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Samsung Epic 4G (Galaxy S Pro)
9.0
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Criteria Comments Rating
  • Reception and call quality call quality is very good, however have noticed the microphone is a bit lacking,, you can't be to far away, although it very rarely causes me any problems. good
  • Display The 4" inch display is a perfect size, and the Super Amoled screen give crisp clear and colorful images, no complains here, great!
  • Battery life Battery life is comparable to most smart phones in it's range, and this is something that needs to improve across the board, although it did improve with 2.2 so-so
  • Camera No comments —
  • Ease of use touch screen is very responsive, touch wiz adds features in 2.2, getting notifications options back was nice, 1 complaint is keyboard design, it's just so/so good
  • Design and form factor for a phone with a 4" screen and a physical keyboard, the form factor seems small, and compact, also comfortable in hand great!
  • Portability (size / weight) size is good, and weight is not an issue great!
  • Media support most everything is supported, as with most android phones, and what wasn't got fixed in the 2.2 update, Netflix streaming would be nice though. good
  • Durability Phone is very Durable, have dropped the phone many many times, also dropped in a cup of soda, and still never had a problem great!
  • Ecosystem (apps, accessories, etc.) Of course you have a wide range of apps with Android, as well as sprint now supporting Wifi hotspot, and accessories are abundant for the epic. great!
Detailed review
I haven't had really any problems with the phone, and I've been using it 6 months now, at first with 2.1 installed I had some battery issues, I would only get bout 8 hours, although that's somewhat to be expected with smartphones, I have noticed 2.2 had improved my battery life, quite a bit, same usage getting me 12 or more hours on one charge. I should say I use my phone quite a bit. Other than that only other real problem I see is that Samsung takes a year and a day to release the updates, I know they are currently in development to release 2.3 on the epic, but who knows when it will release, also I wish we had more media support, Evo already has netflix streaming, but not the epic. sad really.
review history
2011-05-15
Rated Media support a 4
Edited comment on Portability (size / weight)
Rated Portability (size / weight) a 5
Edited comment on Media support
Rated Durability a 5
Edited comment on Ecosystem (apps, accessories, etc.)
Rated Ecosystem (apps, accessories, etc.) a 5
Edited comment on Durability
Edited comment on Design and form factor
Rated Design and form factor a 5
Edited comment on Display
Rated Display a 5
Edited comment on Reception and call quality
Rated Battery life a 3
Edited comment on Battery life
Edited comment on Ease of use
Rated Ease of use a 4
Rated Reception and call quality a 4