December 25, 2011 – Paul's Tech Talk

The Phone is Awesome!

I’ve had several hours to play around with this phone and I must say I like it. The Straight Talk Samsung T404G (Affiliate Link)is by far a better phone. I won’t say it is the best phone but it is far better than the LG 620g Straight Talk phone.

The Spec’s of the Phone are:

Slider QWERTY Keyboard

Mobile Web

MP3 Player(cable and microSD card not included)

2.0 Megapixel Camera and Video Recorder

Bluetooth® Wireless Technology

MMS Picture Messaging

Text Messaging

External microSD Card up to 16GB (not included)

LCD Color Display

Hands-free Speaker

Voice Recorder

Voicemail and Call Waiting

Caller/Picture/Ringtone ID

Auto Redial

Key Pad Lock and Alarm Clock

Phonebook with up to 1,000 entries

Battery Talk Time up to 4 hours

Standby Time up to 21 days

Includes Charger and Services Guide

The Phone is Linked to the Carrier!

When you buy a Phone for Straight Talk you are buying the phone for a certain carrier. Every phone is probably for a certain carrier because when I first linked the old phone to Google voice it was a T-mobile carrier now when I updated the number using Google voice it is showing an AT&T carrier. So I am getting way better signals then I did with the LG 620g Phone. So if you are having problems with one phone then the chances are another phone will be better. I know I didn’t change the number for my phone just the phone itself. I would love to compile a list of which phones are tied to each carrier. One way you can find out which carrier you are using with Straight Talk is by using Google Voice to find out. Just got to the settings page to either add or update your carrier.

You can use an External Antenna!

There is an external antenna connector on the phone, you have to peel away a small square just above the battery to use the connector but have yet to see which connector works with it just because I get such a good antenna strength with it. I really haven’t had the need to worry about boosting the antenna strength but I am sure there are places where you might need it.