THIS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU OVERTRUST SOME BRAND, I OWN MANY SAMSUNG HOME APPLIANCES INCLUDING PC PERIPHERALS WHICH MADE ME GO FOR A SAMSUNG R220(THE WORST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE I GUESS).
I GOT THIS MOBILE ON 30.8 2003 FOR RS 5000 BUT AT THAT TIME IT WAS A SLEEK AND GOOD LOOKING BLUE HANDSET TO ME.IT HAD EVERYTHING I NEEDED BUT SLOWLY IT STARTED SHOWING ITS TRUE COLOURS.
FIRST I STARTED EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE SIM CARD READING AND THEN WITHIN ONE YEAR MY SIGNAL RECEPTION GOT POOR AND FINALLY SO BAD THAT I STARTED LOOSING CALLS IN BETWEEN OF A CONVERSATION, I MISSED MANY CALLS AND ALWAYS HAD PROBLEMS WITH A NETWORK SIGNAL.
INITIALLY I FELT IT IS A PROBLEM WITH SERVICE PROVIDER BUT WHEN I TOOK IT TO MY RETAILER HE SAID THAT THE NETWORK IC HAD GONE AND THIS WAS A PROBLEM EVERYBODY WAS COMMONLY FACING IN THIS MODEL.
THIS IC COSTS 1400 RS AND LASTS FOR A YEAR OR SO ONLY.
SO MY ADVICE--DONT EVEN THINK ABOUT THIS PHONE BUT IF YOU GOT A LOT OF MONEY THEN PLEASE..GIVE ME SOME MONEY INSTEAD OF THROWING IT INTO DUMP FOR THIS PHONE