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Samsung Sway Phone, Silver (Verizon Wireless)
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| List Price: | $299.99 |
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #456 in Cell Phone Accessories
- Color: Silver
- Brand: Samsung
- Model: Sway
- Released on: 2008-10-06
Features
- Slim, stainless steel slider phone with digital audio player, 2-megapixel camera/camcorder
- Access Verizon's V CAST Music with Rhapsody service as well as VZ Navigator turn-by-turn directions
- Bluetooth for handsfree devices and stereo music streaming; MicroSD expansion to 8 GB; access to email and instant messaging
- Up to 4.5 hours of talk time, up to 312 hours (13 days) of standby time
- Includes: handset, battery, charger, headset adapter, quick start guide, user manual
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com Product Description
Make a fashion statement with the Samsung Sway for Verizon, which offers a stainless steel design and a slim form factor that easily slides in and out of your pocket. It's compatible with Verizon's V CAST Music with Rhapsody service, which enables you to transfer music from your Rhapsody subscription on your PC to the phone. You'll also benefit from the phone's A-GPS receiver, which enables you to access Verizon's VZ Navigator service for turn-by-turn directions. Other features include a 2-megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth for handsfree devices and stereo music streaming, MicroSD memory expansion to 8 GB, access to personal email and instant messaging, and up to 4.5 hours of talk time.
 Access Verizon's V CAST Music with Rhapsody service as well as VZ Navigator turn-by-turn directions. |
This phone is also compatible with Verizon's V CAST Music with Rhapsody, which enables you to access this exclusive digital music service for RealNetworks and for MTV Networks. V CAST Music with Rhapsody delivers unlimited monthly access to music on up to three Rhapsody-compatible mobile phones and players and online on multiple PCs and Web browsers. Note that over-the-air music downloads are not supported.
Verizon's Mobile eMail gives you access to your Windows Live Hotmail, Yahoo Mail and AOL accounts so you can read, write, and reply. Access your address book, receive e-mail alerts and more, right on your Verizon Wireless phone. Getting on the Internet is easy using Verizon's Mobile Web 2.0 package, which allows you to read and send e-mails, exchange instant messages and view your favorite web content on your phone. Verizon's Media Center wireless download service is also fully compatible with this phone. This pay-per-download service features application downloads, games and productivity tools. You can also personalize your handset with ringtone downloads using the Media Center service.
With this GPS-enabled phone, you'll be able to access Verizon's VZ Navigator service (additional charges applicable) for voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions, heads-up alerts, local search of nearly 14 million points of interest in the US (such as landmarks, restaurants and ATMs), and detailed color maps. And Verizon's Chaperone service lets you easily locate your loved ones from your Verizon Wireless phone or PC in real time. After defining a zone, such as an area designating a school or summer camp, you'll be sent an alert via text message when the Chaperone handset enters or leaves the zone.
Phone Features
The slider-style Samsung Sway sports a 2.2-inch LCD screen with a 240 x 320-pixel resolution and support for up to 262K colors. Below the screen you'll find a five-way navigator and send/end and soft navigation keys that lay flush with the brushed stainless steel surface. The internal phonebook can store up to 1000 contact entries with multiple phone numbers per contact as well as the ability to store a picture. The phone displays the last incoming/outgoing/missed calls. It has an internal 64 MB memory, which can be expanded via optional MicroSD memory cards up to 8 GB in size.
Handsfree communication is easy thanks to the integrated speakerphone. This phone also provides Bluetooth wireless connectivity (version 2.0), and includes profiles for communication headset, handsfree car kits, and file transfer. With the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones.
The 2-megapixel camera provides multiple resolution options (from 1600 x 1200 to 160 x 120 pixels) and includes up to a 10x digital zoom (depending on resolution adjustment). It also features a multi-shot mode (series, divided, and panorama), brightness adjustment, shutter sound selection, and a self-timer. Additionally, yo can edit photos and add color effects right on the phone. And you can also capture video clips for saving to your PC or sending via messaging.
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Other features include:
- Digital audio player compatible with MP3, WMA and unprotected AAC/AAC+ formats; manage playlists on the phone
- Video format support: MPEG4, H.263, H.264
- 72-chord polyphonic and MP3 ringtones
- Tools: Alarm Clock, World Clock, Calendar, Calculator with Converter, Stop Watch, Notepad, Airplane Mode
- Voice Commands: Menu Readout
- Bilingual Interface: English/Spanish
- Hearing Aid Compatibility = M4/T4
- TTY Compatible
- Hearing Aid Compatibility = M4
- Bluetooth version 2.0 with the following profiles: A2DP (stereo music streaming), AVRC (remote control), HFP (hands-free car kits), HSP (communication headsets), BIP (for sending images to another device), BPP (basic printing profile for text, email), OPP (object push for business cards, calendar items, and pictures), PBA (transfer contacts)
Vital Statistics
The Samsung Sway weighs 3.56 ounces and measures 4.15 x 1.96 x 0.47 inches. Its 800 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4.5 hours of talk time, and up to 312 hours of standby time. It runs on the 800/1900 CDMA frequencies.
Customer Reviews
Great phone, some possible deal breakers
Pros:
This phone has a really good camera. Also the screen is more vibrant than on my flip chocolate, the lg vx8600 that was replaced, so pictures look much more vibrant.
Cons:
The texting and some of the menu interface is really slow. Sometimes, the texting will be 3-5 letters behind me since i'm a fast texter. Also the battery time isn't that long. It only lasts me two days max and i don't talk long on the phone at all. If you spend a decent amount of time on the phone you will have to charge it every day. Lastly, the screen could be bigger...
Other thoughts:
If you're someone who texts a lot, prepare to be frustrated by the software being so slow. What makes it so annoying is when i'm using T9, and i forget to change the word to a different arrangement because the texting is so slow, i never see that it was on a different word. If you're not a texter, and looking for a decent, stylish phone with all the basic features, this is an excellent choice. Texting and the low battery life aren't necessarily deal breakers tho.
Great Phone
After two weeks I can safely say I am going to keep the Sway. Ringtone/alarm volume is very loud. The vibrate sound would be nice if it could be adjusted but no complaints. Screen is large and clear. The user interface is nice and clean and customizable, meaning the up, left and down can be customized, the right goes to a set of 4 custom settings. ( alittle menu pops up when you hit right)
-Nice set of about 20 ringtones.
-Separate camera button on the outside of the phone
-Camera shutter can be shut off so it's silent (my old samsung didn't allow this)
-SD Micro card slot, I added a 2gb card and I think I can take about 1800 photos at the highest setting: 1600x1200
-Little quirk I found is the door to the card slot pushes or pops the card back out a few times. Seems like either the card is too long or the door to the slot is too thick, it's hit and miss sometimes, right now it hasn't effected it for a few days.
-3 alarms
besides that the call volume is loud and clear which is what I needed just a solid phone. I'm happy with my purchase.
My First Phone
Even though this is my first phone, I have to say this phone is amazing.
The speakers are able to play at an extremely loud volume for a phone, which is very appropriate for music playing.
The slim form and aesthetics of this phone are definitely benefits to enjoying it.
My only dislikes are the near requirement to push the phone up by the screen (Causing fingerprints), very little internal memory (50mb according to my phone), and a limit on the amount of text messages allowed in the inbox (
I'm not sure if there is a limit. My phone stops at around 120 messages. I'll try to find a solution for this problem later).
After getting a microsd card, most of the phone's problems go away. =)
