Samsung E1200 Sim Free Smartphone - Black

I ordered this to use as a work phone as every time I break down I have quite a job to find numbers in my touch phone. It's very small, slim & light,fits nicely in my hand & neatly in any pocket. The buttons are clear, those with large fingers may find them too small. Mine arrived set in German & I had quite a job to find the language setting. To save others time you press the top left hand menu button, if you keep getting a message come up, it's telling you the key pad is locked, press the bottom left hand button & hold until it unlocks. You then get picture options, the wheel, bottom right is the settings button. In the menu scroll down to number four, press OK then number one is your language option. My only complaint is that Amazon do not state before you buy that it is coming all the way from Germany, they gave it 23 days to arrive, it came in 16 but its a long time to wait when you may be in a hurry & could look else where. They did include a three pin adapter for the charger & instructions came both in German & English.

This is an absolutely fantastic phone to use, it makes phone calls and receives texts. Using this phone compared to a new smartphone may take some adjustment but that would be expected. The charge on this phone is excellent it lasted over a week with light usage without needing to be charged so is fantastic for someone on a busy schedule who lacks time to constantly charge their phone. As the title states there is only one flaw and this is that when the battery runs out of charge the phone resets the time and date, so if you accidentally let the phone run out of charge you will need to re-enter this information.

Purchased to replace my wife's 9-year-old Nokia which had suddenly decided to 'lock-up' repeatedly, this little Samsung has found favour. My wife is not a 'power user' and simply requires straightforward device which - wait for it - just makes 'phone calls. She is not interested in being in constant connection with the rest of the planet's population (doesn't even bother much with 'texting') but she likes the bright, clear display and keypad. The functionality is fine and the battery life good, but it lost a star for the rather flimsy back panel which comes adrift rather too easily, and also for the fiddly placement and access to the charger/comms port. And why does it need such a large connector? - twice the length of the Samsung Galaxy range! Update - after about 9 months use, the device failed - it would frequently display "SIM Refreshing", wipe any text being entered (annoying!!) and flatten its own battery. It has been binned, so a complete waste of money. Rating reduced to zero stars!

Having been very frustrated with a very high tech, all singing, all dancing (apparently) high end touch screen contract phone, I decided to go back to the tried and tested, simple, call and text phone. I just want to make calls and text messages with a phone. I don't want to use it as a camera, I don't want to carry my entire music and video collection around with me. I don't want to watch funny cat clips on Youtube on the way to work, or be forced to carry my charger around with me all day. I just want a phone that has plenty of battery power left even in a few days time, and is easy to operate in strong sunshine, without having to guess where the dialing "buttons" are on a touch screen. It ticks all of my boxes, and represents good value for money. If you want a plain simple phone to make calls and send texts, then this is great value.

Started ok, now just over a year on I'm having issues. Phone turns itself off on occasion when trying to send a message and now keeps losing network connection so can't send or receive anything but don't realise this until I check the screen and notice the connection symbol missing. Very frustrating and need to manually go into network settings and reset it to get a signal again. Not any use when my wife is expecting a child and may need to get hold of me at some point! Will have to get another phone as I can't trust this one to work when I need it now.

Ordered 3 of these for travel purposes. Takes standard-sized SIM (and is not locked to any one network), sound quality is good, it's easy to use, it makes phone calls and takes and makes texts, very light, and has excellent battery life. The only downside is that it does not have the new universal mini-usb charging socket, so needs its own dedicated mains charger (supplied). If you normally charge from a USB socket the data lead is not supplied and it can be hard to find but I got one elsewhere on Amazon (specify E1200 Samsung mobile charger USB lead and double-check on the photo that it is the wider fitting) - unfortunately it was a little more expensive than I expected but given the airlines' new policy of testing that phones will switch on, I wanted to be able to keep my 3 phones topped up by USB lead from a portable battery unit that I carry. I saw some criticisms that it is hard to get the back on and off for the battery and SIM, but I don't understand that:- just stick a thumbnail or fingernail into the tiny slot at the lower end and prise it off, then clip it back in when you're finished. Simple! Steve Riches, Northampton, UK.

I needed a new phone without all the extras so that I could have an extended battery time and just for text use and occasional calls. This phone is just simple like the old-fashioned phones and is ideal for all I need though maybe a little over-priced. However, I don't think there was enough product information and I most certainly wasn't prepared for a phone preset in Spanish with all the instructions only in Spansh which wasn't particularly helpful!! By trial and error and a borrowed Spanish dictionary I've eventually found the English setting in Language mode and have been able to sort out how to use the phone and change the unhelpful (to me!) default predictive text mode! I'm still not able to decipher whether I am covered by a guarantee or warranty from the sellers or Samsung the manufacturers-can anybody read Spanish? Couple of minor irritations in the phone's set-up:- when starting a new sentence there isn't an automatic change to Abc format (initial capital letter) and when replying to a recipient one has to choose "Send" as the default is "Add recipients" which is odd as you are sending a reply to an already named contact! Having read previous reviews (and getting helpful replies to my enquiries!), I was glad that a UK charger was included (it came with a a EEC charger in box) and that I could use my Pay-As-You-Go O2 sim (as "sim-free" does sometimes preclude certain sim cards). This light little phone is just like our old phones when the idea of mobile phones was still fresh - when cameras and radios and computers were separate items altogether! And because there are no "extras", the battery with (I think!) 5 bars will last longer thus reducing the need for constant charging and the irritation of losing phone use when you need it the most as happens with these battery-hungry touch-screens etc. If you are a bit of a nostalgic recidivist like me then this phone is ideal and call reception is excellent and clear too! But there should have been caveats on the site to warn us to get an O' level at least in Spanish!

I bought this phone recently after on older one finally gave up the ghost. I'm very pleased with it and can't really pick any faults with it. It can: Text, make and receive phone calls, wake me up in the morning, add and subtract, remember quite a few phone numbers, and even time things. The most useful feature that isn't present even on the iPhone 5 is that the battery easily lasts for several days, even while using it for a couple of hours a day. If you don't use it very often, then it should easily last a week, if not a little bit more. My girlfriend has a fancy smartphone (the little Samsung Galaxy), which she got at the same time as this phone, and the battery on it doesn't even last a day. Also, I have a tendency to drop phones and this is rugged and tough. What more would you want from a phone? If all you do is text and phone, then this is the phone for you. p.s. There's even a game if you're bored.