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Samsung Impression a877 Phone, Blue (AT&T) | 
| Brand: Samsung
Category: Wireless
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Model: A877
UPC: 635753476132
ASIN: B0024NL6V8
Release Date: December 22, 2007
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| Features:
| | 3G-powered smartphone with 3.2-inch AMOLED touchscreen and slide-out QWERTY keyboard; customizable and intuitive user interface | | | Compatible with AT&T Navigator GPS, Video Share, AT&T Mobile Music, and streaming video from Cellular Video service | | | 3-megapixel camera/camcorder; Bluetooth stereo music; MicroSD expansion (to 16 GB); digital audio/video player | | | Up to 3 hours of talk time, up to 240 hours (10 days) of standby time | | | What's in the Box: handset, battery, travel charger, user manual, quick start guide |
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Amazon.com Product Description
A great choice for those looking for the latest in multimedia and messaging, the Samsung Impression for AT&T offers one of the most crystal clear mobile phone viewing experiences thanks to its 3.2-inch AMOLED touchscreen. It's paired with a full QWERTY keyboard--great for composing long email messages and mobile blogging--which slides out from the side of the phone. Other features include a 3-megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth connectivity for handsfree devices and stereo music streaming, MicroSD memory expansion (up to 16 GB), Samsung's intuitive and easily customizable TouchWiz user interface, digital audio player, access to personal email and instant messaging, and up to 3 hours of talk time. 
The Samsung Impression offers both an intuitive touchscreen interface and a slide-out full QWERTY keyboard. | The phone can quickly download video, music and more over AT&T's lightning quick HSPDA 3G network. Additionally, with AT&T's 3G network, you can listen to a conference call on a headset while sending and receiving e-mail attachments, picture messages or Web pages at the same time. This GPS-enabled phone can access the AT&T Navigator service for turn-by-turn directions as well as its Video Share serve, which enables you to send video of yourself to another compatible phone while making a voice call. AT&T Service
This AT&T phone can handle high-speed data connectivity via AT&T's 3G mobile broadband data network, which is available in most major metropolitan areas. The AT&T 3G network uses the dual-band 850/1900 MHz 3G network (UMTS/HSDPA), which provides download speeds ranging from 700 Kbps to 1.7 Mbps, and upload speeds ranging from 500 Kbps to 1.2 Mbps. This makes it possible to enjoy a variety of feature-rich wireless multimedia services, and it gives you the advantage of offering simultaneous voice and data services. In areas where the 3G network is not available, you'll continue to receive service on the AT&T EDGE network, which offers availability in more than 13,000 US cities and along some 40,000 miles of major highways. Providing average data speeds between 75-135Kbps, it's fast enough to support a wide range of advanced data services, including video and music clips, full picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet access, and email on the go. You'll also enjoy quad-band GSM connectivity, which allows you to make calls in more than 190 countries and access data applications in the more than 135 countries where AT&T offers international data roaming. With 3G connectivity, you'll be able to access AT&T's Video Share service, which enables you to send a live, one-way video stream to another compatible phone during a standard voice call. The service also allows you to switch the direction of the video stream during the same phone call. (Customers must be in an area served by the company's 3G network and have a Video Share-enabled phone.) While using Video Share with family and friends is a fun way to communicate, it's also very useful for business. For example, a majority of users in the architecture, engineering and construction industries rated the ability to share live video through Video Share highly, according to research commissioned by AT&T. Video Share lets you see progress on a job site or review the day's work without having to drive from an office or other site to do so. You can take advantage of the AT&T Navigator GPS software and service, a full-featured premium navigation application that includes audible turn-by-turn directions, real-time traffic updates and re-routing options, and 3D moving maps (additional charges applicable). AT&T Navigator offers several other features to make your commute more enjoyable and reliable, including mobile access to Yellowpages.com. Additionally, AT&T Navigator is the only mobile phone-based GPS service that provides integrated speech recognition for address entry and points of interest search. With 3G connectivity, you'll be able to access AT&T's Cellular Video (CV) service and the Internet while on the go. Cellular Video features content from CNN, The Weather Channel, iFilm, Comedy Central and exclusive premium content from HBO and much more. And you get access to AT&T Mobile Music, which enables you to buy tracks while on the, access the Napster and eMusic subscription music services, stream music video, discover what's playing with Music ID song-recognition software, and find out what's hot with The Buzz music news portal. The phone has a built-in web browser for MEdia Net downloads and mobile web browsing. AT&T's MEdia Net service enables you to receive and send emails, read news headlines, get weather updates, download games and ringtones, and more. 
Other features include Bluetooth stereo music streaming, a digital audio player, and MicroSD memory expansion to 16 GB. | Phone Features
The Samsung Impression is one of the first phones to feature an AMOLED (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode) screen, and its 3.2-inch screen has a 240 x 400-pixel resolution and support for 262K colors. The AMOLED screen offers a brilliant, widescreen display with a higher resolution and lower power consumption than a standard TFT LCD. And the advanced touchscreen with vibration feedback makes accessing menu items with your fingerpad, a fingertip or a stylus extremely fast and easy. For easy operation and navigation, the stylish Impression features three dedicated keys--call, end call and back--on the front of the device under the touch screen. The Impression also provides quick and easy access to a your favorite features through Samsung's innovative TouchWiz user interface, which has specially designed widgets to customize and personalize your phone. The quick and simple drag-and-drop feature provides instant access to your favorite functions, such as the clock, music player, instant messaging and photos. The phone also offers a four-row full QWERTY keyboard that smoothly slides out horizontally, and the built-in motion sensor provides auto-orientation--just tilt the phone and the screen will adjust to landscape or portrait orientation. The phone comes with an 189 MB internal memory, which is expandable via optional MicroSD memory cards (up to 16 GB in size). The internal phonebook can store up to 2000 alphanumeric entries, with each contact offering space for multiple phone numbers and email addresses as well as support for caller groups and picture/ringer ID. The phone also features eight one-touch dialing numbers and display for the 30 most recent incoming/outgoing/missed calls. 
Capture brilliant photos and videos on the go with the Impression's 3-megapixel camera/camcorder. | Handsfree communication is easy thanks to the integrated speakerphone. This phone also provides Bluetooth wireless connectivity (version 2.0), and includes profiles for communication headset, handsfree car kits, and file transfer. With the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones. You can connect your laptop (either via Bluetooth or wired USB) and enjoy dial-up networking--surf the Internet, send email, and access files from a server (additional charges or subscription applicable). The 3.0-megapixel camera provides multiple resolution options (2048 x 1536, 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, 640 x 480, 2048 x 1232, and 400 x 240 pixels) and it has a 3x digital zoom. Other features include brightness adjustment, multishot capabilities (up to 9), and a self-timer (2, 5 or 10 seconds). The phone also captures video clips with audio (up to 1 hour in length). Other features include: - PC Studio Manager helps you transfer your favorite music, photos and videos between your phone and computer
- SMS text and MMS picture/video messaging
- Mobile Email--Yahoo!, AOL, AIM, Windows Live, AT&T Yahoo!, & BellSouth Accounts
- Instant Messaging--AIM, Windows Live, Yahoo! Messenger
- Organizer tools: Calendar, alarm, tasks, memo, calculator, converter, world clock
- Multilingual text display (English, French, Spanish); T9 predictive text entry for English and Spanish
- 72-note polyphonic music tones/MP3 ringtones
- Digital audio player with support for MP3 and AAC file formats
- Voice memo recorder
- Speakerphone with mute functions
- Bluetooth version 2.0 with the following profiles: A2DP (stereo music streaming), AVRC (remote control), HFP (hands-free car kits), HSP (communication headsets), BPP (basic printing profile for text, email), DUN (dial-up networking), FTP (file transfer), OPP (object push for business cards, calendar items, and pictures)
Vital Statistics
The Samsung Impression weighs 5.3 ounces and measures 4.48 x 2.28 x 0.61 inches. Its 1000 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 3 hours of talk time, and up to 240 hours (10 days) of standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies as well as AT&T's HSDPA 3G network (850/1900 MHz).
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| Customer Reviews:
 BAD CHOICE July 28, 2010
abby
this phone has a bunch of little neat features, which i enjoyed, but its an all around bad phone for an adult that actually NEEDS a working reliable phone
the reception it got was enough to make me stop using it and switch to my old phone that i had for 2 years. dropped calls, no bars. i constantly had to reboot it because texting would freeze, and the alarm stopped working. the keypad is very difficult to text on (which was the whole reason for its appeal...the full qwerty keyboard).
i did enjoy the perks of the different camera functions like panoramic, but, it just wasn't all that worth it.
thank god i got it for free through my contract, because otherwise, i would have been a very unhappy customer.
Poorly performing phone. July 26, 2010
SSTrickymeister (Hella, CA)
I enjoy having a slider phone with full capabilities. Before this phone, I had the Rumor by Sprint. Despite being two years older, that phone performed a lot better than this one. This phone takes forever to load things (i.e. there's long delays when menus load, and it's at least a two-minute wait before you can do anything when you turn the phone on). Additionally, the phone imposes a texting speed limit: I type faster than the phone allows, so I have to go back and fix errors from entry that the phone missed.
I don't know if anyone else has this problem, but the phone also randomly decides to stop functioning. I'll send a text and lock my phone, assuming the text went out. I'll look at my phone an hour later, and it will still be sitting on the "sending" screen. I'll try it two more times, and it will just sit on the sending screen. So I'll have to restart the phone just to send one text. Additionally, sometimes when I make a call, the phone will start to dial, then just end the call before any connection is made. This also requires me to restart the phone.
The full keyboard is nice. The buttons are bigger than on my previous phone, so I never mash two buttons trying to type something in. The camera's okay for a phone of this type. And all the side features work great: unlimited amount of alarms, stopwatch, timer, etc.
Overall, Samsung did an okay job with everything on this phone that is not phone-related. But the main features of the phone (texting, calling) perform horribly.
 Replacements Galore: A Tear-Jerking Story of a Boy and His Mobile Device July 8, 2010
Perturbed Phone Peruser
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Samsung Impression is, by far, the worst mobile phone I've ever had the displeasure of using. If you're thinking about buying it - don't. I'm on my third replacement now (4 phones total) and the problems have gotten worse and worse.
Let me start with the good things about the Impression, which I'll list below:
Okay, on to the bad things:
(And yes, I've tested my original phone, all three replacements, and two friends' phones, plus three phones in the store in which I work)
1) The most prominent and horrible problem this phone has: after you send a random amount of texts (usually between 10 and 30) the phone will stop sending the next text you attempt to send. The only way to get it to send is to restart the phone. Most of the time a soft reset will work (powering down the phone normally) but often the phone won't reset and you must take out the battery for 30 seconds. This problem is infuriating if you're a heavy texter. If you are, DO NOT GET THIS PHONE. Every Samsung Impression suffers from this problem and Samsung refuses to acknowledge it. Seriously the most horrible problem this phone has. I usually reset my phone 12-20 times per day.
2) Freezing screens when you're receiving picture mail. This happens about half the time. When you get a picture message, the phone will freeze and you must reset the phone and ask the sender to re-send the picture.
3) The keyboard is atrocious. It can't keep up with any texting rate over 5 words per minute. The space key sticks and usually hits two spaces, causing a period to form and a new sentence to start. Many times, the letters won't press at all. Example: I was texting the word "unnecessary" earlier and it came out as "unecessae" and that's a pretty good one, actually. This phone is advertised as a messaging device, but it is easily the worst phone in its class for that. No threaded SMS + missing letters + repeating letters + a super slow input reaction = lots of time correcting your text messages.
4) Input on the touch screen can lag a lot, causing your device to hold up, process the request, and then finally send it 5 seconds later. Usually it sends it six or ten times. I often end up sending people blank messages when I try to compose a new one because reply and send are in the same spot, and the Impression goes ahead and hits it a few times for me.
5) Slow, clunky web browser. I know it isn't a smartphone, but I expected better out of this browser. Facebook runs well, e-mail is horrible, and the screen size isn't as good as you think it is for web-browsing.
6) Random lack of notification. Sometimes your Impression will get several texts/calls/voicemails and never tell you at all. Just now I received two texts and a missed call. The phone didn't light up, ring, or anything. And no it's not on silent.
Overall, I hate this phone. As soon as I get a new carrier/phone, I'll probably destroy it, unless some poor sap wants to buy it.
 Great phone unless you nit-pick every small detail. July 5, 2010
Erin E. Burke (Upper Peninsula, MI)
I got this phone a few weeks ago and i am pretty much in love with it. After reading all of the reviews on here about this phone I have to say I haven't had some of the problems that others have had with it. Yes the phone is slippery but you can buy a case for it that will limit you from dropping it. Have you used an iPhone? Without a case my husband drops his all the time when he talks on it. If the phone opened a program every time you accidently tapped the screen you would see people complaining about that but I like that I have to give it some force so that I am not calling people or connected to the internet all day. It is a good solid phone and while yes not having speed dial bugs me there are plenty of other features on this phone to make up for it. Not everyone is going to download software to the phone or get all technical with it. If you like to talk, text, and use the internet this phone is good for all that. If you want a phone to add hundreds of apps to and have to upgrade all the time then I would suggest an iPhone (while my husband likes his iPhone the constant updating bugs him a lot).
Not happy at all with this phone June 22, 2010
Heather Barclay (Chicago, IL)
I primarily use the phone for texting and talking. More texting than talking. I do not really use it for any of the data/online/email stuff. There may be a host of issues with stuff like that which I have not come across because I don't use it. I have had this phone for about 6 weeks, long enough for the new phone charm to have worn off.
The unlock key is in a really awkward position. So much so that I have ended up turning off the screen autolock function.
The widget is not customizable. You can take off the things you don't want on there (items that connect to the internet, for example, so that you don't accidently access them), but you can not add things you would like to add.
If you are a big texter, this phone is a poor choice. Once you get about 20 messages in your in and sent boxes it will stop sending messages. You will have to shut down the phone and restart it. You have to constantly be on top of deleting your messages or you will have this problem often. You can find pages and pages on message boards about this topic alone - getting a new one will do no good - it is a universal Samsung Impression issue. This issue alone is worth avoiding this phone if you text a lot.
My daughter got a Samsung Soltice at the same time I got this Impression and she is having much better luck with hers.
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