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Manufacturer: Samsung Part number: 3900233
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- The Samsung Solstice offers a touch screen and multimedia features, but its performance isn't the best.
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CNET editors' review
Samsung Solstice SGH-A887 (AT&T) price range: $57.74 - $291.66
- Reviewed by: Kent German
- Reviewed on: 08/04/2009
- Released on: 07/30/2009
The good: The Samsung Solstice has an easy-to-use touch interface and a useful set of multimedia features. Photo quality is quite good.
The bad: The Samsung Solstice lacks instant messaging and the memory card slot is behind the battery. Call quality, browser speed, and video performance are unimpressive.
The bottom line: The Samsung Solstice offers a touch screen and multimedia features, but its performance isn't the best.
User reviews
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Decent phone at first but disappointing over time.
by AlliKat1998 on December 19, 2010
Pros: Bright screen
Small and lightweight
Average UICons: Terrible touchscreen
T9 texting and texting in general
Internet capability
Limited appsSummary: I had this phone for an entire year before finally upgrading to an iphone 4. If I had reviewed this phone after a week of use, it would have been ...
Summary: I had this phone for an entire year before finally upgrading to an iphone 4. If I had reviewed this phone after a week of use, it would have been more positive, but now after a year's use, I have become very frustrated with it in general.
At first the touchscreen was pretty good. It responded best to my fingernail instead of fingertip, but that was fine by me. The main problem that I had is that the touchscreen had difficulty responding within a few months. I had to apply more pressure to get it to work, and it started lagging a lot. It got to the point to where navigating from one place to another became bogged down and sluggish; however, I'm not sure if it is just the OS or touchscreen. Also scrolling through contacts or texts hung up terribly.
Another gripe I had was the texting function. I usually used T9 since it was faster than typing out manually, but the words included in the dictionary were ridiculous! Common words like "not", "in", "or", and "go" come up as "on't", "gn", or "ns" first. I had to repeatedly cycle through the gibberish to get the word I wanted.
Also, the internet on this thing is a joke. I know it's not an iphone or other similar smartphone, but very few pages came up correctly. Plus it is SLOW. The only thing I used it for was facebook and maybe the weather if I had enough service; otherwise, trying to view something online is a waste of time. Plus I was disappointed that I couldn't download a lot of cool apps for this phone. Many 3rd party apps weren't supported, and the ones that I could download weren't that great anyway.
I gave this phone to my husband after I got my iphone, and he absolutely hates it! He said he was sorry that I had to use this phone for a whole year, and he is getting a Blackberry from a friend of his ASAP. A couple of friends of mine either have this phone or similar models, and they have had the same problems. I used to be a big fan of Samsung, but with all these problems I have questioned the reliability of the product. This is why I chose an iphone over the new Samsung Focus that got rave reviews on here. -
Convenient and quiet, but unreliable touchscreen
by LauraFaley on September 24, 2010
Pros: I really like using the touchscreen, it has a wide variety of characters available. So far the Solstice has been sturdy, it has great battery life, and I like the organization of its messaging.
Cons: The touchscreen is unreliable, sometimes no response and then a stutter, sometimes calls don't go or come through. Common commands, such as silent are hard to find quickly. The camera is marginal at best, its controls non-intuitive.
Summary: I like the size of the Solstice and so far it has been quite sturdy. I keep it in a travel case on my belt.
The messaging is well-laid out ...Summary: I like the size of the Solstice and so far it has been quite sturdy. I keep it in a travel case on my belt.
The messaging is well-laid out and easy to use, however, the touchscreen is unreliable, sometimes not responding, and then after a pause catching up with a stutter, often after one has hit an responsive key area multiple times. The T9 works pretty well, and personalizes, remembering commonly used words, although the dictionary will not accept words with punctuation marks, such as hyphens or apostrophes.
Finding common used functions, such as silent, is way too many keystrokes, buried down in menus somewhere. The calendar and alarm functions work fairly well, although I would like the calendar to allow me to schedule multiple dates of the same event.
I have had the phone for six months. Most bothersome is that the phone is beginning to drop calls, not put calls through, both sending and receiving, and it is beginning to fragment messages. Its sound quality is okay, but I would like it to be better.
I don't know whether I would purchase the Solstice again. It seems to be trying to do too many things, and not quite doing them as well as it could. It would be better if it were just a touchscreen cell phone, and had a higher quality touchscreen control system. -
I'm glad I upgraded my cell phone to a Solstice!
by dianaagusti on September 14, 2010
Pros: - It is thin, light and fits perfect in my purse.
- Touch screen's light is bright enough to illuminate an area when lights go out.
- Battery charges fastCons: - Speaker phone echos
- Ear speaker is low
- Memory card behind the batterySummary: \
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Great deal, good phone, I'm happy.
by bepositive11 on September 7, 2010
Pros: It is very user friendly and has everything I need the phone for. Takes nice pictures, phone is just the right size, not too bulky.
Cons: I do not like the fact that you can't delete or change the background pictures that display when in lock mode, they are kinda gay looking. LOL. I wish it had a feature for attaching headphones. I wish I could delete the widgets I do not use.
Summary: I really like the phone and am very happy with it. I would love to have an Iphone 4 but I just couldn't afford it right now and really ...
Summary: I really like the phone and am very happy with it. I would love to have an Iphone 4 but I just couldn't afford it right now and really don't NEED it, is a really, really cool phone, my sons have them. The Solstice is great for the price (free) with contract and compared to the old phone I had (an old razor) this one is top notch. Speaker phone works great and I love the voice command feature and one touch widget for calling favorites. I am not a technical guru and this phone has all the features I NEED it for. I have never had a phone with internet so I cannot compare to anything, but for checking email and facebook it works for me perfectly. I bougt a cover for it and accessories are available for the phone. I'm very happy with it, good phone, good value and I don't have any problems with it.
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shuts down unexpectedly
by Pat Bonnar on August 18, 2010
Pros: nice looking, multimedia purchased Dec. 2009
Cons: Fully charged and it shuts down and has to be rebooted. new battery same results. Fully charge put in purse 2 hours later have to remove battery and reboot to use. It is virtually unusable.
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Want a smart phone? Buy a real one!
by Suckered71 on August 10, 2010
Pros: Phone is a Pretty Purple.
Cons: Screen TOO sensitive but some keys stick. DO NOT buy a refurbished phone from AT&T sans *extra* warranty. Touch screen stopped working right after 4 months. Was told by representative I could upgrade in a year or buy new phone. THANKS! SUPER helpful!
Summary: Poor speaker quality. Dodgy touch screen. Recalibration 'tool' is a JOKE. Cute toy for a kid.
Summary: Poor speaker quality. Dodgy touch screen. Recalibration 'tool' is a JOKE. Cute toy for a kid.
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I was told i had a faulty device, so read accordingly
by mps1123 on July 28, 2010
Pros: Nice layout. I like the choice of both QWERTY and T9 capabilities (both touch, though i use T9). Touching had a nice feedback, although its my first touch phone.
Cons: During calls, static and such occurred, but i am currently working out switching phones, because that was a design/functional issue. I am unaware if the faultiness is caused by signal as well, as i get texts out of order and late
Summary: I cannot fairly judge the phone, but for T9 users, be wary of the strange words that might pop up, as friends have similar problems with sketchy T9
idk if ...Summary: I cannot fairly judge the phone, but for T9 users, be wary of the strange words that might pop up, as friends have similar problems with sketchy T9
idk if the bad call quality is my phone of the model, as well as bad service with texts.
Lack of customization is an issue for me, seeing as it is your personal phone (lock screen, some complaints about widgets, etc) turn off -
Absolutely terrible phone
by jpark951 on July 17, 2010
Pros: Decent battery life.
Cons: Unreliable, no zoom feature for camera/video, touch screen is too sensitive
Summary: Do not get this phone. After four months of use, the phone started messing up. For a while, I couldn't make a call for more than thirty seconds or ...
Summary: Do not get this phone. After four months of use, the phone started messing up. For a while, I couldn't make a call for more than thirty seconds or it would freeze which required for me to take out the battery and put it in. However, that wouldn't always work either because the phone would freeze while restarting so I would have to take out the battery and put it in again at least five or six times before it would start working again.
The strange thing was, it started working just fine for a few weeks and I mistakenly thought the problem fixed itself. However, the problem came back and I just bought a new phone after buying this terrible phone seven months ago.
Also, the touch screen was too sensitive and it made texting very hard to do as I would repeatedly press two or three buttons at once. I read that in a separate review thinking that I would not have that problem as I have pretty slim fingers but as a stated earlier, that was not the case.
As required of the contract, I also had the data plan. The 3g usage in all areas was terribly slow, much slower than other At&t phones like the iPhone or Blackberrys. Granted, they are much better phones but I assumed that as all three use the same network, the 3g speed wouldn't differ. But again, I was wrong.
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The Unit works great to bad no apps f
by drayegon on July 12, 2010
Pros: small easy no ant sleek charge great hearing with the cheapie ear phone does just fine. For net txt and voice it is a 10. and If you put it in the right place it works as a dillliy to.
Cons: Not any good games unless you buy them also you need to get lots more free stuff for the dollar
Summary: we shall see if I get my rebate or not.
Summary: we shall see if I get my rebate or not.
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really like this phone.
by tifftastic on July 5, 2010
Pros: bright screen, easy to use, light, small
Cons: small keyboard, vibrate is a little too soft
Summary: I've had this phone since January, and i really love it. Haven't had any problems as of yet. The keyboard could be a little bigger, and I usually ...
Summary: I've had this phone since January, and i really love it. Haven't had any problems as of yet. The keyboard could be a little bigger, and I usually have to keep the ringer on, because it's hard to feel when it vibrates. The sound quality could be a little better, too, but other than that it's a pretty good phone. Don't think i opened the manual once. This is my fifth phone, and it's easily the best I ever had. I've used the iPhone and other touch phones, but I think i definitely like this one best.
Specifications
- Manufacturer: Samsung
- Part number: 3900233
- Description: If you're into messaging, social networking and having the latest and greatest, pick up a Samsung Solstice. This advanced touch screen puts the features you use most right at your fingertips. There's a 2.0-megapixel camera and virtual QWERTY keyboard so you can share images and thoughts. There are social networking apps to keep you up to speed. And there's GPS Navigation so it's easy to meet up with the crowd. In other words, the Solstice lets you update your status and improve it at the same time.
General
- Packaged Quantity 1
- Product Type Cellular phone
- Form Factor Touch
- Phone Design PDA
- Integrated Components Voice recorder,
Digital camera,
Digital player - Antenna Internal
- Width 2.1 in
- Depth 0.5 in
- Height 4.3 in
- Weight 3.3 oz
- Body Color Black
Cellular
- Technology WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM
- Band WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM 850/900/1800/1900
- Mobile Broadband Generation 3G
- Service Provider AT&T
- Software Platforms Supported Java
- Input Device(s) Touch sensitive screen
Messaging & Internet
- Cellular Messaging Services SMS
- Instant Messaging Services Yahoo! Messenger,
AOL Instant Messenger Service (AIM),
Windows Live Messenger (MSN Messenger) - Messaging & Data Features Text messages,
Voice mail,
E-Mail,
Picture messages,
Instant messages - Downloadable Content Ring tones,
Graphics,
Games,
Videos,
Applications Communications
- Wireless Interface Bluetooth
- Bluetooth Profiles Serial Port Profile (SPP),
Object Push Profile (OPP),
Headset Profile (HSP),
File Transfer Profile (FTP),
Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP),
Basic Imaging Profile (BIP) - Communication Features Internet browser
Phone Features
- Phone Functions Call timer,
Conference call,
Speakerphone,
Vibrating alert - Polyphonic Ringer Yes
- Polyphonic Ring Tone Voice Qty 72
- Additional Features Touch screen,
Speakerphone,
16 GB microSD card slot Organizer
- Personal Information Management Calendar,
Calculator,
Reminder,
Alarm clock - Missed Calls Memory 30
- Dialed Calls Memory 30
- Received Calls Memory 30
- Phone Book Entries Qty 2000
Media Player
- Supported Digital Audio Standards MP3,
AAC
Memory
- User Memory 189 MB
- Supported Flash Memory Cards Micro SDHC
Digital Camera
- Sensor Resolution 2 megapixels
Navigation System
- GPS Navigation A-GPS receiver
Display
- Type LCD display - Color
- Technology TFT
- Diagonal Size 3 in
- Display Resolution 240 x 400 pixels
- Color Depth 18-bit (262000 Colors)
- Multi-language Menu Yes
- Display Languages English,
French,
Spanish Battery
- Technology Lithium ion
- Capacity 1000 mAh
- Run Time Details Talk - up to 300 min,
Standby - up to 250 hour(s) Miscellaneous
- Included Accessories Power adapter , Power adapter
Product series
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Samsung Solstice SGH-A887 (AT&T)
Manufacturer: Samsung
Specs: AT&T,
WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM,
Up to 300 min,
With digital camera / digital player,
3.3 oz,
2 megapixels,
3 in
Manufacturer info
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- Manufacturer:Samsung
- Address:
105 Challenger Road, Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660 - Phone: 1-800-726-7864
- Fax: 1-973-601-6001
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