| Samsung Mythic a897 Phone (AT&T) | 
| Brand: Samsung
Category: Wireless
List Price: $299.99
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Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 11,887
Color: Black
Media: Wireless Phone
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Model: a897
UPC: 635753480429
ASIN: B002VEC826
Release Date: November 6, 2009
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| Features:
| • | 3G-enabled messaging/social networking phone with 3.3-inch touchscreen and intuitive Samsung TouchWiz interface | | • | Compatible with AT&T Video Share, AT&T Mobile Music, and streaming video from Cellular Video service; AT&T Mobile TV capabilities | | • | 3.2-megapixel camera/camcorder; Bluetooth stereo music; MicroSD memory expansion to 16 GB; access to personal email | | • | Up to 3 hours of talk time, up to 360 hours (15 days) of standby time | | • | What's in the Box: handset, rechargeable battery, charger, USB cable, quick start guide, user manual |
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Amazon.com Product Description
With one-touch access to features including AT&T Mobile TV and social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace, the Samsung Mythic for AT&T is a portable entertainment powerhouse. It features a 3.3-inch touchscreen with virtual keyboard and Samsung's innovative TouchWiz user interface, which allows you to simply drag and drop widgets for your favorite and most commonly used features and functions on the phone's home screen. 
The Samsung Mythic's large 3.3-inch touch display makes it an ideal device for viewing AT&T Mobile TV. |  | This phone can quickly download video, music and more over AT&T's lightning quick HSPDA 3G network. And the Mythic is the newest AT&T Mobile TV-capable device, which enables you to subscribe to around-the-clock access to full-length simulcast and time-shifted programming from FLO TV, including such channels as CBS Mobile, CNN Mobile, Comedy Central, FOX News and the movie channel Crackle. This GPS-enabled phone can access the AT&T Navigator service for turn-by-turn directions as well as its Video Share service, which enables you to send video of yourself to another compatible phone while making a voice call. See more details on optional AT&T services below. Other features include pre-loaded social networking applications, a 3.2-megapixel camera/camcorder, digital audio player, Bluetooth connectivity for hands-free devices and stereo music streaming, microSD memory expansion, multi-lingual text display, and up to 3 hours of talk time. Key Features - Fast 3G connectivity via AT&T's HSDPA/UMTS network (850/1900 MHz bands; 3.6/7.2 Mbps speeds with network availability).
- GPS navigation capabilities via AT&T Navigator service includes audible turn-by-turn directions, real-time traffic updates and re-routing options.
- 3.3-inch touchscreen with 360 x 640-pixel resolution and 262K color depth. Vibrating response to touch.
- TouchWiz user interface with specially designed widgets to customize and personalize your phone. The quick and simple drag-and-drop feature provides instant access to your favorite functions, such as the clock, music player, instant messaging and photos.
- Virtual onscreen QWERTY keyboard lets you easily type messages and emails fast.
- 3.2-megapixel auto-focus camera with 3x digital zoom and video capture capabilities
- Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity with stereo music streaming (A2DP) capabilities as well as hands-free headsets and car kits. You can connect your laptop (either via Bluetooth or wired USB) and enjoy dial-up networking--surf the Internet, send email, and access files from a server (additional charges or subscription applicable).
- Digital audio player enables you to create and manage playlists right on the phone; compatible with MP3 and unprotected AAC/AAC+ formats.
- Memory expansion via microSD card slot with support for optional cards up to 16 GB.
- Full messaging capabilities including SMS text, MMS picture and IM instant messaging (via popular services including AOL, Yahoo!, and MSN).
- Access to personal email (AOL, Yahoo, Windows Live)
- Organizer tools including calendar, alarm clock and more
- Airplane mode allows you to listen to music while the cellular connectivity is turned off.
- Internal phonebook stores up to 2000 contacts
- 189 MB internal memory shared between MP3 player and camera
- Displays last 30 outgoing/incoming/missed calls
Vital Statistics
The Samsung Mythic weighs 3.8 ounces and measures 4.49 x 2.06 x 0.5 inches. Its 1150 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 3 hours of talk time, and up to 360 hours (15 days) of standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies as well as AT&T's dual-band 3G network (850/1900 MHz; HSDPA/UMTS). What's in the Box
Samsung Mythic handset, rechargeable battery, charger, USB cable, quick start guide, user manual AT&T Services  | High-speed data connectivity via AT&T's 3G mobile broadband data network: The dual-band 850/1900 MHz 3G network provides up to 3.6/7.2 Mbps of download speed, making it possible to enjoy a variety of feature-rich wireless multimedia services, and it gives you the advantage of offering simultaneous voice and data services. Additionally, this phone is also compatible with 2100 MHz 3G networks found in international territories. (For use outside the United States, an AT&T international data plan is recommended.) In areas where the 3G network is not available, you'll continue to receive service on the AT&T EDGE network, which offers availability in more than 13,000 US cities and along some 40,000 miles of major highways. Providing average data speeds between 75-135Kbps, it's fast enough to support a wide range of advanced data services, including full picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet access, and email on the go. |  | The full-featured, premium AT&T Navigator GPS navigation application includes audible turn-by-turn directions, real-time traffic updates and re-routing options, and 3D moving maps (additional charges applicable). AT&T Navigator offers several other features to make your commute more enjoyable and reliable, including mobile access to Yellowpages.com. Additionally, AT&T Navigator is the only mobile phone-based GPS service that provides integrated speech recognition for address entry and points of interest search. |  | AT&T's Video Share service enables you to send a live, one-way video stream to another compatible phone during a standard voice call. The service also allows you to switch the direction of the video stream during the same phone call. (Customers must be in an area served by the company's 3G network and have a Video Share-enabled phone.) While using Video Share with family and friends is a fun way to communicate, it's also very useful for business. For example, a majority of users in the architecture, engineering and construction industries rated the ability to share live video through Video Share highly, according to research commissioned by AT&T. Video Share lets you see progress on a job site or review the day's work without having to drive from an office or other site to do so. |  | AT&T Mobile Music enables you to buy tracks while on the go, access the Napster and eMusic subscription music services, stream music video, discover what's playing with Music ID song-recognition software, and find out what's hot with The Buzz music news portal. |  | 
Choose from a wide assortment of channels from AT&T Mobile TV. | AT&T Mobile TV allows you to watch mobile TV in broadcast quality. Tune-in to see full-length episodes of your favorite soaps, sitcoms, sports, or news programs from the networks you love. With just one touch you can see what's on now, scroll to find the next episode of your favorite show or select a time slot to reveal an episode summary of your next new favorite. Simple and easy to use the program guide is great for searching on the fly for Mobile TV to go. It provides access to 12 popular channels so you have everything you need to tune-in to your favorite shows when you're on the go. Channels include: CBS Mobile, CNBC, Comedy Central, ESPN Mobile TV, FOX Mobile, FOX News, MSNBC, MTV, NBC2Go, Nickelodeon, CNN Mobile and Pix. AT&T provides several packages for accessing Mobile TV, and it offers parental controls that provide content filtering and purchase blocking on your phone so that you can restrict access to content that may be inappropriate for younger viewers. |
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 I Love This Phone!!! September 8, 2010
L. Bonilla
This is the best phone i have ever had.
Pros:
1)3.5 mm headphone jack
2)Loud speakers to play music through
3)The camera is 3.2 mega pixels and has Auto focus
4)It looks very nice, and the design on the back looks nice
5)Micro SD slot
6)Camera has flash
7)Customizable home screens, and customizable main menus
8)Able to plug into your PC
Cons:
1)The video quality isn't great
2)Cannot control the wallpapers that pop up when it is locked
3)Shows alot of fingerprints
 Worst phone ever! August 31, 2010
iluv2laflots
I got this phone after losing my 2nd eternity (which btw I loved. It was a great phone). When I lost my phone, the phone AT&T gave me was the Samsung Mythic(because the Eternity hadn't been made anymore). I thought that because it was the replacement for the Eternity, it would be just like it. Not exactly. With every phone I've had, there has always been some problems but not huge ones; they would freeze or shut off randomly. I've had the Samsung Mythic since April of this year. It would restart itself every now and then but it had happened in past phones so I wasn't very concerned. The more I grew used to it, the more I noticed more frequent restarts. And on T9, it adds words I never have added. Its a pain in the butt trying to type the real word you wanted, and having to search for it. Also, it now restarts itself twice a day, which is so irritating. It always does this when you try to type a message or make a call, and this always happens when I'm trying to make an important call or text. I'm afraid that one day I'll be stuck on the side of the road somewhere, with my car broken down, and my phone restarting (which takes 5-10 minutes to fully restart). So in all, this is a horrible phone, unless you don't mind getting frustrated at something twice a day.
the worst cell phone you can buy! August 5, 2010
saynotomytic
I got so frustrated with this samsung mytic that after 3 wks, I tossed it and went back to my old phone!
Drop calll : It drops 30% of the calls. The phone rings, you slide the "accept" bar to the right anh heard ...nothing: the call was cut off! This happens so often that you want to smash the phone again the walll anh curse AT&T for selling it!
Internet connections; forget about it, it has the speed of computers in the 1960s!
The touch screen is a joke, if you give the touch screen on Ipod or Iphone a 10, the samsung mytic gets 2. You cannot find a name in the contact list by scrolling..it would move so fast or in most of cases, not moving at all anh if you press a little harder, it would pick any name anh you have to go back to the contact list to search again! Once you find the person you want to call and you hit "call" you have no idea what the phone would do !
 Touch screen freezes up, lags August 5, 2010
Ernie (Miami, Florida United States)
I liked the phone at first. But, after about 6 months the touch screen started to freeze up and the applications and tools started to lag. If you like sufing the web on your phone, then this phone is NOT for you. Internet is really slow and half the time it won't connect (even though you have a strong signal). Comes with a lot of apps but none are free (AT&T). Software is buggy. Even the voice dail feature started to malfunction. Exchanging it this weekend.
All I wanted was a good quality phone. The features were secondary for me. Since the phone already started to have problems with in six months of buying it, I am giving a low rating. All I wanted was a phone that works!
Great phone! June 22, 2010
Nancy
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Obviously, if you're used to smartphones (ex: Blackberry, IPhone, Droid) then it's probably not the phone for you. This phone is mostly for people who like to occasionally check their emails, Facebook, weather or latest news and something a little more flashy than a standard slider/flip phone. This is my first touch screen phone and I love it! These are the features that I use the most:
Texting - I have unlimited texting (finally) and I love going crazy with texts! The qwerty keyboard when you turn it is great. It's pressure sensitive so I'm happy I'm able to use my nails to text. It took me a week or so to get used to the keyboard (I had a 3 year old slider phone before) but now I'm getting better.
Internet - Again, it's mostly for checking small things like emails, Facebook, weather or latest news. Youtube does work, but heavy internet use will drain its battery. Also, the more graphics there are on the screen, then the longer it will be to load. Otherwise, load times are fine. I do occasionally get the "Unexpected Failure" notice but I just keep trying and eventually it goes through. I blame that on AT&T's network.
Battery - I only need to charge the battery every two days or less. It all depends on how long and how much you text, make calls and use the internet. Obviously if you do all three a lot, then the battery will be drained often.
Look and Feel - It is a finger print magnet, but it is very sleek! I assume it can scratch easily, but I usually never drop my phones and I have a cheap case for it to prevent every day scratches. The back is a burgundy/maroon color so it is kind of girly and so are the wallpapers. The screensaver pops up when you lock your phone, which I wish I can turn off, but oh well. The sensitivity of the touchscreen is fine by me, sometimes I find myself clicking on a link I didn't want, but I just need to get used to it.
Interface - The user interface is very intuitive and I had no problems finding my way around it all. There are three home screens you can scroll through (all can have their own wallpapers) and it is a great way to organize the widgets.
Only negative things about this phone is that sometimes the person I'm talking to has trouble hearing me sometimes and sometimes the phone freezes up while I'm texting. When it unfreeze, all the letters I put in while frozen comes rushing in.
It is a great phone for first time touch screen users and for people who occasionally use the internet. Honestly, just go to the At&t store and see if you like it yourself and try out the internet, texting and other features. I really think you won't be disappointed!
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