Electronic Product Reviews

When considering a cell phone purchase, many are inclined to purchase the cheapest cell phone they can find. However, just because the cell phone is cheap, does not mean that the plan attached to it is. In many cases, the cheap cell phones purchased come attached to carriers that charge exorbitant fees for calling and data plans.

Another point to consider is that many buyers tend to purchase the “free cell phones” in exchange for signing a two-year contract with a specific carrier. While the person signing the contract my believe they are getting a cheap cell phone, they may not realize that they will pay extra in terms of monthly costs for the voice and data plans attached to the contract. This is the way that cell phone carriers recoup the costs of giving away the cell phones free.

When the free cell phones is purchased, the carrier typically requires that buyer purchase a specific data and calling plan that is generally more expensive than other plans are. The users then are locked into that more expensive plan and end up paying from $500 to $1000 more per year then if they would have outright purchased an unlocked phone (phone not attached to a carrier) and chosen a cheaper voice and data plan to suit their needs. Overall, while many buyers believe that the cheapest cell phones are the ones advertised was “free with contract,” in reality, the cheapest cell phones are the ones that are prepaid or unlocked. This is because the buyer purchases the cell phone outright and has a choice as to which carrier and plan they want to use.

For example, people who purchase an unlocked smartphone for $249 own that smartphone outright. While they many be limited to their carrier choices because of the way the phone is built and carries its signal, that buyer still has a choice. If the user buys the phone for $249 outright and pays for a calling and data plan that costs $50 a month, as many monthly plans are now charging for their unlimited services, then that user is paying only $1449 for an entire two years.

In comparison, if the user “purchases” the free phone with two-year contract, that users is typically locked into a $79 plan per month plus he will pay charges for overages in calls and data. This phone winds up costing at minimum $1896 for two years, $400 more than if the user purchased the phone outright or used a prepaid calling plan-where the phones typically cost less than $100. The moral is the cheapest cell phone may seem cheap at first, but it may end up costing much more than anticipated, so always do research before purchasing anything.

Some people shopping for a laptop notebook tend to readily settle for ones that are offered at a bargain. But in most cases, they realize too late that you get what you pay for. Samsung NP-Q320 might be the first exemption to that as it is a full-fledged technological excellence for a delectable price range.

Features

Most people believe that if you can get a laptop at a price range of $800 to $1,000, then you got yourself a good deal. Priced at $949 as of September 2009, Samsung NP-Q320 has got enough power to it such that you want to use it on a regular basis for the office, school, and other types of work.

First off, the body is very light and compact weighing only a total of 4.8 pounds. Carrying it on your bag really is quite easy with such lightweight materials, so the Samsung NP-Q320 is quite handy for use on an everyday basis, whether you are a student, office worker, or a techie lover. Its weight does not compromise user experience though as it comes with 13.4-inch display screen with enough power to run basic computer applications.

In addition to the compact and appealing build to the Samsung NP-Q320’s body, it has a wonderful keyboard. Typing on its keyboard makes an excellent experience for those who perform a lot of typing jobs on your notebook. The trackpad is quite accurate and highly responsive to the touch such that there are no lagging problems recorded for this laptop model. Both left and right buttons are intuitively positioned such that you can press correctly onto it without having to look at where your fingers are placed. Slight issues on some of the keys though are the Alt and Ctrl keys since they can be a bit narrow.

The backlit LED screen for Samsung NP-Q320 comes with 1366x768 pixel resolution unfortunately does not offer maximum contrast or color, with a washed out look to it. In addition, the vertical viewing angles also offer poor or limited range. But that is just a slight issue for a laptop suitable for budget conscious individuals.

Pros

Some of the beneficial highlights to the overall performance of Samsung NP-Q320 that make it an excellent purchase are as follows:

It delivers excellent performance comparable to other more expensive laptop models in the market.
It has quite an appealing design and is highly compact, thus making it easy to carry around with you at all times.

Cons

If you are looking to buy Samsung NP-Q320, here are some drawbacks to the features that will make you want to reconsider your option:

The viewing angles are quite poor and it is further aggravated by the low quality screen contrast. Thus, the quality of images and display might not meet satisfactory level.
While it is good that this notebook model offers a lot of port selections, they are all crammed up on one side that is unpleasant to look at if you try to use all of them.

Final Thoughts

Samsung NP-Q320 might not be the most powerful laptop brand in the market, but it does offer excellent features to top other notebooks among its price range. The features are also very accessible without requiring a learning curve so you can get some power from this machine.

Just when you thought the cell phone wars couldn’t get anymore fierce, AT&T has decided to take their line of prepaid phones to a whole other level. With competition heating with rivals Metro PCS, Boost Mobile, and Cricket prepaid cell phone distributers, AT&T’s Go Phone has just unveiled their own unlimited flat priced plan. For those who are looking for unlimited talk and text while utilizing AT&T’s network, Go Phone is your answer.

This is specifically made to cater to those of us who prefer to know exactly what we’re going to be paying every month and don’t have a desire to be locked into a 2 year contract. Unfortunately the big boys are still slow abolishing this unpopular notion. Nonetheless, if you are looking for the brand power of AT&T you can’t go wrong with this plan.

Now how much is this plan you ask? Well for unlimited talk and text you can get it for $60 per month. Its a little bit more expensive than Metro and Cricket, however if you want to go with who has the best network, The Go Phone is a no brainer.  And to give this plan an even bigger boost, it also includes free text messaging to Canada, Mexico, and about 100 other countries. Not to bad if you are a text machine and don’t need to hear the voices of your loved ones in other countries.

Now on a personal note, I wouldn’t take this as a time to put your verizon smart phones for sale, or leaving T-Mobile if you are with them. But if you’re looking for a good affordable wireless cell phone plan, then you should give this plan from Go Phone a try. Now I need to warn you, this does not include any internet usage. And I’m not sure what would happen if you were to try to use your Iphone with this plan. I’m guessing you will be sorely disappointed.

However if you don’t need all of that extra stuff, and just want to have a phone you can use to communicate with your friends and loved ones, I really recommend giving this a try. After all it can’t be any worse than my friend in Ohio who are stuck with Revol. But you need to keep in mind also that Go Phones selection of phones aren’t going to make you fall in lust. I can’t stress enough that this isn’t for the tech nut, or the person who has to have the latest phone. Ok, I’ve ramble enough. Check it out folks, until next time!

Hello everyone and welcome to our Electronic Product Reviews site. We decided to start this electronics reviews type of website because we felt that there just wasn’t enough variety online when trying to get information on laptops or find the right computer reviews you want to see. The aim of our electronic product reviews is that we want to be able to provide diverse information for the online public. Our upcoming online product reviews will try to find the delicate balance of being brief, yet informative, and at least legible!

We intend to cover anything electronic with our online product ratings. Cell phones , computers, video game consoles, cameras, mp3 players, and much much more! The thing that I found when search other online consumer reviews sites like CNET, is that sometimes the reviews could use a smidge more of pizazz. But nonetheless they are still one of the leading online product comparison websites. You will be able to come here for everything from specific news like canon product reviews, or general online electronics discussions.

No need for the site to be super formal, but hopefully it will be super informative. So that way you will come away from reading one of our electronics reviews feeling more excited about a potential upcoming purchase. Or you can learn something that may help you stay a way from a particular product. Its true you can go to one of a million websites on the internet for generic computer reviews, but we hope to change that a bit. 

So in a nutshell that is a brief overview of some of the things you can expect from up this site in the future. Your online shopping experience will never be the same. See you next time.