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Home / Cell phones / Consumer QWERTY phones / CTIA Fall 2008 Samsung QWERTY Phone Hands-on By Philip Berne, 11 September 2008 GALLERY Enlarge Enlarge Enlarge Enlarge Enlarge Enlarge Enlarge Enlarge Enlarge We know we've seen this design before, so solve the QWERTY-slider's mystery and check out our hands-on preview. Samsung Rant Specs »  Gallery » We're sure that Sprint and Samsung will forgive us for thinking this phone was a rip-off of the older LG Rumor, because after some time using the Samsung Rant we're ready to recommend it to anyone looking for a fun, easy-to-use QWERTY phone with some surprisingly robust messaging options. This isn't a complex, corporate smartphone, it's still very much a consumer-level device, but if you'd like to be able to check your work e-mail on your little personal phone, it packs all those features at the best price. Sprint's One Touch interface, with all its shortcuts and included apps, makes this phone much smarter than the average bear. We think the combination of improved hardware and interface design, the nice selection of messaging features, the great price, plus a few multimedia functions thrown in at the end for good measure, makes this an easy phones to recommend. There's plenty of room for improvement, but for only $50, we wouldn't want this phone to get too smart, would we? Release: October 2008. Price: $50. Pros: Nice, advanced feature set at a great price. Great improvement over similar predecessor, thanks to improved hardware and interface design. Corporate e-mail app. Cons: Web browser sluggish and unreliable. Lacks all the tiles of other Sprint One Touch phones. Multimedia options are very basic, not compelling. Best Cell Phones Name Score Price Carrier C Sony Ericsson W995 73% $600 Unlocked Sony Ericsson W760 72% $100 AT&T LG enV Touch 72% $100 Verizon Wireless LG Voyager 70% $80 Verizon Wireless Nokia 5310 XpressMusic 70% $50 T-Mobile LG Versa 70% $200 Verizon Wireless LG Chocolate 3 69% $80 Verizon Wireless LG Lotus 69% $100 Sprint Samsung Instinct S30 69% $130 Sprint Samsung Highnote 68% $100 Sprint Samsung Rant 68% $50 Sprint Samsung Impression 68% $200 AT&T Wireless Nokia 5610 XpressMusic 67% $100 T-Mobile Samsung Instinct 67% $130 Sprint Motorola Zine ZN5 67% $100 T-Mobile Samsung Eternity 66% $150 AT&T Samsung Memoir 66% $250 T-Mobile Motorola RAZR VE20 64% $100 Sprint LG Rumor2 64% $50 Sprint Sanyo Katana Eclipse 63% $50 Sprint Samsung Behold 63% $150 T-Mobile Motorola RAZR2 V9x 63% $150 AT&T Motorola Krave ZN4 62% $180 Verizon Wireless Nokia 7205 62% $130 Verizon Wireless Samsung Flipshot 61% $170 Verizon Wireless Click here to see full and advanced chart »     NEW IN-DEPTH REVIEWS Cell Phones & Smartphones   Digital Cameras   Camcorders HOTTEST Smartphones   Cell Phones   Touch Phones TOP STORIES Samsung Jet   Samsung Omnia 2   Nokia N86 Nokia E72   Sony Ericsson Yari   Sony Ericsson Satio HTC Hero runs Google Android with new HTC Sense interface   HTC Firestone with Snapdragon Technology on Its Way   iPhone 3GS review NEW CELL PHONE RELEASES LG Viewty Smart HTC Snap (Sprint) RIM BlackBerry Pearl Flip Apple iPhone 3GS Nokia 5630 XpressMusic HTC Touch Pro 2 Samsung Omnia HD HTC Snap Sony Ericsson T707 LG enV Touch LG enV3 Nokia N86 UPCOMING CELL PHONES Sony Ericsson W995 Sony Ericsson C903 RIM BlackBerry Tour Nokia E55 HTC Hero T-Mobile myTouch 3G Samsung i7500 T-Mobile Dash 3G Samsung Pixon12 M8910 CELL PHONE RESOURCE CENTER Best phones   Expert guides   Ask the Editors 3+ inch screen phones   Wi-Fi phones   Concept phones » Feature Search & Compare » Side-By-Side Comparison » Upcoming Releases » Carriers Unlocked, AT&T, Sprint, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, More... » Brands Apple, HTC, LG, Motorola, Nokia, BlackBerry, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Palm, More... » User Types Average Joe, Business users, Calling addicts, Fashion conscious users, Globetrotters, High-res addicts, Internet addicts, Multimedia enthusiasts, Music aficionados, Outdoor enthusiasts, TV addicts, Video lovers, More... NOW IN CONSUMER QWERTY PHONES Motorola Rival enters the small QWERTY slider war   Samsung Alias 2 review   Samsung Impression review   Pantech Slate review   LG Rumor 2 review 10 best QWERTY cell phones Samsung Gravity review AT&T Quickfire review Motorola Hint QA30 QWERTY slider comes to Alltel Samsung Propel review (AT&T) NOW IN PHONES BlackBerry Pearl Flip review   Samsung Jet   Casio Exilim C721 review   Sprint HTC Snap review   BlackBerry Tour takes Verizon Wireless global Samsung Omnia 2 Nokia N86 Nokia E72 Next 25 stories MUST READ CELL PHONES» Coming soon » Top 15 » Best-rated LAPTOPS» Coming soon » Top 15 » Best-rated CAMERAS» Coming soon » Top 15 » Best-rated MP3 players» Coming soon » Top 15 » Best-rated INTERNET TABLETS» Coming soon » Top 15 » Best-rated GPS NAVIGATORS» Coming soon » Top 15 » Best-rated HDTVs» Coming soon » Top 15 » Best-rated CAMCORDERS» Coming soon » Top 15 » Best-rated

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