With the multitude of expensive smartphones available many people might have trouble trying to find the right phone for them. There is a market for simple and affordable smartphones. The Samsung SGH-A177 is such a phone. With its lack of special features and amazing key board its a great phone for anyone who sends out a lot of text messages.
The Samsung SGH-A177 is one of the simplest phones to be released in the past couple of months. Most phones are either a flip phone or a slider. The Samsung SGH-A177 is neither it is a simple rectangular phone. Many tech junkies might be put off by this while others might embrace the simplicity in its design. Unfortunately the phone was made almost too simple. The plastic shell around the phone doesn’t feel very strong. Anyone who is prone to dropping phones should be careful, or at least purchase a rubber skin case along with this phone. Also the screen on this phone is very small. Photos and games wont look as good as what we are obviously used to. If you don’t plan on taking much pictures than the screens display is negligible. One of the best features on this phone is its full QWERTY keyboard which was obviously designed for comfort. They keys are slightly raised which is a very big plus as most phone users cant stand flush keys. Also the keys make an audible click noise when you press them while typing. This phone was obviously designed with text junkies in mind.
This phone clearly lacks any of the features found on many of the heavy weight phones out there. The phone does come with a camera, instant message capabilities, and even Bluetooth. For some people this is all that they might need. The IM function and Bluetooth work well but the images captured on the camera are mediocre at best. Along with not being able to record any video the camera seems like an afterthought.
Despite the amazing text functions the actual phone performance can be improved upon. This phone has major volume issues. When using the speakerphone the person on the other end will sound incredibly low. Raising the volume wont help because they will just sound distorted and garbled. You should also place all your calls in a low noise area. The microphone will pick up a lot of background noise making you harder to hear and understand.
The Samsung SGH-A177 is an interesting phone. While it makes texting and messaging easy and comfortable it clearly lacks in a lot of other areas. If you are a serious text junky then this phone would be a wise purchase.