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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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Customer Reviews for Samsung - Focus S 4G Mobile Phone - Black (AT&T)
Customer Rating
5
EPIC WIN
on November 6, 2011
Posted by: Rydog02
from Miami, FL
This phone is simply wonderful, microsofts services are brilliant. sky drive, xbox live, office, zune, twitter integration, facebook integration, facebook messenger integrated, windows live messenger integrated.
This phone is a dream come true, beautiful amoled screen, excellent battery life. I just cant explain further how good this phone is.
Also remember microsoft now owns skype. some unreal skype integration is also coming. Windows phone is the best ever.
Pros: tools, menus, games, camera/video quality, speaker, battery life, Wi-Fi capable, durable, ease of use, good for texting
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting ATT.com
Customer Rating
5
on November 6, 2011
Posted by: Samsgotragedy
from Los Angeles, CA
A had an HTC HD7S and this phone is a nice upgrade. The camera is amazing, the screen is beautiful and the light weightness of this phone is amazing. Windows Phone Mango really makes this phone shine! Way better then any iPhone and Android.
Pros: tools, menus, games, camera/video quality, speaker, battery life, Wi-Fi capable, durable, ease of use, good for texting
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting ATT.com
Customer Rating
5
Best phone I've ever had
on November 7, 2011
Posted by: sbtLady
from Western OR
Finally, some hardware to match the great Windows 7.5 OS. The Super AMOLED + screen is incredible. Dark blacks, bright colors, perfect 4.3" screen that is lighter than the old Focus. Front Facing camera, 16GB memory, 8mp rear camera, 4G and Internet Tethering. This phone is gorgeous - thank you Samsung. And the new updates to the Windows Phone makes this the best OS around. Voice texting, turn by turn, SmartDJ, Local Scout, Bing Vision, etc. etc. All my friends that see it said they are going to trade in their iPHone 4 or Android device to get it. LOVE LOVE LOVE it.
Cons: Because the phone is so light, it does feel a bit plasticy, but I'll take that in favor of weight.
Pros: games, 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
I LOVE this phone and Windows OS!
on November 14, 2011
Posted by: freekyfriday
from Dallas, TX
I have used every mobile OS from Blackberry, iOS, Android and Windows Mobile (multiple versions. The Windows Mango update truly makes this phone one of the best and easy to use devices around. It is very user friendly, everything is easy to find, the app store is growing rapidly and I found that really almost everything I needed/wanted was available. I gave up my iPhone 4 for this device and I haven't looked back at all. It has a bigger screen, it is faster and overall it is a more fun experience. The first Windows 7 phones were lacking the mobile hot spot option, front facing camera but now they have it all along with 4G speeds. I would highly recommend this device!
Pros: tools, menus, games, camera/video quality, speaker, Wi-Fi capable, durable, ease of use, good for texting
Cons: battery life, limited memory
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting ATT.com
Customer Rating
5
A true upgrade from outdated Iphones and Androids
on November 30, 2011
Posted by: Rowbeartoe
from Elk Grove California
Great hardware to run the next evolution of smart phones. Take the looks of the highly successful Android Samsung Galaxy S2, make it thinner and lighter, include a Super Amoled Plus Display, and have it run a highly optimized fast Microsoft metro UI. Windows Phones are just over a year old and they are already better than the much older Androids and Iphones. They are not perfect but overall offer a better way to use a phone. In November of 2011 Windows phones won the Operating System of the Year which was judged at the 2011 Know Your Mobile Awards.
The most important thing about a smart phone should be security, and that in itself should exclude any and all Androids. According to data from Juniper Networks in November of 2011, malware in the Android Market had jumped 472 percent since July of 2011. Unlike Microsoft and Apple, Google does not have a strict approval process in place for its Market. Web surfing with IE9 also offers the best protection against social engineering malware, according to test results released in August of 2011 by NSS. Windows phones use IE9 which blocks over 99%. IE9 left the scores of competing browsers in the dust. Google’s Chrome, for example, was 13.2 percent, while Firefox 4 and Safari 5 was a 7.6 percent.
Windows phones are amazing and this phone really makes the Metro UI fast! For those of you new to windows phones let me briefly write down what I love about them.
Windows phones are amazing and this phone really makes the Metro UI fast! For those of you new to windows phones let me briefly write down what I love about them.
1: Large Live Tiles! These tiles can flip and display information such as the weather in a city on one side and a Doppler radar image on the other. You can (with the some apps) customize your own tile to include pictures, text, and links to web pages. Tiles just offer so much more than icons and they are a lot more organized than Android widgets.
2: Xbox Live! With Microsoft’s eco system, you can expect everything from email, to the PC, to Xbox to be blended together. Take for example the games Kinectimals and Fable Coin Golf. Those games allow you to transfer game info into the Xbox 360! You can also transfer your Xbox 360 Kinectimals to the Windows Phones. What I love about Xbox Live on the Phone is that you can see all the games your friends are playing via their Avatar and compare and compete. I don’t have to for example load Angry birds to check out the leader boards; Xbox Live shows me the achievements for all the games! As a bonus you can watch your friend’s avatars get upset when you have something they don’t! The Avatars also perform some fun displays in Windows Phones. For example you can shake the phone and watch your avatar fall down. Lol. =)
3: Vision button! I love this feature. Go to a store such as Wal-Mart and press the vision button to find the item on the internet. You can then compare prices and or read reviews. It works as a barcode reader as well. The vision thing works great for games locked up behind glass that doesn’t give access to a bar code.
4: Music button! Hear a song on the radio or at a club and press the button to have it found. You can then download it if you would like. Works like Shazam which you can also purchase in the app store if you would like.
5: Local Scouts! Now this is handy! Press the local scouts button to see what’s around you. You can find places to eat and drink, see things to do, shop, and find highlights. Click on something and find all the information you need including phone numbers and directions. Directions can also be read aloud.
6: Speech: A lot of talk has been around Iphones Siri but let me tell you that Windows Phones have awesome built in voice features too. Hold down the speech button for example and say weather or weather in …. And it will show you either the 5 day weather forecast in your area or the city you asked for. Say text or call someone in your contacts and it will call or text them what you say. Say Open …. And it will launch the application with that name. When you receive text messages you have the option to have them read aloud too. It’s simple works great.
7: People Hub: I love this feature as well. All of your contacts will list every possible way for you to contact someone in your hub. You can text, call, email, tweet, facebook etc. You can see have addresses, web pages, and more listed in the people hub.
8: Threads: Threads are cool. You could be texting someone on Facebook, then switch to texting their phone if you would like.
9: Groups: Group your friends in the people hub you would like. Create a family group, club group, golf group etc.
10: MS email: Create a Live.com email and have all your contacts and Xbox live information displayed on your pc. You can then from there locate your phone, make it ring, lock it, or even erase it. You can also check out your skydrive and Xbox Live information.
11: Calendar: Have your facebook and work calendar placed on your phone. Quickly let everyone know that you are going to be late for a meeting if need be. See what’s going on even on your lock screen.
12: Zune: I love Zune. Yes you can use spotify if you would like, but I find Zune so much better. If you choose to pay a monthly fee you can listen to all the music you want. If not, that’s ok because it will still play all the songs and videos you placed on your phone with ease. Just plug your phone into your PC and you can transfer all the music, pictures, and videos to and from your pc you want. When playing music you can see the artist, bio, and sort in a variety of ways. You can even play a playlist with the artist pictures on the lockscreen. =)
13: MS Office: This was better than I thought. OneNote is cool in that you have the ability to record a voice message, place pictures, text, and a subject line on a tile and pin it to your start screen if you would like. PowerPoint works perfect too. I could view stuff from my work on my phone. Word and Excel are not too bad either. =)
14: Search: I love the search button using Bing on the phone. I can use voice and talk away and find what I’m looking for if I would like. I can see images, web pages, connect with local scouts, see a mall in detail etc. Bing interacts with all the features of the phone. I can’t see myself ever needing to use Google again.
15: Maps: I love the maps feature of this phone as well. I can get directions to practically anywhere and have it read to me if I wanted. The Map detail is amazing and it also displays traffic. As mentioned earlier, Bing has maps for malls as well.
16: Apps: This phone has plenty of apps now (over 40,000!) that can match most of what you can get on the older iphones and androids now. You can choose from just about anything including a contact barcode maker that someone can scan and import into their contacts for example. You will have plenty of free apps as well.
17: Picture albums: FB and Skydrive albums automatically load to your phone. You can also load your friends FB pictures to your phone as well. This is so much better than loading pictures every time I use FB.
18: Cards: Hold the back key and see the last 5 things you were in.
19: at&t: One of the cool things about this network is that you can place someone on speaker phone and use your phone at the same time. Your text messages are not broken up into 160 letter paragraphs either. =)
20: Microsoft: The eco system is second to none.
In conclusion this phone is a great and I’m sure will make any previous Iphone or Android user happy. It does so much more than what I briefly wrote about. This phone doesn’t really lock up either; something I hear is very common with Androids. I hope this review helps whoever is interested in buying this phone or a Windows phone in general. Thanks for taking the time to read it.
Pros: tools, menus, games, camera/video quality, speaker, battery life, Wi-Fi capable, durable, ease of use, good for texting, security, display, xbox live, zune, ie9 html5, ms office, fast ui, live tiles, ms marketplace, ms eco system
Cons: ugly ui keyboard, ugly messaging
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting ATT.com
Customer Rating
5
One beatuiful slab of awesomeness...
on December 5, 2011
Posted by: InfamousDaveman
from San Diego, CA
Originally, I had my heart set on a Titan and my wife had hers on the Focus S, but the more hands on I got with the Focus S, the more I knew that this was the phone for me. Its so thin and elegant, I can barely feel it in my pocket and it even fits in the small pocket of my jeans!!
Performace wise, i have zero lag and every program/game runs flawlessly. The WP mango experience is absolutely amazing so if you are still on the fence about a windows phone, just go try one out. Youll never wanna go back to any other OS.
The hardware on this phone is top notch, from the build to durability, samsung knows how to build a device! I love seeing those galaxy s II commercials because thats exactly what the Focus S is, a galaxy s II with windows under the hood. Its a perfect combination. Period!
I never even thought it was possible, but my wife finally loves a phone again. We both proudly rock our Focus S phones and Im telling ya, so will you! While I still think the titan is an excellent choice, I think this phone just hits the sweet spot in every category. Quit missing out and go grab one today!
Pros: games, camera/video quality, durable, ease of use
Cons: none!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting ATT.com
Customer Rating
5
THE BEST WINDOWSPHONE MANGO 2011!
on November 6, 2011
Posted by: Inabysi
from New York,NY
I just buy Samsung Focus S today,this Windows Phone is very light and slim.
Everyone has either iPhone or Android-Phone (because Advertisement and good Marketing?) if you try Windows Phone,you will not be dissapointed!
Everyone has either iPhone or Android-Phone (because Advertisement and good Marketing?) if you try Windows Phone,you will not be dissapointed!
ADIOS Blackberry!
Pros: menus, camera/video quality, speaker, Wi-Fi capable, ease of use, weight
Cons: battery life
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting ATT.com
Customer Rating
5
Best of Breed Windows 7.5 Phone
on November 7, 2011
Posted by: newskyy
from Tampa,FL
This phone is incredible, power, features, usability make this a droid/apple buster. IE 9 in the new "Mango" release flies to web sites and the applications run 10x faster than they did in older hardware devices. I had the Samsung Focus before and this phone is night and day difference between the two. It has a 8MB camera and a front-facing camera that the image results are outstanding. Combine these new hardware enhancements with the new Windows 7.5 features makes this a great solution for business and personal use.
Pros: menus, Wi-Fi capable, ease of use, camera/video quality, windows 7.5 features
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting ATT.com