Samsung SPH-A900 Reviews

21. It's Just Okay!

31 Jul 2006 by Brainteaser

60%6out of 10

My wife and I decided to renew our contracts this past weekend to save ourselves little more money. Therefore, decided to go ahead and get a new phone. I decided on Samsung SPH-A900 and wife decided on some Sanyo or something. MP3 is a feature I really like but turns out, I can only store up to/around 10 songs on the cell, but then leaves no room for pictures or camcorder image. Later to find out Samsung has a SPH-A920, which is simular to A900 but with a Transflash card (mini SD card). In turn, I can store up to 512 mb worth of music, photo, images. Nothing wrong with A900 just confusing and misleading in the manual about what to do to get music into the phone. My wife and I spent about 14 hrs trying to get the MP3 player to play the music. SO I am going to A920 for more memory and better phone..

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22. its a great phone

30 Jul 2006 by tunde a.k.a babsway

86%8.6out of 10

i thnk the samsung a900 is a great phone,the design,shape and functions.the only problem i have with it is the battery,seems to get weak easily and it gets hot whenever i use it to listen to radio.every other thing is perfect for,i love the way the camera rotates.

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23. Disappointment

22 Jul 2006 by new2sprint

46%4.6out of 10

I recently switched to Sprint after 4 years with Verizon. I started out with a Treo 700p, then to a Samsung A960 then to this A900 and now I'm happy with a LG Fusic. I had an LG VX4600 with Verizon and loved the EZ Tip Calculator on that phone. The Treo, A960 and A900 had horrible reception at my ground floor apartment. I had no problems with reception with Verizon. Initially I decided to sign up with Sprint because they had a more affordable data plan compared to Verizon and also to take advantage of the 7 p.m. weeknights.

I had the A900 for less than 5 days before I called Sprint and told them to find me another phone. Initially I was attracted to the slim design, the crisp screen quality and the swivel camera lens on the A900. But everything else was a major disappointment. Horrible reception. Having an interior antenna impedes reception. If I held the A900 upside down, I'd see an increase of 1-2 bars, while if I held it up the regular way, bars would decrease...go figure. While sitting on my desk by a window, the signal strength would jump back and forth from 1 bar to 2, full bars, then back to 1 then sometimes it would go into Roam mode. If I wanted to talk at home, I'd have to place the phone on a window sill and use a corded headset. Bluetooth worked ok.

Battery life is horrible on this phone. I talked for about 1.5 hrs (and not even using the web or music functions), the battery meter would show 1 bar left. Then after hanging up, I looked at it 15 min. later and it was back at 2 bars.

Frankly I think Samsung is a great company and makes innovative products. However, I felt this A900 phone is a big let down.

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24. Love It!

10 Jul 2006 by super dude

98%9.8out of 10

I bought ths phone about two weeks ago. I Love It!!! I can not even put in writing how much i love this phone. It has all my favorite features!!! I think anyone who wants this phone should definetley go for it! i used to own a samsung SPH-A620 and it SUCKED BIGTIME!!! Luckily it is discontinued now because it stunk!

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25. Battery Life

10 Jul 2006 by marc_tech

60%6out of 10

I have been reading all of the reviews on the A900 and frankly am tired of seeing all the complaints about the battery life being so poor. If all of these people had done their homework, they would have found that a simple firmware upgrade will resolve this issue. I want to see more reviews of Battery life after the Firmware update!

Thanks
Marc

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26. A900 VS RAZR

10 Jun 2006 by Anonymous

88%8.8out of 10

Well as the prior comment goes, I have my ups and downs about this phone. I'll list them as I go, but I have only owned this phone for about one week now, and suffice to say, due to firmware upgrading issues, I really enjoy this phone. Having been a RadioShaq employee years ago, I sold phones left and right and went through phones all the time, so I know (personally) what phones tend to be duds, and positive winners. From Sanyo 4k, 4500, and Nokia 6k to n series, I've tried many within the Sprint/Verizon & Cingular serives.

First off, My Motorola RoX! (that 1337 slang), its battery life is on average of 3 - 4 days for standby, and the sound quality is excellent. As for the Reception, well thats Cingulars fault, their coverage is full in my area, but the quality of the connections suck. on a 1 - 5, I rate call quality a low 2.
A900 with Sprint, well I can already say, thanks to the recent frequency changes, and soforth the quality of calls arn't all that good either, but the quality of the sound and reception is much better than cingular (neither beats the verizon phone, but I left verizon a while back)

Design, well this is in of itself, A900 is very nice for the clam shell look, but the function/style could have mimicked the motorola a little better. I perfer the razr over this clam design solely because it contours well. However, the mp3 controls makes up for the lacking in style.
One thing is the hing themselves, after reviewing and testing this a bit more, I feel the razr may have a more sturdy hing over the a900. But time can only prove that.

Weight, both phones are almost equal in weight, but just holding them on the scale, proves Samsung made theirs heavier. not a problem, because weight over my old nokia phones proved this thing is going to be a solid phone.

Menus, this is what I find really interesting, the point of customizability is where the razr wins. You can pretty much configure every button to be whatever you want them to be. As for the A900, you are limited to just your directional buttons. I've gone through the manual enough to realize 'either its overlooked, or its not configurable'. because the manual does not explain how to configure your 'soft buttons'. The graphics/colorfulness, I can give that to the A900, it sleak, and nifty!

battery life... I'm extremely disapointed, but what can you expect when merging two technologies together. this is why pda/phones or mp3/phones or even camera/phones tend to always suck. battery is always limited due to trying to strech functions. While since I have a ipod for music, whats the point in having a phone to play mp3s as well? (for those days when I forget to bring my ipod with me of course) Razr wins with battery life so far. The A900, thanks to my recent firmware upgrade (process I would really like to talk more about, but that would be an article in of itself.)

Compatibility, this alone is what counts most for a guy like me. As being the technically inclined technophile I require my phones to sync with my OutBreak 2003. Since I use a MS based web server for my company's requirements including the latest in online meeting management software and collaboration my phones must be able to sync with contact lists, tasks, and calendar. This function alone is what makes both the phones a equal tie.

Samsung & Motorola drivers work great, and with the bluetooth adatpor's drivers it makes outbreak functional enough to see both these phones without problems including automatic sync with either when I update one device or my notebook.

Conclusion...

Well the A900 has more features, reception, and function over my Razr. The Razr beats the A900 with its battery life, ease of use and customizability.

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27. Cool

31 May 2006 by Dale Isbell

90%9out of 10

I have had many different cellular/PDA types phones, and this by far is the best of them all. The slim design and fuctions make it so versatile. Wish had a memory slot.

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28. love the phone, but the battery ......

20 May 2006 by Jose Gonzalez

80%8out of 10

Battery life is very poor, hope they make a extended battery and a charging cradle.I like my phone alot,but battery doesnt last. Everything else is great

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29. Phone needs extended battery

10 Apr 2006 by santafe

44%4.4out of 10

SPHA900 is a terrible phone. Battery life is worst of any phone I have ever had. Samsung needs to produce extended life battery to even make it worth while as a phone. Features difficult to use because of awful menu. I cannot imagine trying to use the features without having to recharge constantly. I have reverted to the days of the "car phones" where the phone was attached to the car because of the necessity of the constant use of the car charger. Highly do not recommend. I am unhappy also with Sprint because I cannot exchange it and obtain credit. They sold me a limon.

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30. Upgrade the firmware to fix battery problem

28 Mar 2006 by Blake Scholl

84%8.4out of 10

If you're having battery life or other problems with this phone, make sure you upgrade the firmware.

The original firmware had a bug which kept a background Java thread running and prevented the phone from going into power-save states properly. A subsequent firmware update fixed this problem, broken Picture Mail, and weird noises on the Bluetooth handset.

To upgrade the firmware, go to Settings -> Others (8) -> Update Phone Software (8). (C'mon Sprint, given how important this is, it should be more obvious.)

With the latest firmware, the phone operates well and has decent battery life. With my usage (lots of data and significant voice), I have to charge about every 2 days. Not amazing, but certainly not a problem.

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