- Svelte clamshell-style phone weighs just 2.9 ounces in stylish red with quad-band GSM and EDGE connectivity
- Multimedia messaging –send text, photos and sounds; IM via Windows Live, AOL and Yahoo!; compatible with AT&T Mobile Banking
- Bluetooth connectivity for communication headsets; integrated VGA camera for still photos
- Up to 5 hours of talk time, up to 250 hours (10+ days) of standby time; measures 1.89 x 3.74 x 0.63 (WxHxD)
- Includes: handset, rechargeable battery, charger, printed user manual and quick start guide
Amazon.com Product Description
Offering a slim, lightweight clamshell design, the Samsung A437 is a great choice for users looking for an easy-to-use and affordable cell phone that’s outfitted with some very helpful extras. Weighing just 2.9 ounces, the svelte A437 measures 0.63 inches thick and is easily pocketable. It includes a number of handy features that will enhance your mobile lifestyle, including Bluetooth wireless connectivity for hands-free headsets, an integrated VGA-quality still camera, and an external display that shows who’s calling as well as the current time. This quad-band phone communicates over GSM/GPRS networks and offers global voice and data roaming in over 125 countries. This model comes in gold, and it’s also available in slate gray and gold.
This lightweight clamshell phone includes an external display, VGA still camera, and Bluetooth wireless connectivity. |
AT&T Service This phone operates on GSM 850/900/1800/1900 networks and can handle high-speed data connectivity via AT&T’s EDGE network (which stands for “Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution”), with availability in more than 13,000 US cities and along some 40,000 miles of major highways. This third-generation, high-speed, mobile data and Internet access technology is fast enough to support a wide range of advanced data services (with average data speeds between 75-135Kbps), including video and music clips, full picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet access, and email on the go.
It’s also pre-loaded with AT&T’s Mobile Banking application, which is compatible with accounts from banks including Wachovia, SunTrust, Synovus, and BancorpSouth. Mobile Banking from AT&T affords you the flexibility to stay on top of your banking needs while you’re on the move, enabling you to check your account balance, securely transfer funds between your eligible accounts, view and pay bills, and review your transaction history. AT&T customers pay no additional fee to access mobile banking and, because the application resides on the handset, the service is optimized to reduce the number of new page views necessary to complete a transaction. Minimal data usage charges apply and vary based on individual use.
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.
Phone Features The A437 sports an interior 2-inch color LCD that has a 128 x 160-pixel resolution and 65,000 colors. The external monochrome display measures 1 inch, has a 96 x 96-pixel resolution, and offers 4 levels of gray. The internal phone book can hold up to 1000 entries (in addition to 250 numbers saved to the SIM card)–with up to 5 numerical entries plus email address per contact–and it supports up to 40 digits and 16 characters. Other dialing features include 8 one-touch numbers for easy access to your most frequent contacts and the last 30 incoming/outgoing/missed calls. In addition to voice calls, text messaging, and MMS capability, you can also connect via Instant Messaging (IM) services such as Windows Live, Yahoo!, and AOL.
Because the A437 is Bluetooth enabled, wireless headsets can be configured with the phone for total hands-free operation; it also includes a headset jack for wired earpieces. Browse the internet with MEdia Net browser (WAP) quickly with one button access. The VGA camera captures still images up to 640 x 480 pixels, and it includes a 2x digital zoom and a three-option self-timer. Other features include:
- Built-in Java support enables you to download mobile applications, wallpapers and ringtones
- Personal Organizer (Calendar, Calculator, Scheduler, Memo, Task, Currency Converter, Tip Calculator)
- Video clip playback (MMS messages)
- My Business Card (contact cards that can be attached to MMS messages)
- Speakerphone, voice recorder
- Multi-lingual text display (English, French, Spanish)
- Wireless modem capability
- Stopwatch (4-lap stopwatch)
- Countdown timer (99 Hours, 59 Minutes)
- Unique ringers (match a finger to a caller in the phonebook)
- Predictive text entry using T9 technology
- Three-way calling; conference call (1 + 5)
- Illuminated backlit keypad
- Hearing aid compatibility = M3/T3
Vital Statistics
The A437 weighs 2.9 ounces and measures 3.74 x 1.89 x 0.63 inches. Its 900 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 5 hours of talk time, and up to 250 hours of digital standby time (over 10 days). It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies.
Allow me to begin this review with a eardrum splitting “this phone totally rocks!” What’s that you say, not enough of a description? How much does this phone rock? This phone rocks like if you were to go to a Metallica, Anthrax, Megadeth, AND Slayer concert all in the same day and then times that by 3 to the 5th power. That’s how much this phone rocks. Speaking of rocks that brings me to the subject of durability.
About a week after I got this phone I was unicycling through the Rocky Mountains in a bright red clown suit when all of the sudden I was hit by a mighty avalanche of rocks the size of small houses. I was completely buried, my cycling helmet was crushed, my left shoe was swallowed by a roving bear cub and the tire depressurized. In spite of all of this, this highly durable phone somehow survived the impact. Because of this, I was able to dial 911 and the local authorities summoned some local volunteer drunks to dig me out of the rubble. Now that’s what I call durability. If that isn’t enough for you, well there’s more. That’s right MORE.
Another time I won a local sweepstakes to become a space tourist on the space station for a week via the Space Shuttle Endeavor. Upon takeoff we had lost a heat tile from the belly area of shuttle’s fuselage. While we orbited the Earth at 25,000 MPH I did a space walk and replaced the missing heat tile with my cell phone. As we prepared to land at Edwards AFB it seemed like it was going to be a rough entry into the upper atmosphere. Fortunately this highly durable phone somehow protected us from the super high temperatures of friction during re-entry into Atmo. After we landed I walked under the belly of the space shuttle and retrieved my phone which had saved us from sure disaster. I used it to order a pizza to make sure it still worked. Myself and the shuttle crew ate 3 pizzas right there on the runway. How’s that for durability?
The other thing I like about this phone is its ability to get a signal where other’s cannot. One time I was kidnapped and placed inside of a triple layered lead coffin. Somehow I was able to get a signal in spite of this. I called my friend who happens to be a part time ninja and she came and busted up the would be kidnappers and Karate chopped the coffin wide open and I was free. Thanks phone people for a making phone with such great reception.
Another thing I’ve noticed since purchasing this phone is that I seem to be able to guess winning lottery numbers EVERY single time I play lotto. Now, thanks to the clairvoyant powers this phone has given me I am a multi-billionaire and live in a giant golden castle off the coast of a uncharted tropical island. Before I bought this phone I was morbidly obese and had really bad breath. The phone has made me slim and muscular within a week and my breath constantly smells like freshly picked spring mint..even after I eat raw onions, garlic, and pickled iguana kidneys. Now I’m married to a really beautiful world class Milan runway model who tells me that I rule. What can I say? I love this phone.
Rating: 5 / 5