Samsung's Solstice touchscreen phone bounds onto AT&T
By Joshua Topolsky 
posted Jul 30th 2009 10:52AM
posted Jul 30th 2009 10:52AM
posted Jul 30th 2009 10:52AM
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WHY IS THE IPHONE MENTIONED/THE TOPIC OF SIX ARTICLES IN A ROW???? seriously guys, you gotta wonder why some people call you bias. i think this phone is pretty cool and if i weren't a smart phone whore i would be looking at it.
Well the assumption that everyone has the same needs or desires is a very apple fan way of thinking. The iphone is a good phone, but not everyone wants the iphones data plan costs. Not everyone need 30,000 apps or whatever they are up to now, some people just want a nice touchscreen phone. Comparing the Samsung Eternity(which is the closest thing on there right now) on the Att website you arent forced into a data plan at $30 / mo.
Personally I really appreciate the touchscreen dumbphone because they work better imo at being a phone than smartphones. They dont have all the overhead of running a cpu taxing OS. This quote is the only part of the story that really disappointed me. "Still, one gets the overwhelming impression that phones of this ilk are simply trying to cash in on the buzz of like-minded devices, while not bringing anything particularly notable to the table." I understand that touch dumbphones dont bring high end hardware or many application options but cant something be similar without being a leech on apples products? The mentality that apple is the only way to go frustrates me to no end, and the only reason I hate the iphone is the smug way iphone owners look down on all other devices, whether it be a touch dumbphone, a blackberry, winmo or android phone. People dont all like the same things. PEOPLE LIKE OPTIONS. Why do people buy Suzuki SX4 sedans? The Corolla and Civic are better sellers, and arguably better cars. Therefore in the mind of an apple fan they should say, Suzuki shouldnt even offer this car. Nonsense. Get off the high horse that the iphone is the best phone and just be happy there is options out there. Each iphone owner I've had the opportunity to talk phones with has said to me "Why dont you just get an iphone?" while i'm sitting there using my G1. WTF. How is your phone better than my phone? Its not. I love the look on their faces when I just blatantly say to them "Cus iphones suck." They dont have any arguement. Cus its all hype as to why they are good. What is this high school again and we all have to have Jansport backpacks just to be a cool kid? I dont really think iphones suck, i just like saying it to them to see if they have a response.
Honestly I want to see a list of reasons that the iphone is considered a smartphone in comparison to this touchwiz phone. Is the iphone os so superior to the touchwiz ui'd verson of whatever OS this is, cus its not Winmo, would it be S60? Or did they make a touchwiz version of the BREW os? But then again if it is Symbian, isnt S60 considered to be a smartphone OS? What other OS' have samsung skined with Touchwiz?
Ok I'm done defending the touchscreen dumbphone against the iphone fanatics. Flame me to no end.
i agree 100%! though i didn't want to take the time to compose a comment of that length :( so thank you for biting the bullet and saying what i'm sure a lot of others feel!
If this phone (which looks exactly like the Impression) has as much 3rd party support as the Impression, I will pass this one up. I have the Impression now, and while it's a great phone, there is little support from Samsung, andthey don't seem to update thier firmware.
I just don't like the fact that ATT is wasting time on these dumb phones when there are so many other sweet phones they could be picking up but don't. And yes if you choose this over the 99 dollar iPhone you're either living under a rock, have a huge chip on your shoulder against Apple or are uneducated on mobile devices. See if ATT lets you buy this without a data plan... And you can cancel your iPhone data plan a month after you get it BTW.