Samsung SGH - X426 / Samsung X427 review

I love the interactivity of the Samsung's X426 menus. 95% are very well animated and just pleasure to watch. Of course, the thrill will wear off after the first several weeks of use, but never the less I like it. The phone allows two different menu styles - Film and Page. The Menu Icons in Page mode are animated, while in the Film style they are static.

Film Style

Page Style

Messages

I am very disappointed from the lack of MMS capability in the otherwise very multimedia rich Samsung X426. Otherwise, text messaging is very simple and straightforward.

Main Messaging Screen

Writing Message

Message Options

The Templates has several pre-defined messages such as: "Call me when you get this message", or "Where are you" which can be used for fast-messaging.
The Objects option allows you to add Sound, Melody, Picture or Animation to your message. The other party's phone has to support EMS in order to review/listen to your EMS message.

Call Records

Call Records shows when and who called you, who did you call etc, missed calls and call times. You can view the last call time, time spent on outgoing calls and on incoming calls and also there is Life Timer.

Sound Settings

Let me say that I just LOOOVE the 40-voices polyphonic ringtones of Samsung X426 / X427. The sound settings menu gives options to manipulate everything connected with sound:

• Ring Tones - thirty pre-installed 40-voice polyphonic ringtones - pleasure for my ears. Click on the list to hear several actual ringtones. Link
• Ring Volume
• Alert Type - can be Light Only, Melody, Vibration or Vibra+Melody
• Keypad Tones - can be Off; Cool; Piano; Tone or just Beep
• Message Tones - again great selection of different tone - (link to hear them)
• Folder Tone - selects the sound when the phone is opened
• Power On/Off sound
• Extra Tones
  • Error Tone - sounds when error occurs
  • Minute Minder - sounds every one minute
  • Connect Tone - sound when you get connected

Again, great level of customization plus excellent pre-installed sounds.