Samsung A437 Red Phone (AT&T) Version 1

by Samsung

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.3 x 1.8 x 0.8 inches ; 2.9 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000R9310U
• Item model number: A437
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Offering a slim, lightweight clamshell design, the Samsung A437 is a great choice for users looking for an easy-to-use and affordable cell phone that's outfitted with some very helpful extras. Weighing just 2.9 ounces, the svelte A437 measures 0.63 inches thick and is easily pocketable. It includes a number of handy features that will enhance your mobile lifestyle, including Bluetooth wireless connectivity for hands-free headsets, an integrated VGA-quality still camera, and an external display that shows who's calling as well as the current time. This quad-band phone communicates over GSM/GPRS networks and offers global voice and data roaming in over 125 countries. This model comes in gold, and it's also available in slate gray and gold.

This lightweight clamshell phone includes an external display, VGA still camera, and Bluetooth wireless connectivity.

The phone sports an interior 2-inch color LCD that has a 128 x 160-pixel resolution and 65,000 colors. The external monochrome display measures 1 inch, has a 96 x 96-pixel resolution, and offers 4 levels of gray. The internal phone book can hold up to 1000 entries (in addition to 250 numbers saved to the SIM card)--with up to 5 numerical entries plus email address per contact--and it supports up to 40 digits and 16 characters. Other dialing features include 8 one-touch numbers for easy access to your most frequent contacts and the last 30 incoming/outgoing/missed calls. In addition to voice calls, text messaging, and MMS capability, you can also connect via Instant Messaging (IM) services such as Windows Live, Yahoo!, and AOL.

Because the A437 is Bluetooth enabled, wireless headsets can be configured with the phone for total hands-free operation; it also includes a headset jack for wired earpieces. Browse the internet with MEdia Net browser (WAP) quickly with one button access. The VGA camera captures still images up to 640 x 480 pixels, and it includes a 2x digital zoom and a three-option self-timer. Other features include:

• Built-in Java support enables you to download mobile applications, wallpapers and ringtones
• Personal Organizer (Calendar, Calculator, Scheduler, Memo, Task, Currency Converter, Tip Calculator)
• Video clip playback (MMS messages)
• My Business Card (contact cards that can be attached to MMS messages)
• Speakerphone, voice recorder
• Multi-lingual text display (English, French, Spanish)
• Wireless modem capability
• Stopwatch (4-lap stopwatch)
• Countdown timer (99 Hours, 59 Minutes)
• Unique ringers (match a finger to a caller in the phonebook)
• Predictive text entry using T9 technology
• Three-way calling; conference call (1 + 5)
• Illuminated backlit keypad

The A437 operates on GSM 850/900/1800/1900 networks and can handle high-speed data connectivity via AT&T's EDGE network (which stands for "Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution"), with availability in more than 13,000 US cities and along some 40,000 miles of major highways. This third-generation, high-speed, mobile data and Internet access technology is fast enough to support a wide range of advanced data services including video and music clips, full picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet access, and email on the go.

Vital Statistics
The A437 weighs 2.9 ounces and measures 3.74 x 1.89 x 0.63 inches. Its 900 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 5 hours of talk time, and up to 250 hours of digital standby time (over 10 days). It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies. The phone comes with a one year limited warranty.

Product Description

The Samsung A437 Unlocked GSM Cell Phone will fulfill all of your basic communication needs. Keep it handy when you’re running errands or relaxing at home, so you never lose touch with family and friends. Weighing only 2.9 ounces, the Samsung A437 Unlocked GSM Cellular Phone slips right into your back pocket or purse. With such a slim design, you’ll hardly notice it’s there. But you’ll be able to talk for up to 5 hours anywhere you go with a standby time of up to 250 hours.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your time ..., September 19, 2007

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Avi (Alexandria, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Samsung A437 Red Phone (AT&T) Version 1 (Wireless Phone)

This phone looks good and has decent specs but the design has a fundamental flaw that makes this phone completely unusable. The moronic and insane designers of this phone placed an extremely touch sensitive dedicated camera button right where your thumb naturally places when you hold the phone. As a result, the camera is constantly being activated even when the phone is closed. The only way you can get out of that mode is to take a picture (and then subsequently delete it). In fact, that button is so sensitive that you don't even have to touch the phone ... just hit the surface of the table on which the phone sits and the camera will automatically activate. You get a call and you pick up the phone ... oops the camera is on ... go through the routine of 4 buttons before you can use the phone. A complete waste of time and money ... save yourself the trouble and maintain your sanity ... get another phone!

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Nice Phone!, September 7, 2007

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Kristi Branstetter (Raytown, Missouri United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung A437 Red Phone (AT&T) Version 1 (Wireless Phone)

I was looking to upgrade my cell phone. I went to the AT&T store in Lee's Summit to look at phones. The phone needed to have a camera. I looked at both Motorola and Sony-Ericson phones. I saw this phone and decided to purchase it. I like the phone because it has big buttons and display. This is a great phone for those who don't see so well like me. At first, it takes a little bit to figure out how to access voicemail and the photos that one takes with the camera. After tinkering with the phone for about 15 mins., I know where those features are. It has great reception. I was down at Truman Lake over the Labor Day weekend and had no problems getting service. I was having problems getting service with my old phone. It's easy to keep in your pocket. You almost forget it is there!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Great til it breaks, and it will, April 16, 2008

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A. Lear "Cali" (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung A437 Red Phone (AT&T) Version 1 (Wireless Phone)

The design was great. I liked the functionality and interface with the exception of the camera turning on randomly in my pocket. About three months with it though, the face cracked (apparently a common problem with this phone). It did not affect the function of the phone and I used it for another three months. Without dropping it, sticking it in water or any other normal reason, the phone died on me. Luckily for the manufacturer, they don't have to replace it because the crack in the face excuses them. Smart on their part to design a flimsy face so that when their phone does die they can blame it on that, and you are SOL.