T-Mobile Samsung SCH-C225 Cell Phone

by Samsung

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• ASIN: B0009EG4IO
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #306,846 in Cell Phones & Accessories (See Top 100 in Cell Phones & Accessories)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Looking for an affordable phone with a generous touch of class? The c225 delivers with a large color screen, support for instant messaging and wireless media downloads, as well as a voluminous phone book. It's all wrapped up in a sleek candybar form factor that will turn heads. See it in action.

Design
The c225's sporty candybar form factor sports a large, 128 x 128, 65,000-color display. Meanwhile, most of the phone's features and on-screen menus are controlled by a five-way center button above the handset's dial pad. Up/down keys are provided on the left side of the handset.

Calling Features
The phone's built-in address book, which supports up to three numbers per entry, can store up to 1000 contacts for quick and easy management of your friends, family and associates. Forty-chord polyphonic ringtones, plus a vibrating alert, are built in and more ringtones can be downloaded from T-Mobile's t-zones service. Picture ID and ringer ID allow you to set graphics and ringtones for specific groups of callers. Like all T-Mobile phones, the c225 also supports voicemail, caller ID, conference calling, call forwarding, call waiting, call hold, built-in paging, and access to T-Mobile's 411 service.

Messaging and Internet
The c225 has robust messaging features designed to keep you in touch wherever you roam. In addition to basic text, picture and sound messaging, the phone features support for instant messaging from Yahoo, AOL and MSN (T-Mobile messaging charges apply). There's also a built-in web browser for t-zones downloads and mobile web browsing. T-Mobile's t-zones service lets you receive and send emails, read news headlines, get weather updates, download games and ringtones, and more. T9 text entry, which is a technology that makes it easier for people to enter words and text on handsets, is built into the unit-- a plus for mobile text messaging users.

A number of handy software tools are bundled with the c225 including a voice memo recorder, a calculator with currency conversion, a to-do list, a calendar and an alarm clock.

Imaging and Entertainment
Four games ship with the c225, and more Java-based games are available for mobile download from the t-zones service. Meanwhile, customizable wallpapers let you dress up your C207 to suit your style.

Vital Statistics
The Samsung c225 weighs 3.4 ounces and measures 4.30 x 1.80 x .90 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 3 hours of digital talk time, and up to 100 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the 900/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS frequencies. The phone comes with a one year limited warranty.

What's in the Box
c225 handset, hands-free headset, SIM card, lithium-ion battery, AC charger, user's manual.

Product Description

Smart and stylish! The Samsung c225 is packed with features designed to help you make the most of your work time and play time. Use text messaging or AOL Instant Messenger to stay in touch with your friends and family when you’re on the go. Keep track of your appointments and important dates.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fine phone with a few tiny problems..., September 29, 2005

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EarCam (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: T-Mobile Samsung SCH-C225 Cell Phone (Wireless Phone)

This phone met almost all of the qualifications that I wanted: it isn't a flip phone, it's color with games, the buttons are easy to push, etc... but the problem is that IT CALLS 911 WHEN IT IS LOCKED IN MY POCKET!!! I have complained to T-mobile and they said that other people have had this problem and that they won't replace the phone, that I should just "be more careful." There is no way to turn this function off, it is an emergency feature built into the phone. I call the police several times a week and I assume that this bothers them as much as it bothers me. Besides that I have few complaints with the phone... you can't read the time when it's locked without unlocking it, but the signal is fine and it does what it says it can.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A nice phone with some serious flaws, December 16, 2005

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Lyle Kopnicky "qseep" (Portland, OR United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: T-Mobile Samsung SCH-C225 Cell Phone (Wireless Phone)

The positives:

Beautiful, detailed color screen. Stylish design (nicer looking than Nokia or Motorola phones IMHO). Menus are relatively intuitive. Battery life is good (three days if I don't talk much, two days if I do). Small and rugged. The numbers don't wear off easily.

Now, the negatives:

It's not very responsive to the unlock button. You have to push a two-button sequence to unlock, and you often have to do it several times before it will listen.

It calls 911 all by itself, when the keypad is locked. This is because, as a security feature, they figured you still should be able to call 911 when the keypad is locked. However, it does this by filtering out all keypresses until it sees a 9-1-1 in sequence, then ignores everything after that. This liberal policy means it can easily happen when you're taking it out of your pocket. It asks for confirmation, but sometimes THAT button gets hit by accident, too. Seems unlikely, but it's completed the call to 911 maybe once every month or so.

The sound cuts out on the speaker when the sound on the microphone reaches a certain level. This means if it's windy, or you're driving (naughty naughty), it'll cut out the sound, so you can't hear the other person, or their voice mail system, very well.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good phone, good to replace R225....not impressive though., July 11, 2005

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Raven Night (Lake Worth, Florida United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: T-Mobile Samsung SCH-C225 Cell Phone (Wireless Phone)

Ok, this looks like a decent phone, certainly a good replacement for the R225, for those out there that wish to use their old accessories with this phone. A few comments...

First, the positives. Good options, menu is intuitive, color screen is bright and well laid out, good features. Nothing particulary spectacular, but good for the money. The earphone input has been redesigned so now using the earpiece does not kill your phone (R225)...A huge improvement. The accessories it comes with are also improved, though they are tan...a little odd.

Second, the negatives. There are only really two I could find. You can no longer apply individual ring tones to phone numbers...now it is done through a group system, which is a bit limiting and overcomplicated. The old system on the R225 was better. The next big problem is the screen contrast when the backlight is off. It is almost black, and not only is there no option to keep the backlight on at all times, there is no contrast control for the regular screen....only the backlit contrast is adjustable. This is a big problem. You will need to activate the backlight to see anything.

Overall a good phone with decent features...There is limited messaging and browsing, but no camera, though if you are looking at this phone you probably don't need one. If you need a replacement for your aging R225, this is a good choice.

And yes, all accessories for the R225 work for the C225 EXCEPT the earpiece. That means chargers, batteries, desktop chargers, etc. Get a new earpiece or take the one in the package and you are set.