Samsung SGH-X660 Mobile Phone

Ok, this is an old phone, but it beats the touch-screen rubbish out there today.
Solid built, looks decent from the outside, but once opened the all-black matt finish looks fantastic.
The buttons feel great and the screen is big and bright enough.
The text function is a little lengthy, but only extends the process by a 2 or so clicks.

Above all, for a great cheap phone - this is the bomb.

I read the other reviews here with some amusement. I feel compelled to introduce some balance otherwise you might think this phone is completely wonderful and has no drawbacks.

I've bought 2 of these phones, one for my wife and one for myself, for no reason other than I needed 2 phones and I spotted a cheap deal here on EBay. My criteria was that I wanted something not overly complex (such phones tend to crash constantly so it seems these days), and reasonably priced but still looking smart when you bring it out to make a call.

It's an attractive phone, slim, lightweight, part glossy black, part silver metallic which doesn't feel TOO plastic in your hands. The clamshell design means you don't have to bother with locking and unlocking the keypad.

I wouldn't describe the interface as "simple and straightforward". Not at all. Let me give you an example. To send an SMS to a contact in your address list whose number is not in your own head:
(1) Arrow down (to reach the SMS shortcut)
(2) Arrow right (to open the SMS shortcut menu)
(3) OK button (to select "Create SMS")
(4) type the message (using slightly undersized keys but they're not too bad)
(5) Options button (to open a menu)
(6) Arrow down (to reach the 'Send only' option)
(7) Ok (to select the 'Send only' option)
(8) Options button (to open a menu)
(9) Arrow down (to select 'Address book')
(10) Ok (to select the 'Address book' option)
(11) Press an appropriate alphabet key to skip through your address book to the desired contact name - or however you've organised your contacts list)
(12) Ok (to select that name)
(13) Options button (to open the menu for the THIRD time!)
(14) Ok (to send the message)
(15) Scream in frustration at how Samsung devised such a convoluted system

Some things are simple, what I've described above is currently the worst thing I've found, but then again it's unfortunately the operation I use most often, as texting is so necessary. Once you've got your main numbers set up on speed dial, those are very easy to access - just press and hold the single digit associated with the speed dial, though unless you want to jump into the convoluted menu system again you'll have to keep your speed dial numbers in your head to save time. I do like the way the screen displays extra-large numbers though, it makes dialling numbers manually easier at least.

The battery life is excellent. 10/10 for that bit.

The memory is reasonable. 20 messages only but you do have space for 200 contacts as well as those messages. If you keep 'weeding out' rubbish from your Inbox and Sent Items you will be ok. There's a menu option (arrggg that menu system again) of deleting all your messages at once, which I've used quite often.

One weird thing was that in order to create 'groups' for your contact list members you need to move all contacts from the SIM onto the phone, and do it from there. But then everything appears twice in the contacts list, and you can't shift contacts back from the phone onto the SIM!!!!! Pretty annoying.

One last thing. The camera feature is a real joke. I haven't seen a worse quality camera on any phone, ever. I wish Samsung hadn't included it but instead increase the memory capacity or something else instead.

Overall I've only rated 'good' because although it looks cool and has a good battery and I got it cheap (£20), it has a ridiculous menu system, and very very very poor camera.

Buy this phone if you have £25 to spare.

Bought this for my daughter. We actually went 'halves'. She chose it because of all the great features including bluetooth, video and picture taking facilities and touch-tone controls. Very modern, stylish and easy to use. And a real bargain, as ever from e-bay! Thank you! ^_^

My old sunsung x660 phone stopped charging itself and so I was about to get it fixed when i thought it might workout cheaper buying one off Ebay and low and behold it did. I got an 'as new' still in the box phone for £28 including postage and so now I still use my old phone but charge the batter on the new phone, which makes things a lot quicker. I now have a new phone if the old one gives up the ghost which give me Peace of mine.
Downsides to Ebay I have tried to buy things in the past off of here but found the whole process really complicated so just gave up, but this time I persevered and I'm glad I did. as I Will be using this site in the future. I also like the fact you can email the seller to see where your purchase is

I've had this phone for ages now, must be three years or more. It's never failed once! Not. Once. No battery failure, no keypad issues, no dead pixels, and no dodgy camera. I even got it second hand, so I don't know how much use it had before.

Though the navigation may take just a little bit of getting used to, it's basic fare and doesn't require a degree in software design to make your way around the menus.

If this is someone's first phone, it's a good choice, and even if you're a mobile veteran, it's an awesome choice that won't let you down in times of need.

Nice little phone, like the clamshell design as it's impossible to make inadvertent calls. Good battery life, clear and illuminated buttons and good colour display. Clear sound and capable of quite a loud ring. Texting is a bit fiddly but I don't do a lot of that. We've now got 3 in the house!

Excellent value for money looks more expensive than it is. has large buttons and clear colour display.