- Compact slider phone for voice communication as well as text and instant messaging
- Pay for just the minutes you use with no annual contract–easy refill via Internet or prepaid cards
- VGA camera for still photos; Bluetooth for handsfree devices; personal organizer tools
- Up to 6 hours of talk time, up to 336 hours (14 days) of standby time
- What’s in the Box: handset, battery, charger, wired handsfree headset, getting started guide, user manual (English/Spanish)
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bought this phone and had to send it back. poor design w/ the shortcut button setup. the navigation buttons can not be set for user shortcut. when you slide the phone up theres a button only specifically for web (who uses web for this cheesy prepaid phone). also on the right there is a shortcut limited for only mail/text. why would they put this when their is already a shortcut for this on your navigation button? seems poorly designed.
my BIGGEST complain is i used my cell phone for alarm and this phone does NOT vibrate and the sound is really LOW. you can barely here it. sent it back and got the nokia 1680 instead. a way better phone with lots of shortcut options.
Rating: 1 / 5
I had an opportunity to help a neighbor with her “new” Samsun St-239 from T-Mobil. It’s her first cell phone.
She like the fact that it had a camera. She used it on a trip to California last week. Today she asked me to upload her photos to her computer.
You can’t do it with this phone. It does have Bluetooth but it is specifically not provided with any software that allows one to directly transfer (i. e. upload) photos to a pc or a Mac.
So how do you get the photos out? Per the user manual, you email them to yourself one photo at a time! That’s right, one photo at a time. .
You also can upload them to your Samsung MyAlbum somewhere on the web, but I believe that uses up some of your minutes.
Anyway, my personal feelings is that this is pretty archaic. My 5 year old Nokia 6102 flip phone uses Bluetooth to upload to pc’s or macs.
Plus the photos are VGA. Her pictures were grainy and fuzzy. The camera and the lack of Bluetooth uploads makes this phone/service combo more than a bit out of date to me.
Rating: 1 / 5
Samsung makes some pretty crappy phones but this has to be the worst of the worst. I needed a new phone without extending my t-mobile contract and this happened to be on sale (first sign to not get it).
Problems so far:
Falls apart easily (Back slides off and battery pops out)
Bad sound quality (sometimes it sounds like your underwater or talking in a box)
Random missed calls
Horrible Reception
Only Pros:
good battery life (very rare for a samsung phone)
Bunch of other annoying stuff also.
Rating: 1 / 5
It’s better and has more future then the older model sidekicks *The only smart phone I’ve ever owned* Battery life is great, looks good, plays games, you could use your own music for ringtones *Take that Sidekick* camera is great *and it could Zoom unlike another phone I used* You could change the plan on this phone at any time, free web browser *only could look at some random stuff, sports, and news* the list goes on and on. . . GREAT PRE-PAID PHONE!!
Rating: 5 / 5
I’m looking at the Samsung T239 manual right now (pg. 60) and it certainly DOES vibrate. The other reviewer is referring only to the alarm. And while dedicated web and mail keys may seem unnecessary on a prepaid phone, where you wouldn’t expect a lot of Internet access, this phone is also used with other types of T-Mobile plans.
One other thing. The product description has an error. While text messages on T-Moble’s monthly plans are $0. 20 to send and receive, on the prepaid plans they are $. 10 to send and $. 05 to receive. Go figure.
Rating: 5 / 5