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Samsung Beat-SGH-T539 Review - At a Glance
Editor Rating:    3.83 4 3 5 5 3  What’s Good: Compact, solid flip phone with front-mounted music controls/speaker, stereo Bluetooth support and straightforward music player; Includes 1GB memory card; Good IM support; Inexpensive.
What’s Not Good: Signal strength issues; Low-res display and less-than-pretty UI; Wired headphones require use of proprietary adapter. Bottom Line: Beat is a simple flip with a pretty good music player and low price tag. The phone’s design didn’t do much for me, and the display is low-res, but for a basic phone with music player, Beat’s not bad. Just make sure you can get good reception with it where you live and work. Specs:
All about Reviews by manufacturerVerizon Wireless, Sprint PCS, Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, LG, Sanyo, HTC, Palm, BlackBerry, Sharp, Pantech, BenQ, Apple, Eten, o2Friday, June 20, 2008Good........... Don't forget to submit your entry for the "PhoneDog Days of Summer" Giveaway! Win one of over 30 of the hottest new cell phones - no registration, no spam! Just PhoneDog sharing some goodies with our visitors & loyal fans! Thanks and keep the comments coming! Samsung Beat-SGH-T539 in-depth review - IntroductionNot everyone wants a smartphone, a phone with 30 buttons on it, or a phone that costs $400. But lots of folks want phones that play music and handle text and IMs, or so it would seem from a glance at the major carriers’ current handset lineups. The Samsung Beat for T-Mobile caters to folks who want a compact, easy to use phone with a good music player and pretty comprehensive messaging support — all at a low price. You...Samsung Beat-SGH-T539 in-depth review - Design & FeaturesBeat is a small, thick-ish clamshell handset built out of plastic. It’s glossy black with a green ring around the front-mounted, circular speaker, and feels amazingly light when you first pick it up. Though the all-plastic build doesn’t exactly scream “Luxury,” the phone actually felt pretty solid throughout my testing. I didn’t worry about breaking the hinge or otherwise damaging Beat during normal use including the occasional...Samsung Beat-SGH-T539 in-depth review - Usability & PerformanceBeat worked very well as a phone provided that I could get a signal. Its quad-band GSM radio had some trouble pulling down strong signals, but when calls connected they sounded very good over the internal earpiece and not bad at all over speakerphone. Actually, the external speaker is much more useful as a speakerphone than boom box. On the other hand, music sounded surprisingly good over the included earbuds (with in-line mic...Samsung Beat-SGH-T539 in-depth review - ConclusionBeat isn’t my favorite phone, but it does offer a quality music experience at a low price. The inclusion of a 1GB memory card, stereo earbuds, and a headphone adapter make Beat ready to rock right out of the box. Unfortunately, between the low-res displays, signal strength issues, and somewhat wonky keypad, Beat’s got a few issues to overcome. If you’re on T-Mobile and like Beat’s styling and price tag, it’s certainly worth a...We got the beat: Samsung and T-Mobile release T539 "beat" music phone Samsung Unveils Music-Centric Phone with Compact Flip Design |
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