Samsung Behold II hits T-Mobile on November 18th, unboxed today (now with video!)
By Paul Miller 
posted Nov 12th 2009 7:47PM
posted Nov 12th 2009 7:47PM
Hardware-wise there's really nothing to complain about on this phone. It's heavy, relatively thin (not iPhone-thin, but just fine), with solid materials and wonderfully tactile face buttons. The screen is everything you'd expect out of an AMOLED display, though high-resolution phones like the Droid dampen that enthusiasm somewhat. One wonderful Samsung addition to the traditional Android experience is a "real" camera button on the side, which can even register half-presses for focus. For someone who doesn't want a physical keyboard, but doesn't want their handset to feel like a toy (sorry, myTouch) there's plenty to love. However, we're more concerned about the software side of things. We're not morally opposed to Samsung adding in TouchWiz, but we are afraid of anything that has the potential to slow down the OS, and on first glance we'd say it's notably less responsive than stock Android. We'll of course be going further in-depth to see just how usable this iteration is, but let us just put this out on the table: a virtual 3D cube to launch media apps is no way "intuitive," "helpful" or "cool." OK, maybe it's kind of cool, but seriously Samsung, stop it. Check out our unboxing below.
Update: We added some video after the break. Behold the cube!
Here we go 1st.
Not a fan of the whole pane-sliding homescreen, the cube thingy and the messy bottom of the phone.
But, everything does seem very snappy, responsive and smooth.
what is the processor speed?
that cube is pointless....if they wanted to make use of that cube, they should have had it on the main screen
the tab for the app drawer isn't very well thought out...
Sammy should have stuck with the tried and true touchwiz interface with a bottom tabbed app drawer.
Oh btw, that screen looks awfully cluttered...fix that
omfg, wtf happened to the samsung galaxy. that was at least classy. this phone looks like a piece of crap. like someone crapped in their hand and called it a cell phone. why is it super shinny and lame?!?!?!? I want the GALAXY! where is it? i haven't heard anything about it. wth?
handset to feel like a toy (sorry, myTouch)....???? Seriously? Is it supposed to feel like an Iphone? What a dopey comment
I want to stay with T-mobile but the pricing is out of line regardless of the plan costs. Verizon will sell a Droid for $269 on a ONE year contract. I think I can pony up a little extra monthly for a year while I enjoy the Droid goodness and maybe come back to T-mo after that.
It doesn't matter anyways, the 7 years I've been with T-mo and no more loyalty incentive plan... Besides, who knows when an Android phone will even come out on T-mo with better than a 528 chip or Android 2.0...
I am very confused here I was told that this phone had the same processor of the moment 800MHZ there is a spec sheet on a link that was sent to me giving me all the specs of this phone and it said 800MHZ so can someone tell me what the f!@#k is going on here
@DannyDarko
you got punked!
Hey Vladi your right I did . But in the mist of my punkishness I got my answer,. Its not the same old dusty 528 its the new dusty 533MHZ arm processor. So in the end i got what I deserved my answer thanks for noticing comrade