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Samsung SPH-M520 Reviews
11 Mar 2008
Samsung SPH-M520 Review
We really like the M520; it has a good form factor and we are excited to see a slider return to Sprint. For a mid-range phone it has a full feature set, and the build quality is top notch despite its plastic housing. It will appeal to average and advanced users alike
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1.
17 Nov 2008 by shanem
100%10out of 10
best phone i have ever had. it looks good and has great features and service
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2. my review
16 Nov 2008 by mbsjam1985
46.7%4.7out of 10
i had this phone for about three days and it gave me nothing but a headache, literally. im not sure if it was the screen or the fact that you cant turn off the predictive text which trys to predict the next work you are going to text no matter what mode you are in based on previous word combinations even if youve only used them once, trust me its beyond annoying the keypad isnt the greatest the battery life isnt good either the camera is good and the internet speed is fast, and the design is very good looking, but if you want a phone for the same price (on sale now anyways) get the samsung rant. its got way better features
stylish, fast, lightweight, compactcant turn off predictive text or next word predictions, hard to text, very short battery life, lacks many common features (tip calculator, erase all feature for pix messaging, etc)
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3. Okay
28 Oct 2008 by Anonymous
73.3%7.3out of 10
The phone is great by itself, but the service is not at their best. The phone is easy to slide but is easy to smudge. When I open the music store it closes! And I had tons of song son the phone and it wont work. Here's the upside...........
- Easy to slide
- good pictures
- good texting
- easy to navigate
- cool looking
- good calling features
I was going to get the Samsumg Highnote but I wasn't going to wait that long. My main focus is MUSIC!!!! I'm a musician. Sprint just needs to get their act together because the music is way expensive! Other than that keep going Sprint and Samsung.
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4. Love it!
18 Jul 2008 by cellphone man
78%7.8out of 10
I just got my phone the week it came out, and I love it! I Like the sprint theme, the ring tones and the fact that it has web. The only thing I didn't like was the cell quality. It is easy to slide open and the micro S.D. was in a easy to find section. This is the best sprint phone I've ever had!
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5. Ms.
2 Jul 2008 by rach
82%8.2out of 10
I think that this phone is a pretty nice phone. I have only had it for a short time but so far i love the design. I think that although samsung has come out with many of these slider phones it is one of my favorites. (although i sometimes get distracted and excessively slide it back and forth) I live in an area where i normally don't get the greatest signal anyway but this phone gets excellent service and i am able to hear people very clearly. I think that the phonebook capacity could be a tad bit larger because it counts each different phonenumber as a different entry and there are only 500. Unfortunately, I have alot more friends than that. I love the buttons and think that they are an excellent style for texting. And i love the predictive text and I am not sure why. I overall love this phone so far and hope that I continue to have good experiences with this phone.
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6. Samsung M520
30 May 2008 by Paul Taylor
86%8.6out of 10
Used this phone for over two weeks now. Have had no problems, only satisfaction at the features and reception it offers.
Where my old phone failed to get any bars, the M520 gets 1 to 3 bars consistently and in over-cast situations.
Within 15 minutes of my arrival home with it, I was able to upload my favorite mp3's for use as ringers by simply using internet cellphone websites...no problems no hassles at all. I've now ordered a USB cable with driver and have downloaded free software for using the USB port on the phone rather than moving files through email...if it works as smoothly as sending the files and data in email I will be a very happy camper.
By the way, the sound and picture quality is excellent (for a phone)...it rivals some of my older cameras and mp3 players...but this isn't what the phone was purchased for...regarding reception, clarity, ease of use, and portability it does what a phone is supposed to do and does it very well for a very low price.
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7. Thumbs up
24 May 2008 by Mike
80%8out of 10
I've been using this phone for 2 months now and its a keeper. Feels solid, slider works nicely. Bright display. I've used it all around New England and in the Mountain West states with good reception. Sprint's Live Search and On Demand features are good. I installed Opera mini and Google maps which went smoothly. I don't care about the camera, ring tones, texting or Sprint TV. Now if some geek out there can figure how to tether this phone (without using Sprint PAM) it will be perfect.
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8. Good phone but a little costly
23 May 2008 by John Lord
80%8out of 10
It's a very well designed phone with great features such as video playback. I played back a two-hour movie on it from sd card and the battery bar hadn't dropped any yet. Also it auto-locks the buttons when the slider is down. However i think you are paying for style a little. My wife's Rumour has the exact same features plus an extra full querty keyboard and more messaging features, for about $50 less. Also you evidently can't use your own music files as ringtones. You can get around this by using a converter to convert them to VIDEO format, because you can assign those to ringers. But annoying you don't have the same option for alert tones.
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9. not worth the headache
9 Apr 2008 by Jennifer
12%1.2out of 10
I got this phone recently and had nothing but issues and errors. Sprint has not been helpful . To use this phone need to live in an area with 5 bars, anything less and errors happen when trying to go to content (ie games, ringers and screensavers). After owning this phone for 3 days, called tech support twice (1 hr + each), taken to store twice (exchanged it once been told nothing wrong with phone, but mybe my location but last worked perfect 2 yrs). So now I am going back to the store (30 min drive one way) and make them take the phone back. I am going back to my old phone, less of a headache.
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10. It is an attractive-looking phone.
6 Mar 2008 by Jerome
88%8.8out of 10
I like this phone.
The camera could be a 2 M Pixel instead, but my ability to take pictures is not a high priority.
I am still discovering how the Web, the On Demand, the My Content and the Media Player are interconnected.
Over all, I like the way the screen display looks and a appreciate the attractive menu display.
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Average User Rating
Based on 12 opinions