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Helio Mysto
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Helio Mysto

Helio Ocean
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Helio Heat (Onyx Black)
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Release date January 01, 2008 June 20, 2008
The Bottom Line Though we weren't keen on the Helio Mysto's touchy controls and call quality, we were impressed with its healthy array of features. The Helio Ocean is a great beginner smart phone, with a fantastic array of multimedia features and Internet capabilities that are sure to please both consumers and mobile professionals. The Helio Fin is perhaps too thin for its own good, with several design compromises that place slimness over usability. If you can look past these flaws, however, the Fin is a feature-packed phone with excellent performance. The Samsung Instinct stands out as one of Sprint's finest devices to date. It's just too bad its call quality could use some improvement. The Helio Heat is a decent affordable alternative to the Drift, but the trade-offs are high. Even though we were willing to forgive its low-grade speakerphone and lack of microSD card slot due to its lower price tag, the mediocre sound quality and unintuitive touch-pad buttons might be enough to make you plunk down the extra cash for the Drift instead.
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Cellular technology CDMA2000 1X
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Weight 3.4 oz
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0.3 lbs
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Height 4.3 in
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4.6 in
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Talk time Up to 210 min
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Up to 345 min
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Wireless Interface Bluetooth (A2DP)
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Service Provider Helio
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Sprint Nextel
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Band / mode CDMA2000 1X 1900/800
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