Reviews of the Samsung SCH-A870 (Verizon Wireless)
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CNET Review
The Good: The Samsung SCH-A870 is a lightweight flip phone with a slim profile. It also offers a VGA camera with flash, a speakerphone, Bluetooth, voice dialing, and support for VZ Navigator, Verizon's GPS location service.
The Bad: The Samsung SCH-A870 takes blurry, washed-out photos.
The Bottom Line: With an understated design and a solid feature set, the Samsung SCH-A870 is a great midtier offering from Verizon.
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alaTest.com
Review Summary: Experts rate this product 77/100 and users 64/100. Comparing these reviews to 485486 other Cell Phones reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 75/100 = Good.
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mobiledia.com
Review Summary: The A870 does not offer the most cutting-edge features available on the market today, but accordingly it does not offer the high price associated with more advanced phones. Its cdma2000 1xRTT connectivity and VGA camera are a touch behind the up-and ...
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mobileburn.com
Review Summary: Supporting Bluetooth, speaker independent voice dialing, and dual color displays, the silver-trimmed Samsung SCH-A870 is now available through Verizon Wireless.
Manufacturer: Samsung
Part number: SCH-a870
General
- Product Type Cellular phone With digital camera
- Service Provider Verizon Wireless
- Width 1.8 in
- Depth 0.8 in
- Height 3.5 in
- Weight 3.4 oz
- Available Body Colors Black/silver, red/black
Cellular
- Technology CDMA2000 1X / AMPS
- Band CDMA2000 1X 1900/800 / AMPS 800
- Phone Design Folder type phone
- Antenna Internal
- Vibrating Alert Yes
- Polyphonic Ringer Yes
- Voice Dialing Yes
- Call Timer Yes
- Conference Call Capability Yes
- Caller ID Yes
- Wireless Interface Bluetooth
- Additional Features Intelligent typing (T9), TTY compatible, GPS
Messaging & Data Services
- Short Messaging Service (SMS) Yes
- Internet Browser Yes
- Messaging / Data Features Text messages, Multimedia messages (MMS)
Organizer
- Alarm Clock Yes
- Calendar Yes
- Reminder Yes
- Calculator Basic
Display
- Type LCD display
- Technology TFT
- Display Resolution 128 x 160 pixels
- Color Support Color
- Color Depth 16-bit (65000 colors)
Display (2nd)
- Type Color
Power
- Type Power adapter
Battery
- Technology - Lithium ion
- Talk Time Up to 198 min
- Standby Time Up to 170 h
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