Samsung B2100 Unlocked Quad-Band Phone, Extreme Anti-Shock, Waterproof, Built-in Flashlight, Bluetooth-International Version-Black

by Samsung

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.8 x 0.5 x 2.1 inches ; 2.9 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B003ICWA7I
• Item model number: B2100 Black
• Batteries: 1 Lithium ion batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (62 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,594 in Cell Phones & Accessories (See Top 100 in Cell Phones & Accessories)

Product Description

Built to last, SAMSUNG´s new B2100 brings both style and strength to a bar mobile. The mobile is strong enough to withstand tumbles in the dirt, falls to the ground, rain splashes and even full water submersion. Ideally suited for your outdoor lifestyle, the slim and stylish design is sophisticated enough to fit in at work, too. The B2100 is also equipped with great outdoor features, such as a loud speaker and flashlight, as well as multimedia features, including a camera and music player.

Customer Reviews

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65 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you want a PHONE..., July 19, 2010

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Satanofall ""Fire makes everything better... (US) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Samsung B2100 Unlocked Quad-Band Phone, Extreme Anti-Shock, Waterproof, Built-in Flashlight, Bluetooth-International Version-Black (Wireless Phone Accessory)

This mobile is so far a wonderful purchase. It doesn't have all the 'app' capabilities of a multimedia phone, but if you need a quad-band that can make calls, and keep up with an active person - this is it.
The only thing US buyers need to be aware of is that it's English formatting is based off of British standards. Therefore certain features, such as date format or spelling of certain words, will not be what Americans are used to. Ex: when setting up the phone, you must manually enter the date & time. The date format choices are DD/MM/YYYY or YYYY/MM/DD. So if you aren't careful you might read 02/08/2011 as Feb. 8th, 2011 and not the proper Aug. 2nd 2011.

93 of 99 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Cool Phone, but NOT fully "unlocked" for AT&T users in USA, August 25, 2010

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anonymoususer - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Samsung B2100 Unlocked Quad-Band Phone, Extreme Anti-Shock, Waterproof, Built-in Flashlight, Bluetooth-International Version-Black (Wireless Phone Accessory)

It is unfortunate more mobile phones are not made to be waterproof and shockproof with a built-in fm radio, as the Samsung B2100 is. We had high hopes when we purchased this "unlocked" mobile phone through Amazon.com, however, upon receipt we soon realized it was only partially unlocked. We spoke to AT&T Customer Support over the phone, took it to our local AT&T store, followed by taking it to a Best Buy Mobile store, and all three sources, and their multiple representatives all concluded the phone was not fully unlocked. This is a UK based cell phone, and we are US based customers currently on the AT&T network. The phone is unlocked in the sense that we can make and receive phone calls without issue, but not fully unlocked in that the phone does not permit us to send or receive photo messages, nor can we connect to the internet with it. When AT&T and Best Buy Mobile Reps went into the menu settings of the phone, to where they needed to adjust the corresponding tower/network code to remedy these issues, the UK code was grayed out (0.0.00.0) and therefore unchangeable to a US one. I then e-mailed Samsung USA and Samsung UK with no response. AT&T phone based customer support was unable to proceed with any step-by-step instructions, as this UK phone is not in their US database, which is why we then went to our local AT&T store instead, per their request. When our local AT&T store could not help us in any way, despite the best efforts of their entire in-store team, we then proceeded to Best Buy Mobile, who also tried vigilantly, without success to address this issue. We also Googled this issue, and found a few other folks who had these same issues, but nobody seemed to be offering any real solutions. On that note, we even posted our issue on Fixya.com, with no response of any kind. Having exhausted our efforts, today I called Amazon.com who was kind enough to e-mail us the necessary information to begin our full-refund process. It's just unfortunate we could not find a fix for this issue, as I am sure it's out there somewhere, as we would have liked to keep the phone. None of the US phones currently for sale at our local AT&T store or local Best Buy Mobile are said to be waterproof, as this one is, and all of their "military grade" phones are flip-phones, with minimal water resistance.

If you do not care about being unable to send/receive photo messages, or connect to the internet, and just want a durable waterproof phone, this may be the phone for you. There's a "Samsung B2100 Review" currently on YouTube, which I will attempt to link below, showing the phone fully submerged in a tank of water, receiving a phone call, and still working perfectly when they take it back out. Oh, and it has a built-in flashlight too, just in case (no camera flash though).

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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for what it is, January 7, 2011

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Wes - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Samsung B2100 Unlocked Quad-Band Phone, Extreme Anti-Shock, Waterproof, Built-in Flashlight, Bluetooth-International Version-Black (Wireless Phone Accessory)

First of all, this phone isn't for everybody. But, that being said it definitely was the perfect phone for me. I was looking for quite a while for a phone that, on the inside, was nothing more than a phone (send & receive calls, send & receive text messages, and store numbers) and on the outside was durable enough to stand up to some healthy abuse. I haven't dropped it in a river or run over it with my truck, but I do shop work everyday and have dropped it, banged it against machinery, and my wife threw it at the dogs once, and it's still ticking just fine.
I have read some reviews about it not being able to send media messages or access the internet if you're in the US. To me, that's fine. I haven't even tried to because I didn't care about that to begin with. So, if you're looking for a phone with some brains in it, you might want to look somewhere else. If you just want a phone that can take a good beating, this one is right for you. Above all, my best points of impression are:

1) Screw Secured Battery Cover (regular snap-on ones are the first things to break otherwise)
2) One-piece keypad cover (good for water resistance and reducing dust contamination)
3) One-piece body (sliders and flip-phones will always break eventually, I don't care what they might say)
4) A LED flashlight that could blind a grizzly bear (you never know when you'll need it)
5) Small size (the only other one-piece phone I found similar to this was the even-more rugged $600 military spec. phone, and that sucker was around eight inches. This phone does fit into the fifth pocket of most blue jeans, by the way.)

Other high points that I didn't expect, but have come to enjoy:

1) FM Radio with the headphones acting as the antenna
2) Music player
3) SD micro card ready
4) Loud speaker (for music and speaker phone)