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Reviewer: Kelvin Jenkins - UK
Date: 17th Aug 2010

I thought this phone looked OK & had some useful features but I was very disappointed in the battery life. This is the worst telephone I have ever owned. I should have returned it to the store or Samsung but like a fool I tried to carry on.

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Reviewer: Michael - Gibraltar
Date: 25th Jun 2010

This phone is great for me, its cheap & battery is solid! Nice One Samsung!

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Reviewer: Lala - UK
Date: 13th Nov 2009

Good phone.

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Reviewer: Beebo - Oldham, UK
Date: 25th Oct 2009

Just bought the C300 & find it absolutely perfect as a simple but functional mobile. My previous phone had a camera but I never used it. The C300 slips into my shirt pocket very nicely. I find that simple ringtones & wallpapers are more than adequate, bells & whistles don't excite me much.

For those people who seem to find difficulty with changing from predictive text, the instructions are quite clear.

- Press the right soft key until the input mode indicator you want appears T9.
- Then predictive A.
- Then ABC mode 1.
- Then Number mode No Display.
- Then Symbol mode.

Well done Samsung.

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Reviewer: Stephen Nobbs - Norwich, UK
Date: 12th Sep 2009

I only need a phone to make calls & send & receive texts, so this basic, cheap mobile is ideal for me. I like it's shape & form & it is just about compact enough for me. My only minor criticism is it is slightly too deep (the width & length of the phone are perfect). I can thoroughly recommend the phone to everybody who just wants to make calls & send texts.

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Reviewer: James - UK
Date: 3rd Aug 2009

The keys are reasonably chunky, definitely bigger than Nokia & Sony Ericsson. It's a reliable handset only let down by dubious ringtones. That aside you can't really go wrong here.

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Reviewer: Elizabeth - UK
Date: 13th Jul 2009

Can anyone tell me if the buttons on this phone are big. I am looking for a phone for my mum who has problems with her hands & vision. Big button phones are very expensive but I need a basic phone for her to keep purely for contact.

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Reviewer: Louis - Malta
Date: 15th May 2009

Hello I had this phone for about one year & I think it is perfect.

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Reviewer: J Cutter - Poole, UK
Date: 22nd Mar 2009

Just bought this phone for my 91 year old neighbour! If he can use it anyone can. Perfect for just being in contact when needed.

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Reviewer: J Greenwood - Surrey, UK
Date: 18th Feb 2009

Nice little phone but absolutely no use in poorer reception areas like our house & large shops, where other phones work.

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Reviewer: Dan - Evesham, UK
Date: 12th Feb 2009

As with Jana (1st Jan review) I bought this as a replacement for a terminally broken U600, using a cheap PAYG handset on contract until the upgrade scenario improved. C300 is simply great. Calls & texts are handled admirably, battery is solid. If you want a no-nonsense phone that doesn't think it's a miniature laptop then here you go.

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Reviewer: Alan - Malta
Date: 4th Feb 2009

Its the best phone guys.

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Reviewer: Ken - Wolverhampton, UK
Date: 30th Jan 2009

It's easy to turn off T9 you just press the right hand navigation button.

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Reviewer: J - Whitley Bay, UK
Date: 21st Jan 2009

Fine for phoning, but the fact you can't turn the T9 off easily makes me want to smash it into the nearest wall. Off to anger management classes.

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Reviewer: Markb - UK
Date: 13th Jan 2009

Cannot seem to get Callers name to appear on incoming calls. Any ideas? Cheers.

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Reviewer: Cherry - Stafford, UK
Date: 1st Jan 2009

Has this phone got a calendar? With my upgrade allowance I can buy this phone from Virgin for £4.67 but I need one with a calendar on it!

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Reviewer: Pete Chandler - UK
Date: 30th Dec 2008

I am of the old school & want a mobile that makes & receives calls & texts. This phone is perfect at £14.69 from Argos. I have all the other specialist gadgets I need & am not so self centred to believe that the world will stop if I do not receive an email etc the moment it is sent.

This phone is stylish, simple, functional & cheap.

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Reviewer: James - Wishaw, UK
Date: 18th Dec 2008

This phone has no camera. This phone doesn't play MP3s. This phone doesn't connect well to the Internet. But here's some news people, a camera takes the best pictures & MP3 player plays the best music & a PC is best for the Internet. What this phone does is be a phone & a great little phone at that. Great signal. Tremendous for texting & loads of talk time. What more do peeps want for £20.

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Reviewer: Ngoni Taruvinga - Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Date: 14th Dec 2008

It's a simple, good compatible phone, easy & fun to use because it's not so hard to get to use. Thanks Samsung for such a nice phone keep it up & it's so cheap I only bought it for R400 (RSA) something like US$40, such a nice phone.

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Reviewer: Jana - London, UK
Date: 1st Dec 2008

If you want to make calls only & send texts, that's a perfect phone for you. I bought it as a substitute phone when my U600 (that's real rubbish) broke down & I have to say, always works well, easy to use, small, lightweight & after all, design is good too. It's definitely better & lasts longer than many fancy phones.

Recommend it, get it, excellent value for the money! Reminds me of my good old D500, that was so good too, I am missing it!

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Reviewer: John Thompson - Manchester, UK
Date: 2nd Nov 2008

For the money this is fantastic. I was looking for a budget mobile phone & was offered a Motorola with basically nothing apart from the ability to send & receive calls & this Samsung which does so much more for the same price & looks semi stylish as well! What's annoying is the fun stuff that's bundled with the phone, it is all truly dire, but when you sit back & realize all you're getting with this bargain basement phone, now that is fun & a great mobile bargain. Recommended 100 per cent.

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Reviewer: Coley - Australia
Date: 24th Sep 2008

This is a very usable phone but its features are bad. It doesn't have Bluetooth OR the very simple installation of a camera. In saying that, its design & usability are great it isn't hard to find anything. The manual isn't great, not a lot of information there but it's easy to figure out.

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Reviewer: Heid - UK
Date: 18th Sep 2008

It's a good phone I bought it for twenty pound & I like it its so easy to use but I wish I had chose the pink one I love the phone I bought it twice because I like it loads I had it got rid of it because I bought a Nokia but I had to go back to my Samsung c300.

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Reviewer: James - Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Date: 3rd Sep 2008

It's a phone & doesn't pretend to be anything else.

I chose this phone for that very reason. It's ideal, easy to use, decent battery life & ringtones you can hear.

Great phone for those of us who don't need or want gizmo's.

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Reviewer: Esther - US
Date: 2nd Sep 2008

To turn off predictive text you will need to hold down star if it's like my Samsung phone.

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Reviewer: Jane Parker - Rochdale, UK
Date: 24th Aug 2008

Functional phone but how do I turn off predictive text? ! HELP!

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Reviewer: Jess - Norwich, UK
Date: 24th Aug 2008

Brilliant phone, but after a few months of having it half of the screen cracked not sure why but it was very annoying because it was such a good phone!

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Reviewer: Mick Gahagan - Preston, UK
Date: 3rd Aug 2008

This is pretty good for price, only problem I have had is that I sent 2 text messages to Belgium & they did not get there, still better than the alcatel I owned previously.

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Reviewer: Gill - Essex, UK
Date: 30th Jul 2008

I have to admit when I read the reviews on this site while waiting to receive my Samsung c300 I was thinking, how bad can ringtones & wallpaper be? Well, I soon found out, they are pretty dire!

Having said that, if you have a life & don't rely on ownership of the latest expensive do it all phone as an extension of your personality to preserve your self esteem, & have more interesting things to spend your money on this is just the job. Makes calls, sends texts, £18 including next day delivery, perfect!

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Reviewer: Abdou - Marrakech, Morocco
Date: 16th Jul 2008

Hello there I have just got thismobile phone there are no games, no sounds, how can I get some? & can I play MP3 music on it?

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Reviewer: Ray - Hull, UK
Date: 14th Jul 2008

I like the C300, no frills just a phone & texts only, one moan can anybody tell me can you turn off that T9. It really gets on my wick.

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Reviewer: Luke - Hull, UK
Date: 17th Jun 2008

I am one of those people that's very clumsy & I am always breaking things. So this phone is perfect for me because it's sturdy & solid. It is a very user friendly phone, my dad has one & as well as me, & he's never been good at using fine, but he finds the C300 very easy to use.

The C300 has a simple design & there aren't many features to it. But what more do you want for 20 quid? !

I don't see the point in complaining about the phone not having Bluetooth or a camera, because if you wanted that, buy another phone, this phone was designed to be simple & easy to use.

I would recommend this phone to anybody who just wants a cheap, user friendly phone.

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Reviewer: Annelise Hamilton - South Shields, UK
Date: 15th Jun 2008

Hi, my Cousin used to have this phone but after a while he didn't like it & wanted to get a new one. Because it had no Music Player, no Bluetooth, no Photo Camera, no video camera it had nothing of the sort that is out now & Now he has a Samsung E900 he likes it & I like it too although I own A Samsung E250V. Thanks for Spending Time To Read This Review.

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Reviewer: Harry - Eastbourne, UK
Date: 14th Jun 2008

WHEN I FIRST LOOKED AT THIS PHONE IT DIDN'T LOOK THAT INTRESTING, BUT AS I LOOK AT IT MORE CAREFULLY IT DOES LOOK REALLY NICE & IS QUITE FASHIONABLE & IF YOU NEED A SIMPLE & GOOD LOOKING PHONE THIS IS the PHONE FOR YOU. I LOVE THIS PHONE SO MUCH!

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Reviewer: Val - Kos, Greece
Date: 6th Jun 2008

As the phone is roaming the network & blocking text messages out its not much use when you can, to reply to messages received from the uk.

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Reviewer: Aggie - Nairobi, Kenya
Date: 24th May 2008

HOW DO I GET TO the Internet USING THIS PHONE? Can't EVEN ACCESS the GPRS? CAN SOMEONE ASSIST!

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Reviewer: Thibaut - UK
Date: 30th Apr 2008

This does what it says on the tin. It's a mobile phone, I.e. You can call people, (almost) wherever you are.

It doesn't have all the features that some phones have but they're not mobile phones, they're multimedia devices, most of which are a jack of all trades, master of none.

& I don't like the idea of spending a lot of money on something that does a lot of things poorly & is fragile. If you want a significant portion of your life in one place, just tape the separate things together; they will work better.

Cons, tones are quite loud, WAP & GPRS never worked (not really a problem), messages are not easily saved & it can't vibrate & ring at the same time.

Summary, few 'features', cheap, sturdy, works.

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Reviewer: Happy - UK
Date: 20th Apr 2008

I just bought this phone for £20. I had a really modern phone before & only bought this because it was cheap. This phone doesn't really have much, but what it does have is really amazing! I am so happy with this phone. The only thing it lacks is a camera & Bluetooth & it would be one of the best, but I still love this phone! It is so GOOD!

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Reviewer: Mellouli - Sousse, Tunisia
Date: 19th Apr 2008

I have problem with the battery which during the nights the phone is always on & in the morning the battery is out that's why I didn't understand this problem, has someone got the same problem & if possible help me.

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Reviewer: Miss Help Me - UK
Date: 31st Mar 2008

Right OK, WELL. I was going to buy this phone for fathers day for my dad because it looked simple & easy to use as he has only had 3 phones in his life & broke the last two, he is not very good at using computers phones. Etc. So I thought it would be perfect but after reading all these reviews I am not sure & more so I am thinking of looking elsewhere PLEASE HELP ME!

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Reviewer: Sam - London, UK
Date: 30th Mar 2008

You love it or you hate it.

If you're a kid who wants an MP3, a camera, blah blah bling bling, go somewhere else.

If you're more mature & just need a well made stylish phone that does everything beautifully & simply without fuss & bother, for under £20, this phone is for you.

Makes my old Nokia look like something from the ark, perfect for my needs.

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Reviewer: Anon - UK
Date: 30th Mar 2008

Good points.
- Small, & not too flashy.
- Simple design.
- Looks good.
- Easy to use.
- Cheap.

Bad points.
- Terrible ringtones.
- Obviously has none of the popular additions such as MP3 or camera etc.

This phone does what it was made for very well, it's good if you are on a budget & don't need or want a camera or MP3 on your phone or if it is your first phone.

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Reviewer: The King - Jamaica
Date: 22nd Mar 2008

This phone is rubbish. Worst phone by Samsung.

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Reviewer: David Baker - Australia
Date: 22nd Mar 2008

Hi, I think you should update the c300 so it has a camera, Bluetooth & MP3 player & ringtones, regards david.

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Reviewer: Jafar - Gonbad, Iraq
Date: 18th Mar 2008

Very beautiful.

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Reviewer: Andrew Wiseman - Ipswich, UK
Date: 17th Mar 2008

CAN anyone HELP, HOW CAN I GET ON the Internet WITH THIS PHONE BECAUSE I CAN'T GET ON IT. PLEASE HELP ME.

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Reviewer: Meomeo - Selangor, Malaysia
Date: 13th Mar 2008

Design of the phone is looking cool, so simple.

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Reviewer: OAP - Cambs, UK
Date: 29th Feb 2008

How can you display Time & Date. Otherwise very simple & uncluttered tool.

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Reviewer: Alan Paterson - Falkirk, UK
Date: 17th Feb 2008

Bought one for my mum as I liked it so much, bought one for myself at the same time. I love being able to download ringtones, though a wee bit expensive. Only problem I am having is with the WAP browser, it was OK to begin with but now hardly ever connects?

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Reviewer: Matt - UK
Date: 9th Feb 2008

Great little phone not many features but very good for the price. A good buy!

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Reviewer: Fran - London, UK
Date: 9th Feb 2008

I do have to say that this phone is a bargain if you just want to call & text!

If you are on a budget but still want a phone that does not look cheap & nasty then this is great!

It's the cheapest phone I have ever purchased & it's design is far better than any of the cheapest Nokia phones which retail for the same price!

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Reviewer: Gemini - Romania
Date: 30th Jan 2008

It's very good I have one & it's I like it very much.

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Reviewer: Cindy - Sydney, Australia
Date: 29th Jan 2008

I think that the mobile phone is very stylish & pretty.

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Reviewer: Matt - Oxford, UK
Date: 28th Jan 2008

I just love this phone. It's small, it's easy to use & it looks good. So long as you are looking to make & receive phone calls & send & receive texts, & not an awful lot else, this phone is fantastic. Yeah, if you're looking for a camera & a MP3 player then this phone is not for you, but it does the essentials faultlessly. Ring tones are dodgy, but the vibrate alert is perfectly adequate on its own. I am very happy with this simple & effective phone: I highly recommend it to anyone looking for an easy to use, cheap, cheerful, basic model. For me it ticks all the right boxes.

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Reviewer: Hamzah - UK
Date: 21st Jan 2008

I think this phone is completely whack! If you people out there want a phone with gadgets then this is NOT the phone but if it's for ringing then it's ideal. However I recommend no one to buy this phone. It's useless. DAMN I WASTED MY MONEY!

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Reviewer: Jo Marsh - Glenrothes, UK
Date: 17th Jan 2008

I cannot believe people are giving this phone a hard time because it does not have a camera, Bluetooth or stunning ringtones!

It costs under £20! What do you expect?

It has a great design for this price, slider is nice & smooth & not cheap & plasticky. It does what it is meant to do, send & receive calls, SMS & MMS & it does these well.

If you want any more, then spend more money on a top of the range phone.

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Reviewer: Martin - Bradford, UK
Date: 14th Jan 2008

If you want a good basic phone, that rings & sends texts, this is the one, I don't need a camera or Bluetooth, so it's ideal. A bargain at the £20 I paid. Please don't buy it then moan it can't do this or that, what do you expect for the price.

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Reviewer: Luca - Bolivia
Date: 13th Jan 2008

The colors (green, black & pink) are so cute & it is easy to take with you because it slides of flips. Ringtones & games suck but it is a total girly phone which I love.

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Reviewer: Abz - Bangladesh
Date: 21st Dec 2007

This is a good phone, but is a let down because there is no camera.

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Reviewer: Danny - Belfast, UK
Date: 20th Dec 2007

Great wee phone, I needed a phone with no camera & this fits the bill to a tee.

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Reviewer: Steve - Cannock, UK
Date: 18th Dec 2007

We swapped the non techie wife's old brick for c300 at Vodafone got back £22 of calls for the old phone & £5 for the unused sim total cost £3. Result BARGAIN!

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Reviewer: Valentin - Cluj-napoca, Romania
Date: 14th Dec 2007

The phone is just great for someone who only needs a phone to call & text. It is great at doing that & battery life is very good also. Easy to use keyboard, nice slide, beautiful design.

For those of you who asked: to use the loudspeaker, press the options key (left softkey) during the call & you'll find the first option there to turn on the loudspeaker.

To adjust the volume during a call, simply use the up & down navigation keys.

Overall, great cheap phone. But if you want MP3, camera, Bluetooth, bla bla well this is NOT the phone for you.

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Reviewer: Laura - Melbourne, Australia
Date: 11th Dec 2007

It is the best phone I have ever had & I have had a lot of phones.

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Reviewer: Ali - UK
Date: 9th Dec 2007

I bought this phone for my nephew & it's perfect. A smart stylish phone with comfy keys & a lovely big colour screen. It's perfect for a first phone.

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Reviewer: Heather Crawford - Hill Of Fearn, UK
Date: 5th Dec 2007

It's a great mobile.

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Reviewer: Richard - Essex, UK
Date: 1st Dec 2007

This phone is great. It has no music player, no camera but it makes & receives calls beautifully. Exactly what is needed in this day & age of one gadget does all. It looks good, doesn't weigh much & the battery life is very good.

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Reviewer: Jackie - Australia
Date: 30th Nov 2007

I love it. The only problems I could find were how to use the speakerphone, though I've since found out (nothing in the instructions). Also, there doesn't seem to be any way to adjust the volume.

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Reviewer: Sarthak Amatya - Kathmandu, Nepal
Date: 21st Nov 2007

My uncle sent this rubbish for my sister but this thing is totally useless. It comes with a data cable. Yet, we cannot use it so what is it for then.

Nothing good & design isn't that good too. Just simple. Can we even turn off the T9 function permanently? It is total loss.

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Reviewer: Trev - UK
Date: 18th Nov 2007

Don't waste your money. This phone isn't even fit for a rubbish bin, ring tones are better on a Alcatel mobile than on the c300. Come on Samsung smell the coffee the mobile is very poor for £40.00, it could do with better ring tones & then it would be improved by 70%. Thank you Samsung for creating a lousy mobile.

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Reviewer: T Hutchie - UK
Date: 18th Nov 2007

Smart mobile but bad ring tones no good for parties.

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Reviewer: Boxeraba - Sheffield, UK
Date: 17th Nov 2007

I am going to buy this phone after my cousin had a Nokia 2610 I wanted one along those lines but I wanted a bit more style into it (I.e. Slide) & then I decided it would be the C300. We are not a loud to use camera's where I work for security & privacy reasons. So I suggest any one who is looking for a cheap stylish phone should have this one. P.S I think this is the best phone at its price.

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Reviewer: Sam - US
Date: 15th Nov 2007

It is brilliant.

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Reviewer: Johnny Mains - United States Minor Outlying Islands
Date: 11th Nov 2007

The worst phone I have ever touched. Rubbish at sending texts, phoning people & playing games. Rubbish ringtones & message tones.

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Reviewer: Mike - UK
Date: 11th Nov 2007

Great phone to use. It is simple, stylish & has plenty of features for the price range. Highly recommended!

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Reviewer: Alec Gould - Bucharest, Romania
Date: 6th Nov 2007

It's a very nice phone. It looks very good, especially if you like the sliding on feature. Is black & does exactly what it suppose to do, make & receives calls, MMS & because of that the battery life is pretty good.

Personally I advice anyone to get an iPod if wants to listen to MP3 or the cheaper version that cost no more than 50$ & has better results than any phone. Also a camera that would cost from 100 to 500$ will do much more than any phone. I paid for the phone 13$ & is for this price very good in doing no fancy stuffs.

What I dislike on it & I have to improve are the ring tones that are bad indeed. There is no infra-red to add easily them nor Bluetooth. Also there was no data cable in the box. I will buy some from the provider via GPRS if I will not find a cable, but. In rest is OK, easy to use if you had before Samsung & very good looking.

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Reviewer: Jj - Essex, UK
Date: 28th Oct 2007

I bought this phone specifically because it DIDN'T have all the bells & whistles which the modern up-to-date phones have. I traded in my Nokia 6680 & my Motorola V3i for Argos vouchers because they were 'too much'. I have an MP3 player & a digital camera so I don't need those. After all, they are supposed to be MOBILE PHONES not multi-media centres.

I just want a simple, nice to hold, nice to text, mobile phone & that is what the C300 is. I like the tinkly tone of the ring tones to alert for calls or texts arriving. I love new gadgets & gizmos but for a nice neat little phone which is easy to use & you only want to call & text then this is a nice one to own. I've already recommended this to a friend & she wants one now :o)

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Reviewer: Lee Davison - Peterborough, UK
Date: 24th Oct 2007

As someone has already said 'It does exactly what it says on the tin'. Don't moan about a phone you purchase when you know it has no camera, Bluetooth etc. My wife has one, she doesn't require the high tech stuff, she just wants to phone & text! I think this phone would be brilliant for non-techies & pensioners.

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Reviewer: Keir Oakes - UK
Date: 24th Oct 2007

Awful phone, cheap & so it should be as it is looks unstylish & it no features what so ever.

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Reviewer: Rustum - UK
Date: 24th Oct 2007

It's all ok, & has got a brilliant design.

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Reviewer: Saeed - Iran
Date: 23rd Oct 2007

That's the best for the price! If you want just a PHONE! Then it Rocks! But if you want a multimedia player & you have extra money in your pocket, so of course it doesn't meet your expectations! I love to have one this as well as my Smartphone.

Very nice as a simple phone! Not for play!

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Reviewer: Drutherford - UK
Date: 10th Oct 2007

Good looking, cheap only £15, no Bluetooth, no radio, no MP3 & no infrared.

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Reviewer: Kitty - Sheffield, UK
Date: 10th Oct 2007

I bought this little phone for a non-technical hubby, £14.99, for the price it's absolutely great, no fancy bits, he talks & he texts & that it, disappointing ringtones though, but for the price he will have to get over it!

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Reviewer: Sylvan - London, UK
Date: 8th Oct 2007

Lovely little phone easy to use brilliant reception, find ring tones a bit boring, bought from Argos £24.99 on virgin network.

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Reviewer: Catlin Evans - Belfast, Northern Mariana Islands
Date: 7th Oct 2007

The Samsung c300 is very pretty but where are you meant to hang your charm? It's very simple to use so if it's your first mobile I think you should get it. It would be so much better if it had proper ringtones because every time someone rings me I just wish it had a proper ringtone so I had to buy a ringtone off my computer for £3.00 & wallpaper because the wallpapers are wick! It's not actually that good a phone because there is no MP3 player or camera or anything it is just a plain little wick phone! I think if you are looking for a phone, definitely do not get it.

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Reviewer: Angie Gosport - UK
Date: 3rd Oct 2007

This is a great little phone, I paid £27.99 from Virgin, well packed (very impressed) as another reviewer said it does what it says on the box, & what else do you expect for this price, if you want a camera get a digital one, they are cheap enough! You are not going to get bells & whistles when you pay this kind of money.

A well built solid phone, Samsung still the best, plenty of features for a basic phone, neat, a good first all rounder, just buy it, what have you got to lose?

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Reviewer: Subzero - UK
Date: 28th Sep 2007

I only got my Samsung c300 the other day & I am really impressed with it the graphics are really good & my one only cost me £25 good bargain I think & it's so stylish.

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Reviewer: Shazia - South Africa
Date: 24th Sep 2007

It's a lovely phone but no MP3 & no ring tones, easy to use but have to go through many processors, otherwise good phone.

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Reviewer: Richie - Whitstable, UK
Date: 22nd Sep 2007

What are you critics on about? I brought this little phone (on Orange) for twenty quid in Argos. Yes, it doesn't have a camera, play MP3's or do Bluetooth. All I wanted it for was to be able to use it as a phone (I.e. Make & receive calls) & maybe send the odd text. This does them both & also, as I found out, can receive picture messages too! (After a SIM change that is). All in all, I'd say, even with my limited technological background, I can work out the menu system with pretty much ease.

Overall, if you're after a smaller mobile phone with a sense of style, no frills, easy to use, & does what it says on the tin (or in the box as it is in this case! ) & want to replace your 'Brick', then I'd go for this little fella. It's a bargain!

PS As mentioned: I got this phone for £20 (present date: 20th Sept 2007), but it's locked to the Orange network. Not a problem, as I am on Orange anyway. However, if you're on another network, it may cost more or even be unavailable to your present network. Hope this has helped.

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Reviewer: Njagi - Nairobi, Kenya
Date: 19th Sep 2007

Good design beautiful looks. Lacks any images & pictures. Emoticons & smilies are pathetic. The confirmation for each task lasts on the screen far too long. Lacks features like radio & MP3.

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Reviewer: Ruti Ben-levi - Manchester, UK
Date: 14th Sep 2007

GOOD IDEA, POORLY EXECUTED

They wanted to make a no-frills phone that looked stylish. Instead they made a stylish looking phone with features that don't quite work.

GOOD POINTS:
- 3 alarms.
- You can extend your battery power by having the keypad only lighting up at night.
- Nice, large, soft rubber keys that don't break your nails (unlike Sony Ericsson & Moto)
- You can answer the phone or hang up by sliding it up/ down.

BAD POINTS:
- It's quite bulky.
- It won't accept tru-tone ringtones, you get a trill in your ear just for making a call.
- Slow GPRS
- Plastic surface scratches easily if you put it in your, pocket.
- Rubbish preset ringtones & screensavers.
- You have to go through a number of screens just to send & read/delete SMS.

SUMMARY:
It doesn't live up to its potential. Mine's with the recyclers already.

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Reviewer: Js - UK
Date: 8th Sep 2007

The design is very good, it's what made me buy the phone. It's very small & stylish. The slide feels very nice & is fairly durable. I did not mind it having very few features, as I just wanted to be able to text & call. I missed not having a stopwatch or timer though. I went through three of these phones, each with a very annoying problem; the contrast kept changing (settings stayed the same). One minute it was dark, the next it was bright.

The sound quality (while in a call) & display are fairly poor, but usable. Sending a text message is made complicated. I would consider another phone, as I did. All Sony Ericsson's £50+ seem very good!

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Reviewer: Anon - UK
Date: 8th Sep 2007

Brilliant!

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Reviewer: Rasa - Real Madrid, Spain
Date: 5th Sep 2007

I love this phone because I can buy c300 for small price & it has good performance.

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Reviewer: Lee Ryan - Manchester, UK
Date: 3rd Sep 2007

Not good features.

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Reviewer: Rachel Williams - Bedford, Albania
Date: 2nd Sep 2007

I don't like the fact that when you phone someone else you have to wait a few seconds then you hear a silly little jingle then you actually hear the phone ring! Is there a way of stopping this? So that when you phone someone it just rings that person straight away.

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Reviewer: Bert Coules - UK
Date: 1st Sep 2007

Rieko - thanks for that information. On the subject of the ringtones, the choice is a bit limited. Is it possible to install your own? I am afraid I am a bit of a technical beginner at this stuff & need things explaining in words of one syllable or less.

Editors - thanks for explaining about the use of ampersands. I am slightly surprised that such a common words as 'an d' (if you see what I mean) should cause a problem, but if it does, it does.

Thanks. Bert

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Reviewer: Paul - Dublin, Ireland
Date: 30th Aug 2007

I already own MP3 players, digital cameras, etc, so I wanted a cheap phone that just did voice & text. I didn't want to sacrifice battery life for features I'd never use.

The SGH-C300 seemed perfect. Sadly, a few days of use have shown otherwise. The SMS system in particular is atrocious. The character count is set to 918 & I can't find a way to change it. On Irish networks at least, SMS's are limited to 160 characters each. Cursor movement doesn't wrap (at the end of composing a text you have to press 'left' repeatedly to scroll to the start) & sending to a contact in your address book requires far too many key presses. Entering punctuation is painful.

The Inbox lists texts by sender only. No preview, no listing of the date/time without opening each text individually. Dialog boxes such as 'Message deleted', 'Low battery' remain on screen for an annoyingly long period of time, prolonging even simple operations. You can hit the cancel button to dismiss them, but it's an extra key press that shouldn't be needed.

It does what it says on the tin, just not spectacularly.

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Reviewer: Terry - Ireland
Date: 30th Aug 2007

Pathetic mobile phone.

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Reviewer: Rieko - UK
Date: 29th Aug 2007

This is a really good phone, maybe it does not have as many functions as some of its competition but for what it is really good. To use the loud speaker function simply make a phone call & when the call connects press the button on the top left of the handset & an option asking whether loudspeaker is required will come on, press again for loud speaker.

Also it is an OK phone slightly medioca but OK. A few problems I have with it however are the texts & ringing functions, you cannot have both a vibrating & ringing function enabled simultaneously only ring or vibrate which is a bit of a nuisance as I would like to be able to hear & feel my phone ringing while I am out & about, as a result many replied texts have been delayed due to the fact that I was not aware that the phone was ringing heh. Also with the incoming phone call both functions can be enabled (ringing & vibrating) however in this case the phone vibrates first for a fair few seconds (approx 6) & by the time the ring tone kicks in the person phoning has usually hung up. Apart from these two things the phone is a good buy & not bad for £35ish (that's how much I got mine for).

Hope this helps.

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Reviewer: Bert Coules - UK
Date: 25th Aug 2007

Further to my earlier post, I figured out the loudspeaker controls; these & a lot of other more or less everyday features really should be included in the instructions. I still don't know how to adjust the listening volume in non-loudspeaker mode, for example. In fact, I'd rate the user manual as far & away the weakest aspect of what is otherwise a very good package indeed.

Also I most certainly did not use ampersands rather than the full word for '&' in my review, & I'd be grateful if whoever's in charge here could edit it accordingly. Thank you.

Editors Note: Bert, many thanks for your further review. Please note ampersands are used to ensure that the website remains W3C compliant & therefore stays within certain accessibility guidelines.

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Reviewer: Nayanathara - Sri Lanka
Date: 22nd Aug 2007

I love this phone is the best even though its got no camera I still love it, go C300.

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Reviewer: Bert Coules - UK
Date: 22nd Aug 2007

I've just bought this phone & am pleased with its neat compactness; the lack of bells & whistles doesn't bother me.

But, how on earth do you turn on the loudspeaker function? There's no obvious way that I can find, & it doesn't seem to be mentioned in the one-sheet user manual. Help!

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Reviewer: Bharathi - UK
Date: 18th Aug 2007

Hey all. I am going to buy this phone. Please let me know your thought about the Samsung C300. Thank you.

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Reviewer: Maxwell - London, UK
Date: 3rd Aug 2007

I will never buy the phone called Samsung C300 because no features, usability low but the design is kind of good but still the phone is rubbish, I will never buy it.

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Reviewer: Whyte - Lilongwe, Malawi
Date: 3rd Aug 2007

I Love my Samsung C-300, in fact I bought it in May 2007 because of its nice looking & portability. But one thing I don't like about it, is the Ringtones, at least they are boring & I would prefer put it on silent all the time. Better if it had an MP3 or just a Camera at least. So if you are going for fashion, never buy it, go for another one, but if you are going for the looks, Yeah! It looks nice!

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Reviewer: Maria - Oldham, UK
Date: 27th Jul 2007

I think this phone is great all the features at a great price.

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Reviewer: Roy - UK
Date: 26th Jul 2007

If you're looking for an easy to use phone without all the other trimmings then this is a good deal, the only gripe being naff ring tones are not very loud.

Shop around for the best deal.

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Reviewer: JJ - UK
Date: 23rd Jul 2007

Not that good I can't go on 02!

- No Cam
- No MP3

Otherwise good! But still pants! Bye!

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Reviewer: Jr Drake - North England, UK
Date: 18th Jul 2007

Also bought this from CPW as a refurbished model - excellent value for money at £14.95 - when bought with £10 call time. Total package £24.95 & that's including P&P! Fantastic phone too - have no probs with wallpaper or ringtones which some have complained about. Design & make are excellent. Who needs a camera & MP3 player - this is a phone, that's it & very good it is too!

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Reviewer: Sam - UK
Date: 17th Jul 2007

I have just bought this phone but I bought it on holiday as my father offer to so I thought why not! I have had camera phones in the past & I hate them, I would recommend this little phone to people but I thing we should have more ring tones on the aka good ones but I have heard you can download them off jamstar so we shall see.

This is the best phone in the world (well at least I thing so).

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Reviewer: Mila Butler - Gillingham ,Kent, UK
Date: 13th Jul 2007

Bought this phone at CPW (UK) for 15 pounds (refurbished).Its a lovely pink colour, easy to use & a great improvement on my old Nokia 1100. Buy it now for 25 pounds with 10 pound credit on it.

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Reviewer: Chloe - UK
Date: 12th Jul 2007

This phone is very hard to use but the design is very nice! The memory is so tiny, you can't even put a card in but even if you could you couldn't send anything to it anyway! It doesn't have Bluetooth & camera if you buy this phone then its only good for calls & texts. I wish I never got it but then again it looks nice.

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Reviewer: Chloe Halley - UK
Date: 1st Jul 2007

My little sister Alice has this phone & it is rubbish I would jive it 0% but the minimum was 5% my sister got this phone from Woolworths she had £30.00 & I had 20 so I got an actell slide up for £15.00. Unbelievably I got jealous & wanted the Samsung c300. So I went back to Woolworths the next day & my grandparents (good for getting what you want! ) & they got me the Motorola (sorry for spelling) v3 it's the best phone in the world!

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Reviewer: Peggy - UK
Date: 26th Jun 2007

RUBBISH. A LOAD OF RUBBISH! I'll never make the mistake of buying it again.

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Reviewer: Stunt - UK
Date: 23rd Jun 2007

Just got it today after I threw my horrible 5 year old Motorola V90 (hand me down) in the Thames. I wanted a cheap Nokia, when I walked in the shop they still have the nicest predictive & Smartphone's (still) just aren't quite there yet, so I'll stay with my old pda & a cheap phone for now. But this was so pretty & T9 predictive, so that will be just like my old Nokia 8850 that died.

Well no, I know text is just something you get used to on a new phone, but the actual way the T9 is implemented seems dumb compared to the 8850. Jumps to capitalise first word in sentence when you go from non predictive to T9, fine you might expect, but when you're not at the beginning of a sentence! That's dumb. How often are you at the beginning of a sentence if you've skipped out of predictive? Come to think of it, why am I going out of predictive so often? I really don't think this phone is learning new words. The words it knows are very comprehensive it has surprised me. But if I have to manually spell again I may have to conclude similar of their predictive.

Bedtime reading is the manual, I hope it can add words to the dictionary & I'll find out there. But I get the feeling it's not going to be so. The rest of the phone was so simple & intuitive I really don't think it's hiding any secrets.

Anyway, looks lovely, spell correctly & don't use any profane or philosophical language & you'll love it. Poor wallpaper & ringtones though & don't go to jamster like the guy above suggested, plenty of stuff on the web for getting the pictures, tones, sounds you actually want onto these s60 phones without spending 3 quid.

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Reviewer: Matthew - Manchester, North West, UK
Date: 19th Jun 2007

I wanted a new phone just for work & decided I didn't want something that was expensive & had loads of features that were on my main phone, so I decided to go for this. The phone itself looks very nice & although it has basic features it's very easy to use & takes all the fancy stuff out of pricey phones to make a good looking cheap phone.

Most of the cheap phones out there look cheap, but this phone is the opposite as it looks superb.

If you want a phone that just makes call, sends/receives texts & don't want to pay extra for things you don't want or won't use but want it to look good then go for this.

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Reviewer: Janette - UK
Date: 16th Jun 2007

I bought this as a first phone for my daughter. It looks great, it's very easy to use, but does have disappointing wallpapers & ringtones. However if you have a PC, visit Jamster select Samsung C300 & you can download for £3.00 a go (charged to your phone with no contracts) a fantastic range of ringtones & wallpapers. Full instructions are on the site, an email is sent to your phones inbox (see inside push messages) click on link & the image is downloaded to your phone. You can then select it as wallpaper. Same sort of thing for the ringtones.

This makes a very cheap phone much more personalised for very little extra. I am well impressed.

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Reviewer: Right Said Frank - Manchester, UK
Date: 15th Jun 2007

This is a phone people.? If you want cameras then go out & by a camera. If you want Bluetooth then stop brushing your peggies. As I said this is a phone. & a good, reliable one at that. Makes calls & receives them too. Sends messages & receives them back. Cheap as chips. As they say.

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Reviewer: Andres Moreno - Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
Date: 15th Jun 2007

This phone was made for people who enjoy having a simple, easy & fashionable phone, all in one!

Why an MP3? if the car has one. Why a camera? if there are REAL digital ones with far better quality more than 8 pixels. So if you really have class, buy it. I recommend it!

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Reviewer: Anon - New Zealand
Date: 6th Jun 2007

It's as simple as ABC to use this phone. I have had many camera phones & I find them pointless, have you see the tiny cameras you can buy these days & I have an MP3 player. I have heard that using a phone as an MP3 player with earphones causes radiation & that's not good. I think its quite a stylish phone, so I recommend this little fella, GREAT PHONE :)

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Reviewer: Limbo - New Zealand
Date: 6th Jun 2007

I think this phone is a great little device I love it. It's simple & easy to use. I love mine. I didn't bother with the camera cos I never used it on my previous phones, but its definitely a great phone I would recommend it :).

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Reviewer: Gary - Camberley, Surrey, UK
Date: 3rd Jun 2007

Well, I wanted a cheap phone so I don't have to carry my work PDA around with me whilst cycling, fishing & skating.

This phone is great, good looking, good screen & good features.

It has no camera, Bluetooth MP3 but then you have to be stupid to buy this if you want them ! Surely you guys are reading the techy specs on this phone before buying?

Buy it if you want a cheap reliable 'phone' no frills, just good looking phone.

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Reviewer: De - Ireland
Date: 28th May 2007

Please help. How do you turn off the light when if is charging?

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Reviewer: Michel - UK
Date: 26th May 2007

I was attracted by long standby time etc but this was nullified in my view by the truly dreadful SMS: my previous phones had decent text programs but this Samsung I found to be very user unfriendly (lots of extra keying needed) & so requiring a long time to compose a text etc. After choosing symbol option etc, it not always reverts to option being used. A figure can be inserted by repeat pressing relevant key, but some (e.g. The 1) needs far too may presses. After a full stop you not always get a capital to start new sentence. Worst of all, there is no lower case option! & how can one break off mid-text & go back to the message so far written? It seems to be wiped each time! (Saving possible but how re-activate to continue? ). Even sending can be long-winded. Outbox messages do not even carry a date, let alone a time (unless there is a way of viewing that data? ) anyone know how to overcome some of these drawbacks please?

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Reviewer: Timothy Penington - Edinburgh, UK
Date: 26th May 2007

This phone is actual terrible. I mean who would want a brick as a phone. Totally unusable & pretty ugly I certainly do not recommend this phone, the D900 is so the best.

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Reviewer: Hannah - Gosport, US
Date: 20th May 2007

I got this phone a couple of days ago & I think its brill! It is really easy to use so I like it. It took me a week to decide what phone to get. I was going to get LG chocolate but I am really glad I got this one because it rocks! If you are looking for a phone I recommend this!

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Reviewer: Madhukar - Hyderabad, India
Date: 17th May 2007

It does not meet my expectations & the worst thing is its ring tones.

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Reviewer: Barty Whelks - UK
Date: 17th May 2007

I've had this phone for about a month now & what a fab little phone it is. £40 from Tesco, with a £10 call voucher, so that makes it £30. Great. Very easy to use, the menu is as good as any Nokia, & at times better. OK so it hasn't got a camera, but I've got one of those. It hasn't got any music, but I've got an MP3 player. If you want a good phone that does calls & SMS this is it.

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Reviewer: Lucy - Belfast, UK
Date: 13th May 2007

I got this phone on 10th may 2007. I think it's alright but I would prefer one with a MP3 player, Bluetooth & a camera. I think the ringtones & wallpapers are bad. I wouldn't buy it if I were you.

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Reviewer: Gemma Greenlees - Belvoir Park, UK
Date: 13th May 2007

I THINK THIS PHONE IS AWESOME! I LOVE the cool RINGTONES & IT LOOKS SOOOO PRETTY. IF you are LOOKING FOR A NEW PHONE definitely GET SAMSUNG C300. IT ROCKS!

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Reviewer: Cazza - West Sussex, UK
Date: 11th May 2007

Just had it delivered, not many ring tones, no camera. Can't access the games!

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Reviewer: Harry - Australia
Date: 8th May 2007

I think that this is a good phone although its lack of features is quite disappointing, if this phone had a camera as well as a few other things then it would be the best on the market.

One thing that caught my eye was the beautiful design & the way it slides open.

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Reviewer: Jet - Swansea, UK
Date: 6th May 2007

Maybe I am just used to other phone structures & styles by now. I find this phone completely useless. It's annoying, the only good thing about it is the clear main menu using icons. The rest of it is pants. It's too basic, it doesn't offer what you need to do in a clear manner. It uses weird titles to describe actions. Its use of shortcuts & looping menus is awful. The Inbox in particular is driving me up the wall. Which message is which & when? There's no hope of telling unless you open each & every text in your Inbox. Bit difficult when you have 100+ messages in there.

Thanks Samsung, but no thanks. I am moving on & getting something different. Completely disappointed. Although I guess if you only want something cheap then expect something cheap. Should have known better.

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Reviewer: Sweetie - US
Date: 6th May 2007

This phone is fab!

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Reviewer: Jordy - UK
Date: 5th May 2007

This is 1 of my 1st mobiles & it is very neat & good value for money, good as a 1st phone I STRONGLY recommend it, A+.

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Reviewer: Linda - Edinburgh, UK
Date: 4th May 2007

A NICE SLEEK COLOURFUL PHONE, EASY TO USE, ONLY THING THAT LETS IT DOWN, IS the POOR RINGTONES, I CRINGE WHEN SOMEBODY PHONES ME AS the MUSIC IS TERRIBLE, I don't EVEN KNOW IF I CAN DOWNLOAD MUSIC ONTO THIS PHONE, THERE IS NO MENTION OF DOWNLOADS IN the BROCHURE? ALL IN ALL APART FROM the RINGTONE/DOWNLOAD PROBLEM A GREAT WEE PHONE.

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Reviewer: Mohamad - El Salvador
Date: 3rd May 2007

Good phone.

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Reviewer: Rob - Midhurst, UK
Date: 1st May 2007

Cool Phone.

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Reviewer: David Berckham - London, UK
Date: 23rd Apr 2007

The Samsung c300 is cheap, but brilliant except the ringtones which are pathetic but that's how they keep the phone cheap so you pay to download better tones. I used mine for a week.

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Reviewer: Kash - Cardiff, UK
Date: 22nd Apr 2007

Great phone it does what says on the box, talk & text, with a good colour screen & a great battery life. If a want a phone that's got all the bells & whistles go for a Samsung E250 on pays as you go.

Great entry level phone for the simple folk.

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Reviewer: Waqas - Karachi, Pakistan
Date: 19th Apr 2007

The Samsung C300 has not much features, I think in the Samsung C300 the radio must be installed so then the mobile get better.

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Reviewer: Matyi - Tg.mures, Romania
Date: 15th Apr 2007

This is my first mobile phone & it is very good, I like it very much, I recommend it strongly for everyone.

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Reviewer: Jd - Middelburg, South Africa
Date: 2nd Apr 2007

Great phone for its price. Slides nice open, buttons are lovely, it is great.

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Reviewer: Göksel - Turkey
Date: 27th Mar 2007

Good phone at this price range.:)

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Reviewer: Anom - Islamabad, Pakistan
Date: 27th Mar 2007

Very cool.

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Reviewer: Kartik - Bangalore, India
Date: 19th Mar 2007

I purchased the C300 today. A very sophisticated looking phone, with the slider mechanism working smoothly. I have a Creative MP3 player & a Sony Cybershot digicam. My first impression of the phone is cute & felt solid.

If you want a phone which looks good & does the job of what a phone should do I.e. Communicate, then go for it. I upgraded from a Nokia 1100 B/W phone to this after 5 yrs & am not least bit disappointed with the C300.Although my Nokia had a handy flashlight.

It weighs less than my 1100 & is much smaller. I compared the Moto W220, Samsung X520 & X300, but the rock solid built is what separated it, from other plasticky phones. Also the screen is big when compared to the tiny screen available in W220, X520 & X300. Value for money!

Exit the clamshell & enter the slider. YO! Kartik

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Reviewer: Chris S - Portsmouth, UK
Date: 14th Mar 2007

This seems to be a great little phone, I am really impressed by its price & features. The only problem I can find is that it is possible to unlock, & make calls (or connect to the web etc.) without opening the phone, I cannot see a way to disable this functionality. I bought a sliding phone thinking that it would, like a clamshell phone, not function unless it was opened.

If you don't have a problem with this feature I would highly recommend it.

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Reviewer: Anny - Kishinau, Moldova
Date: 12th Mar 2007

It's cool, I think the design is the best I saw. (& I saw a lot of things ;-) ) I bought this phone only because of this unforgettable design, I love this phone. But here in my country the phones are very expensive. I bought this model for 127 $. I don't care, that phone is so cool!

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Reviewer: Sam Son - Barbados
Date: 5th Mar 2007

Good phone at this price range.

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Reviewer: Mark Raddilstone - London, UK
Date: 26th Feb 2007

Friend bought this phone for my birthday, had to text him back 2 days later, on my old phone, to say I couldn't work with it because it wound me up to much. I have an old Nokia, which does what I need it to without too much fuss. Everything on this new Samsung just seemed to require unnecessary work.

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Reviewer: Val Watson - Worthing, UK
Date: 25th Feb 2007

Well amazed really. For someone wanting a nice looking phone with enough features for the not so gimmicky minded, also there is no camera.

This is a great little phone for making calls & texting your friends. Ideal for the busy mum who needs a no fuss phone, or the older person who needs a phone that they can use easily. For the money it's brilliant & not cheaply made either. So you won't look like an alien from the 1950's with this little cracker. Also you won't need to put your glasses on to read it. Hence you won't miss a call.

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Reviewer: James Pomeroy - UK
Date: 22nd Feb 2007

BRILLIANT.

Bought this phone as a better quality entry level phone, due to its large, bright screen, & neat design. Cost me £40 on virgin, with £15 credit. BARGAIN.

Enough features if you don't mind lack of camera, & small, compact, & easy to use.

Texting was weird at first after using a Nokia, but used to it after 3 days!

If you want a camera on a phone, buy a £50 3MP, 3x Optical zoon digicam from Amazon & buy this. It'll be cheaper, & work far better for you.

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Reviewer: Mark - Edinburgh, UK
Date: 21st Feb 2007

I don't know if it is because this phone is so new, but it is impossible to download new ringtones, I've spent a fortune trying & none of them work. Maybe it is because it is on the Virgin network? The ringtones that are installed as standard are totally rubbish, I could whistle better tunes. Getting back to Virgin, the GPRS never seems connects but Virgin still charge just for trying, I'll have to change to a better supplier I think. The phone does look good though!

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Reviewer: Psycho - Hyde, UK
Date: 17th Feb 2007

It is the best phone you can get. If you want a phone get the Samsung c300 it has got everything you want it to have so get this phone & you won't have to get another.



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