Samsung a-737 and Letstalk.com...

I have some quesitons and concerns regarding the Samsung a-737 and
Letstalk.com.

Currently, they have this phone for 0 when you sign up for a new
two-year contract, however, after I ordered it online, I got an email
saying the phone was on backorder even though it didn't (and still
doesn't) say that online.

I cancelled the order with Letstalk.com because I fealt like they are
a little deceptive on their website. Has anyone else had any sort of
experience with Letstalk.com?

Also, as far as the Samsung a-737 phone, what sort of experience has
anyone had with that model? When I chatted online with an AT&T
worker, I asked about the price difference between Letstalk.com and
AT&T's website, and they said the following:

"Those are third party websites and that phone could be locked or a
majority of features not work"


Would the above be true, especially when it says that a majority of
features not work on a phone purchased from third party websites?



Thanks.
Jack

On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 02:06:37 -0600, Jack Johnson
<jackjohnson50801@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I have some quesitons and concerns regarding the Samsung a-737 and
>Letstalk.com.
>
>Currently, they have this phone for 0 when you sign up for a new
>two-year contract, however, after I ordered it online, I got an email
>saying the phone was on backorder even though it didn't (and still
>doesn't) say that online.
>
>I cancelled the order with Letstalk.com because I fealt like they are
>a little deceptive on their website. Has anyone else had any sort of
>experience with Letstalk.com?
>
>Also, as far as the Samsung a-737 phone, what sort of experience has
>anyone had with that model? When I chatted online with an AT&T
>worker, I asked about the price difference between Letstalk.com and
>AT&T's website, and they said the following:
>
>"Those are third party websites and that phone could be locked or a
>majority of features not work"
>
>
>Would the above be true, especially when it says that a majority of
>features not work on a phone purchased from third party websites?
>
>
>
>Thanks.
>Jack


Aside from other's experiences with Letstalk.com, I am also interested
in knowing more about others experiences with the Samsung a-737 as I
am really interested in the phone.



Thanks.
Jack

In article <fjdak3hs0h3pfokhfjcdjasbb4ir0f33vk@4ax.com>,
Jack Johnson <jackjohnson50801@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have some quesitons and concerns regarding the Samsung a-737 and
> Letstalk.com.
>
> Currently, they have this phone for 0 when you sign up for a new
> two-year contract, however, after I ordered it online, I got an email
> saying the phone was on backorder even though it didn't (and still
> doesn't) say that online.
>
> I cancelled the order with Letstalk.com because I fealt like they are
> a little deceptive on their website. Has anyone else had any sort of
> experience with Letstalk.com?

My experience left my somewhat unhappy with Nokia, but not specifically
with Letstalk.

I was interested in the Nokia E90, a very expensive high end smart
phone. One of its features is a 3G connection, a fast connection to the
internet. The version originally released in Europe made that connection
on 2100 MHz, not supported by any U.S. provider.

Then they brought out what was described as "US Version." I called
Letstalk, which carried it, and asked if "US Version" meant that the 3G
was now on a frequency supported in the U.S. The person I spoke with
said she didn't know, and connected me to Nokia information.

The person at Nokia information said that yes indeed, the US version
used 1900 MHz, supported in the U.S. I ordered the phone. When it
arrived, I found that it was on 2100 MHz. I called Nokia and spoke with
several other people there, and was told that indeed the US version
used the same frequency as the European version; the person I initially
spoke with was simply wrong. So far as I can tell, the only substantial
"US" feature was a serial number that meant Nokia would support it in
the U.S.

For that and some other reasons I sent the phone back. I haven't checked
my bank statement yet, but I had an email from letstalk saying they had
received it and refunded my money.

NokiaUS has the phone on their web site and, as of the last time I
checked, they said it had the high speed connection (HSDPA, I think).
The footnote said that what you could use depended on your provider, but
there was no mention of the fact that no provider in the US supports the
frequency it does the high speed connection on, hence that putting that
description on the NokiaUS web page was, at least, highly misleading.

So I don't have any particular problem with Letstalk, but I am somewhat
unhappy with Nokia. Of course, I am also unhappy with the fact that the
phone that looks very good on paper turns out to have quite a lot of
things wrong with it in practice.

--
http://www.daviddfriedman.com/ http://daviddfriedman.blogspot.com/
Author of _Harald_, a fantasy without magic.
Published by Baen, in bookstores now

On Nov 22, 3:24�am, David Friedman <d...@daviddfriedman.nopsam.com>
wrote:
> In article <fjdak3hs0h3pfokhfjcdjasbb4ir0f3...@4ax.com>,
> �Jack Johnson <jackjohnson50...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > I have some quesitons and concerns regarding the Samsung a-737 and
> > Letstalk.com.
>
> > Currently, they have this phone for 0 when you sign up for a new
> > two-year contract, however, after I ordered it online, I got an email
> > saying the phone was on backorder even though it didn't (and still
> > doesn't) say that online.
>
> > I cancelled the order with Letstalk.com because I fealt like they are
> > a little deceptive on their website. �Has anyone else had any sort of
> > experience with Letstalk.com?
>
> My experience left my somewhat unhappy with Nokia, but not specifically
> with Letstalk.
>
> I was interested in the Nokia E90, a very expensive high end smart
> phone. One of its features is a 3G connection, a fast connection to the
> internet. The version originally released in Europe made that connection
> on 2100 MHz, not supported by any U.S. provider.
>
> Then they brought out what was described as "US Version." I called
> Letstalk, which carried it, and asked if "US Version" meant that the 3G
> was now on a frequency supported in the U.S. The person I spoke with
> said she didn't know, and connected me to Nokia information.
>
> The person at Nokia information said that yes indeed, the US version
> used 1900 MHz, supported in the U.S. I ordered the phone. When it
> arrived, I found that it was on 2100 MHz. I called Nokia and spoke with
> several other people there, �and was told that indeed the US version
> used the same frequency as the European version; the person I initially
> spoke with was simply wrong. So far as I can tell, the only substantial
> "US" feature was a serial number that meant Nokia would support it in
> the U.S.
>
> For that and some other reasons I sent the phone back. I haven't checked
> my bank statement yet, but I had an email from letstalk saying they had
> received it and refunded my money.
>
> NokiaUS has the phone on their web site and, as of the last time I
> checked, they said it had the high speed connection (HSDPA, I think).
> The footnote said that what you could use depended on your provider, but
> there was no mention of the fact that no provider in the US supports the
> frequency it does the high speed connection on, hence that putting that
> description on the NokiaUS web page was, at least, highly misleading.
>
> So I don't have any particular problem with Letstalk, but I am somewhat
> unhappy with Nokia. Of course, I am also unhappy with the fact that the
> phone that looks very good on paper turns out to have quite a lot of
> things wrong with it in practice.
>
> --
> �http://www.daviddfriedman.com/http:/....blogspot.com/
> �Author of _Harald_, a fantasy without magic.
> �Published by Baen, in bookstores now

I got the Samsung A737 recently and I love it. It's simple to use and
has many tools, demo games, etc. It's a great cellular phone for and
adult and children, I am extremely impressed with this phone.