T-Mobile Samsumg Memoir Rated 4 out 5 by Wireless and Mobile News' Review of Reviews (Best Camera Phone)
The Samsung Memoir ( T-Mobile)
packs a full digital camera in a feature phone. The 8 megapixel camera has advanced camera features including video recording. Reviewers praised the camera naming the Samsung Memoir it the best, highest- performing, camera phone in the United States, as well as Editor's Choice (PC Mag)
Reviewers stated that the Samsung Memoir's touchscreen is responsive. There are separate buttons for camera functions. It has textured covering for an easy grip and looks more like a camera. The Samsung Memoir allows users to upload photos to photo sharing websites easily, but not as quickly as Wi-Fi.
The Samsung Memoir is not a smartphone, but has many addtional features including GPS, e-mail, music/video player and web browsing. Itis lighter and has tons more of camera features than the iPhone.
Reviewers were not thrilled with the web browser, although it surprised on reviewer, he suggested using Opera mini, instead.
The onscreen keyboard was liked and found responsive by reviewers. The Samsung Memoir doesn't have a standard earphone jack and reviewers did not like that it lacks Wi-Fi connectivity. All the reviewers agreed the Samsung Memoir is the Best Camera Phone in the United States. The Samsung Memoir is available directly from T-Mobile
and as of this writing costs $250 with a contract after rebates.
Wirefly is selling the Samsung Memoir to new customers with a two-year contract for the $49.99 month plan and rebate for $149.99. If you sign up with LetsTalk.com you can get 25% off accessories with a phone (use Coupon Code 698adb7e) the Samsung Memoir price of $149.99 with a contract extension and rebate, or $99 with a new contract/rebate and $99 @ month unlimited plan.
Nicole Lee at CNET rated the Samsung Memoir 4 out 5 for top-notch photo quality, the easy TouchWhiz navigation and slim style. She didn't like the lack of Wi-Fi, mediocre web browser, and inability to make your own widgets. It is the highest performing camera phone in the U.S with amazing quality photos and offers direct uploads to photo sharing sites. It has separate camera buttons, Xenon flash auto-retracting lens cover, video recorder and many photo correcting features.. The 2.6 haptic touchscreen is stunning. The onscreen QWERTY keyboard is roomy and has dedicated punctuaction keys. It has GPS, web-based email connects to T-Mobile's 3G network and stereo Bluetooh. Music quality was good.
Sascha Segan at PCMag rated the Samsung Memori 4 out 5 for "The Best Camera Phone" in ths States, 640-by-480 video recording, good reception and good voice dialing. The Samsung Memoir doesn use the standard 3 mm headphone jack. Face detection worked while blink detection didnt' work as well. Purple fringing happened in some video and camera shots. The touchscreen and accelerometer were responsive. It has an excellent music and video player, it can output to a TV with an optional cable. Web browsing was a pleasant surprize. It only supports some ISPs and web email. They found bugs in files transfers and email. However they named the Samsung Memoir Editor's Choice.
Todd Hasellton at Laptop Mag, rated the Samsung Memoir 3 out 5. It holds it own against a digital camera and works well indoors as well as outdoors. He hates that it lacks Wi-Fi, optical zoom and Flikr uploading was slow. It's close in size to the Behold and is slimmer than the iPhone. The TouchWhiz OS was sluggish. When he compared it to top of the line cameras, they didn't think it was as good. It comes with a 1 gigabyte microSD. Web browsing was slow. "The Best Camera Phone is the U.S." He concludes that if you don't want flash the Samsung Behold is more ecomonical.