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Unwired View: Samsung AT&T Eternity Review

  • abcyesn · 1 year ago
    I just received my Eternity a couple days ago. This is my first "gadgety" piece of electronics in a while so I must say that I am pretty impressed with it. I haven't seen the iPhones, iPod Touches, or any other touchscreen phones in person, so I really don't have anything to compare the Eternity to.
    I hang out at http://www.Samsung-Eternity.com very often.
  • decab · 1 year ago
    FYI: it only has 200 mb of internal memory, and expandable to 8gb with mircoSD, not 3gb like you state... you may have got confused because the box says "3G." 3G is the data connection for the phone and can receive data up to 3.6 mbits.
  • grant · 1 year ago
    i have one, i like it BUT, the touch screen is way too sensitive, try scrolling through your address book and it will keep selecting one entry if you press too hard, and if you barely touch it it wont scroll, i treid everything, from trying to scroll through the address book and through web pages, and all the time, it will automattioclly click on something you dont want, while trying to scroll. then you have to click back to where you were and try all over, then you scroll again and it does it again just by flicking with your finger ! aggravating !
  • liz · 5 months ago
    you need to get a stylus,for scrolling.
  • Melinda · 4 months ago
    You can use your volume buttons for scrollling. No stylus is needed.
  • Rachel · 11 months ago
    The Samsung Eternity is a-mazing. I love it. It's beautiful and I agree with everything you said.
    And it does offer 8 GB storage(expandable of course) :D!!! The only thing is, it's so new, that none of the stores have accessories for it!!! I tried looking for a USB cable for it and none of the stores carried it, they said i'd have to order it online :(

    All in all though, a pretty awesome phone ^^ i am so happy i got this one.
  • hahaha · 11 months ago
    Ahhh.

    I want this phonee!!! SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO badd!(:

    It lookss ahhhhmazingg!<3

    Im going to an ATT store tomorrow to look at it.

    HOPEFULLYYY, on the 23rd i can get it! *_*
  • Angie · 11 months ago
    I just got this phone and it is amazing. I found the iPhone too hyper-sensitive to touch, the screen jumps all over the place on an iPhone. With the Eternity you have haptic vibrations so you have more control over what you want to click on. It also offers 3 options for texting, T9, Qwerty or get this.........Handwriting which is really neat! It also has a built in camcorder and the lower part of the phone has an electric blue flash when the phone rings that you can customize to several other colors. The main window also acts like a mini desktop with a hidable side bar where you can store your favorite wiggits. In my book this phone is better than the new iPhone and you don't have to pay the extra $30.00 Apple charges you for the iPhone.
  • aaa · 10 months ago
    I believe Samsung Eternity does not have autofocus as stated in this article nor does it have 3 gb internal memory (seems to be just 200 MB internal memory.
  • Rob · 8 months ago
    The only thing I wish this model would offer that it doesn't is main menu access to voicemail. I realize most people don't get as big on voicemail as text these days, but it's really annoying that I've got to go in deep to get to that.
  • Kyle · 5 months ago
    Press 1 and it automatically will call your voicemail
  • Lollie Dot Com · 8 months ago
    First let me preface this by stating that I am an idiot. I left several bad reviews for the eternity around the web the first few days I had it. I still think for some the lack of voice dial will be a fatal flaw. However, I learned how to scroll through the names on the contact list, "press firmly and swipe.... don't forget the press firmly part and you'll be fine".... and I'M IN LOVE WITH THIS PHONE!!!! It's my second fav object in the world, the first being my Polaroid big flat screen tv/computer.... this baby is a big flat screen phone/camera/tv/computer/video recorder that fits beautifully in the palm of my hand. The screen is very easy to keep clean, the kinesthetic feedback is wonderful. I'm totally loving the way the keys zoom bigger when you click them, the way they feel... how easy it is to correct typos... the way you never need to buy a theme because the widget bar and widgets are chameleon in nature. They don't turn the exact color, but a darker see through version of whatever color is behind them. Surfing the net is easier than I've ever found it on a cell phone. You can enlarge the font size enough that even old people can read it without glasses. I'm 56 and need reading glasses to read the net on several other phones.

    They could never get me to carry a cell phone.... and now I'm just amazed to discover my favorite candy bar in my whole life is inedible. It's a dream boat. I think my phone is far more sleek and beautiful and wonderful in every way (except for the lack of voice dial) than any other phone made. :))
  • Allen · 7 months ago
    I read some of you were having a hard time scrolling through address book - having to press firmly and roll the screen.....NO NEED. Once you click your 'contacts' button, you use the VOLUME keys on the upper left side to scroll up or down in your address book without ever having the wrong one come up. And, it DOES NOT change the volume you have set. LOVE this feature and this phone -- BY FAR THE BEST PHONE I'VE EVER HAD.
  • whatttttttttt · 7 months ago
    i can get this phone fo free!!!!
  • alexix · 4 months ago
    I really really want one and i was hopin i could perswade my parents to get me one for christmas. Here r some ?s:

    - Does this phone have any cons?
    - How many letters is max on a text message?
    - How old should i be when i get a phone?
    - How can i conwince my rents?

    Plz help!
  • feliiz · 4 months ago
    Does anyone else's Eternity have a bump or bubble on the back under the camera (top right side on the back where the qualcomm sticker is - or was, mine fell off)?
  • julia · 3 months ago
    what is the difference between the instinct and the etrenity