Samsung SGH-E900 Cell Phone

The Samsung E900 is a stylish slider, The Phone has an almost identical feature set to the Samsung D600, which is a much thicker and heavier phone.
The E900 also has a Chocolate beating 2-megapixel camera, speakerphone function and an expandable microSD slot.
Other features include infrared, Bluetooth, SMS and MMS messaging, a voice recorder, polyphonic ring tones, a calendar, a to do list, a scheduler, a clock, world time, an alarm, a timer, a stopwatch, a calculator, a currency converter and Java games.

Unfortunately, the E900 isn't completely perfect, The 2-megapixel camera takes a while to load and when you do take a picture there is a significant amount of shutter lag, so the pictures come out blurry if you move your hand. Also the flash doesn't work properly and makes things look blue rather than bright.

First of the phone is hard to use as the main buttons are touch screen so u may touch other buttons. As soon as u get use to it which doesnt take long its fine to use. I have droped the phone many of times and its been fine. The battery on full lasts me around 2days. The camera is of good quility but you have to hold it still whilst taking a photo other wise ocassionaly it smuges. The fone is easy to text. In genral the phone is really good and worth the money.

To give some background, I have owned this phone for just less than a year, as it came into my possession for free as a result of a new pay monthly deal.

It came with all the necessary cables, including a rather nifty software bundle and USB cable, for moving number, pictures, or whatever onto your PC/laptop. The frist thing I noticed, was its VERY elegant styling; something I would be proud to pull out of my pocket, whereas my old nokia 3510i didn't quite cut it in that aspect.

Having left it to charge for the necessary timespan (as one does do with all new phones), I put in the sim, and away I went. Nothing weird about the installation, it was all very simple.

As for actual handling, it was all very easy; I thought I might have a problem with the touch keys, as some other people had had problems, but to this day, I've never got frustrated with the buttons; once or twice, you will miss the key you were trying to push, or accidentally close the menu, but it is not a big deal (maybe I'm just more patient than other people ;-) )

The battery life seems reasonable for a modern day phone; my friend has had much worse a time with his blackberry as far as battery life is concerned; I probably need to charge every 2-3 days, and that's with occasional use, not constant talk-time.

As far as the phones software is concerned, it was very much one of the selling points of the phone for me, because the interface is important to me from both an aesthetic and utile point of view. It is VERY easy to navigate the phone, and the address book is VERY usable (unlike motorola's, in my opinion).

The screen is large and has very good definition and brightness.

Also, you CAN use your own mp3's as a ring tone, which is a bonus, as some phones do not let you do that; the music player is very pleasing to the eye, and there is enough space on the phone without an extra memory stick to put on about 12 tracks.

The camera on the phone is very good, as is the video capture...

OVERALL, I would recommend this phone to just about anyone, though I think you may struggle with the buttons if you have large fingerpads. This phone is a great catch, and though my contract ends in one month, I am not yet persuaded that I want to change my phone, and may sell any upgrade I receive instead.

N.B. I have not yet used one of the new U Series phones from Samsung, which are a thinner range, and somewhat, the successors to the E range; presumably the build quality is just as good, and I know for a fact the slider phone in the U range has a very large screen, and is slightly taller than the e900, though slimmer.

I've had this phone since December and its fantastic I love it. Its easy to use and easy to understand. It has a good little camera and loads of funky features like "view text messages in Vivid mode" which integrates little pictures into the text messages, its small and compact and the touch pad is brilliant.

Its a strong phone I have found and repeated accidental droppings etc have done nothing more than scratch it. It was also accidentally dropped in my daughters potty and after an hour ontop of a towel on the radiator it was as good as new with no lasting damage.

I would definately recommend this phone everytime as it has proved to be a brilliant hard wearing little phone for me and I cant fault it in anyway.

A GOOD LOOKING PHONE BY SAMSUNG, HAS LOTS OF FEATURES AND CHEAP AT THE PRICE!
THIS PHONE IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

This phone is perfect for just about anything, the only reason I got rid of mine was I found my old phone which I use a lot and have everything set up on it.

I wanted a new Samsung E900 Mobile but could not get one anywhere as they where all sold out, so i decided to go for this one on Ebay as it was only 4 months old and still under warranty and the reciept was posted with the phone, which was very handy if anything should have gone wrong with the phone before the warranty ran out. The Samsung E900 mobile was in perfect condition, infact it was more like a brand new one rather than a four month old phone.The phone is so much better with the touch screen and very easy to understand all the things you can do on it. There is nothing i dislike about the phone.

I have had 3 of these phones. Not because they keep breaking but because I love them so much! I dropped the first one in water, after a month, so went out & bought a new one. I had that for about 5 months & it started to get a bit worn cosmetically so I bought another! If thats not an indication of a good phone, I dont know what is! I've never bought the same phone more than once before!

As a warning, the touch sensitive keypad takes some getting used to, but once you've used it for a little while, you get used it it, & its a doddle!

This is a great little phone, it encorporates everything a great mobile should have: text, phone, camera, mp3 etc.

downfalls: the battery life is very short, probably only about 3 days! the phone also scratches very easily! so i reccomend a protective case for it!

good bits! 2.0 mega pixel camera, slide phone, touch sensitive buttons, expandable memory. the menu also has a 'memory' it remebers the last item you used and navigates to that item first.

overall a good phone, but needs regular battery charging!

I love the style of this phone and it,s sleek looks. It,s operating abilities are great,good camera fantastic mp3 player.A very responsive phone.That was the reasons I wanted one and I am very happy to own it.

I shall use ebay's suggestions....

Why you bought it?

I went out one evening with some of my family, my family that evening consisting of my mother and father in law, my husband, our 4 children and my good self. Sitting down for a meal with 4 children is no easy task so I was up and down for various reasons.....peeling my son off a table, dragging my daughter away from the ice cream machine she was about to help herself to, stopping the baby from chewing up the menu etc.... So, it came as a shock to me when I took my beady eye off the nappy bag, situated under the highchair, some low life took it upon themselves to open the bag and steal my mobile phone from it, how lovely of them. So, I went on ebay to buy a cheap phone to replace it.......then I thought I'd be hip and happening with a pink and twinkly phone. I'm so down with the youth, you see.

What you like most about it?

It's very easy to use, which is always a plus when it comes to technology coupled with nappy brain. I love the colour, it's a really pretty little phone and as I'm told is standard with most Samsungs, it has LOADS of twinkly, useless noises for just about every fuction which irritates the hell out of my husband but I love it, so there.

What do you dislike about it?

The touch screen function can be a little...ok, very annoying if you accidently phone somebody and it's in your pocket. I have got around this by putting an invalid number under aaa in the phonebook so it won't waste call credit. Also, when I've faffed about with texts (deleted, saved, whatever) I've accidently phoned people because I put my finger just over the wrong place on the phone.

All in all, a great girly phone that I recommend.

this is great stylish phone! I love all the features on here and would definatly reccommed this phone, the games are brilliant and the camera is great!

bought the phone with the understanding it had a cracked screen and would only cost afew pounds to repair .
on receiving the phone i found it to have a damaged lcd and not a cracked screen with a repair bill of over £40 which is more than i paid for the phone
i contacted the seller but no reply SO BEWARE OF DODGY DEELERS

this is the phone that you need if you are searching for a non sophisticated phone,with camera 2MP,MP3,memory card,good sound,actually very very good quality of sound,holds a charge well,3-4 days , very low dimensions, cheap;very suitable for a day by day phone,it is strong to impact,good image quality,fits very well in any pocket,a good and cheap solution,very suitable for children,women,and not only

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These phones were selling 18months ago for £250 if you were lucky enough to get your hands on one. The main problem is the touch sensitive keypad which can be irritating as you can very easily skip to another function by mistake so its not for the impatient buyer. Apart from that with an excellent range of features and capacity for a memory card etc it is a very good buy at the £40 to £50 prices currently being fetched on E Bay.

I've owned this phone for around 18 months now. It's pretty easy to use and i like the slide design.
I think it has a great screen and the camera, although not the top of the range, is quite good. The only problem with the camera i find is you have to keep your hand pretty still when taking a photo, or it gets blurred.
The touch screen buttons on the front work really well, but an annoying problem is accidently catching the cancel button when trying to take a picture or writing a text message. When making a call the touch screen automatically locks, so you can't cancel a call by mistake. When you are finished talking it takes a while to get used to unlocking the keypad, before being able to end the conversation!
It's simple to connect to your p.c and you can easily transfer photos and videos.
Overall i'd say 4 out of 5 for this phone. I'd recomend it's slim and simple design, but be cautious of the touch buttons.

I loved the look, the colour and the weight of this phone, unfortunately I didn't like it's sensitivity. The keys are far too sensitive and for that reason I am selling it on.

This phone is great its small and very handy, the touch pad is not difficult to use, it looks good and its worth the money. There excellent!

I bought this cell phone but still i have not received this product and i alreay paid amount of this item. i have contacted with Paybal and ebay but i have not got any positive response from both side

The Samsung E900 is a stylish camera phone which comes with a smooth slide opening mechanism. The phone has attractive touch sensitive keys externally which light up when in use & subtly fade out when not in use. The phone has a large 262k colour display which can be viewed when the phone is in the slide open or slide closed position.

The screen has a screen resolution of 240 x 320 pixels & provides the user with a high definition clear & colourful display. The E900 comes with a new Samsung user interface which is pleasing on the eye & has a user friendly menu system. The phone has a clear & precise squared keys on the phones internal keypad which makes inputting text easy for the user. The handset comes in a choice of colour which are black, silver & gold & only weighs 93 grams. The phone measures 93 x 45 x 16.5 mm which provides a slim slide opening mobile phone. The Samsung E900 is similar in looks to the LG KG800 Chocolate as they both come with slide opening systems complete with touch sensitive light enhanced keys.

The phone comes with 80 Mbytes of internal memory & the user can extend the phones memory capabilities by using the swappable MicroSD™ memory card feature. The user can connect the Samsung E900 to their PC, laptop & printer by using a Bluetooth® wireless connection or a USB wired connection. The Bluetooth® connection can be made to any Bluetooth® compatible device & allows the user to have the freedom of a wirefree connection. The phone comes with EDGE technology which will transfer data & download data three times faster than GPRS. The user can use the WAP XHTML browser to surf the Web. The E900 work over a GSM tri band network which will automatically switch between GSM 900, GSM 1800 & GSM 1900.

The high quality camera & video feature allows the user to switch between camera & video mode easily & all the controls are easy to access. The 2 megapixel camera is fun to use & comes with a built in flash. The user can enjoy capturing all of those special & fun moments as a still photo or as a video recording. The E900 comes with camera settings & video options to ensure that the best quality photo or video is gained for the user.

The Samsung E900 comes with a MP3, ACC, ACC+, WMA music player which can play all of the users favourite tracks at any time. The user can download & transfer music onto the phone easily which will ensure the user has the latest & their favourite music at all times. The user can change the phones ringing tones to suit their mood. The ringing tones come in MP3 sound or polyphonic ringtones with sixty four voice sound. The E900 comes with a speaker phone calling feature which allows the user to have take a call over the load speakers & the users voice can be picked up by the phones built in microphone. The user can store voice memos on the phone & make voice recording which can be sent to other contacts via multimedia messaging service. The phone comes with a vibration alert feature which can be activated to vibrate with a ringing tone.

The user can play Java™ games on their phone as the games come embedded & the user can download more games if they choose too.

Excellent Phone.

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The samsung e900 is a great handset with a great camera thats better than any other 2 million pixel camera I have seen.The camera takes wide range of colours and gives the option to change style or add a frame.

Music quality crystal clear and is pretty good regarding volume and its highest its very hearable. Theres also the tv output feature which is very practical as people needs are constantly changing and they want more than phone calls from their mobile phones.TV output means you can connect the phone directly to a tv set or AMP system via the tv out A/V cable thats provided.

Overall the E900 is a brilliant fone in all ways. The only downside which i could find is how sensitive the touch sensitive keys are, but this could be me being clumsy. The options on the phone are the best. I went from a d600 to this and I would never go back.

Design
In the phone's press release, Samsung extol the virtues of what they call the "futuristic touchscreen" navigation keys, which do away with "the need for excessive protruding buttons". While we'd argue that a protruding button or two is a necessity if you want a functional device, the fact that the keys lie in wait below the glossy surface -- awakening in a blaze of white backlight upon sliding the phone up -- does give the phone a smooth and sexy look.

Features
While the Chocolate had a relatively wussy feature set, a wealth of inclusions lurk beneath the E900's serene ebony surfaces. A 2-megapixel flash camera and 80MB of internal memory with microSD expansion slot compare favourably with the specs of the LG model -- which sports a 1.3-megapixel flash-free cam and non-expandable 128MB of space. One thing to note if you plan on storing a heap of songs: the E900 does not come with a microSD card.

Performance
As snazzy as they look, the touch-sensitive keys can cause problems. As we found with LG's Chocolate, it takes a while to adjust to using them -- instead of keeping your thumb on the phone and applying pressure, you need to lift it off for commands to register. The touch screen is very sensitive, and when you're typing a message or dialling a number, your thumb can often stray to the cancel key on the right. This can result in the instant deletion of that ultra-witty SMS you've been composing, which is quite the patience-tester.

The E900 does have some positive qualities -- the hand-friendly size, sub-menus and vibrant display are chief among them -- but touch-key issues, texting troubles and shutter lag brought its score down.

Condition poor described as nearly, new hardly used not according to the phones memory Also bad scratches to front and rear