also known as Samsung SCH-R560, Samsung Vice

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Published:
27 Aug 2009
Market Status:
Released
US carrier availability:
MetroPCS - Available
    (Since Aug 2009 )
Cricket - Available
    (Since Aug 2009 )
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Description:

The Samsung Messager II R560 is a simple tri-band CDMA/AWS phone, targeted to the heavy-texting crowd. It comes as a replacement of the Samsung Messager updating it with a 2MP camera and 3G connectivity. It features the same side-sliding form-factor with QWERTY keyboard.

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Excellent
8.7
out of 10
based on 6 reviews
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Love it!

18 Nov 2009 ArYT

10 out of 10

This is such a great phone! I love the camera and the keypad. It has GPS! The call quality is good. The music player is nice. I'm using a microsd card and can play all my favorite albums on my phone! The phone's browser is good to. I can browse the internet with ease. It has a nice, loud ringer. I really recommend it to anyone using MetroPCS!





The Music Player, Camera, Ringer, Browser, GPS
Nothing, I love it!


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Great phone, good price.

25 Oct 2009 UniqueNameInsertedHere_Tom

9.3 out of 10

I just bought this phone recently, and already it's an enormous step up from any other phone I've seen.



It's not bulky at all, which is an amazing step up from even a razr, which although isn't bulky is very wide. I've noticed that it also seems quite a bit more durable than any other phone I've had, considering within the first five minutes I owned it I dropped it down a flight of cement stairs, and it looks completely fine.



They keyboard takes some getting used to, but once I got used to it it works incredibly well, especially opposed to some other phones' keyboards which have the letters very close together. Like every phone, this phone's keypad/keyboard has it's own little tricks that one has to find out with time, and once I figured these out, the phone became incredibly easy to text/call on.



I can't say much for the internet on the phone, other than it does seem very quick, but that could be just from Cricket's network, which is usually sub par where I live. But, even with Cricket's less than spectacular coverage, I still always have at least 2 bars with this phone because it doesn't become hot (which would ruin my old phone's reception).



The camera is an amazing step up from the VGA camera I had on my other phone, or the 1.3 megapixel camera I had on my phone before that. I haven't done much with the camcorder other than make sure it works, and believe me it does. I don't really know why many people would use a camcorder, so I can't comment on it. It does definitely work though!



Speakerphone has quality reception, even at it's loudest setting it's still completely understandable. Regular phone calls are also very good reception.



My favorite feature on it is the small wheel where most phones would have arrow keys. Turning a wheel with your thumb is a lot easier than attempting to jab your fingers at the small arrow keys on other phones. Of course,  I always pick out the strange thing in a phone to like best.



Other than that, I hope it lasts at least as long as my other phone did, which was two years. If not, I have a new brick to throw at a Cricket store window, don't I?

 





Innovative keyboard
Neat little wheel as opposed to arrows.
Quality speakerphone.
Easy to read keys/text.
The ability to have one of those micro-whatever-things for music, which sounds great on this phone.
3.5mm headphone thing, which is about the only type of headphones you can find. An old phone of mine had something crazy, like a 1.27mm headphone jack. It drove me insane.
You can't change the... not wallpaper, but... eh. Little bars. They're gray and yellow. Can't be changed. Still a good phone, though!


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Amazing budget phone.

21 Oct 2009 ty407

9 out of 10

I've had this phone for a month now and i absolutely love it. Huge upgrade from the messager I (which i owned). Has a great 2.0 megapixel cam (Versus 1.3 on the original), plus a camcorder.

Picture quality is great. Camcorder quality is decent, but still records better than most budget phones. Pic cam has nice features, such as mosaic shots (to customize pics) and 3 multi-shot options (to take multiple pics at once) Qwerty keyboard makes txting and browsing the internet a breeze! keys are alot spaced out better than the original messager. speakerphone sounds great, unlike other budge phones.

Music player plays songs loud and clear. Can make songs ringtones. With a microsd card, you can play movies that have been formatted for 3g & 3gp2. Only drawbacks are not being able to stream videos online, due to metropcs' work in progress internet, and limited phone customization (Can only change wallpaper, ringtones and adjust sound levels). But overall, i definitely recommend this phone to anyone who's looking for a good phone under $200.





Better qwerty than the original Messager
Great camera
Video recording (finally!)
Good music player
Good speakerphone
Calls sound crisp & clear

Limited in terms of phone customization (Can only change wallpaper, ringtones & sound levels).
Can't play streaming videos on Metropcs' i-net! (ughhh)



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