I picked up a Samsung T528G phone a few days ago at Wal-Mart for $29. It uses the Straight Talk AT&T network. It has a lot of features that my iPhone has but many that it does't such as BT file transfers, you can block calls, has sound profiles for different situations, and the most important thing, I can hear it ring. You can use the $30 or $45 unlimited plan with this phone.
I've always had one issue with being able to hear my iPhone ring especially in the car ever since the original iPhone. This phone does not have that problem. At my job last night, someone across the room thought their phone was ringing when it was mine. I was using the same ring tone they do.
There are several widgets that you can place on any of three home screens such as weather, time and date, calendar, voice recognition, basically any of the features, even bluetooth. In portrait mode, you can use T9 or several other keyboards. In landscape, it uses a QWERTY keyboard or any other keyboard. The screen is smaller than what an iPhone has so this will not be for everyone. I want this for my job so I don't have to pull out an iPhone where there are often many people.
It can use a 32GB SD card.
You do have to be a bit careful when typing as it can be easy to hit a key next to it without trying although I have that happen frequently on my iPhone, especially with the calculator.
I am using Google Voice now to get calls on this phone from my iPhone. I don't ever plan on not using an iPhone as long as Apple continues making them, this is just something fun to play with and enjoy some features that my iPhone should have always had.
There is 3G and WiFi. battery life is amazing. I bought it Wednesday and still have three bars on the battery and I've played with it lots. It has a 10 day standby time and I think 7 hour talk time. The owners manual lacks a ton but the online manual is complete.
One other note, apps and folders can be locked with passwords.
A few pictures:
I've always had one issue with being able to hear my iPhone ring especially in the car ever since the original iPhone. This phone does not have that problem. At my job last night, someone across the room thought their phone was ringing when it was mine. I was using the same ring tone they do.
There are several widgets that you can place on any of three home screens such as weather, time and date, calendar, voice recognition, basically any of the features, even bluetooth. In portrait mode, you can use T9 or several other keyboards. In landscape, it uses a QWERTY keyboard or any other keyboard. The screen is smaller than what an iPhone has so this will not be for everyone. I want this for my job so I don't have to pull out an iPhone where there are often many people.
It can use a 32GB SD card.
You do have to be a bit careful when typing as it can be easy to hit a key next to it without trying although I have that happen frequently on my iPhone, especially with the calculator.
I am using Google Voice now to get calls on this phone from my iPhone. I don't ever plan on not using an iPhone as long as Apple continues making them, this is just something fun to play with and enjoy some features that my iPhone should have always had.
There is 3G and WiFi. battery life is amazing. I bought it Wednesday and still have three bars on the battery and I've played with it lots. It has a 10 day standby time and I think 7 hour talk time. The owners manual lacks a ton but the online manual is complete.
One other note, apps and folders can be locked with passwords.
A few pictures:
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