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All rights reserved. http://www.phonescoop.com/img/rss_badge.gif http://www.phonescoop.com/ 88 31 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=166&r=8098#review8098 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=166&r=8098#review8098 Tue, 01 Feb 2005 01:11:17 GMT <p><i>Shane_Calla submitted this review of the Samsung SPH-A540:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>4.5</b> (out of 5)</p><p>I activiated the a540, on a one year plan and this phone was a good phone that worked in th coldest of conditions, and through all the neglect that it recieved from me, it worked really good...<br /><br />Pros.<br /><br />good enough battery<br />outer display<br />fly ribbin (fun game)<br />big phone book<br />works good on Tri-Mode<br />good display for not being color<br />ten million times better than my Nokia 3390<br /><br />Cons.<br /><br />Not Colour Screen<br />flimmsy antenna<br />voice dial.. is too precise<br />It scrathes really easy</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=166 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=166&r=7524#review7524 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=166&r=7524#review7524 Wed, 29 Dec 2004 23:23:28 GMT <p><i>surfnturf submitted this review of the Samsung SPH-A540:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>1</b> (out of 5)</p><p>This may be a decent urban phone, but I suspect RF problems plague it there too. At home it breaks up and goes analogue in an area which is reasonably well covered by Talus. Any more than 2 miles out of town, it drops calls or just won't work (250 area). And at the cabin (604 area), it will show a weak signal but cannot connect. <br /><br />Might look pretty and fit well in a pocket, but it just doesn't work for me. On contract too. Was told that all the new digitals were equivalent for RF performance, but I see lots of people using their phones where I can't.<br /><br />Too bad Samsung forgot the primary function of a phone while they were designing in all those fancy features.</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=166 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=166&r=5929#review5929 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=166&r=5929#review5929 Tue, 05 Oct 2004 22:57:28 GMT <p><i>Grif submitted this review of the Samsung SPH-A540:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>5</b> (out of 5)</p><p>where do i ask for help with this samsung a540 cell phone, im new to this and i dont know where to ask, i know it sais not to ask questions but i need help, please</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=166 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=166&r=4319#review4319 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=166&r=4319#review4319 Tue, 08 Jun 2004 21:13:52 GMT <p><i>Dakota01 submitted this review of the Samsung SPH-A540:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>5</b> (out of 5)</p><p>I have had this phone for over one year now and have not had one problem with it to date. The calculator works great, I even use this phone as my alarm clock. When I first got the phone and tried to access the web, it said key disabled or something like that, but I just called my service provider and they fixed that in a matter of 2 minutes. The only con I have about it, is that when I am putting names in to the phone book, it doesn't give a lot of space for the names, so I have to shorten most of it to first or last names, which isn't a problem, but a some friends have the same first name so I have to enter it by last name. Not a problem, just different. I would recommend this phone to anyone who just wants a plain, good working phone. My calls are always clear and while the ring tones are not that great, the volume is. Great phone.</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=166 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=166&r=3547#review3547 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=166&r=3547#review3547 Tue, 24 Feb 2004 16:07:20 GMT <p><i>dp33 submitted this review of the Samsung SPH-A540:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>1</b> (out of 5)</p><p>Good screen, nice style, great phonebook...but service????<br /><br />A month after buying the phone I noticed that when imputing text I could not get the a punctuation mark other than a period without first inserting a period, then imputing whatever punctuation mark I really needed, then going back and deleting the first unwanted period.<br /><br />A more frustrating problem came up in the second month of ownership, one that is still an unsolved problem, that of Caller ID info disappearing and changing to "number unavailable". What happens is a call comes in (let's say someone already in my phone-book) the name &amp; number show up on my external screen but then after 1 or 2 rings will sometimes disappear and show up on my internal screen as "number unavailable". At other times the caller ID info disappears as the phone clamshell is opened. This in an intermittent problem but very frustrating as when I miss a call I often have no record of who it was making the call.<br /><br />After sending the phone in for repair 2 different times they (Asahi Industrial Electronics) have only upgraded the software (something I had already told had been done) and then said they don't know why I am having any problems and with that have washed their hands of it. Even though the phone is still having the self same errors they now don't even reply to my calls.<br /><br />So with nothing done to repair my phone I am left stranded as the store I bought it from claims they cannot replace it without permission from the service center (Asahi Industrial Electronics). Of course the service center claim the problem must be in the processor but as they cannot understand why they are unable to solve it.<br /><br />Now, after sending my phone in for repair 3 different times, waiting more than 2 months for a solution I am left with a faulty phone. How should I rate the phone? I might rate it good (I do like it) if I could get one that works properly.</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=166 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=166&r=3165#review3165 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=166&r=3165#review3165 Sun, 04 Jan 2004 22:51:18 GMT <p><i>ATTWSGoon submitted this review of the Samsung SPH-A540:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>3</b> (out of 5)</p><p>Picked this up for my old Samsung under Telus. I perferred the old handset, as I could constantly feel it's presence on me. This one is light enough that I forget that it is there. <br /><br />I tried using the calculator and doing various divisions and all worked. So maybe I lucked out there, but....<br /><br />My Wireless Web is has a "Security error: key not recognized" and so I can't d/l or access anything. <br /><br />And it seems to suffer from the constant Samsung Caller ID problem, especially on the exterior display. <br /><br />Anyways not a bad phone, but I miss my old one. I might see if I can't get the smartphone and see if Telus can activate it for me.</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=166