Samsung Solstice A887 Unlocked Phone with Touch Screen, 3G Support, 2MP Camera and GPS – No Warranty – Black
Samsung Solstice A887 Unlocked Phone with Touch Screen, 3G Support, 2MP Camera and GPS – No Warranty – Black
- This unlocked cell phone is compatible with GSM carriers like AT&T and T-Mobile. Not all carrier features may be supported. It will not work with CDMA carriers like Verizon Wireless, Alltel and Sprint.
- 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
The Samsung Solstice weighs 3.33 ounces and measures 4.3 x 2.1 x 0.5 inches. Its 1000 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 5 hours of talk time, and up to 240 hours (10 days) of standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies as well as AT&T’s 850/1900 MHz 3G network (UMTS/HSDPA).
List Price: $ 149.99
Price: $ 86.99
Best I’ve Ever Had,
I bought this phone nearly two years ago and its still as great as the day I opened it. I have an old school phone plan; I don’t use the internet or check my email. I only use this phone for calls, texts, and pictures. For these purposes, this has been the best phone I’ve had yet.
I don’t have any trouble with the battery- I charge every three days or so. It has frozen up a few times in the course of two years, but it wasn’t anything removing the battery didn’t fix.
I like the user interface, it has convenient shortcuts, even a set of programmable shortcuts along the left side of the screen.
Camera works well, enough quality that I can upload pictures online and they are normal-size and clear, but no flash.
Touchscreen is great, I don’t have to recalibrate often. And QWERTY keyboard is good also, it has auto correct so you don’t have to type exactly right.
Only complaint is that if you don’t get the lock button pushed before dropping the phone into your purse or pocket, its easy to get into screens that accrue data charges. Its happened three or four times.
Overall great value for what you get out of it if you aren’t one of those people who never puts their phone down and uses it for everything under the sun.
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|Watch out for charging problems!,
This seemed like an Ok phone…for the three hours I was able to use it. It arrived with an initial charge on the battery, which allowed me to play with it for a few hours and test out the features. The touch screen worked well, but the qwerty keyboard was very small, which made texting difficult. I’m sure this is less of an issue once you get used to it, but I have pretty small hands/fingers and had to correct one out of every four letters while texting, so if you have large fingers, this probably isn’t the phone for you. Other than that, it is a good basic phone. I don’t use my phone for internet, email, or social networking, so I didn’t try out these features. If you care about those features and like to customize your phone, definitely read the reviews. I noticed that a lot of people complained about not being able to change things like the screensaver – I don’t care much about that, but some of the pictures that pop up on the screensaver are truly cheesy. I didn’t care for the standard ringtones on this phone, but I’m sure you can download something.
The real problem to watch out for is charging problems. When the initial charge died and I tried to charge it for the first time, I got an error message saying ‘charging stopped due to irregular battery.’ I tried it with several different chargers in several different outlets and got the same error message. If I tried charging it when the phone was off, I got a different error message, saying ‘charging paused. Phone temperature too high or too low’, though my phone was at room temperature. A new battery did not solve this problem, so I sent the phone back. In the course of trying to solve the problem, I did some searching online and discovered that many owners of this phone had the same problem – some when the phone was new, some after a few months, some after the phone went for a swim. The phone I purchased was supposedly brand new, so it should not have had any swimming experience. I guess I’m thankful that the charging problem occurred immediately, when I could still send it back, rather than randomly after a few months like some of the reviews I have read.
I don’t ask much from my cell phone – only that it work when I need it, send and receive texts when I need it to, and hold a charge reasonably well. Unfortunately, this phone didn’t measure up and I’m not ordering another one. It’s just not worth the hassle.
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|A for annoying,
Ok so i don’t own this phone at all but I’m dating someone who uses it. Lets just say, I absolutely dred talking to her on it. I usually have to repeat myself more than twice. Then i get the occasionally hello hello because she didn’t hear everything I said. If you value your relationship and the other person you are talking to, DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE. Cell phones from the 80′s have better clarity than this phone.
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