Straight Talk Samsung T404G Cell Phone Review

Submitted by Eric on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 00:00

The Samsung T404G is a very basic phone that looks a lot like the other QWERTY slide phones that have come out.

So once again we have a phone that isn't much of an upgrade on the previous T401G.

People that have this phone will tell you to steer clear of it. It's not worth wasting your time one.

Now before we write this phone off, this phone given its limits may be perfect for someone who is just after a GSM phone that does just his.

Check the specs, see for yourself and read the comments.

Straight Talk Samsung SGH-T404G Review

This added by Florida Girl:

I got this phone a couple of days ago and I disagree with the negative reviewer at the top of the page. The T404G is a really nice feature phone. 3g and 4g service is spotty in my area so why should I pay $$$ for a smartphone when this $60 T404G does everything I need at the moment? I would rather text than talk, so I love the slide out qwerty keyboard. The keyboard sounds can be turned off. I ordered the phone at tracfone with triple minutes for life and I transferred my old tracfone number and minutes to this phone. At amazon I bought an 8GB class 2 micro SD card, Samsung OEM car charger, Samsung data cable and Samsung stereo headset AAEP407SBE. I used the data cable to download some mp3's into my phone and played them just now and it sounds quite good. (on phone settings set USB to "data" to download, set to "modem" for headset). The 2MP camera is decent. (LOL I remember years ago paying $500 for the very first Canon digital camera and it was 2.1 MP). Today, I downloaded Opera Mini 4.3 directly from m.opera.com to my phone and I'm running that to surf the net. It automatically installed in the "games" folder. (At first, site will say that phone is not compatible, but if you click public download link it will give you opera mini 4.3 which works great). I am not an extremely heavy cell phone user, and this phone does all I want and more. In a couple of years, I'll upgrade to a smart phone when their price comes down and when my local network is upgraded.

Direct your questions to her, she knows alot about this phone :)

Net10 & Straight Talk
Samsung SGH-T404G

  • Included Battery    Lithium-ion
  • Size    4.5 x 2.0 x 0.6
  • Standby time    Up to 14 days
  • Talk time    Up to 7 hours
  • Weight    4.55 (ounces)
Included Accessories:
  • AC Adapter
  • Battery

Features:
  • Alarm Clock
  • Bluetooth Capable
  • Calculator
  • Calendar
  • Call Waiting
  • Caller ID
  • Camera
  • Color Screen
  • Games Download
  • Graphics Download
  • HAC Compatible
  • Handsfree Speaker
  • Mobile Web
  • MP3 Player
  • Phone Book with up to 1,000 Entries
  • Ringtones Download
  • Text/Picture Messaging
  • Vibration Alert
  • Video Recorder
  • Voice Recorder
  • Voicemail

Download Samsung T404G Manual


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Comments

Submitted by Florida Girl on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 22:19
Comment: 
I ordered an LG HBS-700 Bluetooth Stereo Headset from NewEgg for $47. I tried it out for the first time just now and it paired with the T404G effortlessly. MP3's playing on my T404G sound quite good on this Bluetooth headset. So far,so good.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 14:50
Comment: 
Is this phone MAC compatible ?????????????

Submitted by Florida Girl on Thu, 10/27/2011 - 14:20
Comment: 
I did not sync the phone, I only downloaded music to the memory card. My computer is Windows XP so it does not recognize the phone when the phone USB is set to "modem". However, I understand that Windows 7 will recognize the phone. I also understand that there is software that can be purchased to enable XP to recognize the phone. Since XP cannot recognize my phone (and I don't have the software to allow it to do that) I was unable to install Opera Mini 4.3 via the cable. Opera Mini 4.3 did install just fine from their website directly to phone over the phone's internet connection. When the phone USB is set to "Mass Storage" XP recognizes the memory card as "Drive E" and I can easily drop MP3 files onto the card from my computer. They can be linked to the phones playlist and play just fine.

Submitted by NY -Bill (not verified) on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 11:46
Comment: 
Did you hook your phone up to your PC via a sync cable? I have bought the cable, but haven't tried anything yet, and was seeking a good browzer for the phone.

Submitted by Florida Girl on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 17:27
Comment: 
If the person calling you or texting you is in your contacts list they will be identified on the screen as soon as your phone gets the call or text. If the person calling or texting you has set their phone to "hide number" their number will not show on your screen when their call or text comes in. (You can also set the T404G to hide your number from others under settings > call settings. Mine is on "set by network")

Submitted by Leonidas (not verified) on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 14:34
Comment: 
Whenever i get a call or message it never tells me who it's from or gives me a phone number so i can identify who it is. Is there any setting i can do to make it so it shows who is calling or messaging?

Submitted by Florida Girl (not verified) on Sat, 10/22/2011 - 17:02
Comment: 
Here is a link to a pdf file of the T404G manual. http://www.net10.com/Common/English/Digital_Assets/15184.pdf I got this phone a couple of days ago and I disagree with the negative reviewer at the top of the page. The T404G is a really nice feature phone. 3g and 4g service is spotty in my area so why should I pay $$$ for a smartphone when this $60 T404G does everything I need at the moment? I would rather text than talk, so I love the slide out qwerty keyboard. The keyboard sounds can be turned off. I ordered the phone at tracfone with triple minutes for life and I transferred my old tracfone number and minutes to this phone. At amazon I bought an 8GB class 2 micro SD card, Samsung OEM car charger, Samsung data cable and Samsung stereo headset AAEP407SBE. I used the data cable to download some mp3's into my phone and played them just now and it sounds quite good. (on phone settings set USB to "data" to download, set to "modem" for headset). The 2MP camera is decent. (LOL I remember years ago paying $500 for the very first Canon digital camera and it was 2.1 MP). Today, I downloaded Opera Mini 4.3 directly from m.opera.com to my phone and I'm running that to surf the net. It automatically installed in the "games" folder. (At first, site will say that phone is not compatible, but if you click public download link it will give you opera mini 4.3 which works great). I am not an extremely heavy cell phone user, and this phone does all I want and more. In a couple of years, I'll upgrade to a smart phone when their price comes down and when my local network is upgraded.

Submitted by c (not verified) on Sat, 10/22/2011 - 16:41
Comment: 
i know i want a tracphone i was wondering if this model phone is a good choice?

Submitted by Cheryl (not verified) on Sat, 10/22/2011 - 04:47
Comment: 
AT&T

Submitted by c (not verified) on Fri, 10/21/2011 - 16:43
Comment: 
i'm thinking of getting my 1st phone mainly for textng on 20$ every 2 weeks is this a good choice thank you

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