The Samsung Black Jack SGH-i607 (AT&T)

The price of the Samsung Black Jack varies from $249.99 to $379.99. It can either be bought from TigerDirect.com or AT&T. The users have provided it with the rating good; it has been awarded 6.9 on 10, while the editor of the cell review site has agreed to award it very good rating. This is thinnest phone available today. The black color of the phone is very attractive and due to its slim nature it is easy to grip. The keypad is easy to use and the backlight helps to type in dim light or darkness too. The Black Jack is equipped with 1.3 mega pixel camera, which also allows video recording and 2x digital zoom with a self timer. It allows two shooting modes as well as two sizes for any photo. The picture clarity is to be appreciated. The video recording can be done both with and without sound.

The phone supports instant messaging as well as text and multimedia messaging. It also supports corporate and personal emails. It serves as a pocket size computer. It has facilities of conference calling, speaker phone and three ways calling too. The memory is strong and helps store up to 12 numbers against each entry along with email, home and work address. There are about twenty ring tones. The phone also supports MP3 tones. Contact groups can be identified with pictures assigned to them. Voice recorder, calculator, calendar, converter, world clock are its other attractions. It also allows viewing Word and Excel documents along with PowerPoint presentations and PDF. These files can be opened and transferred successfully with the help of this phone.

The phone has a Bluetooth 2.0 and an extremely fine call quality. The phone is slim and hence very gorgeous, and has a facility of push email helping to send emails faster. It has a self-portrait mirror too.

The problem is that the navigation is too crowded. Few applications take time to load.

The LG Aloha –LX140 (Virgin Mobile)

This phone has been rated as good by the editors of the cell review site. But the users seem to be quite happy with the phone. Many have rated it as perfect. This is a flip phone with no external display. The screen can be seen when the front flap is opened. There is a red light on the phone which blinks to confirm that the phone is on, it can also be switched off. The size of the phone is average and it is of quite light weight. The internal screen is relatively small according to the size of the phone, it’s only 1.5 inches, and it only supports a text of 8 lines. The backlight and the font size can be changed and adjusted. The keypad is well designed, the buttons are large in size and there is a backlight to have a better view of the keypad. The buttons are at a distance which makes it easier to dial and type. The phone does not have space for a large phone book. It can only support 199 contacts; five phone numbers, three email addresses, one web address and notes can be supported against each contact entry. There are a total 10 polyphonic ring tones. Caller groups can be formed and each group can be assigned with one of the ring tones. There are two games included in this set, the games are, ZooZooClub and Battle Reverse. More games can be downloaded with the help of the phone’s wireless browser. The phone provides a space of 3.5 MB for storing any downloaded content. Other features are a voice memo recorder, speakerphone, alarm clock, a notepad, a scheduler, world clock, text messaging and a tip calculator. It also has voice dialing facility.

The phone is quite a simple one and is very much user friendly. The battery supports three hours of talk time.

The call quality is not too good and lacks external display.