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You can personalize the Samsung PM-A840 with a variety of wallpaper, or you can get more if you want them with the WAP 2.0 wireless Web browser. You can download other ring tones as well. Just be advised you can't lower or mute the ringer via the volume toggle unless the flip is up. The phone comes with demo versions of three Java (J2ME) games--Tetris, Jamdat Bowling, and Ms. Pac-Man--but you can download more titles if you're an avid gamer.
We wandered around New York City to test the triband (CDMA 800/1900; AMPS800) Samsung PM-A840. Voice volume was so loud that we had to lower it to about half; reception was clean, clear, and virtually uninterrupted despite the subsumed antenna; and vocal quality was natural and crystalline. In fact, the earpiece magnet is powerful enough to get small paper clips to stick to the silver trim on the outside. All in all, the PM-A840 delivered some of the best vocal and reception performance we've seen in a cell phone in some time, which is even more surprising, considering Sprint's pockmarked network.Speakerphone sound quality through the earpiece was loud but hollow and scratchy, but as long as we kept the mic relatively close to our mouths, coconversationalists reported no echo and clear sound. Once the phone was placed on a desk, volume dipped on our end, while an increasingly hollow sound and vocal quality became an issue at the other end. Ringer volume does not match the mighty vocal modulation but, with the right ring tone, is loud enough to be heard from a pants pocket or a purse.
We culled 3.25 hours of talk time on a single charge, just short of the rated time of 3.8 hours. According to FCC radiation tests, the Samsung PM-A840 has a digital SAR rating of 1.29 watts per kilogram and an analog SAR rating of 0.77 watts per kilogram.
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