
![]() Keep in touch with voice communication, mobile email and instant messaging, MEdia Net browsing, plus both text and instant messaging. |
The phone has a built-in web browser for MEdia Net downloads and mobile web browsing. AT&T's MEdia Net service enables you to receive and send emails, read news headlines, get weather updates, download games and ringtones, and more (requires additional service subscription).
![]() The A237 offers convenient Bluetooth handsfree communication and a VGA camera. |
The integrated speakerphone provides loud and clear handsfree communication, and it also offers Bluetooth technology (version 2.0) for connecting to communication headsets and handsfree car kits.
The VGA camera on the front of the phone's clamshell can capture images in multiple resolutions (640 x 480, 320 x 240, 128 x 160, and 128 x 96 pixels). The camera also features a self-timer (3, 5, or 10 seconds) as well as white balance and brightness adjustments.
Support is built in for sending and receiving text, video, graphics and sound via messages. It has a My Business Card feature, which enables you to send a contact card attached to a multimedia (MMS) message. Additionally, you can check your personal email and chat with IM buddies using AOL, Windows Live, and Yahoo! services. T9 text entry, a technology that makes it easier for people to enter words and text on handsets, is built into the unit--a plus for mobile email and text messaging users.
Other features include:
Vital Statistics
The Samsung A237 weighs 3 ounces and measures 3.4 x 1.7 x 0.8 inches. Its 800 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 3 hours of talk time, and up to 240 hours (10 days) of standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies.
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Average Customer Review:
based on 2 reviews
Ok, more stuff than what I need
April 8, 2009
Reviewer: Ben J. Beach "benjamin_380xd" (Butler, PA United States) -
My Moto V180 was going out so I trundled over to AT&T store for a phone upgrade. The most basic model they had was this one and I got it for only $18.00 fee.
Voice quality is quite good. Better than the Moto phone and I have no more static when I talk.
It does take some reading to set up the keys to make it do what you want rather than go to the internet(along with $$$$ to download data). It does not lend itself to texting (but I don't do that anyway). Ringtones included with the phone are quite limited and I think it's ludicrous to pay AT&T $2.49 just for another tone.
The camera is a basic VGA type and there is no provision to download it off the phone to your PC.
Run do not walk to another phone!
June 1, 2009
Reviewer: Beti Ryan-mercer "Veterans Advocate" (Arizona) -
We changed service from t-mobile to at&t got the phone freebie and HATED it! The closed screen display doesn't. Blank screen! Can't see what time it is, how many bars you have, missed call, nada! Went to an at&t store, customer service said the new at&t phones are ALL that way. Went back to t-mobile and still had to pay at&t for the days they were supposed to cancel my account and didn't.