AT&T Wireless Pre-Paid Go Phone w/ Voice Dialing & Text/Picture Messaging

by Siemens

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• ASIN: B0001K2OM6
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #222,785 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 28, 2005

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Compatible with AT&T pay-as-you-go cell phone service, the lightweight, economy dual-band A56i Go Phone runs on GSM service and includes some cool features, like EMS picture messaging and downloadable ringtones and graphics, as well as the usual support features such as Internet connectivity, text messaging, and more, all displayed on a 101 x 64 pixel, black and white 5-line LCD screen.

For calling, you'll get call timers, redial, missed call indicator, call log, voice activated dialing, any-key answer, auto-redial, speed dial, mute control, no-answer transfer, one-touch 911, vibrating ring, differential ring, and a phone book capacity of up to 500 entries. Siemens also supports TTY/TDD (Telecommunication Device for the Deaf) compatibility with phone adapter (adaptor not included).

Get online, and in addition to access to stock quotes, weather, movie times and more, you'll also enjoy EMS picture messaging so you can send pictures you download to friends and coworkers via attachments. There's also numeric paging, downloadable ring tone and graphic capability, and a PIM to help you manage time and finances. The A56i weighs a mere 3 oz. and measures 4.0 x 1.7 x 0.8 inches. Its batteries are rated at 390 minutes talk time and up to 300 hours standby.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My first phone that will last forever !!!, December 30, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: AT&T Wireless Pre-Paid Go Phone w/ Voice Dialing & Text/Picture Messaging (Electronics)

This phone is a great first phone !!! I got it because the actual phone was pretty cheap and basic. Even though it is practically indestructable! I have had many nice phones (well, 2)and they all died because I would put them in the front pocket of my jeans and they would go through the wash. It happened with this one too and it was fine! (Even though it was probably a one-in-a-million chance or something but mine still survived). Besides water, you could throw it, drop it, whatever and it will be just fine.
A GREAT PHONE!!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME first phone., September 15, 2005

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Alithea S. Odell "desk jockey" (seattle, washington) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: AT&T Wireless Pre-Paid Go Phone w/ Voice Dialing & Text/Picture Messaging (Electronics)

I bought this phone because I had poor credit and didn't want to pay a deposit. I bought this phone because it was a cheeper go-phone and seemed well designed. I had this phone for exactly [to the day!] 1 year before I lost it.

I had this awful habit of putting the phone in my jacket pocket, then running across the street. The phone would bounch out of my pocket and fall to the grown with a pretty hefty "THUD". Well, after the first couple dozen times of this happening, it would fall to the ground and, to my horror, break apart. By break apart, I mean the battery cover would come off, the battery would pop out, and sometimes the sim card would fall out. I'd put it all back together and viola! It worked perfectly! I can not tell you how many times I did this and it seriously never stopped working.

I dropped this phone, stepped on this phone, sat on this phone, threw this phone, and would keep it in my backpack full of books, and it -NEVER- stopped working.

I talk a lot and would usually charge it every other day, though I could potentially go 4+ days if I shut my trap once in a while.

This phone is somewhat small, but does not feel fragile at all. It fits nicely in a pants pocket.

My only [tiny tiny] gripe is that there is no volume control, which is a smidge obnoxious.

HOWEVER!!! [keep in mind this has NOTHING to do with the actual phone] Go-Phone plans are NOT affordable! In order to get unlimited night and weekend minutes, you must get a plan that starts out at 46.00 a month [about, after taxes]. this is 400 daytime minutes [10 cents each]. text msgs are also 10 cents each. You also pay for data usage for mMode. THIS IS EXPENSIVE. Don't plan on using this recreationally else it will deplete your account very quickly. In order to download fun ringtones or pictures, you must use mMode. Just a heads up!

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST, February 1, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: AT&T Wireless Pre-Paid Go Phone w/ Voice Dialing & Text/Picture Messaging (Electronics)

My friend gave me this phone at first i didn't like it and then i started to play with it and i loved it!