Samsung SGH-a177 64 MB Feature Phone, 2.2" LCD220 x 176, Black

I am really glad I got this phone just in time , bro" , I did not keep my fancy computer clean and cannot log on . But so very glad I can still HEARTHSTONE.

I have had my phone for about two years and it still works like it got it yesterday. The keyboard is a little small but i got used to it very quickly and im a girl who likes to have her nails done and i even texted fast with long nails. :) I do wish it came in other colors but black is fine. Phone calls come through great, able to have service almost anywhere. The texting and mobile email is great cause im usually always on the go and i like to check my email anytime i want. I have dropped my phone my times over the past two years and the phone still works great. But i did notice that lately the keys are getting worn out because of all the texting i do but that is expected after having the phone for over two years.

The speaker in my Samsung Propel broke 6 months before my contract was up, so I got this phone as a temporary back up. I bought it for the full keypad, which I need for texting, and because the interface was the most similar to the Propel that I loved so much. I am studying industrial design, so I'm extremely picky when it comes to electronics. My first issue (strictly nit-picky) is that it has two clocks on the display. I like a simple display, I would have just an image if I could. I can't for the life of me turn either of them off. My second issue is the sound settings. I want just a ringer but no other phone sounds, and it still makes noise whenever I send a text and take a picture. It bothers me so much I just turn all the sound off, which means no fun ring tones and lots of missed calls. Third issue: bluetooth won't work. I have the service, I know how to do it, but the dang phone just won't connect to my computer. Fourth: this camera is awful. As a art/design student I like having a camera on the fly, but this is pretty pathetic. Not that it matters, because I can't put the pictures on my computer anyway. My biggest issue with the phone is the keypad. It is a QWERTY, which I absolutely need, but the keys are crummy. If I write a standard size text with no backspacing, it is likely that there will be upwards of 15 errors (and I'm a fairly accurate texter--lots of practice). The A button skips a lot, and the O button has started repeating itself, sometimes three times. I liked the flat and spaced out buttons on the Propel, where these are all set right next to each other and have a really strange shape. Not ergonomic at all. My final key pad issue is that if I push the shift button, it goes over to number, which is entirely unnecessary because the function button can do that. If I push shift it should shift. Nothing about a shift key should mean number. I will admit that out of sheer stubbornness I have not replaced this phone. I like how it looks like a smart phone, though I don't use it as such, it's the perfect size, and it is really lightweight. The display and interface and sound is all good, and it was my cheapest qwerty option at the time. I support Samsung, and I really like the Alarms set up (the Samsung tune is the best alarm tone ever), but honestly they don't have any phones I like right now. I just want my Propel back.

If you text a lot this is not the phone for you, the keys because they are exposed they way the are they stop working easy after a while. I have to push a, n,m, l. hard to get them to work.

this product broke within 5 months of me having it. it just stopped working. first the #9 wouldnt work, then the entire phone stopped. i'd rate this very low.