Samsung Eternity a867 Phone, Black


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Samsung Eternity a867 Phone, Black (AT&T)

The multimedia-rich Samsung Eternity for AT&T provides one-touch access to AT&T Mobile TV and a full-touch QWERTY keypad access via its large, vivid 3.2-inch touchscreen. With AT&T’s Mobile TV offering, you can watch TV-quality programming from Comedy Central, ESPN, Fox, NBC, and more. This quad-band GSM phone also runs on AT&T’s dual-band HSDPA/UMTS high-speed 3G network, making it easy to download music purchased from AT&T Mobile Music. This GPS-enabled phone is compatible with …
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  1. Humvee Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 11:23 pm

    Was looking to replace my current phone. Already have a work phone (BB) for email/texting. Was looking for a personal phone with good reception so I could close down my land line. Also wanted a phone with good form factor and ability to access the net w/good resolution viewing the pages. Initially tried an unlocked Nokia n78….great reception (Nokia has the best), loved in particuolar that it has an FM transmitter. The browser was fast and the screen nice but did not like that you have to go into the menu to rotate the screen and zoom. Aso, the keyborad buttons are very tricky. So….next went and bought an iPhone, which I thought an amazing gadget. Loaded with features. I was stunned however to find that the phone reception was erratic and often poor (many dropped and missed calls). Found out that this is a common problem with the 2nd gen iPhone (do a web search on “iPhone reception problems..). Also thought the iPhone a tad too large (especially as I aso frequently need to carry a work BB) and the camera mediocre.

    Bought the Eternity two days ago. Fantastic form factor and great price for the features. Love how it has behaved so far as I put it through the various tests. Like the touch interface, menu interface and the auto rotation screen. Keyboard is nice, best once rotating the screen the long way. Call quality is as good as the iPhone but not as good as the Nokia. Reception is MUCH better than the iPhone (which at times was borderline defective) but not as good as Nokia. Unlike the iPhone, you can add external memory (micro SD). Apple charges 199 for an 8G and 299 for a 16G iPhone….$100 for 8G iPhone memory upgrade vs. $20 for an 8G card. Expect iPhone upgrades in the future of 24G, 32G etc for $100 or more a pop LOL. You do the math.

    For web access through ATT, I pay $15/m for the Eternity and would have paid $30/m if I kept the iPhone (it is more data intensive). Overall, I love this phone so far….better price, better monthly payment, great form factor, fast browser, nice mp3 interface with quick access to preset equilizer settings. The only other phones on my radar screen are the BB flip, HTC Touch Diamond and the Nokia n85…..but this one seems a keeper, especially given the price. If I get bored or something new comes out that is a must have, I’ll just buy it (will need to be an unlocked phone unless it’s upgrade time) as I’m only down $100 with this phone ($50 if through Amazon). Happy shopping.

    Pros:
    Form factor (size/shape)
    Price (phone and web plan)
    Can use MicroSD cards
    3.5mm headphone jack
    accelometer
    bright nice rez screen
    bluetooth, 3mp camera, easy access preset equalizer
    great battery life
    GPS and ATT TV capable (if you are into either feature)

    Cons:
    Does not come with USB cable for computer hookup
    Does not have iPhone-like zoom feature
    Wish it had Nokia-like reception

    Dec. 2 2008 update:
    Returned the phone. Found that I was only getting 1-2 bars at home and occasionally missing calls. In contrast, my old phone (Sony Ericcson 810i) and my wife’s Blackberry 8300 were getting 4-5 bars (all phones on the ATT network). Took a trip to VT…had no reception in one town while my wife had 2-3 bars on her Blackberry. Both the Blackberry and Samsung Eternity are 3G. Overall, an amazing gadget but lacking with respect to the feature I wanted most….A PHONE I COULD DEPEND ON FOR MAKING/RECEIVING CALLS.

  2. Bing Says:
    July 25th, 2009 at 12:16 am

    3.0 out of 5 stars
    Ask 50 different people – your gonna get 50 different answers
    Both my husband & I got this phone (I used it for about a week and then shipped it back – While my husband is keeping his). Cosmetically, it is just beautiful!

  3. Wallace Says:
    July 25th, 2009 at 1:04 am

    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Excellent, like it
    Bought this phone for my wife, she likes it.
    Usable, accessible, good price, brand and touch screen. Widgets on home screen is very good.

  4. Miakoda Says:
    July 25th, 2009 at 1:05 am

    This is a really neat little device; the QWERTY keyboard is really good and it makes an excellent messaging device, but the lack of voice dial and speed dial *greatly* diminish the usefulness of this device as a phone. The old “phonebook index + #” trick is pretty useless since it only works with numbers stored on your SIM, and there’s no way to know which number is at what index. On top of that, if you were to store your numbers on your SIM so you can use the really crude “speed dialing” others have alluded too, it doesn’t store your entries as it does in the phone’s memory, so the messaging features don’t integrate well. What was Samsung thinking???? (My guess is that Samsung was asked by AT&T to specifically disable voice and speed dial functions to force customers to use AT&T fee-based voicedial feature.)

    As it stands, this phone is downright DANGEROUS to use in the car. Sure you can use a bluetooth handsfree kit to receive calls, but to initiate a call you have to fumble through multiple menu selections to find the number you want, then initiate the call manually. While the device may have some neat new functions previously not available in non-smartphones, as a phone, it’s just very cumbersome.

    Other dislikes include:
    - The nifty little widget bar can’t be customized beyond disabling the standard widgets.
    - No way to quick dial. This kinda falls in the “no speed or voice dial” complaint. There’s simply too many steps to initiate a call. It’s a real PAIN! My 2-year old Razor is light years ahead of this thing in terms of PHONE useability.
    - I don’t like the way it automatically locks the touch screen once a call is established. Makes more enabling the speakerphone more cumbersome.

    On the plus side, the touchscreen implementation is very good. The QWERTY keyboard is really nice, and is the only reason I’m even keeping this phone. I just hate messaging using the standard phone keypad that much. Battery life is good, call quality is good, the Music Player works good. All that’s needed to make this a top-notch phone is for Samsung to implement the basic functions that have been available for years on just about every phone out there.

  5. Zev Says:
    July 25th, 2009 at 2:19 am

    1.0 out of 5 stars
    Don’t buy it. bad quality and bad warranty service
    i ordered this phone 3 month ago. that night, i pulged in the charger after i handup a receive call; the phone diaplay dark light on the whole screen, and can not power on again…

  6. Utah Says:
    July 25th, 2009 at 2:52 am

    I just recently purchased the Eternity to replace a Sony Ericsson W580i (great phone, not without annoyances though) and so far this has been a very good phone! I was almost going to take it back because it doesn’t have some features I wanted, I was going to purchase a Fuze in its place at a couple of hundred bucks more. Here’s why –

    I wanted a handset that had 802.11b/g, not a deal breaker since I have a Nokia N800 if I want portable web surfing and e-mail, but it would be nice to have a single device that covers that purpose, the Eternity clearly doesn’t have Wifi, but it is a 3G capable device and because it’s a ” dumb ” phone, you can stay on AT&T’s 15 dollar unlimited MediaNet plan. Which leads me to the other reason why I chose to keep it.

    I wanted a handset that could at least let me view MSOffice docs and spreadsheets, PDF’s and was capable of being a media device for short trips and times when I don’t feel like carrying a seperate device. I was pleasantly surprised to see it has an unadvertised feature. You can view MSOffice docs and PDF’s through Access (think NetFront Browser) and they can be viewed landscape or vertical, zoomed, etc… Very nice surprise feature! Makes this ” dumb ” phone a little better than the iPhone, especially when you factor in the 3.5mm headset jack, the 8gb MicroSDHC and the countless free J2ME apps like Gmail, GoogleMaps, and Opera Mini that you can install for free. Plus, the accelerometer works well, the haptic feedback is great, although the onscreen keyboard can be tricky at times. Overall, there is very little to dislike about this handset. I wish it had a flash on the camera, which is stellar in decent lighting and has some cool features, like a six frame panorama stitch. I also some of the Java apps used the accelerometer. The widgets are a nice touch and I personally like the uncluttered look of the home screen. If you want a solid iPhone alternative, look no further, or just looking for a killer non WinMo phone that does just about everything a normal, non business-centric person would need, check this one out!

  7. Sylvester Says:
    July 25th, 2009 at 5:09 am

    2.0 out of 5 stars
    Touch enabled phone with little features
    The phone feels cheap due to its plastic covering, though the call quality is good. The menu screen is locked by all the paid apps by AT&T and there is no way to install any new…

  8. Lindley Says:
    July 25th, 2009 at 5:35 am

    3.0 out of 5 stars
    ALERT! Here’s how to prepare your phone for “One Touch Dialing”
    Hello fellow Eternity owners: This is a quick way to prepare the Samsung Eternity for “One Touch” dialing:
    Click on the “Contacts” icon from your Home Screen, in…

  9. Idris Says:
    July 25th, 2009 at 7:47 am

    4.0 out of 5 stars
    Still no update from Samsung…
    I’ve been holding off writing a review on the Eternity hoping that Samsung would release an update to fix several bugs the phone has.

  10. Hajra Says:
    July 25th, 2009 at 9:50 am

    1.0 out of 5 stars
    Buyer beware!!!!!!!!!
    I strongly suggests against buying this cell, especially when the Blackberry Bold is currently $50 only.

  11. Laird Says:
    July 25th, 2009 at 12:07 pm

    4.0 out of 5 stars
    Great Phone and SMS Device! I found a way to solve the “no speed dial” problem!
    First off I would like to say, this is a great phone, it arrived in just two days via UPS. The keyboard may take some getting use to, however when you get use to it, it becomes a…

  12. Linda Says:
    July 25th, 2009 at 2:02 pm

    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Good Phone
    I had a stroke four years ago and I needed a phone that I can use with only one hand. This phone is great for that. It does a lot of neat things also!!

  13. Josue Says:
    July 25th, 2009 at 4:29 pm

    1.0 out of 5 stars
    Samsung Eternity is not the best phone in Samsung lineup
    Samsung dropped the ball on this one. I was using Blackjack and wanted the next generation device from Samsung.

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