Samsung SCH-A610
A610 is unimpressive
I bought the A610 yesterday and since then, I am going to return it.
The swivel screen is kind of interesting when you actually
get to try it in-person, and feels like the hinge area is made
quite well and won't snap off.
That's about the end of the good stuff on this phone.
Now for the not so good parts:
1) Flash. It might as well not be there. I've tried the cam in dark rooms,
and a match would illuminate things better for picture. The angle of it
isn't all that great. (I just hope the V810 and CDM9950 have a brighter flash)
2) Display. The one and only. Personally, I've had a StarTac for 3 years on one
of my Verizon lines, so I'm use to not have an external display.
However, it gets real annoying after a while of always having to rotate and flip the
screen to face out-wards to use it for caller ID, then turn the screen back so you can
talk on the phone. If you use the phone alot, it's probably best just to keep the
screen on the inside anyways.
The 65K display isn't all that good to me. Indoors, it's OK, but outside or in the
car, and you can hardly see what you're dialing. When I had the
VX6000 for a few weeks, I know it wasn't like this.
3) RF Reception. I've used it in areas that I've use several other phones,
and this one is the worse. Sometimes get "clipping" sounds or drop-calls.
The Strartac, VX4400, and VX6000 does a better job.
4) TFT transistor sound. Like on many new phones, the TFT display makes
a high-pitch sound that emanates from it all the time the display is on or active.
All you got to do is turn the phone on and place it up to your ear like you are making a
call. You hear the high-pitch sound very easily. Even when the display's back-light
turns off, you can still hear it. The VX4400 does this some, but not as bad, and the
VX6000 doesn't do this at all.
5) Battery area. On the back of the phone, there is a sleeve that the retractable
antenna goes into. This is right where the battery fits into the phone.
After having to remove and install the battery a few times, the battery started to
bend the antenna sleeve. Only way to avoid this is not to
remove and install the battery if you don't need to.
6) Menus. Horrible. I go to Picture mode and select some settings, such as
flash, file quality, and I take a picture. Then go to take another picture and
all picture settings are not back to default. Why once you make a camera setting
change, it will not stay saved?
Also, menu speed when changing any phone setting is very slow. It has also
locked up a few times.
So I'm probably going to return it this week. Now that it's out, I don't see what
all the hype was about. I hope the V810 and CDM9950 are better than this thing is.
The swivel screen is kind of interesting when you actually
get to try it in-person, and feels like the hinge area is made
quite well and won't snap off.
That's about the end of the good stuff on this phone.
Now for the not so good parts:
1) Flash. It might as well not be there. I've tried the cam in dark rooms,
and a match would illuminate things better for picture. The angle of it
isn't all that great. (I just hope the V810 and CDM9950 have a brighter flash)
2) Display. The one and only. Personally, I've had a StarTac for 3 years on one
of my Verizon lines, so I'm use to not have an external display.
However, it gets real annoying after a while of always having to rotate and flip the
screen to face out-wards to use it for caller ID, then turn the screen back so you can
talk on the phone. If you use the phone alot, it's probably best just to keep the
screen on the inside anyways.
The 65K display isn't all that good to me. Indoors, it's OK, but outside or in the
car, and you can hardly see what you're dialing. When I had the
VX6000 for a few weeks, I know it wasn't like this.
3) RF Reception. I've used it in areas that I've use several other phones,
and this one is the worse. Sometimes get "clipping" sounds or drop-calls.
The Strartac, VX4400, and VX6000 does a better job.
4) TFT transistor sound. Like on many new phones, the TFT display makes
a high-pitch sound that emanates from it all the time the display is on or active.
All you got to do is turn the phone on and place it up to your ear like you are making a
call. You hear the high-pitch sound very easily. Even when the display's back-light
turns off, you can still hear it. The VX4400 does this some, but not as bad, and the
VX6000 doesn't do this at all.
5) Battery area. On the back of the phone, there is a sleeve that the retractable
antenna goes into. This is right where the battery fits into the phone.
After having to remove and install the battery a few times, the battery started to
bend the antenna sleeve. Only way to avoid this is not to
remove and install the battery if you don't need to.
6) Menus. Horrible. I go to Picture mode and select some settings, such as
flash, file quality, and I take a picture. Then go to take another picture and
all picture settings are not back to default. Why once you make a camera setting
change, it will not stay saved?
Also, menu speed when changing any phone setting is very slow. It has also
locked up a few times.
So I'm probably going to return it this week. Now that it's out, I don't see what
all the hype was about. I hope the V810 and CDM9950 are better than this thing is.
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between the 8900 and the lg 6000 witch one do u recomend since u put the 610 out withch one is better please let me know
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1) First off, I dont know what you are talking about with regards to the flash...it is extremely bright..I can take a picture in pitch black and it still comes out great....
2)with regard to the picture settings going back to default, you have to read the maual...if you change a pic setting while in camera mode(when the camera is on), the setting only stays on for that camera session...if you want the feature to stay permanently, you must change the feature when not in camera mode..via the settings....
3) The phone is slow though in regards to the menus...but i have had great rf on mine.....
4)And why would you ever have to take the battery off the phone...for what purpose after 2 days?????????
2)with regard to the picture settings going back to default, you have to read the maual...if you change a pic setting while in camera mode(when the camera is on), the setting only stays on for that camera session...if you want the feature to stay permanently, you must change the feature when not in camera mode..via the settings....
3) The phone is slow though in regards to the menus...but i have had great rf on mine.....
4)And why would you ever have to take the battery off the phone...for what purpose after 2 days?????????
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