Samsung M300 Red Phone (Sprint)

by Samsung

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.6 x 1.9 x 0.7 inches ; 3.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000SQVB86
• Item model number: M300
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #528,406 in Cell Phones & Accessories (See Top 100 in Cell Phones & Accessories)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Designed for those who looking for a great value in a wireless phone without sacrificing today's most sought-after features, the Samsung M300 for Sprint helps you stay connected via voice, e-mail and text messaging, and Web access. Styled with smooth, rounded lines and a mirrored finish, this rose red clamshell-style model includes an external OLED screen that displays current time as well as caller ID. (It also comes in silver.) It includes a VGA digital camera with PictBridge support (for easy connection to a printer), Bluetooth wireless connectivity for communication headsets, voice activated dialing, and up to 3.2 hours of talk time. It operates on Sprint's North American CDMA network.

Ultra-slim, the easily pocketable Samsung M300 weighs just 2.7 ounces and is about the size of a deck of cards.

Weighing just 2.7 ounces, the M300 is one of the smallest and lightest phones on the market today. The front has a black face that includes the 96 x 96-pixel color display and integrated camera, and it's framed by a red surround; the back of the phone is basic black. The internal color LCD has a 128 x 160-pixel resolution and 65,000 display colors (16-bit), and the external display provides a quick visual check of the time, new messages, battery life, and signal strength. The phone has a 4 MB memory, but it lacks memory card expandability.

The VGA resolution digital camera can capture still at 640 x 480 pixels (sized for sending via email or uploading to the Internet), and it includes self timer, night mode, brightness, and white balance control features. Print pictures directly to PictBridge-supported printers, without a computer, using the available USB cable. Thanks to the built-in Bluetooth wireless connectivity (version 2.0), you can enjoy hands-free communication via headsets, car-kits and other Bluetooth-compatible devices. Enjoy easy, hands free communication with a speakerphone that lets you hear callers loud and clear.

Enjoy hands-free Bluetooth communication, send photos to friends shot on the integrated digital camera via Sprint PCS Picture Mail.

Choose from a wide selection of ringers playing in rich, 32-chord harmony, and download new ringers anytime to update your sound. The phonebook offers a maximum of 299 entries, with each providing storage for up to 5 numbers as well as an email address. Other features include:

• Sprint Vision provides innovative wireless services like web access, and email and text messaging capability. Plus, with the Sprint National Network, you get the nationwide coverage and excellent voice clarity.
• Sprint Picture MailSM: Shoot, share and print high-resolution digital photos instantly.
• SMS Voice and Text Messaging: Instantly send and receive SMS Text Messages across the room or across the country, anywhere in the Nationwide Sprint PCS Network. Or, send voice messages to any mobile phone or email address. Just select a recipient, record a message and send.
• Speaker-independent voice dialing: Say the name of any entry in your phone book and the number is dialed automatically without using the keypad. This feature is speaker-independent, so there is no need to train the phone to respond to any one person's voice. Receive an audible status report of your phone/s coverage, signal strength, and battery strength.
• Games: Download exciting, interactive games that youÕll want to play all the time. With hundreds of options to choose from, itÕs easy to find all your favorites.
• Screen savers: Download images to use as screen savers. Or assign them to your phone book for instant caller ID.
• Phone as modem: Use the optional USB cable, or Bluetooth Wireless technology, to connect with a PC for Internet and email access on the Nationwide Sprint Network.
• Picture caller ID: Identify callers at a glance by linking downloaded photos and other images to your phone book.
• T9 text input: Compose messages easier and faster. Predictive text input and the internal dictionary predicts text as you type, making it simpler to send messages.
• Wireless Backup: If your phone is ever lost, stolen, damaged or replaced, you can use Wireless Backup to restore your contact information quickly and easily. Additional charges apply.
• Multiple languages: Personalize your phone by choosing English or Spanish for all voice and text menu prompts.

Vital Statistics
The M300 weighs 2.68 ounces and measures 3.58 x 1.85 x 0.68 inches. Its 800 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 3.2 hours of talk time. It runs on the CDMA 850/CDMA 1900 frequencies. The phone comes with a one year limited warranty.

Customer Reviews

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Do NOT GET, October 26, 2007

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shadow31071 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Samsung M300 Red Phone (Sprint) (Wireless Phone)

I ordered two of these phones with a family plan. I have had nothing but trouble from the start. The batteries won't hold a charge, the call guard will not shut off so any roaming calls are not able to be answered. The phone continuously says that it is in roaming even when at home. I have to pull the battery and restart the phone to get it to change to sprint service. I have tried to speak to Samsung, the phone is supposed to have a one year warranty and I got no where with them. After a 2 hour phone call they told me they were sending a RMA, that was 2 months ago and I still have not received it even with follow up calls. In general the phones are pretty much worthless and Samsung's customer service isn't any better!! One of them has even developed a battery leak.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Alarm clock, October 28, 2008

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N. Levine (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung M300 Red Phone (Sprint) (Wireless Phone)

After a month of owning this phone the alarm feature started to act a little bizarre. If you have this phone, set all three alarms so that when one of them randomly doesn't go off, you will still wake up for work. Sometimes the first one will go off, sometimes it won't. The weird thing is the display will show the alarm icon even though it never made a sound. The first few times this happens you'll think you just slept through it, but then you realize that there's no way that's possible. I've tested this when I am awake, it's really erratic and weird.

Aside from that really important issue I've had okay experiences with it. Someone mentioned the predictive text issue and I agree, it makes it take too long to go through all of that erasing of random words. Additionally, I think the missed call feature not showing you the most recent missed call first is also bizarre. Another thing is when you get a new text message and you open the inbox, it sometimes scrolls all the way to the bottom so you have to scroll all the way back up to read your unread messages. This only happens every once in awhile so I know it's a bug, not a feature. There's something really wrong with the programming of this phone.

2.0 out of 5 stars Not bad for free, but . . . ., January 16, 2010

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D. Pickett (NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung M300 Red Phone (Sprint) (Wireless Phone)

I got mine for free from Sprint as a loyalty reward, and now I am using it as my normal phone is lost->stolen and my new-to-me replacement phone has not shipped in yet.

Sprint used to include the Phone as Modem feature in the data plan (Power Vision), but then they devalued the plan by making PAM a big extra charge deal. If you can find the service code to turn off NAI, you can PAM, but purportedly they are now unique to the phone. Older phones are likely more useful for free PAM.

As a phone it is OK, as a camera it is very basic, and as a web browser it is almost useless. You can download Opera Mini, if you are desperate for a little better browser.

On Bluetooth, the only profile that came up for my dongle was DUN, no file transfer, and the phone did not come with a data cable, if there is one.