Average User Rating

Design: 6.4; 64.21053%
Features: 4.2; 41.57895%
Performance: 1.8; 18.33333%

Average

5.4

out of 10

Based on 19 opinions

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11. ugh

16 May 2008 by braighton

66%6.6out of 10

keyboard is cool along with the camera no camcorder cant get ringtones so gay as hellllllll i wont get it again haha

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12. dont buy this p.o.s

3 May 2008 by koralkid

58%5.8out of 10

u cant buy ringtones all the tones it has gay tones already i wana tthrow it across the earth the only cool thing is the keyboard

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13. I found the Underscore character in the right-side soft menu

26 Apr 2008 by bbb_forever

44%4.4out of 10

I finally figured out how to find and enter the Underscore character "_" on a Samsung R410 phone.

Go to a text field first, then you have to press the RIGHT-soft key (not LEFT-soft key that the manual incorrectly states) to see a menu pop in the right bottom corner of the screen.
The menu shows Emoticons, abc, 123, Symb, or whatever.

Select "Sym", and the popup dialog presents a full list of available symbols.

Use the Navigation button on the phone keyboard to go to the symbol you want (e.g. _ ), and press OK to input it into the text field.

Not intuitive at all, but it is possible to enter the "_" character on a Samsung R410 phone after all.

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14. No UNDERSCORE character, so cannot send email to certain addresses.

26 Apr 2008 by bbb_forever

42%4.2out of 10

I would have to agree with the review by Chris.
The keyboard doesn't provide the UNDERSCORE character ( _ ), or I couldn't find it.
That means, you cannot send email to any address like "John_Q_Public".
That's a serious flaw.

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15. i hate that the bluetooth sucks

21 Apr 2008 by k.ho

50%5out of 10

but for the person with the underscore problem if you use the keypad and hit the button on the bottom right go down to symbols and then next twice and the underscore is there. i dont like this phone just because i love having lots of ringtones and pictures and the camera is horrible...i might as well just kept my crappy razr.

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16. returned in one day...

29 Mar 2008 by chris

38%3.8out of 10

MAJOR FLAW...No underscore (_) in Email! No symbol screens available in email/web mode either...you can ONLY USE the keyoard. This is horrible if your email address is something like "first_last name@blah.com". Please reply if I'm wrong, but don't post your opinion because you have a similar phone and/or think it's common knowledge to use symbol screens-that's not how it is on this phone. There is no info on this on the net as of 03/08 and nothing from MetroPCS/Samsung, however the manual seems to backup what I say.
ALSO, for a $200 bluetooth phone you get: NO MP3, NO Video capture, NO memory card slot and only 28mbytes of phone memory!! Why did they even bother to have bluetooth on it??
Pros: The phone has nice reception and a loud speaker phone (but you needn't pay $200 for this). It is also very pro looking and stout. Too bad it has no substance!

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17. WORST PHONE EVER

8 Mar 2008 by JOSE V

36%3.6out of 10

I BOUGHT THE SAMSUNG R410 THINKING IT WAS GOING TO BE THE BEST PHONE I EVER BOUGH BUT IT TURN OUT TO BE THE WORST THE BATTERY DIES LIKE IN 3 AHOURS IT TAKES FOREVER TO LOAD UP THE CAMARA ALSO I HAVE TO CHARGE THE PHONE EVERY 2 AHOURS AND YOU CANT PUT YOUR SOUNDS AS YOUR RINGTONE!!! EVEN IF YOUR FRIENDS SENT THEM TO YOU SO Y WOULD YOU WANT TO RECORD SOUNDS IF YOU CANT PUT THEM AS YOUR RINGTONE!!!! THIS PHONE SUCKS RELLY BAD AND ALSO THE FRONT KEYBAD MAKES IT KINDA HARD TO TEXT .... SUMTHING THAT NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT THIS PHONE IS THAT IF YOU DOWNLOAD SUMTHING FROM THE INTERNET{PIC} IT WONT LET U SAVE IT BUT ITS GOING TO STAY IN UR MEMORY AND U CANT DELETE IT SO UR MEMORY GETS FULL AND YOU CANT DO NOTHING ABOUT IT THIS IS THE WORST METRO PCS PHONE BUT THE ONLU THING GUD ABOUT THIS PHONE IS THE KEYBOARD ALSO THE BLUETOOTH REALLY SUCKS U CANT TRANSFER PICS OR SOUNDS

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18. Basic is as basic does well

1 Mar 2008 by M

62%6.2out of 10

Could be a contender for the best basic phone. Doesn't look or feel cheap.

Phone does lack connectivity for even simple data saving (calendar, phonebook,messages) or capture, etc. via bluetooth or USB cable.

Net and call connectivity can be spotty at times.

Limited to the basic phone memory, there is no expansion card.

Slideout keypad is convenient and lends itself to significant texting.

Camera is good, not great.

Charging the phone is very fast but don't expect to be on the net for very long.

Accessories are $$$ (out of $$$$$)

Phone price is $$ after rebate.

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19. This phone is for when you are ready to grow up

4 Jan 2008 by J. Stokes

86%8.6out of 10

We know the phone choices for Metro PCS are slim to put it mildly. For the person looking for a phone that can do text and check e-mail there are really only two choices the Strobe (still avalible in stores) and this Samsung SCH-R410.

In short the Strobe is for high school/college kids while the R410 is for the adults in the room. For $200 (actually $125 because the price includes first month service =$50 and a $25 gift card) it is a definite buy.

This phone has all the essential features needed
*great picture
*great camera
*great reception better than the strobe
*great qwerty keyboard
*clean display LCD which is a good size for the size phone
*sleeek, lightweight, compact phone
*intuitive (don't need the manual for 99% of the features)
*orgainzational bells and whistles (contacts, claender. etc)
* vibration, voice dial, bluetooth
*little surprises (like the animations) that gives a sprinkle of cuteness without going overboard
*awesome speaker phone

People complain about this phone because it doesn't have trivial things like being able to download ring tones but it comes with a bunch of pre-installed ring tones already.The other complaints i have seen is the fact it does not have an mp3 player. My response is so what.This phone is a great phone because it does the phone thing and the phone thing only. I have had other phones that tried to do everything making the phone suck. I like toys bells and whistles but when I need to make a phone call I need to make a phone call and don't care about anything else.

The look is conservative, it doesn't have the "cheap skate" look of most Metro PCS phones nor does it have the "tenny bopper cute" look of the strobe. I can leave this phone on my desk and not be embarrassed to own it. The only complaint I have is the web browser can be better but what can you say cant win them all.

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