Good range of features, terrible phone | Samsung Beat Phone (T-Mobile)

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	• Samsung Beat Phone (T-Mobile) T-Mobile T-Mobile, 2007 average customer review:based on 8 reviews view larger image
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Bad Battery Life

My old Samsung (don't know the model) could go for 4 days without charging. Granted I only used that as a phone and not a music player.

Still, listening to music on this phone for less than 2 hours a day (maybe more like 1 hour) and talking for less than 30 minutes, the phone dies after a day and a half.

So basically, when used properly, this phone needs to be charged nightly.

No other complaints so far, but haven't had it a month yet.

Good range of features, terrible phone

As the Samsung employee (M. Sanchez--go look at his reviews, they read like a marketing campaign) who gave the Beat a glowing review states, this phone does pack a surprising breadth of functionality for what is now a free phone with a service contract ($18 "upgrade fee" if you extend your existing contract). However, after use, it skips a Beat (AHAHAHAHA...whatever. You guys suck as an audience anyways).

The Samsung Beat is woefully underpowered. Everything from the music player to scrolling through your MyFaves contacts suffers from a delayed response. Get used to hitting the Play button about 8 times before you finally figure out that you have to press it and wait 15 seconds to be sure the Beat noticed you pressed a button.

The Beat is a horrible, horrible telephone. As the other users have been nearly unanimous in decrying, the sound quality of the microphone will surely elicit complaints from your callers. The headphones do indeed hurt like the dickens after about an hour (and I have big ears). Worst of all, the internal antenna loses signal constantly. While my Nokia 6103 had no trouble around my house (3-4 bars of signal strength), the Beat loses connection repeatedly near any large object. I had to switch to the Nokia yesterday to continue a conversation because the Beat kept dropping the call when I'd get near the washer and dryer. I have the same trouble standing at the counter washing dishes, with a flippin' window right in front of me.

The phone desperately needs a second connector. It uses one proprietary connector for everything: USB, power, and headset. T-Mobile should have also streamlined some of the menu options. For example, setting the ringtone from the main menu does not affect calls from your MyFaves contacts, although nothing indicates that there is a separate setting for those contacts (there is: you have to click around in the Options menu while hovered over a MyFaves contact, and each contact has a different ringtone that must be set).

If it didn't hold and play a sizable chunk of music, I'd huck it out the window and leave a stylish imprint on some unsuspecting passerby's face. Look for something else!

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Enjoy listening to your favorite tunes, surfing the web, or messaging with your friends with the Samsung Beat mobile phone. Easy and fun to use, the Beat packs a ton of features--including a music player, stereo Bluetooth service, a 1.3-megapixel digital camera, and a microSD expansion slot--into a compact package that looks like an MP3 player from the outside.

The music-focused Samsung Beat includes an exterior thumbpad for easy on-the-go navigation.

T-Mobile Options
Available exclusively from T-Mobile, the Beat communicates through the company's GSM/GPRS and EDGE networks, with quad-band support (GSM 850, 900, 1,800, and 1,900 MHz) helping guarantee global connectivity. As a result, the phone is ideal for international travel, giving you full mobile voice and data coverage all over the world without requiring you to change phones, phone numbers. or e-mail addresses. The Beat is also myFaves compatible, allowing you to call up to five of your most common contacts--on any network, even landlines--without using any of your minutes. Beat users who are myFaves subscribers can also send an audio postcard--a photo accompanied by a voice message--as well as send an e-mail, launch an IM client, or send a text message right from the myFaves home screen.

The clamshell housing opens to reveal a 176 x 220 pixel TFT display. Design
The compact clamshell phone offers an ultra-bright TFT display offers a 176 x 220 pixel resolution and support for up to 262,000 colors. Below the screen, meanwhile, sits a four-way navigation pad and dedicated shortcut keys, with a second pad located on the outside of the clamshell for easier music navigation while on the move. And text messaging is fast and easy thanks to the phone's predictive-text technology, which anticipates which words you're about to type and finishes them for you.

Multimedia
The real star of the Samsung Beat, however, is its music support. Not only does it include the aforementioned exterior thumbpad--which makes it easy to skip songs or adjust the volume while the phone is in your pocket--but it also supports both MP3 and AAC files, and offers a Bluetooth profile for listening to music wirelessly through a compatible stereo headset. And as with most of the latest mobile phones, the Samsung Beat includes a built-in 1.3-megapixel camera that offers such features as a 4x digital zoom, a self-timer, and multiple picture modes. The camera is also capable or recording small video clips via the 30 MB of integrated memory or longer clips when saved to a microSD card (the phone includes a 1 GB card and supports up to 2 GB of expandable memory).

Calling and Messaging
The Samsung Beat offers plenty of handy calling and messaging features, including a voice-dialing function that makes it a breeze to call friends and associates by simply saying their names; a full duplex speakerphone that lets you hear callers loud and clear; a WAP 2.0 browser and e-mail application; support for SMS and MMS messages; instant messaging, and such handy tools as a calendar, notepad, alarm clock, to-do list, and tip calculator. Connectivity is aided by the Bluetooth version 2.0 wireless connectivity, which offers profiles for communication headsets and hands-free car kits.

Vital Statistics
The Samsung Beat measures 1.5 by 3.7 by 0.66 inches (W x H x D), weighs 0.27 ounces, and includes a rechargeable battery that provides up to four hours of talk time and 250 hours of standby time. The phone comes with a one-year limited warranty.

What's in the Box
Samsung Beat phone, rechargeable battery, charger, user's manual.

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