consumersearch.com Updated:
2013-11-14 18:23:10
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The Samsung Behold II is a versatile multimedia smartphone using Google's Android 1.5 operating system. The phone has a number of strong selling points, including a razor-sharp 5-megapixel camera and a brilliant 3.2-inch AMOLED (active matrix organic l...
Brilliant display, Sharp 5megapixel camera, Capable music player...
Sluggish user interface, Cramped keyboard...
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The Samsung Behold II ($230 with a two-year T-Mobile contract; price as of 11/12/09) smartphone is the latest device to join T-Mobile's growing army of Android phones, which includes the T-Mobile G1, the T-Mobile myTouch 3G, and the Motorola Cliq. Thou...
Excellent camera, Stunning AMOLED display...
On the expensive side, TouchWiz feels a bit cluttered...
With a gorgeous AMOLED display and an excellent camera, the pricey Samsung Behold II will appeal to multimedia junkies with deep pockets...
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Despite the name, the Behold II has little in common with Samsung's original Behold. T-Mobile likes to re-use names to a fault, and while the original Behold was a TouchWiz feature phone, the Behold II is an Android smartphone. The similarity lies in...
AMOLED display, very good camera.
Too much TouchWiz on top of an already capable Android, occasionally sluggish.
We love Android and we adore Samsung's vibrant AMOLED displays. But we could do with a little less TouchWiz on top of Android: it slows down the phone and it creates confusing redundant functionality. But if you're a Samsung feature phone user upg...
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wired.com Updated:
2013-11-14 18:23:13
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The marching orders are in: Google's Android Army is on the attack! T-Mobile is adding the new Samsung Behold II to its Android ranks, which already include the G1, the myTouch and the Cliq.After all the fanfare surrounding Verizon's Motorola Droid and...
An allaround reliable phone with fantastic talk time of 4 hours and 52 minutes. MiniUSB port makes file transfers a cinch. Feels surprisingly light at 4.2 ounces. Easytouse Dpad makes a decent alternative to touchscreen navigation. Ships with 2GB memory c...
Menus are confusing, inconsistent and ugly. Unlock key is far too recessed to be of practical use. Touchscreen seems to attract more fingerprints than competitors. No good can come of that spinning cube.
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The Samsung Behold II is a pretty smart device -- if you are connected and get a lot of value from Google's online service offerings. I'm only semi-connected into Google, and so the value of the Behold II was difficult to see at first, but it became ve...
I feel comfortable enough with Android to say that it's presented in a solid package on the Samsung Behold II. And while many might like the fact that there are loads of third-party apps available, it really doesn't need that many. You could could spe...
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In the race to create compelling Android phones, Samsung is not off to the best start. The Moment for Sprint offered a bold AMOLED display, but it suffered from a bland interface and disappointing slide-down keyboard. The $229 Behold II loses the keyb...
Beautiful AMOLED display, Unique industrial design, Good Web browsing speeds...
Expensive, Slow UI, TouchWiz makes Android less intuitive, No social networking/address book integration...
Despite its beautiful display, Samsung’s second Android smart phone for the U.S. is marred by sluggish performance and an awkward interface.
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The Samsung Behold 2 is the second in line in the Behold series. The first Behold came out a year ago, and did not receive much attention. The Behold 2 is receiving quite a bit of attention, although the general opinion seems to be mixed. It is running...
Custom applications, Excellent AMOLED screen, Camera is good, with 5 megapixels and a great interface...
ly designed interface, especially the side main menu...
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If you’ve heard good things about the Samsung Behold (or read our Samsung Behold review), well, forget all of that. The Behold II, Samsung’s new 3G Android phone from T-Mobile, is not an update of the original Behold, which was a CDMA phone available f...
5-megapixel camera, 30 FPS half-VGA videos, Bright and colorful AMOLED screen, Long battery life, Wi-Fi...
Awkward horizontal app drawer orientation, Redundant app menus, Overly-sensitive microphone, Poor video resolution/display...
Trying to avoid a me-too Android phone – a growing problem for Android handset makers – Samsung seems to have made alterations for the sake of differentiation more than for improvement...
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Here we have a case study in how not to design an Android phone. Samsung's original Behold SGH-t919 was a feature phone with a good camera. Its successor, the Behold II SGH-t939, is an Android-powered smartphone. Don't get me wrong; it's a decent de...
Sharp, responsive touch screen. 5-megapixel camera. Good battery life.
Sluggish. Buggy. Samsung's TouchWiz UI is a pointless disaster. Yet another forked Android build—this time for no reason.
Samsung messed with a good thing by over-designing the Behold II's Android UI; it's a decent Android smartphone held back by sloppy programming...
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infosyncworld.com Updated:
2013-11-14 18:23:15
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T-Mobile's tablet gets an Android update, but is Samsung's TouchWIZ interface a good match for Android? Find out in our Samsung Behold II review.
High-quality OLED screen looks great...
Samsung's TouchWIZ interface hurts Android experience. Keyboard is cramped and difficult...
With the Samsung Behold II, Samsung tries to make Android better by using the TouchWIZ interface, but in stead the phone's performance takes an obvious hit compared to other Android devices we've reviewed. Samsung has also redesigned many of the s...
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Samsung's Behold II is the most impressively ugly Android phone in existence. The custom interface is so bad, so gaudy and so confusing it turned my brains into ooze. TouchWiz is the first custom Android interface that's worse than the standard on...
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