UPDATE: The Samsung Solstice is now being offered for free and now with a $200 bonus from LetsTalk.com and AT&T.
Samsung Solstice sort of a sequel to the Samsung Eternity. It has a touchscreen–a nice one–but is not a smartphone. It is also easier to maintain and will cost you less over time than certain other smartphones for AT&T.
It has touchwiz navigation on the left of the screen, which allows you to do whatever you need to do on the phone from the touchscreen.
Samsung Solstice is much smaller than the iPhone and boasts a slim, sleek design. It is an unabashed feature phone and can do all the things you would expect out of this kind of phone. Sound quality has been reported to be very good.
While Solstice is a nice looking phone that does everything you would expect out of a feature-rich, widget-friendly touchscreen phone, one criticism I have come across a few times is that it is not the best phone to watch videos on.
Another criticism I have read is that the battery life is not that great. But you have to consider other 3g devices with rich features in order to do a proper comparison, and most 3g phones have less than great battery sustainability.
The full touchscreen keyboard (with haptic response) is actually very responsive and easy to use. It’s never fun to type on a screen that doesn’t respond well. This phone has a surprisingly effective virtual keypad for such a small phone.
All in all, Samsung Solstice is a good foray into touchscreen phones for someone who has never had one before. It’s also very cool that you can get this phone for free with a new plan from AT&T.
Through LetsTalk, you can get this phone, which retails at $299, for free. It looks like this deal ends on Monday, January 25, but it may last longer.
If you are interested in a wireless plan from AT&T and want a fun touchscreen feature phone, have a look at this deal.
Feature Roundup:
Finger-touch phone with a large touch screen (3.0” QVGA display)
3G data
GPS navigation, 2 mp camera
Stereo Bluetooth
Samsung’s TouchWiz interface featuring drag-and-drop widgets for Facebook, MySpace and other social media
Accelerometer
Professional feel to the phone
Lightweight and sleek
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I was aware of this already, but now I’m thinking I’m not sure I want another contract phone plan. I might want to go with a prepaid plan as I’ve read a lot about them lately. Still I like this phone a lot.