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