Samsung SGH-T729

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Actually a good phone

20 Jun 2009 BigBlastBoom

8 out of 10

I've had this phone for almost 2 years now. it'll be 2 in february, but anyway... let me say this, the phone is great for texting, but occasionally it has 1 or 2 teeny slip ups while texting, they aren't really even that noticeable, one is sometimes when you know you hit a key twice, it only registers one of the key strokes. the other minor thing is that sometimes the phone puts in a word when i didnt put the word in... i don't mean, "oh, it put 'put' when i wanted it to put 'out'", which it sometimes does because of the t9, which is understandable, cause those letters happen to be in the same order on the same keys, i mean that i hit space and dont even type anything and it puts words in. for example, yesterday i was texting and i said, "yeah that'd be cool" but as it turns out after cool, wasn the words "fry"... needless to say i was confused... but i got over it. and that was probably just my keypad, cause no one else seems to have that happen to them.

anyway, the phone is pretty durable over the 2 years i've had it, i've dropped it so much that i would have broken 4 LG scoops by now, (which i've broken a couple of them when i had alltel). screen and everything work well for my needs.

aah, i remember what my other issue was, though it's not that important: custom texts alerts, you can't put a ringtone as one. but who really cares as long as you can have regular custon ringtones for when someone calls, right.

Great phone overall.

Pros

Keypad
Durable
Slim
Battery Life

Cons

No custon txt tones
Feels flimsy(it isn't, but it just feels that way)
Haunted keypad

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one of the best phones i've ever had

4 May 2009 Tatiana

10 out of 10

this phone was amazing when i had it. if u drop your phone then u might have some problems like the call droping, ramdomy calling and texting people by its self, it did that to me alot when i wasnt even neare it (i think it was posesed because the last digets of my numver are 6666) it also turned on and off by its self, and it finaly broke after 2 years with it when it fell off my bed and cracked the screan. that only styarts to happen if u drop it more that 50 times (i droped mine at least 200 times) the battery life is amazing and it is real eassy to text on that phone.

Pros

goods 4 texting, music, and amazing battery life

Cons

starnge random event, and dropping calls

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Amazing, especially at this price

28 Jan 2009 vmatikov

7.3 out of 10

I've had the blast for six months now (exactly six months tomorrow, in fact)... and so far I love it. They SureType keyboard is great for quick txting, the display is amazing, and its pretty durable (this thing has been dropped a few times...). The camera isn't that great--but what are you gonna expect on a phone that costs under $200? Or free with a contract at that. I've also tried AIM on this phone--and that has the annoying tendency of automatically signing you off after about an hour and a half.

My only complaints are that the software appearantly has issues. About a month ago I noticed that the phone's screen started freezing up, sometimes partially whiting out, sometimes showing rendering errors when trying to access the menu or slide the phone up. It now has started to take mulitple attempts to turn on, either more screen problems, or it just turns off after about 8 seconds. However, after a few attempts its fine. Until the next time the software crashes completely and the phone needs a hard-reset (removing the battery).

Otherwise I love the phone. Its still under warranty so I can get the above problems fixed (or just the phone replaced) by Samsung.

Pros

SureType keyboard
Screen Quality
Durability
Interface
Customizable shortcut key

Cons

Can't set custom message tones
Occasionally freezes, or needs mulitple attempts to turn on

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