Samsung SGH-A737 Reviews

1. battery life bad?

8 Sep 2009 by mark69

90%9out of 10

Reading the reviews it seems like some people don't know how to use their phone. They must be doing something wrong as all the negative comments don't make any sense. Had the phone 15 months now. Battery life is extraordinary. Maybe if you are using a bad network the phone needs to boost power to make up for bad tower reception? Sometimes it has difficulty with changing towers or networks. But I think this is a problem with most digital phones. Analog always better at this. Often it is better to set the phone to "manual network selection" and it will improve reception a LOT. Should mention I got this phone because the Sony Ericson phone was completely unusable if you actually move while using it. Like in a car. Sort of why you own a mobile phone? Samsung vastly better.  I usually travel 600+ km per day in and out of network areas so my battery life should be poor. My battery life is over 4 days with bluetooth enabled. (Even after 15 months). Phone does get hot on long conversations but lasts several hours, even after days of standby. If this is a problem you should probably use a wired or bluetooth headset anyway to reduce microwaving your brain. Features easy to use and many useful things I use everyday. Simple to learn without manual. Video OK. Screen resolution could be better. Never shutdown. Often abused. Many times left in back pocket and sat on. Not something you should do with a slider, but slides beautifully still. (Remember 15 months of this!) Reliability of this and previous Samsung phone caused me to buy several more Samsung products of several thousand dollars. No complaints on brand. Only complaint is that screen should be hardened against scratching. Should have either a coating like on glasses or a plastic cover like they sell for iPod. Sound is good but not great like my previous Samsung BUT it supports stereo bluetooth. 

I would recommend this phone.

Pros

many features I use everyday
mp3 works well
very good reception
excellent battery life
durable phone
easy to navigate menus
T9 texting works well

Cons

screen can be scratched

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2. A Great Phone

11 Aug 2009 by Anonymous

93.3%9.3out of 10

I've Had this phone for 1 and a half years, and it's a great phone, the design is cool, i dropped it multiple times, 3 times on sidewalk, once on grass, and dropped it in a small amount of water, and still worked. I normally don't use texting, but the buttons are a little too small. Battery life is great, it lasts for at least 3 days on my regular use. I only use it to call for an average of 5-10 minutes of talking, and sometimes playing videos and music. Music Quality is Good, but video quality could be better. Features are Alarms, allows you to set your days when it would ring, Calculator, Calender, tasks, and much more. It never froze , or shutdown on me. Camera quality is fine, just has a delay on taking pictures, around half to 1 second. To get the BEST picture, you need to be very still. Camcorder Quality is Fairly Bad, it's blurry depending on the lighting, weather, etc.

Pros

Battery Life (1-4 Days)
Design
Features
Camera
Good Signal
Expandable Memory (4GB Max; MicroSD Cards)
Music Quality

Cons

Voice Calling Volume
Camcorder Quality
Small Buttons
Battery Case MAY Fall off when Dropped
Video Quality Playback.

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3. Solid, durable, but nothing flashy

16 Jun 2009 by Anonymous

63.3%6.3out of 10

I've had this phone for well over a year now, and I've just abused it.  I drop it all the time onto hard floors, and it's even gone through the washer/dryer.  The screen's all scratched up, the paint's chipped off, and there's dents all over, but this baby's still holding together for me.  It makes calls and texts reliably, and does what a phone is meant to do. However, if you're looking for something fancy, this is not the phone for you.  Problems I've had with the phone include a battery life that seems to drain too quickly when talking on the phone, the phone getting really hot when under heavy use, and difficulties in going from areas of no service to areas of normal service (often have to restart phone). 

 

Basically, this is just a phone that's managed to hold together, regardless of what I've done to it, and it has served me well.

Pros

Durable
Reliable
Good clarity when talking on phone
No lag when texting

Cons

Seemingly short battery life
Phone gets hot
No email, "extra" features

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4. Battery Life

25 May 2009 by Anonymous

63.3%6.3out of 10

The only complaint I have about the SGH-A737 is the batter life. It usd to last for two maybe three days of use(texting and a couple phone calls) but now with barely using it(10 text messages) in one day it will lose a bar of battery life. I have to bring my charger with me all the time and it's a major inconvience.

Pros

lightweight
small
nice slide
lock applications
long video life
nice mp3

Cons

BATTERY LIFE
battery cover falls off

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5. Used to be a good phone, but now.....

28 Mar 2009 by ab

53.3%5.3out of 10

I have had this phone for about a year now.  I had to replace it in the first 3 months because it was a defective phone.  It took ATT awhile to finally believe that it had a problem... anyway, this phone used to work really well..  I loved it!

Now a year later, I have to charge my phone EVERYDAY and it still does not charge all of the way.  Also, a key part of the phone that other users and I have noticed with this phone is that it gets HOT in your hand after you have talked for a long time!  By a long time, I mean about after about 45 minutes my hand starts burning and falls asleep due to the phone.  I have never had another phone do this, it is very weird.

Pros

Easy to use
Lots of features

Cons

NO battery life
Get hot in your hand
Hard to push the buttons to text at times

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6. A great phone for a modest price

19 Oct 2008 by Charlyarg

93.3%9.3out of 10

All the things it have like the camera, 3g, great sound of music player, very goog text predict, and image editing podobilities that i havent see on another phone of middle catergory. And display is excelent. Bluehoot can even explore other peoples phone. Battery always depend of the use that anyone does.

I don't have any problem whit signal or when i talk, peolple listen to me very well. Have a lot of features.

Really i great phone for a modest price.

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7. ew.

29 Sep 2008 by Anonymous

43.3%4.3out of 10

i dont love this phone. i have had two of these the first one i had was broken and i dont know how but the internet just stopped. Then the second was my fault and i dropped it ina pool. lol but yeah the signal wasnt that great and  texting can be frustratig somtimes. camera wasnt that good either and the battery life was horrible i would have to charge it every day if i used the internet. but if you want a phone that isnt super expensive and is still "cool" then this  would be fine.

Pros

looks cool

Cons

horrible battery life

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8. FINALLY!!!!

3 Aug 2008 by Anonymous

94%9.4out of 10

FINALLY!!! a phone i like.
i just got this phone a few
days ago. i love it. it slides,
ts thin, and it has everyhting.
camer works good, mp3
works good, fast internet,
good signal strenghth, good battery,
etc..... i could go on and on.
the only down fall is not many
menu styles but the one they have is
pretty cool. i like it alot and recommend
it to anyone who is looking for a cool
slider phone. :)

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9. Shit

29 Jul 2008 by deanman

48%4.8out of 10

i got this phone a half a year ago, in december. in march, i had to replace it because it would randomly restart and delete my contacts. now it is july and i find that my phone is restarting and doing al this stupid shit. this phone sucks ass do not get it!!!

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10. SGH-a737

23 Jul 2008 by Carlos

70%7out of 10

It is an ok phone so far. Only problem I have is that it hangs up when ringing as I pull it out of the holster. The holster has a magnetic flap and I think that when it comes in close proximity to the magnet, it hangs the caller up.

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