BOTTOM LINE: The first U.S. cell phone with an AMOLED screen, the Samsung Impression SGH-i877 is a useful—if expensive—device for texting and light e-mail. PROS: Uses new display technology. Responsive touch screen. Comfortable keyboard. CONS: Expensive for what you get. Mediocre Web browser and...
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The Samsung Impression an excellent messaging phone with a gorgeous AMOLED display, but it is missing a few vital features.
Read the full review →The Samsung Impression isn't perfect, but it ranks high on our list as a messaging and multimedia phone.
Read the full review →The Impression seems to be suffering from an identity crisis. It has many of the features that make smart phones desirable, such as the full QWERT keyboard, GPS, and a touchscreen display. The Impression is priced the same as the iPhone 8GB, and it seems that whoever would buy the Impression for...
Read the full review →The Impression runs the Samsung TouchWiz user interface. It is a decent touch-based UI, but it's not the best one in the world. Considering the price point of some of the competition, the only real advantage the Impression has over some devices is the physical keyboard.
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apallohadas
I've owned this phone for about a month now. Overall, I'd have to say it is one of the more fun devices I own right now. If you pick up the 3.5 mm adapter (which I wish was unnecessary, Samsung, STOP USING WEIRD PORTS PLEASE), it doubles as my mp3 player while driving. The screen is...
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jodosh
My wife uses the phone for talk and text and send the occasional video/picture of our son to me or her family. She has very few (if any) problems with it. Her only complaint is the lock button is awkwardly placed on the "wrong side of the device." I use my phone as my alarm clock for...
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megsamommy
In my quest for the perfect messaging phone, I scoured the web - and my providers website - for something I could hold comfortably in my hand, that had a slide out qwerty keyboard, and features like email and GPS. I liked the idea of a touch screen, but I didn't want to have to use it for...
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