T-Mobile Dual-Band Wireless Phone

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• ASIN: B00006LIQB
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #276,136 in Cell Phones & Accessories (See Top 100 in Cell Phones & Accessories)

Product Description

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Overview

Compatible with T-Mobile cell phone service, the Samsung R225 features a variety of features such as a color-coordinated phone book, a Internet browser, picture caller ID, and plenty of phone and organizer features displayed on a 128 x 64 pixel, black and white backlit LCD screen.

Calling Features

Used simply as a phone, the R225's calling features include call timers, redial, missed call indicator, call log, any-key answer, auto-redial, roaming indicator, speed dial, phonebook look-up, phonebook scroll, mute control, no-answer transfer, usage alert, vibrating ring, differential ring and a phone book capacity of 250 entries. Each entry can be assigned one of four colors for your enjoyment.

Internet

This phone lets you get online and access e-mail, popular Web sites, and download ring tones and data. There's also 2-way text messaging with text templates, plus three games: Casino, Mole, and Hexa.

Organizer

Organizer features include voice memo, scratch pad, a calendar, and a to-do list.

Vital Statistics

The Samsung R225 weighs 3.4 ounces and measures 4.3 x 1.8 x 0.9 inches. Its Lithium Ion batteries are rated at up to 250 minutes talk time, and up to 120 hours standby.

What's in the Box
R225 phone, charger, battery, strap, hands-free headset

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great little phone, December 23, 2003

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"mle0142" (Manhattan, KS United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: T-Mobile Dual-Band Wireless Phone (Wireless Phone)

I'm just writing this review to clear up some of the things that were written in previous reviews.

The alert options for this phone are Vibrate, Melody, Light(just the backlight comes on), and Vibra+Melody(vibrates a couple times before ringing). Not just vibrate or melody.

The ring tones are pretty absurd, but there is one that I could live with, and I used the melody composer for another one.

There IS an autolock feature on the phone, 15 sec, 30 sec, 1 min, and 2 min autolock settings available.

The hands free jack is not propietary, and most any hands free kit will work with this phone. I've used probably 5-10 different hands free sets on my phone, and they all worked.

And lastly, the silent mode doesn't reset after a call(at least mine sure doesn't).

There, now I feel much better ;) I've had my phone for a while, and it's been through many drops and other extreme condtions, and it just keeps going with no trouble at all. It has excellent battery life, and excels at it's intended purpose: Making calls. Highly recommended.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars just the basics please, January 28, 2003

By 

T. Hough (Carlisle, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: T-Mobile Dual-Band Wireless Phone (Wireless Phone)

I bought this phone with a T-Mobile package and have yet to be disappointed.

PROS:
-Lightweight
-Great blue backlight--extremely bright for that wow factor
-Indicator light can change color based on who is calling, very cool
-Easy menus
-Plenty of options for a grown up that doesn't require all the bells and whistles like the newest pop icon's song for a ringtone...although I'm sure that's available for more money...

CONS
-Numbers are a little small and tough to dial with fat fingers
-Plastic covering for socket where you plug in the charger is really dumb design...about the size of tic-tac and not attached
-Battery life is not as long as advertised
-Silent mode resets to ring when youmake a call and have to continually reset it to silent mode

Overall. I'm happy with the phone and reccomend it to people who want a new phone but don't care about all the doodads that a 15-yr old might want. This is just an early review...feel free to email me later for an update.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars worth the money, March 14, 2005

By 

Quyen N. Nguyen "BambiQ" (Houston, Tx, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: T-Mobile Dual-Band Wireless Phone (Wireless Phone)

I never did want to take my time to write a review for anything, but now after I read the comment by Mr. David H. about this phone, I just have to throw out some opinions as well.

This phone's setting and navigation system are quite simple to figure out. Here is how you can set or adjust the clock:
Menu --> Organizer --> Clock

Basically I don't have any problem with this phone, including its ringtones. The reason I give it only 3 stars out of 5 is that although its small size makes it look nice and easy to carry around, all the keys are placed too close to one another, which makes it a bit hard to punch a # while driving. Also, internet capability would be nice to have.

I recommend this phone to anyone who just wants a phone that works great, with a reasonable price, and doesn't care much for new technology, i.e. internet capability, bluetooth, and camera.