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| Samsung Gravity 2 |
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 With the Samsung Gravity 2, T-Mobile is finally filling in some of the gaps in their lineup, specifically low cost phones that work with their blossoming 3G network and appeal to their text-heavy fan base. It isn't a great phone, but it's up to speed with most modern feature phones, and you get everything from e-mail and IM to a reasonable Web browser, a media player for music, a basic camera and even GPS for turn-by-turn navigation from TeleNav. We weren't fans of the interface, a counterintuitive design we've seen before. We also had trouble getting the e-mail client to keep up with our current conversations, though IM and text messaging worked with no trouble. In the end, we liked the wide, roomy keyboard on the Samsung Gravity 2, and we liked the snazzy colors. Those might be the most important features for the Gravity crowd. Release: August 2009. Price: $50.
Pros: Cool colors. Wide, spacious keyboard. GPS and other 3G services.
Cons: Poor interface design. Sluggish network response in e-mail and Web browser.
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| Samsung Reclaim |
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 The Samsung Reclaim may not be as green as the Motorola W233 Renew on T-Mobile, but while the former phone made compromises on features and design, the Reclaim feels much more like a regular old feature phone that also happens to be fairly green. How green is it? Well, some of it is made out of corn, most of it is recyclable, and the documentation is printed on soy ink. Is that green enough? Then enjoy Sprint's One Click interface, our favorite for simple feature phones, which gives you a customizable carousel of tabs to quickly access key features like Sprint Navigation and the Sprint Music Store, as well as your favorite social networks like Twitter, Facebook and MySpace. The Samsung Reclaim doesn't feel as green as the Moto device, but it doesn't feel like such a compromise, either. Release: August 2009. Price: $50.
Pros: More recyclable, and made from more renewable materials. Full featured 3G feature phone. Great One Click interface design from Sprint.
Cons: Call quality wasn't great.
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| Samsung Solstice |
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 The Samsung Solstice, like the Samsung Highlight on T-Mobile, skips out on some advanced smartphone features like Wi-Fi and a high-megapixel camera and tries to keep things simple. In some ways, this works nicely. The phone did a great job making calls, with some cool address book and in-call interface designs. It's also the first AT&T phone we've tried that can use the new AT&T Social Net app, which let us keep tabs on our Facebook, MySpace and Twitter updates all at once, albeit rather slowly. For the most part we liked the hardware. The screen was colorful and bright, and streaming videos from AT&T's Cellular Video service looked surprisingly good. We were disappointed that so many features were just plain mediocre, like the Web browser, the 2-megapixel camera and the rest of the messaging apps. Regardless, buyers looking for a simpler, smaller device will find a healthy, though not very exciting, feature phone in the Solstice. Release: July 2009. Price: $100.
Pros: Top-notch call management. Great-looking screen, even with streaming vids. Slim and light design.
Cons: TouchWiz is a clunky interface. Besides Social Net, messaging features are way behind the competition. Lacks good multimedia hardware ports and accessories.
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| Samsung Comeback |
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 The Samsung Comeback should be called the Samsung Comeback In 10 Minutes. The phone was sluggish in almost every way, from simply opening messages to browsing the Web, belying its 3G Internet connection. It was also confusing to use, thanks to the maze-like interface with its redundant choices and counterintuitive feature placements. Where's the GPS navigator? Oh right, under "Organizer," with the voice dialing app. Some aspects frustrated us, and some were downright lousy, like the nearly useless external display and the strange, tic-tac keys on the full-QWERTY keyboard. The Samsung Comeback would have been a decent messaging phone a year ago, but can't match the competitors' current offerings in the budget segment. If T-Mobile is your preferred carrier and price doesn't matter, the Sidekick LX 2009 offers a more compelling messaging experience. Release: July 2009. Price: $130.
Pros: Cool colors. Nice camera. HTML Web browser. Good GPS navigation.
Cons: Sluggish at almost every task, even e-mail. Keyboard tough to use. External screen is very low quality.
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| Samsung Highlight |
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 The Samsung Highlight is an interesting alternative to the Samsung Behold, and we think it will have more appeal for a younger audience looking for a cool phone without the advanced camera features and chunky design of the former phone. We like the slim, Icy blue shell, and we even had a good time with the responsive, vibrant touchscreen, even though the TouchWiz interface got messy when we started dragging out too many widgets. The phone isn't great at any one feature, but it is pretty good at almost all of them, with a friendly, capable music player and a Web browser that was better than most basic feature phones. The key for this phone will be if T-Mobile can offer it for a bargain basement price, which isn't the case at launch, so we're hoping the price will drop rapidly into the $50 range. It needs to be affordable for teens and even tweens, who will definitely be the target audience for this cool looking, though underpowered, little tablet phone. Release: July 2009. Price: $150.
Pros: Small, cute and colorful touchscreen phone. Screen and interface were touch friendly and very responsive.
Cons: TouchWiz interface seems cluttered. Phone is a jack of all trades, master of none. Web browser and multimedia features are adequate, but not impressive.
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