Comments on: AT&T’s Samsung Impression A877 Review

By: marco

marco — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:09:04 +0000

scusate ma dall'italia come faccio a comprarmi il samsung impresion a877????
mi sapreste dire anke il costo???

By: Kendra

Kendra — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:38:53 +0000

I going to get the samsung impression for christmas, but im nervous because of all the reviews. Either way im getting it. If it happpens then i will see if i can exchange it for something else. i want it so baddddddddddddddd. I can stop thinking about it. Im getting a cute faceplate for it so it shouldnt damage. I believe it comes with a manual. This will be my first touch screen/qwerty keyboard. I totally hate my flip phone. Very unstylish.

By: Name

Name — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:17:22 +0000

Yes it does, but it's hard to press because of the location. You also have to hold it down to lock it, which a lot of people don't understand. However, to unlock the phone, you can either press (and hold!) the lock button or just slide it open.

By: Becky

Becky — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:23:11 +0000

i love my impresson the only problem is when you go to lock it the keyboard wants to slide out or you drop it.. u have to hold on with both hands to unlock it… cause you have to press and hold and it wants to slide everytime. but other than that I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!

By: evan

evan — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:47:01 +0000

does this phone have a lock button?

By: catzruledogsdrule

catzruledogsdrule — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:21:49 +0000

i want this phone so baddddddddddddddddddd im getting it 4 christmas its 130.00

By: Ron

Ron — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:00:15 +0000

I bought the Samsung Impression A877 3 days ago, so my experiences are still limited. I’ll post again as I learn more.

I was weighing the Impression A877 vs. an Apple iPhone, and my comments here are based on iPhone features. My fiancee has an iPhone, so I’m comparing the features I like on her phone to the Impression. Also, I use my phone mainly as a productivity tool. The camera etc. are nice bells and whistles, but not a big deal for me.

Positives:
Price: I bought my Impression at Fry’s on a 2-year AT&T contract, for $49. Good deal!
Keyboard: I bought the Impression mainly because I really don’t like the iPhone’s virtual keyboard and wanted the large tactile QWERTY slider keyboard.
Dataplan: I pay $10 monthly for AT&T dataplan on Impression, the iPhone has a $30 monthly dataplan
Expandable memory: I can add 8GB microSD card. Since I have a large MP3 collection- about 40GB worth- this lets me keep my music on a collection of microSDs and have them all availalbe. iPhone limits me to 8GB or 16GB with no expandability.

Negatives;
BIGGEST negative: No access to corporate email server!!! I specifically asked about this at Frys before I bought the phone, and was told I could access my corporate email server. Cannot be done from the Impression! No POP/IMAP access. iPhone has this. Had I known - I might have gone to a Blackberry. Big, big sucking point if you use your phone for work.

Another email gripe - only certain email services are supported. I have a Yahoo and Gmail account. I can get my Yahoo mail, but Gmail is not supported. I can only see gmail messages through the WAP browser.

Maps. iPhone has really good integrated map support with GPS. Very easy to enter start/end locations and plot your route while driving, with turn by turn instructions. Even though AT&T offers a $10 mapping service, I would never bother with iPhone since the built in app is great.
Impression: has a GPS, but no built in mapping. There is a free Google maps app which I installed. It works, but is much clunkier and harder to use than iPhone’s. I doubt I’ll use it very much.

QWERTY keyboard: I might get used to this, but I’m finding the top row of buttons is very hard to use. It’s flush with the case of the phone. Every time I reach for the top row, my fingers keep bumping into the case, and it leads to mistyping. Not as bad as on iPhone virtual screen, but still disappointing.

WIFI: iPhone has built in WIFI, which is better than AT&T’s 3G network. I often find 3G fades out, even in places like my office conference room. WIFI is really useful for a smart phone.
Impression - nope. It has bluetooth, but no WIFI.

By: yo mama waz in my bed

yo mama waz in my bed — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:14:37 +0000

i heard thiz fone frezzes at timez after u had iht 4 a while but the battery haz a long life n u hav 2 charge it every 4 dayz or so but it iz very bulky 2 sum ppl n 2 make a ringtone a song u have 2 select the ringtone den go 2 optionz n pick set a ringtone n if that doesnt work den ur fone iz FUKKED UP big time

By: Hanna

Hanna — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:27:11 +0000

I don't understand how to customize and create my own ringtone and no site I visit has info on it. Granted I've only had the phone 1 day (so far I'm lovin' it). I do agree that the lock key is not the greatest and would have preferred something similar to the Nokia 5800, but it is what it is and the phone has too many pluses compared to this one flaw. If you can let me know how to take one of my songs on the phone and make a ringtone out of it I'd really appreciate it.

By: Kiki

Kiki — Sun, 17 May 2009 19:29:24 +0000

“same type of touchscreen”

While still capacitive, I somehow doubt they would use a surface capacitive screen, like Apple does. It's probably a projected capacitive screen, which is more durable, equally if not more responsive, and can be operated with any touch, rather than just a bare finger.

By: abcyesn

abcyesn — Wed, 13 May 2009 12:18:19 +0000

I'm just a lil curious…I want to know when and how much you guys bought your Impression's for…I orderded mine on April 7th from Walmart (or LetsTalk.com…both are the same thing) and got it on April 9th, I got it for 99 Cents with a two year upgrade…what did you guys pay…and when did u get yours? share your price on http://www.samsung-impression.org/index.php?top...