Samsung Beat SGH-T539
February 12th, 2008 | by Damon Brown
Full Review - Price and Conclusion
Price The suggested retail is $199.99 USD, which is low to average for a phone of its caliber. However, for the time being T-Mobile has a great $100 instant rebate and a $50 mail-in rebate, dropping the price to $49.99 USD. There are no known special data plans for the Samsung Beat, but it really isn’t a smartphone, anyway.
The internal memory is weak, but it comes with a 1 GB microSD card, which is enough to store hundreds of songs. It is still less space than competing phones.
Conclusion
The Samsung Beat is a solid device, but the more sophisticated music phones out there make it seem clunky. Still, the phone’s price makes it a bargain – and for $50 after rebates, you’d be hard pressed to find a better music device out there.
Pros:
• Great price
• Easy music transfer
• Light weight
Cons:
• No frills
• Occasionally confusing controls
• Less memory than its competitors
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by SL on September 5, 2008:
“Totally agree with Steve over the Battery life. Last less than 2 days, specs says 10 days on Standby. I use less than 10 minutes per day and don't use MP3 player. Return to TMobile twice and they refuse to exchange for different model. Nice phone with crappy...” More...