Samsung SCH-A610 (Verizon Wireless)

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CNET Editors' Review

The good: Distinctive design; large, rotating screen; decent camera options; solid battery life.

The bad: No external LCD; travel charger not included.

The bottom line: With an eye-catching design and an impressive feature set, the Samsung SCH-A610 gives you a lot to like.

Review: When Samsung introduced the ... Expand full review
When Samsung introduced the SPH-A600 last year, the mobile's solid feature set and swiveling screen made it a real head-turner. And such is the case with the Samsung SCH-A610 for Verizon Wireless, the latest in the company's effort to spruce up its offerings. This slick camera phone retains many of the attractive features of its sibling but adds an expanded phone book and multimedia-messaging (MMS) capability. But at $299, the bells and whistles come with a hefty price tag that will appeal to only serious cell phone users who want full functionality in a flashy package.At first glance, the Samsung SCH-A610 resembles few of its flip-phone counterparts. Like the SPH-A600, this two-tone, silver mobile is bulky (3.5 by 1.9 by 0.9 inches; 4.23 ounces) and boxy, with a decidedly solid and sturdy feel. As is the case with its predecessor, the A610 has two features that few handsets can match: a rotating, barrel-like camera lens and a distinctive swiveling screen.

SPH-A600, and each entry accepts up to five phone numbers and two e-mail addresses. Improving upon the A600, the SCH-A610 offers text and multimedia messaging as a standard feature, and other goodies include voice memos, picture caller ID, a scheduler, a to-do list, a countdown timer, a memo pad, an alarm clock, a world clock, and a calculator. You'll also find 5 monophonic and 10 polyphonic (16-chord) ring tones, as well as a vibrate mode. Specific ring tones can be assigned to individual callers.

SPH-A600. Our standby time was five days, compared with the promised standby time of nine days. Hide Review

Average User Rating

3.5 stars out of 66 user reviews

Rating Breakdown

  • 5 star: 22
  • 4 star: 23
  • 3 star: 14
  • 2 star: 3
  • 1 star: 4

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4.0 stars

"good for pictures only!!" By lilruthlessplaya88

Pros: camera,design,easy

Cons: not enough memory,cant recieve internet made ringtones

Summary: well first of all i have this phone now even though the last review was from 2005!!...im doing a 2 year update now....this phone is wonderful i love the design i always have and i finally was able to get from ebay for (metropcs). ok first i was ... Expand full review

4.0 stars

"This is a big, bulky phone yet feature packed and fun filled." By tycost

Pros: Impressive Swivel Camera + Screen, Nice size buttons, Relatively good camera, nice size lcd, flashy phone

Cons: Thick phone, expensive retail price, takes a while for letters to register while text messaging, old display themes, huge bold font, doesn't come with travel charger.

Summary: This phone is meant to be shown off. There are chrome accents as well as a large lcd. The swiveling flip is the most notable feature which is the reason why many people think about buying this phone. The features are nothing special. You can get more features in a ... Expand full review

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