| Design | 3.4/5 |
| Display & Interface | 3.4/5 |
| Calling | 4/5 |
| Talk time | 3.5/5 |
| Messaging | 3.5/5 |
| Music | 3.8/5 |
| Video | 3/5 |
| Camera | 3.4/5 |
| Memory | 3.6/5 |
| Web browsing | 2.8/5 |
| Connectivity | 3.8/5 |
| Productivity | 2.5/5 |
| Scheduling | 3/5 |
| Laptop sidekick | 2/5 |
| Navigation | 2.8/5 |
| Gaming | 3/5 |
| Mobile services | 3/5 |
| Accessories | 2.5/5 |
| Value | 3/5 |
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Pros:
Responsive screen. Great call quality and calling features. Fine music player. |
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Cons:
Scrolling issues hurt using the interface. Widgets might not work at this size. Web browsing and video player both mediocre. |
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| The Samsung Behold reminds us quite a bit of the Samsung Instinct. It's not quite smart enough to be an iPhone clone, but it's still a good phone in its own right. In fact, in terms of call quality and calling features, it's a great phone. But Samsung still hasn't nailed the touchscreen interface. In some areas, like the QWERTY keyboard, they've done a great job, and it works well. In others, like the home page widgets and the problems we had with scrolling and moving through lists, the problems make using the phone a real chore. The phone has a very nice music player, but lacks a standard headphone jack, which seriously hobbles its potential. It uses fast networking on T-Mobile's new 3G network, but the Web browser lacks the deeper options needed to unleash its full potential. It's a flawed device, but not fatally flawed, and hopefully Samsung will work out most of these TouchWiz UI kinks as more of these phones come to market. |
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