PCS Phone Samsung RL-A760 (Sprint)

by Samsung

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.3 x 1.8 x 0.9 inches ; 3.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0006JLKUE
• Item model number: RL-A760
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #426,796 in Cell Phones & Accessories (See Top 100 in Cell Phones & Accessories)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Samsung RL-A760's claim to fame is its support for Sprint's Ready Link walkie-talkie feature, which makes it easy to instantly communicate with anyone on a Ready Link capable phone. When you add that to advanced voice recognition features, a speakerphone and a color screen, you've got a powerful tool for mobile productivity.

Design
The RL-A760's handsome clamshell form factor houses an internal 128 x 160, 65,000-color display. There's also a supplementary, 96 x 96 grayscale display that displays call information, battery life, time of day, signal strength and more. An extendable antenna is located on the top right side of the phone. The outside cover is dominated by a large speaker/microphone for speakerphone and voice recognition applications. Most of the phone's features and on-screen menus are controlled by a five-way center button above the handset's dial pad. The Ready Link service is operated by a button on the left side of the phone-- walkie-talkie style. A 2.5mm headset jack is also provided.

Calling Features
The phone's built-in address book allows you to assign up to 300 entries, each storing six numbers, with a total capacity for 300 numbers and 300 email and Web addresses. A separate Ready Link phone book provides easy access to 200 personal contacts and 200 company-provided contacts. You can customize your caller ID by linking a downloaded image or photo to a specific phone number in your contact list. Choose from 29 ring tones, offering a variety of traditional ring tones as well as polyphonic (32-chord), melodic ring tones and vibrating alert. The RL-A760's GPS location technology pinpoints your exact location when you dial 911 (where available). Perhaps most importantly for users in rural areas, the RL-A760 is a tri-mode phone, meaning it can operate on Sprint's digital PCS network, as well as analog networks that serve many outlying areas.

Hands-free operation of your phone is easy with the built-in speakerphone while enhanced voice recognition allows you to speak numbers digit by digit or speak the name of anyone in your phonebook. You can also command the phone to give you a status update on battery and coverage strength. Voice features are speaker-independent, so there's no need to train the phone to respond to any one person's voice.

The RL-A760's Ready Link feature lets you enjoy the convenience of quick, walkie-talkie style communication at the touch of a button with one or several Ready Link users anywhere you go (Sprint PCS Ready Link service charges apply).

Messaging, Internet and Tools
If you need basic messaging capabilities, the RL-A760 has you covered as support is built-in for sending and receiving SMS text messages (Sprint PCS text messaging charges apply). T9 text entry, a technology that makes it easier for people to enter words and text on handsets, is built-into the unit-- a plus for text messaging users.

The phone also supports PCS Vision email and instant messaging capabilities. Sprint PCS Vision transforms the wireless experience from something that's simply functional into something visual, entertaining and highly personalized. MSN Hotmail, Yahoo Mail and AOL Instant Messenger are all supported by Sprint's PCS Vision service. PCS Vision mobile Web services let you check out sports scores, get your seven-day forecast, check your flight status, and stay up to date with the latest news. Experience full-color graphic versions of popular Web sites.

A number of handy software tools are bundled with the RL-A760 including a calendar, a calculator, an alarm clock and a to-do list. A voice recorder lets you record up to 10 one-minute memos for later retrieval.

Entertainment
The RL-A760 lets you choose from a variety of pre-set images to customize your main and external displays and make them unique to you. With PCS Vision service, you can download games like Tetris and Pac-Man, as well as additional ringers, screensavers and backgrounds.

Vital Statistics
The Samsung RL-A760 weighs 3.8 ounces and measures 3.5 x 1.8 x 1 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 3 hours of digital talk time, and up to 216 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the AMPS 800/CDMA 800/CDMA 1900 frequencies. The phone comes with a one year limited warranty.

What's in the Box
RL-A760 handset, AC battery charger, lithium-ion battery, user's manual.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars generally happy, March 31, 2005

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B. malone "amazonreviewer" (Middlesex, NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: PCS Phone Samsung RL-A760 (Sprint) (Wireless Phone)

I've had this phone for about a week now. I've recharged it twice, battery life seems to last a few days, less if I use the phone alot. The PCS Vision features are really nice. I have my email forwarded to my phone for certain people I need to get back to right away. My only complaint is that during calls, the people on the other say I'm breaking up sometimes so I would say call quality is not as good as my old A460 (the screen died on that one which I hear is a common problem). I gave the A760 four stars because of all the features but if I had to rate on call quality alone I'd only give it three. I'm leaning towards keeping it because of the other features but may also see what other phones are out there before my 14 days are up.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Samsung clarity and features; speakerphone, September 11, 2005

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Samuel A (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: PCS Phone Samsung RL-A760 (Sprint) (Wireless Phone)

I have owned 5 other Sprint PCS phone models since 1999, and they have all been Samsungs since the SCH-3500 flip phone.

As usual, the voice quality is excellent, and much more natural than any Sanyo that I've heard.

Pros:

The speakerphone is a long-waited-for addition. Note, though, that when the other person speaks, the microphone is muted when on speaker mode (and vica versa). This is to prevent feedback, I think. It otherwise works very well.

The other features are awesome as usual:

1. Voice recognition - Voicesignal's excellent software continues to add new features. Already included in previous models were:
* Speaker independent voice-dial - no training needed.
* voice digit dial, or phonebook name dial - no second voice-dial phonebook - your main phonebook is your voice dial phonebook.

2. Closed-flip usage. Samsung, in my opinion, has always had the smartest software (designers):
* Phone can be activated by holding the speaker button down, then using voice actication as usual (though, not with much ambient noise, b/c the speakerphone picks up everything).
* one press on the speaker button brings up the recent calls list - use the volume up/down key to scroll to the number you want to call (outgoing, incoming, missed - all there) and hit the speaker button again.
* even disabling the keyguard is easy - no annoying sequence of buttons to press, just hold down one button on each side (which face each other making them easy to push together) to de/activate keyguard.
BTW, When the flip is opened, key guard turns off.

3. Phonebook:
* When you begin dialing, the phone shows the speed dial (ex. then dialing a 212 are code, at 2, the phone will show who is set for speed dial 2, at 21, contact speed dial 21, etc. This is very useful if you're not sure the exact number of a speed dial contact.
* 4 digit match is back: if your contact's number in your phone book is 646-555-1212, if you dial 1212 and Talk, it will dial that number.

4.Reception is good, so far - I haven't yet dropped a call in a week of usage, over some long phone calls.

5.Backlighting is excellent.

6. Browser is responsive as well.

7. External extendable antenna - less radiation to worry about.

Cons:

* No handstrap
* No Camera
* Screen is smaller than the A620/VGA-1000 (still OK)
* external screen is black and white
- if you set the phone to answer on flip open, you'll never see the picture associated with the phonebook entry of the caller because it doesn't display them on the external screen.

I guess Samsung or Sprint decided either or: Ready Link or Camera - this Ready Link phone still lets you download screen savers, so you can still customize the phone - you just can't take photos and email them.

I'm happy with this phone, so far. I ordered these for 4 family members as well.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not that good of a phone, April 19, 2006

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B. Barth (KC, KS) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: PCS Phone Samsung RL-A760 (Sprint) (Wireless Phone)

I have had this phone for several months and I cant stand it. I didnt actually buy it in the first place. It was a replacement provided by Sprint for a LG VI-125 that went haywire. The A760 is bulky. It takes for ever to get it out of my pocket.
The sound quality is bad in every way. Voice quality is muddied. Downloaded ringtones are indistiguishable. And the sound quality while using a headset is weak at best. I put up with this b/c I don't want to have to drop another $200 on a phone nor extend my survice agreement by another 2 years. Why cant someone build a basic phone without charging an arm and a leg? The only redeeming feature on this phone is that it came with Tetris Deluxe.