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Samsung - Focus S 4G Mobile Phone - Black (AT&T)
Average customer rating
4.5
(136 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 136 reviews
5 Stars
96
4 Stars
25
3 Stars
6
2 Stars
5
1 Star
4
91%of customers recommend this product.
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124 out of
136)
Customer Reviews for Samsung - Focus S 4G Mobile Phone - Black (AT&T)
Customer Rating
5
Simple, Sexy and Smart
on November 14, 2011
Posted by: NeilS
from MD, USA
Windows Phone Mango is the best OS and version out there. A superb flowing and fluid UI, design, Address Book and Social Networking integration. I would say Windows Phone is 100 times better than iOS's walled garden approach and fragmented scratchy and clunky Android UI and those long grid of dead icons.
Samsung has done a great job in designing a lighter superphone and brilliant Super AMOLED+ display creates a whole new experience.
Will look forward to more apps in Windows Marketplace as Nokia launches more Windows Phone devices.
Would truly recommend this phone and OS to everyone. Once you use it you will forget Android or iOS
Pros: tools, menus, games, camera/video quality, speaker, battery life, Wi-Fi capable, durable, ease of use, social network integration, windows phone os, front camera
Cons: no hdmi
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting ATT.com
Customer Rating
5
Phone with all you need
on December 23, 2011
Posted by: Leian
from McKinney, tx
I really enjoy this phone and would actually get it again however I thought the charger was always lose and did not really give the phone the complete charge it needed.
Pros: tools, menus, games, camera/video quality, Wi-Fi capable, ease of use, good for texting
Cons: battery life, volume level, freezes
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting ATT.com
Customer Rating
5
Awesome Phone
on October 27, 2012
Posted by: rjsbaby25
from Adairsville, GA 30103, USA
i had a iphone and I saw these windows phones and thought they looked cool let me tell ya soon as i got my hands on this phone i'll never go back to iPhone two years ago this phone had options that the new I5 has got and they think its a new thing
Pros: easy and simple to use, link contacts together, beautiful design, never had a problem out of this phone, dependable
Cons: does not have flash
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting ATT.com
Customer Rating
5
Love my Phone
on February 11, 2013
Posted by: CeeTee
from Baltimore, MD, USA
I upgraded from a Samsung Focus to the Focus S and am very pleased with the ease of use. The phone offers amazing display and the Windows 7.5 OS is wonderful. I do not download video or watch movies on my phone, but I do download ringtones and games and the phone is fast. I would highly recommend this phone over the IPhone.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting ATT.com
Customer Rating
4
Very nice
on December 1, 2011
Posted by: astudent
from Charlottesville, VA
I like this phone a lot. It's not perfect, but it's very, very good.
Pros:
The screen is really beautiful. Some reviews have said it seems kind of dim, and that might be right. But in practice, it doesn't seem to be a bit deal.
The phone is very thin. This isn't entirely a good thing (see below), but it's pretty amazing how slim it is, and the large screen makes it seem even thinner.
I've found the battery life to be really quite good. I'm pretty sure I could get 2 days of ordinary use out of it (wifi on, some calls and music), and if I had to, I could stretch it to 3 or more.
Windows Phone 7 is great. I know there are plenty of people who dislike it, and the gurus of technology will tell you that it's an immature platform (which is true). But it's about the first moderately successful original design idea to come out of the big tech companies in a couple of decades. It works very well on this phone. In fact, when I used an old feature phone to look up a contact, I had so quickly adapted to the WP7 interface that I actually had to think about how to use the old phone.
The screen is really beautiful. Some reviews have said it seems kind of dim, and that might be right. But in practice, it doesn't seem to be a bit deal.
The phone is very thin. This isn't entirely a good thing (see below), but it's pretty amazing how slim it is, and the large screen makes it seem even thinner.
I've found the battery life to be really quite good. I'm pretty sure I could get 2 days of ordinary use out of it (wifi on, some calls and music), and if I had to, I could stretch it to 3 or more.
Windows Phone 7 is great. I know there are plenty of people who dislike it, and the gurus of technology will tell you that it's an immature platform (which is true). But it's about the first moderately successful original design idea to come out of the big tech companies in a couple of decades. It works very well on this phone. In fact, when I used an old feature phone to look up a contact, I had so quickly adapted to the WP7 interface that I actually had to think about how to use the old phone.
Cons:
I actually think it's too light for my tastes. It's very nice to carry around, but when I hold it, I feel like I could easily drop it.
The back cover is flimsy. I know why its there, and I'm not too down on it, but it does feel kind of cheap at times.
The camera is mediocre. It has lots of pixels, but it's not going to blow you away. It's serviceable, but I wouldn't necessarily use it as a primary shooter, or even a backup.
I think the buttons might be in the wrong places for some people. Just today I noticed that if you don't know how to grab it, it's very easy to hit a button just by picking up the phone. The power/standby button on the side is particularly bad. If you hold the phone with your right hand, your thumb is right on the button (and your palm is on the camera button). This is a good thing, unless you don't realize that it's easy to push and it will turn off the screen. It would be nice to have an edge without any buttons or ports.
The selection of apps is getting better, but it still has some holes.
I actually think it's too light for my tastes. It's very nice to carry around, but when I hold it, I feel like I could easily drop it.
The back cover is flimsy. I know why its there, and I'm not too down on it, but it does feel kind of cheap at times.
The camera is mediocre. It has lots of pixels, but it's not going to blow you away. It's serviceable, but I wouldn't necessarily use it as a primary shooter, or even a backup.
I think the buttons might be in the wrong places for some people. Just today I noticed that if you don't know how to grab it, it's very easy to hit a button just by picking up the phone. The power/standby button on the side is particularly bad. If you hold the phone with your right hand, your thumb is right on the button (and your palm is on the camera button). This is a good thing, unless you don't realize that it's easy to push and it will turn off the screen. It would be nice to have an edge without any buttons or ports.
The selection of apps is getting better, but it still has some holes.
To be honest, I'm considering returning this phone and getting a Titan. But in my research and incomplete personal testing, I'm not sure that either one is obviously superior. I think the greater weight and different button layout of the Titan might suit me better, but your mileage may vary. This one is still a really great phone, and there would be worse devices to be stuck with for 2 years.
Pros: battery life, Wi-Fi capable, design*
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting ATT.com
Customer Rating
5
Love this phone. So easy to use.
on December 5, 2011
Posted by: xLala
from Gainesville, Ga
My boyfriend and I got this phone. We both love our phones. Its so easy to navigate and surf the web.
Pros: menus, camera/video quality, Wi-Fi capable, ease of use, good for texting
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting ATT.com
Customer Rating
5
Amazing phone... but poor battery life
on December 22, 2011
Posted by: Deluge
from Boston, MA
Absolutely love this phone. One downside is the battery life. Hardly lasts me through one day. Have been used to a BB which can usually last me 2-3 days, but I do more use multimedia and browsing on this. I ended up buying a secondary battery that I can use to charge my phone on extended trips.
Pros: menus, Wi-Fi capable, ease of use, good for texting, design, light, thin, windows 7.5, smooth & fast
Cons: battery life
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting ATT.com
Customer Rating
4
The best Windows Phone to experience Mango
on November 8, 2011
Posted by: car2me
from Wayne, NJ
This is currently the flagship Windows Phone out for the just release crop of devices. It runs Windows Phone 7.5 which is a very elegant yet simple to use operating system. It is a very easy platform to transition to if you have never had a smart phone.
If you're social network flower than the tightly integration with the largest networks makes this phone a great tool.
The phone itself has a big display that is rich and full of color. The camera is up there in terms of quality and its a step 2-3 notches down from the the camera on the iPhone 4S. It does decent taking shots in low light but pales in comparison to the 4S. Video quality is also not that bad and is definitely and improvement of you are coming from the Samsung Focus.
Also a major note is that this phone doesn't support expandable storage and had 14GB (12.7 after formatting) of on-board storage.
The only major gripe I have it the build quality. The phone is very thin and light but the trade off is that it doesn't feel sturdy/durable in your hand. The area that this is most predominant is the back cover. It is very flimsy and even feels as though its a sheet of construction paper.
All in all, this is a great phone with some shortcomings but the OS (Windows Phone 7.5) makes up for it with its elegance and creative user interface.
Pros: games, camera/video quality, battery life, ease of use, windows phone 7.5, bing scout, very nice display
Cons: durability, build quality, back cover feels flimsy
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting ATT.com