| Switching cell phone providers allows | | | | colorful and the buttons are easy to |
| consumers the opportunity to purchase [or get | | | | access.The SGH-x427m weighs a paltry 2 1/2 |
| for free after rebates] a new phone | | | | ounces. It is a flip phone housed in a tiny, |
| periodically. I recently made the switch and | | | | but attractive gray case. This particular |
| was given the usual list of phones to choose | | | | model was made for Cingular, a similar model |
| from. Being the thrifty guy that I am, I | | | | was made for AT&T, and the cost of the phone |
| chose the one that had the least cost to me | | | | retails for around $100-120. With rebates |
| once rebates were factored in. No, I did not | | | | your outlay should be minimal if not free. Of |
| get the plain jane freebie model, rather I | | | | course, that means signing up for the two |
| snagged Samsung's SGH-x427m phone. Let's take | | | | year plan with Cingular.Reception has been |
| a look at this unit and see how it stacks | | | | good with few dropped calls. I haven't |
| up.When I showed the Samsung phone to a | | | | experienced much static, but then again all |
| friend, he asked me if it was a camera phone. | | | | my calls have been in the vicinity of a |
| Nope. However, it does have multi media | | | | metropolitan area.For the features that this |
| messaging capabilities unlike its companion | | | | phone offers, the price, the cell phone plan |
| model the SGH-x427. The phone's main features | | | | and for battery life -- which is good -- I |
| include 40 ring tones, a calendar, a 500 name | | | | give this phone a 3-star rating. It isn't the |
| phone book, a to-do list, a memo pad, and a | | | | plain jane freebie model, nor is it the top |
| wireless Web browser. Most cell phones boast | | | | of the line can-do-everything model. |
| a speakerphone, which the Samsung curiously | | | | Consumers interested in something better will |
| does not have. The screen is bright and | | | | want to shop elsewhere. |