Customer Reviews

Samsung E1080 Unlocked Dual-Band GSM Phone - International Version with Warranty (Black) - NOT for use in the USA

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I received this phone as a gift from my girlfriend to take on an overseas trip. The phone worked great and when I was there I was able to save a lot of money by buying a local SIM card. The price of the phone was way paid off in comparison to the amount of money I saved on calls by getting local SIM.

As per the negative comment below, yes the phone is 900/1800 and will not work in the USA but if you check (and you should read the info of what you are buying before you do) under the product features the first two lines clearly says:

* This unlocked cell phone will NOT work on any USA Carries. Not all carrier features may be supported.
* Unlocked Dual-Band GSM cell phone compatible with 900/1800MHz frequencies plus GPRS/EDGE data capabilities (NOT FOR USA).

Great little phone and a super low price. Great buy!!! Totally recommend it for use overseas.

I bought this phone along with a UWT SIM card for use on a trip to Italy. The only problem I had was the phone was set to German when I received it! And the instructions are very slight and won't tell you how to switch languages. Also, it comes with a charger with a European plug, so if you want to charge it before you leave the states, you'll need an adapter. I managed to charged the phone and switch to English before I left (google translations sure helped!). If this happens to you, here's how to change the language:
First, the keypad locks after a few seconds of inactivity - press the star key for a couple of seconds to unlock.
Second, push the "OK" key to get the menu.
Third, navigate to the lower right corner menu item and press "OK"
Fouth, scroll down to the 4th menu item and press "OK"
Fifth - the first item in the next menu is language - press "OK" and you should see "english" as one of the options - scroll down to "english" and press "OK" - that's it!
Other than this, the phone worked great while I was in Europe - call quality was fine, the battery lasted for several days, and the phone is small and light.

I recently went to the UK and Ireland. I brought along this phone (which doesn't work in the US). I purchased a SIM card for 10 Euro at one of the many mobile phone shops. They even installed it and activated it for me. Worked perfectly for keeping in touch with my friends and travel companions!

We needed an inexpensive phone to use on our recent trip to the Philippines. This one worked out fine. We activated it with a Globe sim card upon arrival in PHL. We used the phone mostly for texting. We found the keyboard to be much quicker than our regular cell phones. The only problem we sometimes had difficulty accessing "s" on the keyboard. Voice communications were frequently choppy. We weren't sure if that was the phone or the cell service we encountered. Annoying, but not so bad we could not communicate. All in all, we are happy with the purchase and plan to use the phone on future trips. The Dual-Band GSM 900/1800MHz frequencies are used most places in the world except USA, Mexico, Canada. We were amused to see that a bank in Manila was giving this phone away for free if you opened a new account.

Took a trip to Ukraine September 2010 with Samsung E1080 phone.
Signed up with KyivStar provider, and never looked back.
Phone worked just fine on the trane, on the bus, in small towns, big towns and everywhere in between.
I'm keeping this phone for my next trips anywhere in Europe.
Oh, and remember that this phone will NOT work in US.

This phone is perfect. My daughter was heading to study abroad in Beirut. I ordered this from Amazon.com for here. She was very easily able to switch the setting on the phone from German to English and to pop in a pre-paid minutes card in Beirut. Now I can skype to this phone and it costs nothing on this end and very little for her, and she has a phone to use to talk and text with her friends there. I highly recommend this phone. Do not hesitate to buy it.

Phone does not work in the US -should not be offered to those in the US. Complete disapointment