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  • @awdrifter3 the phone isn't as bad as you make it out to be. This has been a really good phone for a non smart phone. You do have to press down more than you would an iPhone but it's not really hard. I could easily scroll thru music and texts etc. this isn't a great phone but it's decent.

  • This review is so inaccurate. The screen on this phone sucks, you have to press very hard for it to recognize the input, making scrolling through songs a pain because it'll accidentally play a song instead of keep scrolling. The video player also sucks, it can only play 320x240 videos, notice how in the demo video he played the image is squished, you can make it full screen, but because the resolution of the video is so low it's jagged. Also the video will lag during intense scenes. This is the

  • This 'phone' is a failed aborting, DON'T BUY IT!!!

  • YOU ALL THINK ALL PHONE SUCKS.. SHAME ON YOU.

  • I used to have this phone a long time ago I liked it but you jist had to press really hard for it to work

  • My touch screen decided to basically "Flip" on me. Worst phone i've ever had , id rather have a razor whos batteries dont last worth anything.

  • mine fell in the toilet and it still works.. lol.

  • Horrible phone. I've had to replace the phone twice just for the touch screen and battery failure.

  • HORRIBLE PHONE!

  • OMG I HATED THIS PHONE. I had it and hated it because You wouldn't get a text message until one hour after the person sent it, so you wouldn't be able to have conversations. On top of that, I lost the battery for it, and i looked everywhere and couldnt find it. Even if they still sold them, DO NOT BUYYY

  • This phone is kinda poop , it SUCKS for texting very much. the internet browser it has is SHIT "unnexpected failure" every like minute. the touchscreen calibration is a bitch. and it sometimes drops calls and sends texts to the wrong person. i regret getting this phones. the camera is good tho...

  • I broke my phone. Why? It's a fuckin Mythic!!!!

  • Because of the Mythic, I will never buy another Samsung phone. The reviewer obviously did not use the Mythic in the real world, and I'd be hesitant to trust him for any review. It's also extremely unprofessional, with butterflies and flowers as default lock screen pictures that you cannot change.

    I'm getting an iPhone 4S tomorrow, and I cannot wait to chuck this phone down a gutter, where it belongs.

  • @xYeow lol same here. Its the third samsung phone ive had horrible problems with. Their all junk. If you like phones that work, samsung is not the phone manufacturer for you.

  • Have been very disappointed with this phone, especially when it completely died a couple of months after I bought it while on a x-country road trip. Took several hours to get it going again. Haven't trusted it since.....

  • BTW Again- This asshole doing the video is a dipshit who clearly has not used this phone. i cont srtand thds phnoe. thats what your text look like with when your touch screen blows.

  • I hate this phone! there is nothing worse than being in class and checking your phone to have that god-damned butterfly and flowers showing for everyone behind you to see. On top of that if you text message at all this phone sucks. If you facebook this phone sucks. if you depend on 3 or less bars this phone sucks, If you take pictures this phone sucks. switched back to my blackberry b'c it doesnt freeze nearly as much.

    BTW- had it for almost 2 yrs. So another 26 days til iphone.

  • i hate this phone! mine just broke last night after almost 2 years. i hit the corner of my computer desk and cracked the screen. the touch screen sucks...the calibration gets fucked up on it so much....thank god at&t did the right thing by discontinuing this p.o.s.

  • i have this phone and it kinda sucks.it'll randomly reboot itself and when im on the internet and i click on something it'll say "unexpected failure" and it does it constantly.the only good thing that i can say about this phone is that i will not break easily because i've dropped it so many times and it hasent broken.ive had the phone for to years with AT&T but im going to upgrade to a iphone 4

  • this phone is my worst fricken nightmare!!!!!

  • why did i get this phone i still have it it sucks fricken balls out of my whole school i have the worst phone THIS!!! out of 1600 people this phone is the worst i compared

  • I have this Phone. The BEST FEATURES is the camera. THE CAMERA IS REALLY GOOD. It has a built in flash light and everything. Its decent and easy to use. ITS A decent phone.

  • awwe he still has cingular sim card brings back memories of good ol original phones :)

  • fuck this phone gay shit! touch screen becomes gayer and gayer the longer u have it... but this phone will not break easily when u drop it... i just throw it down a hill on purpose and it dont break. hahahah/ thats the only good thing about it oh and that it has 200mb oh internal memory.. but everything else is gay!..

  • @funnyrussianhaha so the phone is all happy? hmm interesting. get a new vocabulary. dick. 

  • this phone is a complete failure ive hated it since the day i got it

  • I HAVE IT AND IT SUCKS ASSSSSSSS

  • @rocker4579 It only suck because you probably want an iPhone, and you know it. If you didn't want an iPhone or some android phone, you'd like it.

  • @leightonransome actually no. I freezes constantly, it turns back on at random moments and takes forever to make another call, and the battery barley lasts me half a day

  • @rocker4579 Blah thats exactly what my eternity did...

  • @rocker4579 It lasts 4 days, only turns off when I drop it badly, it turns on when I want to, and makes quick calls for me.

  • I HATE THIS PHONE!!

  • ITS A PIECE OF SHIT. DON'T GET IT. PLEASE DON'T, IF YOU DO.. THEN I WARNED YOU. I'VE HAD IT FOR 1 YEAR AND IT TOOK ME ONE WEEK TO HATE IT.

  • @ljacob139 I've had this phone for some months now and I STILL can't figure this out so hopefully you can help. lol... Ok so whenever my phone is not on silent the phone will make an annoying beep anytime I touch the screen. Do you know how to turn that off because I have to always keep my phone on silent so that when I text it doesn't make an annoying dial noise but I don't always want to have my phone on silent lol!

  • @JordinSparksFan08 ummm i cant find it atm but on of the sound settings is prob either on driving mode or outdoor mode so if u change that itll work. trust me it happens all the time. when i figute it out whre it is then i will let you know. im like half asleeep atm sorry. butt im switchign to a new phone and you shuld d othe same.

  • @ljacob139 Ohhh wooww I feel dumb! lol THANKS! It was under sound profile (like you said). I never realized there was a drop down thing in the top corner where I could change it haha.

  • @JordinSparksFan08 Haha I have the same phonee, and the same problemm.. I believe you have to go into phone settings, and then from there go to Sound Profiles. And then you can tinker with your settingss(:

  • @LakErsFan757 Yeah I know! It was so annoying but I finally figured it out! You have to go to sound profile and at the top right hand corner there is a drop down menu and you change the sound setting under phone! I was always overlooking the drop down menu for some reason -_- hahah! Thanks(:

  • i have this phone and ive got to say i hate it

  • the phone can't detect multiple touches at once

  • @southpasadangerous -- yes it does.. dis phone freezes a lot

  • is there a facebook widgit

  • @southpasadangerous ya but thats all your gonna b able to do on this phone pretty much

  • i am getting this phone because i had a pantech pursuit but it sucked dick..is this a good phone??

  • @southpasadangerous - no, get the Pantech Laser

  • @kseadam8907 ok i mighttt get that but idk

  • Had this fone for 1 year nvr droped it and the screen just stoped wrkinh

  • can i just put my sim into it if i get one off ebay?

  • @marchofthepiggs you need to make sure it is sim free :)

  • @rosso2500 - maybe he wants unlimited internet

  • @kseadam8907 Desire has wifi i think....

  • @AJFedora - it probably does, but what if you're in a place where you can't get WIFI for a while.

  • this phone sucks big dick at first your like dam this phone is sick but then in week or 2 it starts doing the most retarded stuff ever u touch one part of the screen then it goes a whole different direction that you touched it freezes alot and it all ways reboot its self i rather just stick with a slide phone this phone made samsung look like a horrible company and the sound quality is bad even with headphones i wouldnt recommend this phone

  • @purplemigue Oh my fucking goodness. Yeah, I've had this phone a few months now. And it does reboot, it does freeze. Sometimes hours at a time. And I'm pretty sick of it. I agree, don't get this phone. It's a piece of crap.

  • when i renew a 2yr plan how much does this phone cost?

  • @appleguy04 - AT&T stopped carrying it about 3 months ago or so.

  • This phone is alright, the browser sucks, the music player is pretty good. I just hate how you try and text and it doesnt react as fast as you want it to. Ive had this phone for a couple of months now and it is starting to turn off out of nowhere. The calibration also started going bad after a few months but now I'm looking to get the HTC Inspire 4G pretty soon.

  • this phones okay, then again its my first touchscreen phone ive ever owned...just hate that damn butterfly

  • @MrJGear no. this phone is not good for any of that! I've had it for a year and resently it broke (the backlight gave out)The camera is bad, does not focus well and does not react to any of the lighting. Youtube, as well as FB is completely slow and takes along time to load and the continues to stop playing. Music Player is actually good, and games are downloadable through the ATT store so those are good. Internet freezes alot. And texting is slow at reacting to the touch. I've hated this phone.

  • I'm replacing this phone and giving it to my daughter. The touchscreen texting is what's done it in for me. While typing it will lag and any letters you push after it stops responding will pop up on the screen when it finally catches up. Also, the when the screen locks the pictures rotate through the ones pre-loaded. See the butterfly pic in the video? It'll be there when you go to use it along with a rainbow swirl, fireworks, flowers, and a few others. It can't be changed.

  • @ranger5572 - how long have you had it?

  • @kseadam8907 I've had it for about 9 months or so.

  • this phones operating system just looks like a bad copy of android operating system. This phone is GARBAGE

  • @Basisirj22 - so the Mythic, the Solstice II, and the Flight II are all garbage? I have tried them all out and I found them to be awesome phones. I did have a Mythic a couple months ago, but the screen decided to somehow lose water, so the colors kept jumping around. But if you want to pay out the ass for a Samsung Captivate, go ahead!

  • this the impression or the solstice?

  • Don't get this phone after 2 and a half months it gts really laggy and every time you go into a dead zone and go back where signal is you have to turn it off and restart it I made a mistake buying this phone:(

  • nice phone...may get it..stilll thinking ....how is it?

  • @tone99556 - it is awesome, except for some lagging in the software, but other than that, it rocks

  • @kseadam8907 ok thanks.

  • I have this phone and it's hard to text..ughhhhhhhhhhhhh. 

  • @ilovejordanbryant - how long have you had it? i had mine for two months (before the LCD screen went out), and i learned how to text fast on it in three weeks

  • @kseadam8907 like almost a week now. haha i'm good i can text on it now..i just miss my blackberry bold. i'm just not a big fan of touchscreen phones unless it's the iphone.

  • @ilovejordanbryant - well then you have a while to learn :)

  • The touch screen on this phone is horrible!! Do not get this phone if you want to even attempt to text.

  • samsung SUCKS!

  • I have this phone, I like it for the most part.

    It has a few issues, the most annoying problem is when it randomly turns itself off during use.

  • @Hailingflames mabey you could try going to setting and set the dim lightin to about 1min

  • The only prob i find with Samsung phones is a very low speakerphone whay can't they just raise the vol on them

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  • i shoulve gotten this phone in september i could get this or the encore and i got the encore BIG mistake i hate this phone i shouldve gotten the mythic

  • i have this phone worked good for the first couple weeks then its started freezing and calibration started to go retarded , dont get touch screens period they bug a lot i say stick with a good ol' non touch phone.

  • @initialdracer - i've had the Mythic for about a month, and haven't had one problem with it

  • can you please show me how to transfer pictures from samsung mythic to the pc. thanks you in advance.

  • This phone sucks.. Don't get it trust me it will be the worse mistake you ever made haha..

  • @abibuttercup - yep, ur right. i hate the touchscreen keyboard, so that's why i am going to get the Flight II.

  • does anyone know how to to remove the locked pictures that show up when you lock it?

  • @TheHaterBill You cant

  • I wish this phone had a full qwerty keyboard.. It would probably be the impression 2! Lol

  • Can you take a picture and use it as your background?

  • @soopamegan yea, not for the lock screen tho

  • yeah, no, this phone actually sucks.

    the hardware can't handle the software.

    and even if it did, it would suck.

  • @Mutantcy1992 lol idk what ur tlkn about i have the phone and i like it , perfect camera , perfect internet browser speeds , fairly good txting keyboard

  • i wanted this phone SOOOOO bad! and now i hate it!

  • @teetee1324 - i just bought the mythic, and i fuckin love it! lol

  • Why the hell do they turn off the lights like that and use it in the dark!?!?

  • Do they still sell this phone

    

  • @Curse1Jester yeah

  • @Curse1Jester - nope... but if you buy it on ebay, and swap out your sim card from your old phone, AT&T won't make you extend your contract. :)

  • Phone is friggen slow.

  • @harlysorto217 - ok, then if it's slow, then spend all your money on an expensive android, iphone, or blackberry.

  • @kseadam8907

    Or just buy yourself a Eternity I or Solstice. Those aren't slow and dude, Androids are not expensive.

  • @harlysorto217 - not to people who have money. i like to save my money

  • Whats Better Samsung Mythic or Lg Encore

  • What is a good touch screen phone with a 3mp camera or higher, accepts Micro SD cards for music and maybe movies, and doesn't need a $15 data plan? I was going for the Mythic or the Aria until I found out the aria needs data to run.

  • samsung sunburst or samsung mythic?

  • @heydudeizesther - mythic, hands down

  • @heydudeizesther i have neither and after watching a review on each of them, i can easily say i would have to go with the mythic. looks so much better. and i heard you cant even change the message tone on the sunburst, unless you go to each contact individually and give them the same ringtone you want, which would be a total pain.

  • I was gonna get that for xmass. but now looking at all the comments, i dont know anymore. Why is it so bad??

  • @cooljdog2 dude ik this phone sucks..i have it :(

  • I have this phone...I love it! Everyone is entitled to their opinion and in my opinion...this phone is awesome...

  • so....this or the solstice 2?

  • this or the flight or the flight to?

  • I've always like samsungs layout for their phones I'm upgrading from the Behold 1 switch I still love because it's smaller then most of the new phones (unlike the Behold 2) but this one looks like a good upgrade almost the same phone just alittle taller for the better screen and more options.

  • Fuck this phone.. get the Samsung Flight 2

  • I HAVE THIS PHONE IT SUCKS DO NOT GET IT I REPEAT DO NOT GET IT!!!!!!!

  • @cooljdog2 WHYYYYYYYYYYY

  • @2Exotic2Fly2High it just sucks keyboard sucks it gets old it freezes it is slow its lock button is annoying horrible touchscreen the only good thing about the phone is its look and obviously looks can be decieving

  • @cooljdog2 if you orientate the touch screen a few times to ur likeing then everything should be good :D

  • @cooljdog2 why?

  • can you touch the screen with nails?

  • @kanddfresh yes

  • @kanddfresh yes you can

  • Whenever you order this phone online, it says it only has black, is the back cover black or is that garnet looking color like in this video? Im wondering because i want the garnet color because im a fsu fan ^_^

  • THIS... OR.. THE FLIGHT 2?

  • @kevNchris445 - .... idk, good question

  • i wanna cry, cuz ill never get a phone like this and im like obsessed with them:(

  • @bagogus123 lol

  • should i get this or the pantech link?

  • i have this phone and i hate it more than any other phone ive ever used!!!! the screen lags alot which makes it so annoying when you text. there is almost nothing i like about this phone! i hate it so much i switched back to a phone that is so old its got the cingular logo on it. and i like it way more then this one. DONT GET IT

  • @dirtysouthern190 I SO AGREE, & i hate hate hate the lag ):

  • @dirtysouthern190 - anddddd you're still using it, aren't you? if you are, you're an idiot. if you don't like it, then GET ANOTHER!!

  • i have it and its not too bad if u have never had a touch screen takes a little getting used too....I would recommend it..

  • @sinnerpeace however two complaints I have is the pictures and vids are not really that good....and the battery seems go low after a days use.....not good if ur all over the place internet phone txts etc...

  • have it, hate it, dont get! it want the sharp fx

  • They say this is sluggish and i cant take another sluggis fone,. So its gone be ethier the sharp fx or pantech laser oh qich will i get,.o_0 T___T

  • okay i want a phone that can play games and not those cheesy games. i also want it to have a camera, music player and be able to go on youtube. would this be a good pone for those things?

  • @MrJGear16 yes i have it its great

  • @MrJGear16

    buy the iphone

  • when you lock it a random picture pops up do u kno how to change that?

  • lol... a little bit longer and skinnier......

  • i have the eternity, and am thinking about getting this one, but it seems pretty laggy. anyone have it? what are your thoughts?

  • @motosportjunkie Do NOT get this phone. I have it, I cannot stand how slow and laggy it is. also the fact that you can't change the Locked mode picture is also very annoying! There is another phone made by samsung that looks very similar to the mythic and it's newer. It also has a slide out keyboard and is not nearly as laggy. That would be my best suggestion if you want a phone like the mythic.

  • @msmith32 yeah i played with it at the store its laggy as hell and it feels cheap. i dont like it.

  • i've seen the three words "this phone sucks" on every video from PhoneArena from different users.... maybe you guys just got a bad model? take it back to the AT&T store, and they will check it out for you. don't just bitch about it being a bad phone, and continue to use it. AT&T will help you out! hell, they will give you a new one (of the same model) until you're satisfied!! if you bitch about your phone not working, then do something about it. don't keep using it.

  • @kseadam8907

    5 different models of the same phone and it's still slow. I think they're right.

  • @kseadam8907 No. The phone really sucks.

  • @RabidChocobo - which phone? the mythic?

  • @kseadam8907

    Yes, the mythic. There's a lot of things that frustrate me to no end. Its ironic that this is a newer version of the Samsung Eternity, while some aspects of the eternity is actually better than the mythic, and its hardly an upgrade in technology, if at all.

  • @RabidChocobo - wanna hear something funny? i just got the Samsung Flight II in the mail today.. and I have to say.. it's a piece of shit. I'm sticking with the Mythic. Now that I saw what the Flight II is like, the Mythic isn't so bad haha

  • this phone sucks. dont buy it.

  • HAS A GOOD CAMERA TO 3.2 mega pixles dang its sweet

  • i have this fone it is AWSOME!!!!!

  • I have this phone

  • can i use a prepaid sim card in this phone?

  • @nirelan1 yes you

     can

  • love this phone but can i use a prepaid sim card in it?

  • looks pretty dang awsome, nice job at&t

    

  • how did you change the homescreen wallpaper? i can only change the first one.....

  • i have this phone and its a pretty good phone...if you want to take off the butterfly or other back rounds you could you have to go to the setting so dnt whine this phone is awsome

  • @sk8er93250 how do you get that off...because i cant figure it out...please assit haha

  • my sister thought i was gay cause i had a butterfly and like a gay red on the back wth.

  • @TheDevilWearsGucci12 Yeah. That is pretty retarded but... i'm a girl so I don't worry about it to much. I think this phone is a girly phone. Sorry just sayinn'. :P

  • I hate this phone, I am in tennis at my highschool and ppl already makin fun of me and calling me gay (which I am NOT gay) and to make it all worse I'll lock my phone amd the people behind me say " why is there a butterfly on your phone? I MEAN WTF SAMSUNG!!! Gah!!!

  • @TheDucks3 I know!!! It's fucking retarded!! But that's like the only bad thing about this phone... oh and the iinternet pretty much sucks ass too. But other than that, it's a pretty good phone. But I am a girl so people obviously won't call me "gay" but I hate butterflys and girly pink. ickk.

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  • @TheDucks3

    Stop being so concerned about securing masculinity. There is nothing about butterflies that attribute them to one sex or the other. And you freaking out about people calling you gay is only going to make them more inclined to continue calling you gay. Also, since when did being gay gain a negative connotation to it? Back in the times of the ancient Romans, it was normal for people to be bisexual. Men used other men for a sexual release and women for reproduction purposes.

  • @TheDucks3

    Well there's your problem you're on the TENNIS TEAM!!!!!!!!

  • @TheDucks3 Personally i dont mind if there are random pictues when you lock your phone. But i still agree why cant we just have the option of customizing the lock screen(or AT THE LEAST let us delete the premade pictures on our phone).

  • @TheDucks3 no ur just on the tennis team

  • does this phone run garmin xt?