Samsung Behold t919 Phone, Brushed Espresso

5 Responses to “Samsung Behold t919 Phone, Brushed Espresso”

1. J. Sleurs says:

   July 1, 2010 at 9:17 pm

   1.- doesn’t keep your texting thread, meaning if someone replies to your text- the original text is missing. I used to have a Blackberry, and this feature was very useful. I think most phones keep the reply path thread when replying. WHY!- doesn’t this phone???!!! just stupid if you ask me.

   2.- the word assist program is ridiculous. It seems tacked on due to the horrible touchscreen keypad. (see #3). Texting is faster without it. Rarely does it supply me with the word I’m about to type, and if what I’m typing isn’t in the dictionary, I get the closest matching word which is never correct. I usually turn this “T9″ feature off half way through a text out of frustration.
   
   (by the way, I am not a word-smith nor am I writing poetry on this thing. why does it come up with the longest and most underused words in the English language?

   3.- touch screen qwerty keypad is horrible. my fingers aren’t that big and I still can’t type a short text without glaring typos. Unfortunately the “O” and the “I” are close enough and the T9 spelling feature allows for a capital O’s when my finger tip misses the tiny letters. If I’m not careful, my text ends up reading like an Irish folk song. Why?

   4.- why wouldn’t the texting feature assume that when you hold down the n key that you want a capital n… “N”? not a stream of nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn…? Why? instead, you have to cycle through a shift key twice as it is a Caps Lock key and not a single use shift key. Just ridiculous.

   5.- there is a “done” button when you are finished typing a message that is exactly where the “send” button is on the following screen that pops up. If you are too gentle or accidentally press it twice in a row, it tries to send the text- ready or not… really lame.

   6.- the “back” button is sunk inside the other buttons and you almost always end up hitting the “call” or “hang up” button instead, or in conjunction with the “back” button. Poor design.

   7.+ the camera takes decent pictures

   8.- my wife and I got the same phone (at the same time) and it picks up a lot of background noise and seems to amplify it. It only seems to happen between the two “Behold” phones… all my other calls don’t generate so much of the street traffic, music, tv sounds etc.

   Unfortunately all of these things were not really tested to the extent that normal use would expose.

   do not buy this phone unless you have never had a phone before or you have no expectations about what a cell phone should do.

   or you can buy my phone off me and I’ll go get a blackberry.
   
   seriously.
   Rating: 1 / 5
2. W. C. Hill says:

   July 1, 2010 at 11:06 pm

   THIS PHONE IS VERY USER FRIENDLY.VERY EASY TO NAVIGATE.THE WIDGET IS THE BEST THING TO HAPPEN TO A TOUCH SCREEN PHONE. THE ONLY DOWN SIDE IS THE CAMERA.WHILE IT TAKES GOOD PICTURES.IT’S A LITTLE SLOW. YOU PRESS THE BUTTON AND 5 SECONDS LATER IT TAKES THE PICTURE.IT DOES SUPPORT UP 8GB SD CARD NOT 16GB.I LIKE THIS A LOT BETTER THAN THE G1.I RETURNED THE G1 AFTER 2 DAYS.TEXTING IS VERY EASY. IT DOES HAVE A FULL KEYBOARD IF YOU TURN IT SIDEWAYS.I LUV THIS PHONE.T-MOBILE DOES HAVE VERY GOOD SERVICE. I LIVE IN MARICOPA, AZ WHERE ONLY 2 CELL PHONE PROVIDER WORK WITHOUT THE LOST OF SIGNAL AFTER 3 MINUTES AND ONE IS T-MOBILE. THIS PHONE IS ALSO 3G.T-MOBILE WHO IS KNOWN NOT TO HAVE A GOOD SELECTION OF PHONES REALLY SCORED WITH THIS ONE.
   Rating: 5 / 5
3. Meow Meow Kitty says:

   July 2, 2010 at 2:04 am

   I have had the LG Dare and The Apple I phone and this phone the samsung behold, is by far the best one!!!
   
   Amazing little phone!!!
   Rating: 5 / 5
4. Eugene Park says:

   July 2, 2010 at 3:57 am

   Overall, it’s a very well designed phone with great feel to it. Also has a very nice 5 MP camera with flash and the widgets seem to be a nice touch. But call quality in my area with this phone is very mediocre, sometime sounding very muffled and distorted so I would have to give the phone lower marks based on this…
   Rating: 3 / 5
5. R. Sidhu says:

   July 2, 2010 at 6:53 am

   I GOT THIS PHONE FOUR MONTHS AGO. IT HAS GREAT FEATURES. I LOVE THE CAMERA. I REALLY LOVE THE TOUCHSCREEN. I’M SATISFIED. HOWEVER, THE INTERNET LAGS, I HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE MY HOME TO MAKE & RECEIVE CALLS. MY PHONE DEVELOPED A BLUE DOT ON THE TOUCHSCREEN, I FOUND VERY ODD SINCE IT STAYS IN MY CASE & I RARELY USE THE PHONE TO DIAL, I USE MY BLUETOOTH. THE BATTERY COVER KEPT ON SLIDING OFF WHEN I TOOK MY PHONE OUT OF ITS CASE. THE SLOT FOR THE MICROSD CARD IS IN VERY AWKARD PLACE.
   Rating: 4 / 5