Samsung Beat Review:

Enjoy listening to favorite tunes, surfing the web, or messaging friends with the Samsung Beat mobile phone. Easy and fun to use, the Samsung 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.

Samsung Beat 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 Samsung Beat 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 Samsung Beat’s 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 Samsung Beat phone includes a 1 GB card and supports up to 2 GB of expandable memory).

Samsung Beat’s 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.

Samsung Beat’s 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 Samsung Beat phone comes with a one-year limited warranty.

Samsung Beat phone had barely just come out when my current phone started to fail. I went to T-Mobile for a replacement only to be disappointed. T-Mobile stores don’t have a great selection of phones at all.

I decided to pick this little flip phone up, and I was NOT disappointed.

On the outside the phone looks pretty sleek and stylish. I’ve received plenty of compliments on how it looks.

I like Samsung phones and I loved this Samsung Beat. Samsung makes gorgeous displays (I own a Samsung MP3 player and TV as well) and this phone didn’t disappoint.

Samsung Beat comes with an solid Mp3 player that pumps out amazing sound quality through the built-in green speaker on the front of the phone. This little speaker is amazingly loud, and was an instant hit with all of my friends.

The earphones it comes with also pump out top shelf sound but are a tad uncomfortable in my ears. If the included earphones are a problem for you, don’t fret, the box comes with an adapter so that you can use any headphones you want.

Samsung Beat also has an excellent 1.3 megapixel camera that takes great pictures for a phone in this price range.

The Video camera is capable of a 352 x 288 resolution screen, with a duration that is as long as your Micro SD memory card can take.

You can transfer both your pics and videos easily using an included micro SD adapter.

The box also includes a USB adapter that you can use to transfer your songs to the phone using Windows Media Player. The sync process worked seamlessly for me, and was super simple to use. You can then set any song in your phone as ringer as well.

The only bad aspect I’ve seen with this Samsung Beat phone so far, is an bad battery life. My last Samsung phone could last 3 and a half days with regular use, on one single charge. Make sure you charge your Samsung Beat every night, because it won’t last 2 days without some juice.

Altogether, this is a great phone, packed with features. An excellent piece of technology for the price.

—– By M. Sanchez

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