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E315 Celluar Phone | 
| Brand: Samsung
Category: Wireless
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Rating:  92 reviews
Sales Rank: 5984
Media: Wireless Phone Accessory
Model: E315
UPC: 610214610584
EAN: 0610214610584
ASIN: B00066MA9W
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Amazon.com Product Description
Compatible with T-Mobile cell phone service, the ultralight Samsung E315 sports world-band capability, a digital VGA camera, GPRS high-speed data download, and more, all displayed on two color screens: the 128 x 160-pixel, 65,000-color primary interior display, and a generous 96 x 64-pixel, 65,000-color external screen. Calling Features
Click the image to get a closer look at the E315's features. | Used simply as a phone, the E315 features a 5-way navigation button that makes it easy for you got get to its handy features, which include a voice mail button, voice mail indicator, volume select/display, signal strength indicator, call timers, redial, missed call indicator, call log, any-key answer, auto-redial, roaming indicator, speed dial, phonebook lookup, phonebook scroll, mute control, no-answer transfer, usage alert, vibrating ring, differential ring, photo caller ID, and a hefty phone book capacity of 1000 entries. Messaging and Internet
The phone's wireless Internet browser provides high-speed data transmission via GPRS, as well as MMS and advanced EMS messaging, which lets you send, receive and edit text, voice, and pictures (such as ones you take with the camera) to and from other compatible cell phones and computers. You'll also get instant messaging via Wireless Village, with predictive text input and text message templates. To expand your phone's functionality, simply surf the Web and Samsung's Web site for additional productivity software applications; this phone supports Java MIDP 2.0/CLDC 1.0.4. Organizer
The Samsung E315's organizer features include an alarm, calendar, to-do list, clock with world time mode, calculator, currency exchange calculator, and voice memo, among others. You can also sync up data from your phone's organizer with your PC. Cameras, Fun, and Games
As mentioned above, the E315 comes with an integrated VGA digital camera that takes 640 x 480-pixel photos, and provides digital zoom, a self-timer, multi-shot and night-shot modes, and some effects and digital frames. You can also download and play video clips from the Web. For more fun, a wide variety of games, polyphonic ring tones, and graphics are available for download from the Web. Vital Statistics
The Samsung E315 weighs 2.83 ounces and measures 3.27 x 1.81 x 0.91 inches. Its Lithium Ion batteries are rated at 210 minutes minimum talk time, and 240 hours minimum standby time. It runs on GSM 900/1900 MHz. What's in the Box
Samsung E315 cell phone, battery, charger, hands-free headset, manual
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| Customer Reviews: Read 87 more reviews...
 Nice little phone November 24, 2004
T. Chan (Lawrence, KS)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
I had been waiting for this phone to come out because most of the camera phones on the market are either too heavy or big, even though they have very good features. This phone has almost all features as the other ones and it almost as light as the 'non-camera' one (E105). i can't feel it at all after i put it in my jeans pocket.
It's been working nicely since I got it and I was surprised by all the bad reviews shown here on amazon. the last person talked about how difficult it is to add a number to an already existing entry. I just did that this morning without looking at the phone manual and i had no problem at all. (And also I dont really have too much experience on different cell phones and therefore adding new entries shouldn't be a problem for most of the people.)
Besides the light weight and tiny size, it also has a camera that can take both pictures and videos (of course with not very high quality) but for the money i spent i think the camera works pretty good. (it's just some cool stuff coming with the phone for you to play with, if you want to take great picture you might as well get a digital camera, right?) one bad thing about the camera is that the shutter sound cannot be turned off. (i read through the manual and i could not find a way to disable it so i assume it can't be done. please let me know if any of you can turn it off)
either as a cell phone or something that you could play around while connecting with your friends at the same time, samsung E315 does a great job. it surely worths the price and can definitely complete its tasks.
(by the way the service light is very cute)
Great Phone for the Non-business User February 8, 2005
Susie Kang (Los Angeles, CA)
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
Update: To download a phone number, you can go to the My T-mobile homepage, click on Communication Tools. Under Resources (upper-right hand corner), click on "Download Phone Numbers." If the name has existing numbers, it will be saved as a mobile number, the first in the list.
PROS:
1) Price: FREE last month, along with Samsung d415 under a family plan from a cell store. This phone will probably be phased out soon, but my $75 Sony Ericsson T610 died after 14 months and I needed a replacement.
2) Looks: Thin and light, with color external & internal screens.
3) Reception and Voice Quality: Great, at least in LA where T-Mobile offers great service.
4) Phone book: Can accomodate multiple numbers per name, e.g. I can put under "MOM" 3 mobile numbers, 2 house numbers, AND 2 work numbers, but there's a catch. See CONS.
5) Photo Caller ID: You can assign a different pic for each number, which is great though the external screen's small.
6) Camera: You can choose from the following effects: gray scale, negative, sepia, sketch, emboss, and of course color. Better quality and more choices than the T610.
Note on the Service Light: Can be easily turned off, but useful if you often lose your phone and need to find it in the dark (without calling yourself).
CONS:
1) Phone book: If you want to add a 2nd number to a name, you must input the number, save it as a mobile/work/home #, then input the name. . . . Alternatively, if you try to add a new number to "MOM", it'll be saved as a nameless number, and then you have to edit the name to be "MOM."
2) A little Noisy.
If you don't want to turn off your phone: "Vibrate" works, but it can be loud on a hard surface, like a table. In the "light only" (multi-colored flashing) mode, the phone makes a small noise, when the caller hangs up.
If you're a business user, I suggest Sprint phones. However, a casual user could do worse than this phone.
GREAT PHONE OVERALL! March 15, 2005
Anna Kleyman
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I will just give you a brief overview.
1. Great design and feels awesome.
2. Easy to use.
3. Good camera and has capability of taking pictures of yourself (like when the cell is closed).
4. Poor video (but who really needs it)
5. VERY good battery life.
6. Excellent sound quality.
7. Sometimes if volume is very high the person to whom you are speaking, they hear an echo because the speakers makes the sound and the sound goes back into the mic). Don't set volume all the way up.
8. Top pick out of the t-mobile free phones.
Wonderful phone! May 12, 2005
E. Ward (Washington, USA)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I carefully studied all my options when selecting this phone. I was first drawn to it because it is so cute, but that's no reason to buy something. After comparing the features of a number of T-Mobile phones, I came back to this one. I got it in the mail three days ago, and it's clear that it's perfect for me.
First, as a phone, it works well. The ringer, even on the lowest volume setting, is still pretty loud. There is no speaker phone, but it's not really necessary as there is a hands-free headset included with the phone. I haven't had any problems with sound quality.
The camera is very cool. It has some cute effects, like sepia and negative colors, as well as some fun borders for pictures. The pictures can be taken in a number of sizes (up to 640 by 480 pixels.) Pictures can be used for picture caller ID (I really dig gimmicks like that) which also displays on the external color screen. Pictures can also be sent in messages to email addresses, so you don't need any cables to put them onto your computer.
The picture quality on the computer is about the same as a mid-quality webcam picture. It's not crystal clear, but not too fuzzy either.
The phone comes with a few full-color java games, which aren't bad, and the opportunity to download more games. The included ring tones aren't spectacular, but again you can download more, and the sound quality is pretty good on those.
The phone has both AIM and ICQ on it, so you can instant message people while you're on the go. It's not an entirely practical feature, but it's nifty.
This phone also has "T-Zones" which I haven't explored much yet. One can use it to get movie times and weather reports, as well as download ring tones, wallpapers and games.
The phone also has an organizer with a calendar, calculator and to-do list.
I notice that many of the negative issues mentioned by other reviewers are covered in the user manual. The predictive text input (t9) allows the user to add words to the dictionary (a very convenient feature that wasn't present in my old Samsung r225.) If the word you wish to type is not offered by the dictionary, the left soft key will have the "add" option so that you can type the word and it will save in the dictionary.
The phone also has pretty good battery life, considering how much I've been playing with the camera over the past few days since I received it.
The only negative aspects of this phone for me, are:
-the ringer is still pretty loud on the lowest setting
-the wallpaper on the small external screen is limited to the four choices that come with the phone: blue, light blue, green and purple.
Great phone!!! June 22, 2005
Patrick S. Herring (Albuquerque, NM USA)
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
Mine has great reception. I suspect the poor connection problems others have reported have more to do with with cell tower availability than with the phone.
I use the camera daily during my property evaluations and thus end up with a pretty high volume of photos. I avoided the T-Mobile picture messaging charges by connecting the phone directly to my computer with a data cable I won on Ebay for only $0.98 plus shipping. Here's the Ebay listing:
FOR Samsung E315 E316 E317 D415 x427 Data Cable+CD+More
I then downloaded a free e315 data handling program from the Samsung web site. The program is:
Samsung PC Studio II PIMS & File Manager
I connect the cable to my USB port, fire up the program and download the photos into my computer.
By the way, Samsung sells the cable and software as a kit but they charge $80.
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