Samsung Solstice a887 Phone
Posted by adminNov 8
- Sleek 3G-enabled touchscreen phone with full QWERTY touch keyboard and one-touch access to Facebook and MySpace
- Compatible with AT&T Video Share, AT&T Mobile Music, and streaming video from Cellular Video service
- 2-megapixel camera/camcorder; Bluetooth stereo music; MicroSD memory expansion; access to personal email and instant messaging
- Up to 5 hours of talk time, up to 240 hours (10 days) of standby time
- What’s in the Box: handset, battery, charger, quickstart guide, user manual (on CD)
Amazon.com Product Description
Enjoy an instant connection to social networking, messaging and multimedia features with the Samsung Solstice for AT&T, which also features a full-touch QWERTY keypad access via its large, vivid 3-inch touchscreen. This phone can quickly download video, music and more over AT&T’s lightning quick HSPDA 3G network. This phone is also compatible with AT&T’s Video Share service, which enables you to send video of yourself to another compatible phone while mak… More >>
these phones are dirt cheap now… [...] dollars with a [...] dollar mail in rebate card coming back to you. fantastic phone, IMO, just be sure to get screen protectors (duh). easy to use the virtual keyboard, even with my thick fingers… much easier than the real ones on bar phones… came from the samsung magnet (don’t do it) to this, and am VERY happy. feels like iPod-lite (quite lite, but that’s OK), with all the gadgets on it… expandable memory via microSD, which i’ve yet to do, but this thing’s about to become my mp3 player. OH, all samsung phones have proprietary headphone jacks… can’t use your regular earbuds on them, if you haven’t seen that yet.
Rating: 5 / 5
Samsung Solstice is one of the best cell phone I have ever used. I have been a Motorola fan for so long that I was hesitant to get this phone. But as soon as I got it and started using it, I am really happy and satisfied with all the features it offers. I would recommend this phone to anybody who likes texting, since it really is so easy to use. For people who is likes listening to music, you can add an external memory card for all the songs you would like to hear whether you use the speakerphone, bluetooth or just a headphone. You can add pictures too to the external memory card. This cell phone is all that I would ever need for my everyday work. So far, I have no problems using it. I had the cell phone for about a little more than a month now. I rate it as 5 stars.
Rating: 5 / 5
I really like this phone, especially since I haven’t upgraded to a new phone in 5 years. The only problem is that the phone gets extremely hot, to the point where I get a “charging paused. Phone too hot” message. I only use the phone to make some calls and use no other applications, but the battery dies within half a day after a full charge. I never turned on the phone until I had a full battery charge the first time. I turned off vibration, lowered the backlight and even turned off my phone overnight, but when I turned it on in the morning, it says “battery low.” Also, I’m able to make the calls, but my friends can’t seem to call me. It goes straight to my voice mail although I checked to make sure the phone isn’t on “forward all calls”. I had the phone for 3 days now.
Rating: 4 / 5
Great phone! I initially bought the Eternity and returned it because I found out it did not have speed dial and the battery did not last but 48 hours. It also did not have the ability to customize the Widget as the Solstice does. The Solstice is smaller than the Eternity and fits better in your hand. The battery seems to last longer and the phone is totally customizable. The camera takes great pictures and the voice quality, even on speaker is wonderful. The Internet is easy to access and the screen gives good detail. I would recommend this phone to anyone who is looking to upgrade to a touch screen.
Rating: 5 / 5
I searched high and low for a good alternative to touchscreen “smartphones” with all their fancy doo-dads and high monthly costs, and I found it with the Solstice. The longer I have it the more I like it.
I chose this over the Eternity (last year’s model) because the touchscreen interface performs better: it is noticeably snappier and faster responding. I chose this over the Impression because of personal tastes: I liked the lighter weight and trimmer form factor of the Solstice; it fits nicely in your hand. I also do not care for slide-out qwerty’s (I have big thumbs); I prefer texting with T9, and the Solstice’s vibration-feedback touchscreen works great for me. Battery life is not great, but good: I have run the phone for 2-3 days without re-charging if I don’t use the Bluetooth, but normally I do, so I recharge every night, but I’ve yet to run it down in one day. Call quality is not the best I’ve heard, but still pretty good. Beware that there is a real issue on this model, where SOME phones have a terrible echo on speakerphone (for the person you are calling). My first Solstice had this problem, but I took it back to the AT&T store where they cheerfully exchanged it, now my speakerphone sounds just fine to everyone I call. Web browsing is ok; I can get from the main menu to a nice animated radar loop in about 20 seconds when I’m on 3G. It has GPS, built-in clients for Facebook and MySpace, YahooIM, but not Twitter. That kind of thing was not a priority for me so I can’t speak to it more. I wanted a good, easy to use, music player, and the Solstice delivers, making it easy for me to play hundreds of my favorite tunes over Bluetooth to my car stereo. Being able to customize the home screen with your favorite tasks is a very nice touch on the interface.
Cons: Can’t think of many. Wish the camera was better than 2MP (Eternity had 3MP), but it takes decent pix and has a zoom. The multi-tasking capability is a little hard to get used to (especially with the music player), but that’s just a learning curve.
Rating: 5 / 5