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December 4th, 2009
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SAMSUNG Finesse Overview
October 9th, 2009
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The SAMSUNG Finesse™ makes keeping in touch with the world around you fun and easy. This stylish, advanced touchscreen gives you complete access to the internet, your email and social networking applications. You’ll always be connected with the latest news, whether it’s about the world or your friends. Plus, the virtual QWERTY keyboard makes responding to texts and emails a snap. You can’t imagine anything better.
touchscreen with widgets
The advanced touchscreen on the Finesse has SAMSUNG’S TouchWiz user interface so your favorite applications and functions are only a widget away. And you can use TouchWiz with a stylus or your fingertip.
full html web browser
Take the internet with you. This SAMSUNG’S full web browser lets you surf your favorites, check Email* and download files wherever you go.
social networking applications
Hate falling behind on your friends’ latest news? Keeping tabs on your social scene is easy and fun with metro 411 and mobile IM*.
gps enabled
The Finesse is equipped with metroNavigator, which gives you audible turn-by-turn driving directions, easy-to-read maps and the feeling you actually know where you’re going, for a change. It also has a local search feature so you can find points of interest as well as movies and events going on in your area.
email (mail@metroSM)
It’s like being able to carry your inbox in your pocket. With mail@metro, you can easily access some of your favorite Email* accounts (and set your phone to alert you when new emails are received.
Stereo Bluetooth® Wireless Technology
With a Bluetooth headset you can go hands-free and wireless. Now it’s easier than ever to carry on conversations without putting your job (or your life) on hold.
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Samsung Finesse user review
October 9th, 2009
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Samsung Finesse Discussions
This stylish, advanced touchscreen gives you complete access to the internet, your email and social networking applications. You’ll always be connected with the latest news, whether it’s about the world or your friends. Plus, the virtual QWERTY keyboard makes responding to texts and emails a snap. You can’t imagine anything better.
“I imagine some day this phone could turn into something very satisfying. But if it is to be considered among the likes of an iPhone, it has a ways to go.
The Pros:
1.) The plan. No other carrier, and I tried to put in a fair amount of research, offers a plan similar in price point to metro pcs. If you have a need to make international calls, nothing comes close to the plan offered. This reason alone makes it worth sacrificing some bells and whistles you might find on an iphone or blackberry.
2.) Battery life so far has been good. I’m not using it often to browse the web and such (see below for why) so I don’t know how much that will affect the length of time the battery lasts.
3.) Voice command for calls and such… recognized any commands without a hitch; convenient for safe driving.
4.) the GPS is a nice feature
5.) contrary to what someone else had written, I set up my home (verizon) and web (yahoo) email accounts seamlessly and they work great.
The Cons:
1.) Web Browser: Slow, tedious, difficult to use, lack of a zoom feature, many pages have problems loading, and you must wait (and wait and wait) for pages to complete loading before you can even consider clicking on a hyperlink on the page. Unless you -need- to look something up, it’s almost not worth using.
2.) Instant messaging app: Poorly designed. No way to see a keyboard/type message while viewing the chat log at the same time. No alternatives that I’m aware of. Like the web browser, it’s almost not worth using as it is. It’s convenient for a one or two sentence conversation, anything beyond that is grating.
3.) the “keyboard”… I’m not a huge fan of it. I have an iPod touch as well, so thats my only thing to compare it to. The samsung touchscreen isn’t quite as responsive and there’s no autocorrect/autofill feature so typing sms and ims can be a laborious process.
4.) Lack of apps – the few apps I did see were ridiculously priced and not all that useful. I suppose this will change in time, but for now it would be a stretch to even call the selection “meager”. It’s basically nothing right now.
Other things:
Call quality is decent. Coverage seems comparable to every other phone I’ve had with other carriers, at least in my area. I’ve not travelled outside the Philly metropolitan area yet. Pairing bluetooth is a breeze. The media player is better than average for a phone (thats not an iphone). The camera is pretty nice also for a phone camera.
Summary:
I’m content with this phone. If you are expecting an iPhone equivalent, you will be disappointed. Get this phone for the metro pcs plan offered. The money you spend for the phone (no contract = pay full price), you’ll make back in a matter of months.”
CharlesXIV from Philadelphia
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