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To: Allen In Texas Hill Country
I should have said 5 to 10 thousand dollars to make sure the sarcasm was clear. I just bought a used Samsung M400 for $50 because it has bluetooth to hook up to the car.

Since I was in the market for a cell phone replacement I thought I’d try a smart phone. That was a couple of weeks ago. It now sits on the desk and I don’t know what to do with it. I cannot fathom paying more than a hunert dollars for something I look at, talk to and listen from.


Samsung M400 Cellular Phone

Well, Allen, if you were intending to try a smartphone, the Samsung M400 is the wrong phone. It's not a smartphone. . . not even close. Just because it has bluetooth doesn't make it a smartphone. At most it is what is known as a "feature phone" in that it has a 1 megapixel camera, some downloadable games from the carrier's store and such vendors as they may contract with. It has a limited browser which allows you to use a MOBILE internet experience. . . which is very crippled. Same with email and messaging. Games you can download are very primitive. Even though the M400 was released into the market in October 2012, the basic technology is from about 2002, fifteen years ago. Sorry, but it is not at all a smartphone.

As to not knowing how to use it, if you need one, you can download a manual for your M400 on line. There are various versions, depending on which carrier you have. I just looked at the Samsung M400 manual for Sprint and it is quite clear the extreme limitations your Samsung m400 has, but the Sprint manual should be OK no matter who your carrier is.

Frankly, your Samsung M400 is a basic Flip Phone, not a smartphone, and almost not even a Feature Phone, Allen.

The Apple iPhone does not even COME with a manual because one is not needed, it is so intuitive to use.

21 posted on 09/26/2015 3:46:15 PM PDT by Swordmaker ( This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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To: Swordmaker

I prefer the LG EnV3. The perfect portable telephone.


22 posted on 09/26/2015 3:49:06 PM PDT by Chickensoup (We lose our freedoms one surrender at a time)
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To: Swordmaker

My bad for the confusion. The smartphone now sits on the desk and the Samsung 400 goes with me everywhere when I’m in the car.................. Just hooked it up today.


23 posted on 09/26/2015 3:55:44 PM PDT by Allen In Texas Hill Country
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