Samsung SGH-A127
| Industry | Consumer electronics, Telecommunications |
|---|---|
| Founded | March 1, 1938 in Suwon, South Korea |
| Headquarters | Suwon , South Korea |
| Products | Mobile phones, electronics |
| Website | www |
The Samsung SGH-A127, introduced in 2007, is a flip-style mobile phone designed for use with AT&T Mobility. It features a 0.3 megapixel camera and includes a dedicated button for camera activation.[1][2] Samsung ceased production and sales of this model by 2009.[3]
Hardware and features
This model employs a proprietary S20-pin connector for both charging and headset functions, distinguished by a black plastic bezel surrounding the metallic contacts. It is compatible with the AAEP305SBE headset or equivalents.[4]
External display
This flip phone is equipped with an external screen designed to show status updates and notifications. Displayed information includes signal strength, battery level, date and time, messages, incoming calls, alerts, and alarms.
Data
The handset features a WAP browser accessible via a dedicated shortcut key, utilizing GPRS for data transmission. It supports carrier-specific platforms such as MEdia Net (the carrier's portal) and Carrier Mall (available through providers like AT&T, Cingular, or others), offering phone customization options including ringtones, graphics, applications (such as games), and multimedia content. It should be noted that by 2014, these services may have been discontinued or altered into formats incompatible with the phone’s software.
Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) capabilities enable sending and receiving multimedia content including text, images, and audio files. The MMS functionality is comprehensive: messages can span multiple pages, be assigned custom or recurring content via templates, set with specific durations, priorities, and expiration dates; users can preview messages before dispatch. Received multimedia messages allow replies to individual senders or groups and can be forwarded. Depending on the data type within an MMS, users can initiate calls to the sender, extract contact addresses, or save images and audio files into designated folders.
The device also incorporates features to monitor and record data usage.
Other
The phone offers optional T9 text input with the ability for users to add personalized terms to the default dictionary. This feature is limited to languages supported by the device, with English, French, and Spanish being the display languages tailored for the North American market.
Additional basic utilities include alarms (which function even when the phone is powered off), a calculator, calendar, task list ("To do"), voice memo recorder, currency converter, and world clock.
The handset includes software components or security features developed by RSA Security.
See also
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- Samsung SGH-E710 — a comparable model launched several years earlier targeting the EMEA region
References
- ↑ SGH-a127 Series (PDF), Samsung, 2007-08-21, retrieved 2014-02-05
- ↑ "Samsung SGH-A127 Review". Mobiledia Corp. Fall 2007. Archived from the original on 2012-09-14.
- ↑ "AT&T Cell Phones: SGH-A127". Samsung. 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-12-14.
- ↑ "AAEP305SBE Handsfree Mono Headset". Samsung. 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-10-07.