Product Details
- Binding: Wireless Phone
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- Brand: Motorola
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- Color: Black
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- Features: Prepaid slider phone with text messaging, voicemail, caller ID, call waiting and multi-language support, Pay for only the calling time you use with minutes purchased from Tracfone--no annual contract required, VGA camera for still photos; Bluetooth for handsfree devices; phonebook with up to 100 entries; organizer tools, Up to 4 hours of talk time, up to 336 hours (14 days) of standby time, What's in the Box: handset, battery, charger, user manual
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- Label: Motorola
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- Manufacturer: Motorola
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- Model: T101G
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- Product Group: Wireless
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- Publisher: Motorola
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- Release Date: 2007-10-15
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- Studio: Motorola
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- Title: Samsung T301G Prepaid Phone (Tracfone)
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- UPC: 616960009740
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Avg Customer Rating: 
Product Description: This stylish Samsung T301G slider phone offers an affordable way to stay in touch with family and friends across town and around the globe via voice communication and text messaging via the Tracfone prepaid wireless service. In addition to voice communication, it offers a full range of messaging options--both text and picture messaging as well as IM capabilites--and it's mobile Web ready. It features a VGA camera for capturing still photos on the go, Bluetooth connectivity for handsfree devices, color display, speakerphone, bi-lingual support (English and Spanish), organizer tools, up to 4 hours of talk time, and up to 20 minutes of starter airtime upon activation. 
Whether you want to send a text, go hands-free, or stay on schedule, the Samsung T301G has the tools you need to get the job done quickly and easily. | Tracfone Service
Tracfone provides nationwide prepaid wireless service using the nation's leading cellular providers to create a national footprint covering 99 percent of the U.S. population. This gives you connectivity everywhere cellular service is available. You can use your Tracfone across the U.S. and if you move, you can relocate your wireless number with just a phone call. You can buy bundles of minutes (which must be used within a set time limit of between 90 to 365 days) from the Tracfone web site on your home PC or directly from your phone's web browser. For example, if you purchase a block of 120 minutes of airtime, you'll need to use that within 90 days of your first use. When you buy additional airtime minutes, your Tracfone service is extended automatically by another 90 days. Tracfone also offers international long distance calling to over 60 international destinations (including Argentina, Brazil, China, Mexico, most European countries, and many more), which deducts the same amount of minutes from your phone as when you make calls to destinations within the U.S. This phone ships with a number of handy Tracfone services, including free voice mail, free caller ID, and free call waiting. And perhaps most importantly, the integrated TracFone Airtime Balance Display shows you how much airtime you've used and how much is left, so you can control your costs. You must activate your cell phone before use either by calling the Tracfone toll-free number or going to the Tracfone web site. 
Includes up to 20 minutes of starter airtime upon activation. | Phone Features
The Samsung T301G has a brightly colorful LCD screen (128 x 160 pixels, 65K colors) that sits above a standard navigation area with send/end buttons and soft navigation keys. The face slides smoothly up to reveal an alpha-numeric keypad. The phone's small internal 2.4 MB memory can store up to 100 contact entries in the handset's phone book, and it also displays the last 30 incoming/outgoing/missed calls. Handsfree communication is easy thanks to the integrated speakerphone. This phone also provides Bluetooth wireless connectivity (version 2.0), and includes profiles for communication headset and handsfree car kits. If you need messaging capabilities, the T301G has you covered as support is built-in for sending and receiving both SMS text messages and MMS picture messages--great for sending on-the-go photos captured by the phone's VGA camera (640 x 480-pixel resolution). The T9 predictive text technology is built into the unit, which autocompletes text for you as you type on the alpha-numeric keypad and offers options for selecting the correct word. Other features include: - Includes up to 20 minutes of starter airtime upon activation (after activating your TracFone on the TracFone web site)
- TracFone Airtime Balance Display shows you how much airtime you've used and how much is left, so you control your costs
- Downloadable ringtones, graphics, news, weather, sports and more using Airtime Minutes
- Organizer tools: Alarm clock, calendar, calculator, world time, stopwatch, converter
- 20 pre-loaded ringtones
- Multilingual text display (English and Spanish)
- Vibrating alert
Vital Statistics
The Samsung T301G weighs 2.92 ounces and measures 3.92 x 1.95 x 0.56 inches. Its 800 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4 hours of talk time, and up to 336 hours (14 days) of standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS frequencies.
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Customer Reviews
phone is fine, antenna is not
i like everything about the phone except it's reception - i live in an area without great reception, but my old phone worked fine. the new one only rings 1 time in 4 :(
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It's OK - except for the Browser button - seems like a SCAM to waste your units
I like this phone "OK". I've have simple needs and this phone works well, but I have to subtract a couple of stars because of that darn browser button that I have hit several times by accident, costing me 1/2 unit of airtime each time. It screams of a "SCAM" to reduce your airtime/units, and there seems to be no way to fix this issue. I also have some concern as to how durable the phone would be, should I drop it when it's not in the case I bought for it off eBay. Finally, the screen is difficult to read in sunlight. But other than these things, the phone seems to suit my needs well enough, and saves me a lot of money versus an overpriced "gotcha" contract plan.
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So-so reception, poor battery life
I replaced my Motorola w376g, with this model, as I can't get the w376g in my area anymore. I'm disappointed with the T301G.
* It reception isn't as good as the motorola's.
* The battery lasts only 3 days on standby
* The keypad is recessed making it awkward, its taking me quite a while to get used to it
* Reception comes and goes even when its strong
* The camera takes grainy photos
There are only a couple of things I like about the phone:
* The phone's default setting has the key lock on, especially convenient because the web browser button is on the outside
* Its fairly small, only a tad larger than my motorola
* Good voice quality
After reading all these good reviews, I wonder if I got a dud.
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Don't buy this phone!
This phone is horrible. It's gets no reception where my old phone got reception just fine. I constantly have an "emergency calls only" in places where reception should be fine (based on the number of people around me talking on their phones!) It's going back!
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good while it lasted
My phone had excellent reception in metro Detroit area. Fair camera quality. Bluetooth headset sync was easy. Have to pay TracFon 4min. to transfer photos :( because Bluetooth and x-fer cable is disabled. Some photos took 2 attempts (8 minutes!). Purchased the phone from my local Target, but Tracfon had to send a new SIM card to activate it. Phone started to die after 6 months; often can't turn it off. When it is off, you can see the keypad flash like it is trying to turn on. Drains the battery over night. Might go away after charging, but full or low battery does not effect problem. Tracfon will not let me just swap the SIM card to a new phone, so all the contact info will be lost :( I expected better.
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