- Android 2.1 Operating System
- 3.2" WQVGA touchscreen
- Slide-out QWERTY keyboard
- 3.2 MP camera
- What's in the Box: Samsung Intercept smartphone, li-ion battery, charger, Quick Start guide
Virgin Mobile Samsung Intercept VMM910SMKIT18L Experience the power of Android and the convenience of a prepaid phone plan with the Samsung Intercept. Behind this great 3.2" touchscreen is a great slide-out full QWERTY keyboard giving you four rows of letters, numbers and shortcut keys--pretty handy for texting or IMing. Just as convenient is the threaded messaging feature that makes it easy to follow conversations. The high-end processor (800 MHz) means higher-quality graphics and faster perfor
List Price: $ 149.99
Price: $ 149.99
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CHEAPEST CONTRACT EVER + VERY GOOD PHONE,
First off let me tell you that I switched from an iPhone 4 to this phone! Why would I do such a thing? Well, because I am sick and tired of paying so much for a phone contract. ATT charged me $40 for 450min, $25 for 2gb of web, $20 for unlimited texting= $85. But somehow that number always ends up over $100 because of bunch of taxes and fees (and I don’t go over my minutes ever). Let’s see, VM charges me $25+$2tax for 300 minutes, unlimited web+text. Well, I need unlimited web, because I use pandora radio all day long, so the 2gb limit on ATT wasn’t cutting it for me. So I am saving over $80 a month, meaning this phone pays it self off in 3 months. That is the contract part. So, this is the number 1 reason you should buy this phone, FOR SAVING MONEY!!! $80 of savings per month X 24 months (which is the contract you would sign with any carrier out there) is $1820. I don’t care how rich you are, I am sure you can use an extra $2K.
Now let me review the phone. To all you android fan boys out there, google limits what you can do with your phone just like apple, but I will agree not as much. Just as I had to jailbreak my iPhone, I had to “root” this phone, to allow such things as tethering. Just check out the app store to see how many “Root Only” apps there are out there to validate my point. The 3G is noticeably slower than ATTs but it is much faster than edge, so it will do. The phone isn’t as user friendly or as fast as an iPhone 4, but it is much more customizable. And yes this phone can be rooted. The phone runs os 2.1 but, sprint will have 2.2 so even if VM doesn’t update, someone out there will make this possible. Overall the phone is great, and does everything that I want it to do. I’m old school with texting, so I love the fact that it has a keyboard, The battery life isn’t too bad, probably because the phone is bulky. Camera on this isn’t all that, so don’t expect to take breath taking photos. Touch screen and buttons are very responsive, so that’s a good thing.
Overall, in my opinion, this is not THE iPhone, or Droid X, but it comes dangerously close. And for $25 a month, you can’t go wrong. If you love the iPhone, and can’t give it up, I’d say, do it, and get urself a iPod Touch with this phone. And if 300 minutes are a problem, you can always use skype or get 1200 for $15 more. This is not an A+ smartphone, and VM is not an A+ carrier, but the value is UNBEATABLE!!! And as a student, I am willing to sacrifice the unnoticeably small shortcomings for very noticeable amount of savings.
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Not cutting edge, but the BEST VALUE you will find.,
This phone is a solidly performing Android 2.1 phone. It is comparable to the first generation mainstream Android Phones, such as the Motorola Droid, HTC Nexus One, and others. It does not perform as well as the cutting edge Android 2.2 phones like the Droid X, Droid 2, Samsung Galaxy, etcetera.
The key to this phone is that you get all the features that you really need for $250 upfront, $25 a month, and no contract. Assuming you use this phone for more than about 8 months, you will save a ton of money over a contract phone. At $25 for unlimited data, unlimited text, and 300 minutes of voice you will save about $75 a month for every month that you use this phone instead of a contract phone.
I strongly recommend this phone, or any of Virgin Mobile’s others that are on their Beyond Talk or Broadband Unlimited plans. Check out the details of their plan on their website.
—- update May 6th, 2011 ——-
We received the update to Android 2.2 last month on both our Intercepts and are now very impressed with this phone. All the quirks that existed previously are gone. The phone is flawless for us, and I now highly recommend it.
—– June 18th, 2011 Update —–
This phone is still very good, and a great value. Sprint (Virgin’s Parent Company) announced last week that the Motorola Triumph would be coming to Virgin Mobile on the Beyond Talk plans. This looks to be a great phone, that is similar to the first generation Motorola Droid, but without a keyboard. I would still recommend the Intercept for users who want a keyboard, but if you are looking for an Android phone with a 4.1″ screen and no keyboard, you might want to wait and see what the pricing and availability is on the Motorola Triumph.
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Awesome if you can get it going!,
I hate to spend money. I’ve been using the same old Nokia with T-Mobile TOGO for several years ($.10/minute). So when I saw that Virgin Mobile was offering a smartphone for $25/month I thought it was too good to be true. Researching various other websites I saw that the biggest drawback to Virgin Mobile was bad customer service. When the price of the Samsung Intercept dropped from $250 to $175 on the Virgin Mobile website I figured that was a price I was willing to gamble with.
PURCHASE: I ordered the phone on Dec 14 and due to snow in the area it didn’t arrive until Dec 18 (can’t complain about free fedex). I was able to activate it (mostly) that night using the internet (note that it says you have to charge the phone for 2hrs minimum before use) and was soon downloading freeware to fill up my multiple screens. To activate the phone I decided to bypass the credit card option (I had read multiple accounts of “accidental” double-billing) and chose to use ‘fill-up’ cards that you can usually find discounted on the web (i.e. instead of $25/month I’ll be paying $23 by using callingmart and other websites).
PROBLEM: The problem occured when I tried to make an actual call. I was able to text/web-search and everything else just fine. I was not able to make a normal phone call and the voice on the phone said I was out of minutes. Fortunately when it tells you you have no minutes it asks if you would like to add minutes. I said “yes.” It asked me how I would like to add minutes and I said “operator” only to find that Virgin Mobile’s customer service is only open from 4AM to 7PM Pacific time. I called the next morning and was told by their Indian bureau that their computers were not functioning and to call again in 2hrs. I called 2hrs later and got their Filipino bureau and was told to remove the battery for 2 minutes, and then try the phone, and if that did not work then to try it again in 1 hr. 1hr later still no phone! I called again and got Mary in the Filipino bureau. I explained the problem and within minutes she had reset my phone and got it working.
CONCLUSION: The moral of the story is that it’s a great phone. You might have to jump through hoops to get it working, but the customer service is polite enough and you apparently just have to keep at it until you find the few knowledgeable techies over there. The phone does consume a lot of batterie life (I might have to look into different apps to work on this) – after playing with it for about 3-4hrs I was down to 60% battery power. The phone might look and feel plasticky, but it still seems solid enough. The slide out keyboard is awesome since I hate using the touchscreens on my friends’ iPhones. The phone is very easy to work out and for more in depth explanations of icons and functions there is a manual on Virgin Mobile’s website. If you were using an old ‘candy-bar’ phone like I was or (heaven forbid) a monochromatic phone, this is the one to upgrade with!
UPDATE: A friend of mine successful loaded GooglePhone which allows him unlimited phone minutes with this phone in the US – Therefore you can have unlimited Data/Texting/Internet/Phone for ~$25/month (the closest thing to this is Cricket, and they want $40/month!)
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