| Design | 3.6/5 |
| Display & Interface | 3.7/5 |
| Calling | 3.8/5 |
| Talk time | 3.5/5 |
| Messaging | 3/5 |
| Music | 4/5 |
| Video | 3.8/5 |
| Camera | 3/5 |
| Memory | 2.8/5 |
| Web browsing | 3.2/5 |
| Connectivity | 3.8/5 |
| Productivity | 2.5/5 |
| Scheduling | 3/5 |
| Laptop sidekick | 2/5 |
| Navigation | 4/5 |
| Gaming | 3/5 |
| Mobile services | 4.5/5 |
| Accessories | 2.5/5 |
| Value | 3.4/5 |
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Pros:
Responsive touchscreen. Good music player. Menus and interface are all polished, ready for touch. |
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Cons:
TouchWIZ interface is nearly useless thanks to lack of screen real estate, cramped widgets. Lacks some necessary calling and messaging features. Mobile TV a letdown on this device. |
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| The Samsung Eternity is a phone that zigs nicely, but we really wanted it to zag. Features for which we didn't have high hopes, like the onscreen keyboard or the GPS navigation, actually performed much better than we expected, while some of the key features for this device, like the AT&T Mobile TV service or the Web browser, fell flat. The phone was nice and responsive, whether we were moving widgets around on the screen or switching the screen orientation as we rotated the phone, and though we think Samsung needs to take the TouchWIZ interface back to the drawing board, once we dug past the standby screen to reach the real features on this phone, it was easy to come away pleased, if not impressed. |
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