User Review History
TimeWeaver's review of the Samsung SPH-A640
original version, submitted Nov 9, 2011, 9:21 AM:
Still going strong
The fetching Mrs. TimeWeaver and I both got this phone for our Sprint family plan in late November of 2006.
It is now November of 2011 and both phones are still going strong, working great. We don't need a data plan, not even texting, just the phone, and while we've considered updating to newer phones we just can't seem to justify it.
Both of our A640s still work as if they were brand new.
The only drawback is the inability to upload photos to our computers, which means we'll lose the pics when we finally do replace our phones.
Otherwise, even though it's discontinued and long gone, the A640 is really impressively good.
edited May 6, 2013, 8:02 AM to read:
Still going strong
The fetching Mrs. TimeWeaver and I both got this phone for our Sprint family plan in late November of 2006.
It is now November of 2011 and both phones are still going strong, working great. We don't need a data plan, not even texting, just the phone, and while we've considered updating to newer phones we just can't seem to justify it.
Both of our A640s still work as if they were brand new.
The only drawback is the inability to upload photos to our computers, which means we'll lose the pics when we finally do replace our phones.
Otherwise, even though it's discontinued and long gone, the A640 is really impressively good.
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Update 5.6.13
About a year ago we finally update our plan (Sprint family) to a data plan (Sprint everything) and got iPhones (4s), which we love.
The only reason we upgraded to a data plan and replaced our phones was for my work. Our Samsung A640s were still going strong, got good reception (Sprint, in Phoenix, AZ). Our only issue was that after five years our battery life was beginning to degrade, but only a little bit.
The fetching Mrs. Smith and I both still agree that our Samsung A640s were the best mobile phones we've owned to date.
Of course, we're really enjoying our iPhones, so ...
=^)
edited May 6, 2013, 8:07 AM to the current version:
Still going strong
The fetching Mrs. TimeWeaver and I both got this phone for our Sprint family plan in late November of 2006.
It is now November of 2011 and both phones are still going strong, working great. We don't need a data plan, not even texting, just the phone, and while we've considered updating to newer phones we just can't seem to justify it.
Both of our A640s still work as if they were brand new.
The only drawback is the inability to upload photos to our computers, which means we'll lose the pics when we finally do replace our phones.
Otherwise, even though it's discontinued and long gone, the A640 is really impressively good.
_______
Update 5.6.13
About a year ago we finally updated our plan (Sprint family) to a data plan (Sprint everything) and got iPhones (4s), which we love.
The only reason we upgraded to a data plan and replaced our phones was for my work. Our Samsung A640s were still going strong, got good reception (Sprint, in Phoenix, AZ) and quite frankly worked great. Our only issue was that after five years our battery life was beginning to degrade, but only a little bit.
The fetching Mrs. Smith and I both still agree that our Samsung A640s were the best mobile phones we've owned to date.
Of course, we're really enjoying our iPhones, so ...
=^)
