of use, the Sony T610 is ten times better. This phone has only two things better then the T610; the camera and the good looking.
So if you do not mind having and smart phone, and you are looking only for a nice camera phone, I recommend this phone. If you are into a smart and very practical phone, and you do not care about the camera, well it is better to get another phone.
I am happy with it, no matter the CONS, but I paid nothing for it, only $35 for the connection fee with T-Mobile.
-My overall rating-
As a camera phone: 4 stars out of 5
In Style: 5 out of 5
As a modern and practical phone: 3 out 5
p.s: with you want to know where to find 100 normal ringtones for only $2, how to make the infra red port work, and how to get rid of the vibration on the ringtones, please send me an e-mail to d3025@hotmail.com Subject: tips for samsung E715
53 AWESOME!
i bought this cellphone about 3 months ago and it has been very satistying. the appereances of the phone is very slick and elegant. many tones and features behind it too. it simply the best and it can't get any better than this. some people complains about the battery which until now, i never experience the short-time battery life whatsoever and i use it 24/7.
the camera was simply fabulous. it has zoom, flash light, what else do you want? Samsung really take its level to the point where customer wants it. Good job!
54 Poor reception and too delicate
There is no way to adjust the screen brightness on this phone. My screen is so bright it is impossible to see photos I've stored on the phone, and I cant see numbers in the address book once they're highlighted by the cursor. Forget about trying to use the phone in the sunshine! I have a lot of complaints, but I'll move on to the major one: the reception is terrible! I have always used Nokia phones, and I'll go back. I was just tempted by the gizmos on this phone. I thought a flip phone would be more durable, but it seems so cheeply constructed, and you can still scratch the camera lens by putting it in your pocket, so you might as well get whatever phone you like and just get a case if you care. Frankly I'm just going to chuck this phone. It has made me crazy. On the flip side, when it was new it was pretty cool for a while...
55 Above avarage phone at a GREAT Amazon Price!
The E715 Phone is a good (B+) phone overall for the money that you will spend. I recomend that you purchase the phone from Amazon and save some $$$. The FREE shipping is faster than you may expect. I recieved my phone in 7 days (business M-F). The phone was shipped via UPS.
The PROS:
1)The E715 along with T-Mobile offer EXCELENT customer service - you may have to be on hold... for half your life, but the service rep. WILL attempt to HONESTLY solve the problem. 2) The E715 has NO external antenna. At first glance seems to be a bad idea... however the service reciption in the San Francisco Bay Area is EXCELENT (East Bay). 90% of the time the E715 has all service bars lit. I have never dropped a call yet... well I did drop a call but it was my Ex-Girlfriend... lets just say the call was "oddly" ended. 3) The battery life on the E715 is good provided that you restrain from constant menu surfing and pictures. Under SEVERE heavy use the E715 will die in about 2 days (48 hours) on a 3 hour charge. 4) If you like menus, then your in for a treat... Thank goodness they are relatively simple for the modest computer user. 5) The E715 has a cool service light (7 color - one color or disco inferno like rotations) and a bright LED light/flash. 6)The E715 has 1000 number memory and 200 number sim memory. 7)The screen is bright!... at night... avoid sun. 8)The volume of the ringer and calls are LOUD. 8)The external screen is NOT COLOR... however I find the numbers, icons and symbols that appear are VERY CLEAR; compared to color screens that are SO small you cant read the numbers... MUCH better on the eyes.
The CONS:
1) The pictures that you capture on the E715 are pasted onto the menu screen in DVD 16:9 box with voids on the top and bottom... this can be ugly. 2)The 7 color service light CAN NOT identify who is calling... Example EX = RED! MOM = GREEN!. 3)The included ringtones are the worst songs EVER! you have 25 included - be perpared to download or listen to the T-Mobile chime for a LONG TIME. 4)The LIGHTS (service and LED/flash)and external caller ID are so bright, if they are on in a dark bedroom you will not get any sleep! - I find that I gave to turn the E715 upside down on a pillow to avoid the icons/time that always remain lit.
5)The E715 camera can turn out some undesirable pictures if you are not close to the object (within 3 to 5 feet).
Conclusion: If you want a GOOD (B+) phone for the money - choose the Samsung E715 and plan from Amazon. If you go to a T-Mobile store they will not be able to offer the same price with the "special offers" offered here at Amazon.
If you like this phone and you have DEEP non-college pockets unlike me!(SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY and LSU) and want a GREAT phone I recomend the Moto V600 (A+) and a plan from here on Amazon... Its good to WAIT the price will DROP!
56 The SAMSUNG TIME BOMB says it all...
I've had my phone for less than 8 months. All the sudden the battery will take a full charge and then "WHAM!" it's drained in 10 MINUTES! I kid you not... 10 minutes. So when this started happening I ordered another battery. As I placed my battery order I opened my phone to see if I had any juice left and come to find my 16 billion trillion color screen is now 8 colors, washed out and flickering! Yes, this $300 pile of crap is just that... a 300 dollar pile of crap.
Now that I've charged the battery again the monitor is still crap but the same battery that couldn't hold a 10 minute charge is holding a full charge leading me to believe this phone has tons of quirks that are just coming to surface.
If you plan on buying a $300 phone... don't buy this one. The people that say the photos this thing takes are great must wear contact lenses or very thick glasses. The picture quality is HORRENDOUS!
Also, let's look at some of the things that this "top of the line" phone doesn't have like VOICE DIALING and BLUE TOOTH (oh yeah, and I good service provider)! Why bother? Spend $300 on something reliable and loaded with features.
57 The Samsung time bomb
After a Samsung V205 which had problems, I was staying away from Samsung products but was given this by my company. Samsung seems to have problems with their charging circuitry or software because this phone developed the same sort of problem that my old V205 did. I would charge it all night, have a full charge in the morning, and 10 minutes into the first call of the day, it would die; the battery was flat dead. This charming behavior began a few months into my ownership. You have to really research it on the net, but I did eventually find out that this is a problem with Samsungs in general (although it's remarkable how difficult it is to get that information -- Samsung must have quite a legal department).
I won't bore you with the warranty hassles dealing with Samsung. Suffice to say that you will have to fight for every concession and in the end probably just toss the phone and buy a different one. That's what I did.
However, I don't give this E715 only one star despite its showing the same charging problems. This is a slick little phone with a lot of great features, so it gets an extra star. I don't really mind the charging problem because when it started to croak the company gave me a new one. If you can work a deal like mine where you get a new one for free every few months, I highly recommend this phone.
58 Great Phone for a decent deal
I have this phone for the past 3 months and am very very happy with the deal I got. The phone has great features. Apart from all the basic features, it is a great camera phone. I brought this phone not only for its looks but mainly for its camera. Lotz of options like zoom, contrast and brightness enhancement, multishot (a very useful one for clicking photos on the go). The best thing is the photo quality and the photo size (starting from 128X120 to standard 640X480).
Drawbacks are:
1) It takes a couple of seconds for the required feature to get initialized.
2) The screen is smaller than some other camera phones.
3) In the silent mode, sometimes, even after the call ends the vibration persists.
Apart from these minor things it is a class apart from all in its category and the lightest camera phone I have ever seen or used
59 umm
Pros:
Stylish (looks better than other brands')
crystal clear screen + colors good (samsung is known for the LCD monitor, they are #1 in market)
camera is good. zoom and flash light features are cool
plenty space for everything. games,ringtones, pictures, sms, phonebook..etc
large ext. lcd.
Cons:
Batterylife
I would give this phone 4stars if the battery life was good.
(...)
60 Decent Phone
I got this phone from a friend. It's a decent phone, takes good picures, but i have yet to explore it for mistakes.
61 Infrared for PC connectivity does not work.
I don't want to rehash all of the stuff that's already been said about this phone. Here's something that nobody told me before I bought it: You cannot use the Infrared port on this phone to transfer data to and from it using a PC. You can use the infrared on the phone as a wireless modem for Internet connectivity (this works for me) but the EasyGPRS software provided to manage phone entries etc. does not work with Infrared. I've checked out all of the online support forums for this phone and I have not heard from anyone who has actually done this. When I called tech support they suggest that I buy their data cable (read: shell out another $70) for that purpose. It is very misleading to show this phone as being IR equipped while its use is crippled.
BTW, I gave this phone 4 stars because it is still a sleek looking great phone.
62 Pretty good phone.. an improvement from my v205
I had the Samsung V205 and then I decided to try the E715 out. FYI to people with battery problems, with these kind of batteries, you must let it drain completely and then charge it.. kind of like building up your battery life and doing this a few times, it will improve your battery life immensely. I've been a T-Mobile customer for a while now and I stay with them because: 1) They are now no. 1 in customer service, 2) Great rate plans, 3) It works great where I need it the most!
Now the additional features that the V205 didn't have that this little gadget has is:
1) Caller ID pics.. although you won't be able to see it on the external display, when you flip it open, you'll see that person's face.
2) The camera now has a flash as well as a zoom. And with that, it is able to take pictures in gray (black and white), negative, sepia, and sketch. Also, you can do multi-shot with this as well as put lots of different kind of frames to your pictures.
3)You can download games with the E715 whereas you cannot do so with the v205. Furthermore, the games are actually java with E715
4) The flash can also serve as a flashlight. Which is quite useful sometimes when you don't know where you're walking and the light is pretty bright.
5) Voice memo.. nuf said
Otherwise, it has the usual features. It has an alarm, calculator, calendar, to do list, MMS, SMS, you can download ringtones (which is a big help since some of the ringtones sound pretty crappy), as well as games and pictures. Pretty much all the usual stuff is in this phone.. except you won't find bluetooth on this.
Another thing is that the external display is like a blue-green thing against a black background.. which is pretty cool since you won't have to press a button just to see the time... it's always lit up so you can see it well. Also, the pictures that you can take by lookin at the external display will be a bluish-green color but when it's saved, and you look at it, it's in full color so no worries there.
Overall, I have enjoyed this phone and no problems with it really. Another great thing is that it doesn't have an annoying external antenna to get in the way so it's a good buy.
63 ...have nothing bad to say, but also nothing good
Phone is really cool...got a camera and a flashlight along with some disco lights. This phone is great in all of its functions other than actually being a phone. Reception is horrible, calls get dropped all over the place, service dissapears as soon as you enter into a building. But when you do get a call, you get a cool jingle and a nice light show. As much as I want to like this phone for how cool it is, I can't. This phone is really bad...definitely not worth the price, or even half of its price for that matter. I came over from Sprint because I didn't want to sign a 2 year contract. I would gladly do so now.
64 second-rate and overpriced look-good toy-phone
This phone is mediocre and not worth the price. It feels cheap and overly delicate when holding it. Reception left a lot to be desired. The exterior scratches easily. If Samsung could get the phone to work as good as it looks, and included Bluetooth, they would have a winner; until then the Samsung E715 is a second-rate and overpriced look-good toy-phone.
As for T-Mobile... it was hands-down the worst experience with customer service I have ever encountered. A mediocre phone and horrid customer service led me to the Motorola V600 and Cingular. The Motorola V600 may not look as good as the Samsung E715 but reception is excellent... let me restate that... reception is excellent with the Motorola V600, there's better coverage with Cingular, the customer service experience has been good and I haven't had one dropped call yet... With T-Mobile dropped calls were the norm; and I live in an urban area. To top things off, with the Motorola I can transfer data (including pictures) to my PC in a wireless environment whereas if I had stuck with the Samsung I would have had to shell-out additional cash for the data kit and had to connect the phone and PC with wires... that defeats the whole "wireless" concept!
65 WOW
this is a great phone. It is very great looking phone. Its graphics are asome. The camera pictures are good for a very slim phone, the flash dosnt cover far but a good three feet in the dark, the zoom works very well, you can all so take pictures in black and white, negitive, sepia, sketch, and emboss but thats not all, it all so has 9 different frames to put on your photo. you can all so take a picture of some one and make that there caller id. The batery life is good for a flip phone, it lasted me up to three in a half days. The internet is great on the go. There are a lot of options to choose from. The games are not the best but the games you can download right from your phone are really fun and download fast. The wallpapers to choose from are cool but the downloadable wallpaper is even cooler. This is a phone I recomend to anyone
66 Below Average, too expensive Phone
The biggest mistake that i made in buying this phone was that I got rid of my old one. My last phone made this one seem obscelete even though the new one cost three times as much and was a year younger. Coming from Sprint and having the run-of-the-mill sanyo camera phone (I can't remember the model number), this phone has made me begin counting the days until I can go back.
The Samsung E715 is nice and light, it has some ok features, and it rings/vibrates very noticeably. However, I'm on my second battery and it's already died only 14 hours after being charged fully. The phone is a whopping two months old, and after being charged completely, I went to bed only to find out midway through the following morning that it had completely discharged itself. Not a single use beforehand. At any rate, this phoneis not worth the money, even if you get a great discount. The T-Mobile reception is 100% miserable. I've dropped most of my calls so far that I've made, and they were all to customer service!!! The customer service, by the way, is very good. They've given me a lot of free minutes as well as a free month of service for my problems.
Typically I'm a very easy going consumer and don't rock the boat at all. I am very cognicent of different quirks to phones and their services, but this is past the line. Overall, don't buy this phone (if you're in the Cincinnati area in particular). Bad reception, horrid battery life, and overall the phone's layout is a disaster.
Hope this helps.
67 Not as user friendly as the Motorola V300-
This is the first Samsung phone I have had and it does not quite measure-up to the V300. I am a TMobile customer and when I finally became too fed up with the V300's terrible camera, TMobile sent me this as an "upgrade".
Here are the good features about this phone:
1)it has no external antenna to brake off
2)the camera takes better pictures than the V300
3)it is very small but still comfortable to use
Here are the bad things about this phone:
1)the sound quality of a call on the receiver is tinny and sounds too 'digital' (much unlike the V300 which I did not realize how good it was until I received this phone)
2)it lacks features! (maybe I was spoiled with the V300 but this phone does not have the 'technology' other phones seem to have. example- this phone does not have an easy to use datebook to set off alarms to remind you of appointments- it does not have a speakerphone which worked well on the V300 and was very handy at times- and just simply, it is like a Commodore 64 computer in a world of 3Ghz processors.)
3)Lastly, it simply is not as 'smart' of a phone as the V300. In other words, it is not as easy to use, not as feature packed, and not as "practically designed" as it should be.
Modern cell phones, in my opinion, don't need to be flashy and a work of art to look at, but they should accomodate the user with easy to use and practical features, and sadly, this phone just falls short.
If you're debating between this phone and the V300- the V300 is an upgrade from this phone in every way except for the camera.
68 just ok
Just bought the Samsung E700 cell phone (doesn't have the flash). A nice phone but .....
* its dual band
* no voice dialing
* no bluetooth
* really short battery life (2-3 days with 20 mins talking time / day)
taking into consideration its price I'd say its just ok.
69 Looks: Excellent; Functions: Average; Logic: Poor
It's is very pretty looking phone with good camera and voice features BUT programming logic used is very poor. Like - the calls log history will list your wife's id 'WIFE' 10 times if she called you 10 times. It will not tell you if she called from home, mobile or office!! You see it is a pain to search for a number to call back if you want to call at a different number. You have to open and see every call in the log's history to find if it is the number that you are looking for.
70 A GREAT PHONE
this is a great phone some of the other people say the battery life is horrible this is not true all you have to do is recharge between 4-5 times and the battery life will be much beter on stand by and when you talk on the phone one thing thats not the best is that the phone does not have a speaker so in the car you cant call anyone without using your hands but its not that big of a deal all you have to do is program your phone with the people you want to call and you can get a headset and just go to the person you want to call and use the headset the last thing is that this phone is the best looking phone ever the motorola phones look so bad and are completly ugly even though the phone is not cheap (and i live in beverly hills) its worth the money so you should go out and buy one
71 Great Phone.
I bought the phone from the t-mobile store with a previous serviec so it was indeed a bit pricey. However i felt that it was a great phone to have. First off, even when the phone is closed, it has great uses. You can use the external camera feature (press and hold the camera button) and also can use the flash as an external flashlight (press and hold the down button). The phone itself was great because it had so many different types of features. The camera is excellent with its zoom and brightness capabilities. It also has memory stored for different things so there's no need to worry. (Certain kbs for games, pictures, ringtones, etc...) The only problem that I had with the phone was after a little while, it started to lag a bit. If i hit the aroows to go throught the phone book, there would be a few seconds of delayed reactions. Other than that, I thought that the phone was great.
72 Samsung E715 Phone
Horrible Investment... Battery life very short. Phone is too delicate. There is no speaker Phone. Phone is dual band. Overall DONT BUY THIS!!!
73 great phone, but battery issues are REAL
i have had my samsung e-715 phone for 3 weeks. look is great, size is great, screen is great, reception and call quality seem fine. HOWEVER - the phone goes from "full charge" to dead battery in less than 24 hours with NO USE. if you use it then it goes dead faster. so i find myself going out of my way to NOT USE my phone and that's pointless, since i bought it to use it. i have read speculation that it is a battery problem, a firmware problem, or a charger problem. whatever reason, buyers are getting headaches. check the howard forums for (www.howardforums.com) for discussion of this phone.
74 DO NOT BUY...unless your willing to do without
I bought the E715 about 5 days ago(April 19) and i turn on the phone without a problem no big deal..about 45 minutes after turn on 1 battery mark is gone, another hour another one is gone and it takes about an easy 3 hours for the phone to start flashing(LOW BaTT) the other problem i have faced was the camera being alot worse then the V205. The T722i by motorola is horrible! no service Camera stinks! i could draw a picture better then that but the camera on the E715 dims in and out and shows loss of perfection. but other then that I found the AOL I.M built in to be a great feature as well as all of the pictures and everything else..if your willing to bare with the camera and battery then i recommmend this phone but if your looking for a small light weight phone with a camera than go with the V300
75 Samsung leads the way
The Samsung SGH-E715 is a very nice phone with features that I have never seen in other flip phones. Prior to owning a Samsung, I had a Motorola T722i and a Nokia 3510. The E715 is a dual band, "intennaless", camera (w/zoom and flash) phone. It is similiar to the E700 and E710 models that are being used in Asia and Europe respectively. The E715 has no external antenna which makes it so attractive and no antenna means that you don't have to worry about it being snagged. The camera boosts an outstanding zoom and a nice flash. It also has a light on the front cover that stays on for 15 seconds after the push of the button on the side. It's a dual band (900/1900). I have used it in Taiwan and the Philippines and it works great there. The buttons are easy to push and the LCD screen on the inside has a clearer screen then the Motorola T722i. It's small and very nice. And if you are thinking of "unlocking" it in the future that can be done so easily. I unlocked mine by way of 'remote unlocking' through a website meaning I didn't have to attach wire cables to my phone; all I had to do was enter codes...very easy to do.
76 Samsung E715 Voice Dialing!
This phone is great excect a cpuple of features. The good news is the flash and the picture sizing is beautiful. However, when I pay ove $300.00 I expect all of the features. This phone does NOT have voice dialing and I was very disapointed. I was mis lead by a certain website that it did have this feature. The other feature it doesn't have is a speakerphone. I'm sure this is all a part of marketing but It would be nice to have it all!
77 after all, it is a phone
Short and sweet. This phone does the most important thing, which is to stay charged, make clear calls without dropping them, and take decent pictures. In addition, it does way more. Every time I get this phone out, people ask about it. Samsung made a superior product, and I wouldn't change a thing.
78 more info with this item
i want this item,so please tell me how to i get this
79 Small, lightweight, very few concerns
No speakerphone, no individual caller ringtone (you have to put a name in as a group for a ringtone to that name). The home charger cord to the phone has died twice. You'll end up purchasing one or getting T-Mo to credit your account for a new one. Other then these few concerns... the phone is top-notch. Excellent reception... gorgeous resolution...great camera capabilities.
80 Brilliant
I think Samsung has done a great job! I bought the phone 3 days ago and very impressed about the features built into this tiny little clamshell.
If you are looking for a flip phone. It's the best you can buy.
81 The best phone I've ever owned
..and I'm from Europe, where the phones and networks are much better than in the States. I have to say that I think Samsung currently have the best software (and I used to be a huge Nokia fan). Amazingly light, very intuitive, great audio, and just looks great. I recommend this without any reservations whatsoever.
82 OK, but not super
WEll i am not going to bore you with the details of the phone. But i am going to bring light to a few concerns. The 1st would have to be battery life, i am on the phone about an avg. of 1-3 hours a day and this is really annonying to have to remember to recharge in the middle of the day. The 2nd would be an very very important thing that should be taken note of. This is the entire reason i sold this phone. when the folder is closed (the flip) the phone hangs on to a phone call for about 10 seconds, and the mic is working. I know that this is not a big concern for many, but when i am placing bids on contracts, OR speaking of a customers sensitive info, this is totally unacceptalbe.
I know this is a good TOY, with a camera, and color screen...but is lacks power user features such as blue-tooth, IRA (that works), speakerphone, long battery life, and ability to hold a GPRS (internet) connection to a laptop for more than 20 min before going dead.
I sold this phone and purchased a Nokia 6610, and have had MUCH MUCH better time........ i only recommend the E715 to those who are looking for a camera phone, and only care about looks, and not function.
83 a good upgrade from the v205
i upgraded recently from the samsung v205 and i was pleased with this new phone. it's compact and light frame felt solid in my hands. never at one time did i feel like i was going to accidently drop it. the two-tone finish is slick and the bright color screen is eye candy. the phone's intenna is actually an improvement over the v205's external. it seems i can hold signals better in the same area i had trouble with using the v205.
the thing that i love about this phone is the camera. such a big improvement over the v205. not only does it have a flash and zoom, it seems the pictures just come out clearer. you can even use the pictures you take as caller id.
my only complaints with the phone are: no voice dialing, crappy selection of installed ringtones, not being able to use pictures sent to you as caller id, and you can't mute the camera shutter when you take pictures.
a good choice for a compact phone that has a great camera. hopefully the next camera phone samsung comes out with has voice dialing.
84 this phone rocks but t-mobile suxxx
i live in Manhattan and when i go to upstate to visit relatives there is no service... im not saying this phone suxx im just saying the carrier (t-Mobile) suuux. dont get me wrong as u can see in the pictures this phone is awesome.... the LCD screen is great, the LCD screen outside is awesome and the picture qualities is fantastic. all im sayin is that t-mobile should expand its services thru upstate new york or im canceling this phone....
85 Good phone, mediocre battery life
Phone works okay - battery life is about the same as the 4 year old Startac I had until I replaced it with this phone - which means you'll get 2-3 days at best with moderate use. The display is ridiculously bright and must consume a heck of a lot of power - too bad there is no brightness setting. Camera quality is excellent for a phone, flash is pretty much useless (nice selling point, but only bright enough for pictures <12 inches from camera).
86 incomparerable phone
I love the phone simply because it's portable and easy to operate .Though i don't have it personally, but since i saw the phone i fall in love with .If you can send more it nigeria it will be good,i am from nigeria and i know the taste of my country that they will like it very well.So i will appreciate if you can send one to me as one of your well wishers.I will like to read from you,pleas kindly mail on my address,if you grant my request or not.I feel like holding one of it.
87 I LOVE IT!!
THIS HANDSET IS THE ABSOLUTE GREATEST! THE PICTURE QUALITY IS AS PERFECT AS A DIGITAL CAMERA,EXCEPT WHEN TAKING MULTI-SHOTS ( CAN TAKE UP TO 15 CONSECUTIVE PICS ) FOR SOME ODD REASON, :< ..BUT HEY -- NO PHONE WILL EVER HAVE IT ALL.. YOUR ABLE TO CHANGE THE LOOK OF THE PORTRAIT FROM STANDARD TO SKETCH, SEPTA, NEGATIVE, ETC. THE RECEPTION IS VERY GOOD FOR A PHONE W/ AN INTERNAL ANTENNA. THE RINGTONES ARE PRETTY LOUD, AND FUN.. I WISH THE VOICE RINGTONES WOULD HAVE BEEN AS CLEAR AS THE MOTO V300, -- BUT SAMSUNG PRODUCTS IN GENERAL SURPASS, BY FAR, MOTOROLA QUALITY. THE MENU FORMAT IS USER FRIENDLY.. AND THE KEYPAD IS NOT IN ODD FORM, OR TOO SMALL AS OTHER PROVIDERS TRY TO UP SELL THEIR PRODUCTS. THE PREDICTIVE TEXT FORMAT IS T9 NOT THE HORRENDOUS iTAP. EMBEDDED ANIMATIONS ARE CUTE. ITS SMALL, ITS A FLIP.. SIMPLY PUT~~ I LOVE MY PHONE.. AND U WOULD TOO..
88 Good phone
First of all it is a good phone but I will tell what is lacks. It could have a few more features that can make it the best in the market. First no voice dial most new phones have it the phone. I had a panasonic in 2001 which had it. The external display can show a few more details than it does. It doesnot display the missed calls for more than 30 secs. One doesnt realise that they have missed call unless they open the phone. This is annoying. The manual is abysmally inadequate. It doesnt tell how to take self potraits or use the IR port. It doesnot tell how to delete wall papers or ringtones uploaded. Well I guess people like me who like to do things wihtout reading the manual can have a field day with this phone. Also it has a lot of ringtones, but i guess samsung has the impression that every body wants musical ringtones, and there are no ringtones in built which dont use its 40 polyphonic chord ringer except for the silly tmobile jingle. The pictures taken by the phone in low light have a reddish tinge to them.
The display is very vibrant and is very bright. The sound quality is also very good. It has a great antenna (internal) I have crystal clear calls even in my basement where most of my other phones have lost the signal. The phone also has a very loud ringer which has an adjustable volume. The camera is great, the best I have seen on any phone. It has almost 9 megs of memory on but it is not shared among ringtones, the photos and the messages. I wish it had a memory card slot so that I could take a few more pictures at max resolution.
Well if you want a fancy looking phone with loads of features i would recommend the Sony Ericsson T610. That phone leaves the sgh-e715 eating its dust. Also it is as heavy as this one and it has a lot of desirable features and it is cheaper than this one. But in spite of the all the things I do not like about the phone I will not return this phone because of the manual. It really allows me to play with the phone to discover new things. I really wanted to give it 3.5 * but amazon doesnt let me do that.
89 The Best Camera Phone -- Something To Be Desired
Great phone! I've been using it for 3 months now. VGA Camera, the LCD is amazingly clear, lots of ringtones, multi-colored LED, small footprint, many many features (including a flashlight.. comes in handy all the time). It's the best all-around phone money can buy at the moment.
Two things: the shutter sound can't be turned off (without hacking it), and the battery could last a little longer imo. It lasts me usually 1-2 days of normal talk time. My Nokia 8390 went 4-5 days with the same talk time. But the good more than makes up for the slight imperfections.. I never thought I'd say this about a cell phone, but this thing is dead sexy.
90 Best Camera Phone Out There
I have used a LOT of phones. I shoped for this phone for a long time. First, I tried the BRAND NEW sanyo 5500. Great phone, but you can't get the pictures off it without paying for vision. This phone is simply the best phone money can buy. Small, FULL of features, and although not cheap, a bargin compared to what you get. It has the SHARPEST screen of any phone on the market, and the best quality camera you will find in a phone. It does everything you could need it to do and more. It will hold everthing; contacts, pictures, ringtones, events. This thing even doubles as a flashlight (hold down one of the arrow keys on the side). All of this in a small, easy to use package.
91 Just TWO things...
Well for me its far better than my old Samsung V205 when it comes to resolution, its size and memory space. But my problem with this phone are :
first, I have to decide whether to you use the holster or the strap - you cant use both - the string knot is right by the holster clip so it will NOT hold well.
second, the battery life is very poor! i charged it to the max , and yet the battery life (on stand-by) is ONLY 8-10 hours! : (
Solution? I chose the strap and just bought a back-up battery from Samsung for $32.00.
DaSHing@newyork.com
92 Great phone!
This phone is a great product! It has many cool features that will have your friends eww-ing and ahh-ing:
-The screen is incredibly crisp and clear.
-The camera function provides hours of fun. It has so many different settings and options, including 5 different effects, 9 different frames, an awesome multi-shot function, self-timer, and rotation. The multi-shot function allows you to take up to 15 shots in a row with one click of a button. ALso, a self-portrait can be taken by holding down the camera button on the side of the phone.
-This phone can hold up to 1000 photos, depending upon the size and quality of your photos. The memory capacity is, no joke, a hundred times better than every other camera phone I've seen. Most can only hold about 30 pictures.
-The flash is very bright and useful.
-Additionally, the flash can be used as a flashlight, which I have found to be extremely handy in dark environments.
-It is the smallest and thinnest camera phone i have ever seen on the market.
-The lack of an exterior antenna allows the phone to be put nearly everywhere. It fits very comfortably in your pocket.
-Another neat feature is the outside "service" light. When you look at pictures of the phone on the internet, you will see to square light areas next to the round camera lens. One of them is the flash/flashlight. The other is the service light. It's just a light that can flash 7 different colors: red, green, blue, yellow, sky blue, pink, and white. In idle mode, the service light flashes about every 10 seconds. When a call is received, the service light flashes all the different colors to the beat of your ringtone. It's soo cool, adding yet another awesome feature to the phone.
I have found only a few minor flaws with the phone:
-The center button is a t-zones button. It would be much better if it were an "OK" button instead.
-When on silent mode, the shutter sound when you take a picture still plays. There is no way to silence this.
-The external LCD is not full color. This means that when you take a self-portrait, your face is a blue-green color.
-The backgrounds, games, and ringtones that come on the phone are mediocre at best, especially the games. But this can be fixed by downloading new backgrounds, games, and ringtones from the internet.
In conclusion, the good aspects of this phone FAR outweigh the bad ones. The bad aspects are tiny details that don't matter in the overall evaluation of the phone. I would DEFINITELY recommend this phone to everyone. It is well worth the price. I promise you that you will not be disappointed!
93 Great phone! How can you not resist?!
Ignore all the bad reviews... The ppl who made them are stupid. This is a great phone! It's lightweight, slim, sexy, camera, multi service lights, external lcd, flash, and much more! It has effects and frames for the camera! This is a great phone.
94 Cool phone for people like new stuff
This phone got very nice, clean color. Added a lot features such as flash, mulip-shot .. etc Pictures are nice and clear. But there is a real big problem with the phone, if you trying to see the last couple phone calls you dial, the buttom doesn't work that well, it will get freeze for a sec or just totally out of the control! I was a bit dispointed at it because S105 or V205 are load so much fast than this one!
95 just becasue
just becasue i have it i geive it five stars dont go over fitures because a lot of feaules state it but is a asome phone very class and nice features is perfect for business enviroments and fun with joung people i love it will change the voice dialing and speaker features but everything else is nice
96 I love the phone but it has some real problems
This phone is amazingly small and light for a camera phone; it even has a flashlight/flash. Problems the phone has that I find to be a real problem: 1. The battery life is the worst of any phone I've ever owned. It MAY last 2 to 3 days in stand by IF I don't use it at all; if I use the phone at all, even just 10 minutes, no more than one day on a full charge. 2. No voice activated dialing. I like to use a speaker type hands free kit in the car so I don't have to look at the phone to answer, talk or dial. I think all phones should have it. 3. It is not very user friendly. The menus are not logical and are confusing. 4. It has an IR but it doesn't sync with your computer. You can't transfer anything. I don't get why they even have it. They have software and cable you can purchase that will let you backup the phone numbers you enter and photos you take, but (5) no syncing with Outlook, your PDA or anything else. 6. If you buy ring tones or wallpaper, you can't back those up.
I do love the phone for its size, weight and even the color, I find it easy to hold and talk with. The sound isn't the best, but it isn't bad either. It rings nice and loud and putting it on vibrate is easy. I can't put the phone in a standard cell phone holder for the car because the camera button is on the side and it's a long key, the holder makes the camera come on. I had to get a small holder that only grabs in one small area on each side. I've had to purchased 3 additional batteries and every kind of charger available because the average use of a battery is 15 hours (regular phone use for me is: about 10 minutes a day, use the "t-zones" for a minute or two once a month, in 6 months I've taken a total of 9 photos, and transferred data twice). The battery lasted 3 days ONCE, when I was home sick and didn't use the phone and one 24 hour day I had to replace the battery three times as they completely discharged. I'm use to a battery lasting 5 to 8 days (like this phone says it will last).
I also like T-Mobile. Their customer service is really good, the features they offer on their web site are great, the prices for wireless modem and wireless web are incredibility great and the national calling price plans are very good compared to what I?ve seen elsewhere. I was with AT&T since they bought out L.A. Cellular. The customer service was great for years, but got so bad I?d wait on hold for hours and couldn?t get through to a person for days.
97 worst site ever
This is the worst site ever. I brought a phone from here and paid for 2 days shipping and this is the 5 day. It still hasn't been shipped yet. I ordered the samsung e715 too. They won't let me cancel or anything. No one to call for question. This company is bogus. I tried to cancel it but the website just gave me the run around. There's no customer service to call if I have questions. In my opinion, avoid buying from this site at all cost. If you have problems there is no one here to help you.
98 Awesome phone, price aside
The best phone I've owned, so far, and I've owned quite a few in the past 10 years. I did a lot of research, and while the Motorola V300 seemed comparable, (with better rebates) It's just a different type of phone for a different type of person.
If a phone has a ton of features, they better be useful and not be just for a fancy sales pitch. This phone looks better, is smaller, has an actual USABLE camera (w/flash type light).
Cons: Battery life is very short, but with a little time/charging management, it works out.
TAnother thing (which is T-mobile) is the darn T-Zones button in the middle of the 4way pad... Easy to hit by mistake, and button should act as a "enter" or "select" key, like the VGA1000, but someone decided to make it a dedicated T-Zones button (except in games).
All in all, I expect to be happy with this phone for much longer than any of the others I've owned (Ericsson blows). If you are into spending a little extra, this phone will not disappoint!
99 l love set
l care for the moble bacuaes it will be good for me so lwill like to be sand to now before my brithday so it will make me good coustomer pls
thanks.
100 samsung e715
i love this phone. and i want one. i am a t-mobile user already and all i need is the phone. can i buy this phone from you and if so how much?
