 The touchscreen user interface provides one-touch access to functions like shortcuts, favorites and messaging. |
Other features include a 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.
 The full QWERTY keyboard provides fast and easy messaging. |
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Vital Statistics
The Samsung Flight weighs 3.8 ounces and measures 4.49 x 2.06 x 0.5 inches. Its 1000 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 Flight handset, rechargeable battery, charger, quick start guide, user manual
 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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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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Average Customer Review: 
based on 5 reviews
Very Happy With This Phone
November 18, 2009
Reviewer: A. Lewis (Alabama) -
The phone is great! Go to the AT&T store to try it out. Then come to Amazon to purchase. I was eligable for an upgrade and did it all thru Amazon. I purchased the phone on a Tuesday night, received the phone Friday. All I had to do was insert the SIM card and call AT&T to activate. I was charged the usual $18 upgrade fee and paid literally $.01 for the phone from Amazon. And I was NOT required to sign up for the monthly media service like you have to do if purchased thru AT&T. Amazon saved me over $100 and I couldn't be happier with the phone.
A few details: The phone has some weight to it. To me it feels solid and not flimsey. The slide out qwerty keyboard has nice size buttons. I personally use the touch screen for all of my needs. I text, dial, access menu and pretty much everything else from the touch screen. It's nice to have the option to dial from the large touch screen numbers versus the smaller qwerty numbers. The sound quality of the speakerphone was a big requirement for me. I do most all my talking thru speakerphone. And I have not had any problems hearing people and I even ask them if they hear me alright. No complaints as of yet. The Flight is fun to play with and not at all difficult to figure out. The battery lasted a full 3 days, and that was with me playing with it a lot the first 2 days and entering in all my contact info. I was am pleased with the battery life. I do not use the internet services so I cannot comment on that.
In conclusion, the Flight should definatly be on your short list of possibilities. And most importantly, which ever phone you choose, make sure it's one from Amazon. (Much better price)
So close it just makes me mad.
January 5, 2010
Reviewer: E. Hallett "Martel47" (Indianapolis, IN) -
This phone is so close to what I want it to be it makes me mad that it isn't there. I am a user who would like his cell phone to do more than just make phone calls, but I do not use data. Since AT&T requires every "smartphone" user to have the expensive data plan, I thought the Flight would do the trick, despite not having Wi-Fi.
The manual from the Samsung website says you can connect it to your PC via USB in 3 ways: mass storage, media player, or with Samsung's PC studio. After 12.5 hours of work, my home computer finally recognizes the phone as both a mass storage and media player device. No PC Studio is offered for this phone, and after several more hours of work, my laptop still does not recognize it. This despite an included CD-ROM that says it contains USB drivers. No such luck. The disk only has a flash player file that links to the Samsung support page for the phone which has no such drivers, only a manual.
Samsung has admitted to me in an e-mail that they do not offer USB support for this phone, which is strange since marketing materials, the phone's manual, and included documentation all refer to its USB connectivity.
I am not an expert with either computers or cell phones, but I am certainly an experienced user with both. All I want to do is sync some contacts and calendar functions. This certainly seems like something the phone was designed for, there is just no software support.
Other than that, the phone is great. It has a nice feel. I'm 6'4'' with big thumbs and have no problems with the keys, except for the top row, and that only when I have the slider case I purchased separately attached. The touch screen is responsive, although it scrolls "upside down" from what I want to. I'd rather it move a page like the touchpad on my laptop scrolls a page. But, I'll get used to that. I'm not one who spends all day texting, but I do use the phone for this and have been happy with it. An avid texter might have something different to say about the phone, but it fit me right out of the box.
The speakerphone is adequate, if a little soft for use as an MP3 player. I tried the browser and it worked fine for what the phone is able to do, but I won't use this feature much. I have yet to connect a bluetooth device to the phone, although it is supposed to have the latest in bluetooth technology.
All AT&T phones have bloatware and the games are only demos. Whatever happened to free games on cell phones? The menu structure on this is a bit different from previous phones I've used and the touchscreen interface complicates the menu choices. Sometimes I think I need to hit an actual button when the touchscreen is waiting for a command. For example, from some menus the call button initiates a call to a contact, but from other menus, like when you are looking at your favorite contacts, you can only call by using the touchscreen. Again, this is just a quirk of the phone to get used to.
The camera is an improvement over the one on my previous Samsung phone (SYNC sgh-a707), but does not include a flash.
As for call quality, it has been great for both reception and transmission. Nothing has dropped on me yet, even in spots that previous phones always lost signal.
So, if all you want is a great phone, with a great feel, that looks pretty sleek, despite its somewhat larger size, and a full keyboard, this is the phone for you. Just don't ever have a problem that requires Samsung support. I wish the phone had Wi-Fi, as I'm almost always in range of a network, but I knew going in that it didn't. The only phones that do require a plan I don't want, as I'm locked into AT&T for various reasons. Since Wi-Fi wasn't an option, one of the selling points of this phone was its USB connectivity, which come to find out is virtually non-existent. I'm torn at the moment about returning this phone because it is everything I want, otherwise. I suppose I'm not the typical cell-phone user, but I do think I'm a typical customer in wanting and expecting a product to do what it is advertised to do.
what a bulky and unreliable phone!!!
January 12, 2010
Reviewer: X. LI "nobody"
I regret so much that I didn't read the reviews here before I got this phone, but I am glad I can return it in 30 days. It has some serious problems with the both the software and hardware. To name a few: the keyboard is extremely small. Not only that, it does not have button with shift or Fn function which allows you to put in symbols really easily. It took me a while even just to type in a :). I really had tough time texting on this phone. When you talk, the mute button is on the touch screen just against your ear. I accidentally muted every single call I made and it seriously annoyed me! So I tried to use the speaker phone, but the speaker phone system is way bad. I can't heard anything while driving even at the highest volume. The worst part is I keep getting repetitive msg and missing calls on the screen, and when I slide open the top, those msg are gone. I haven't hated any phones I have used, but I really really don't like this one. I am now so happy with my new pantech impact, and would definitely tell my friends that please if you don't want to be tortured by your phone, never never get this Samsung Flight.
Pick a different phone
January 6, 2010
Reviewer: abows (PA) -
I receive 3-4 texts a week from #32623 ~ have been for years ~ never a problem with my old LG Shine or Razrs. It's just the hockey score, nothing fancy - no pics, videos, web links, dancing reindeer...nothing - just the score of the game.
As soon as I got a new Samsung Flight, I have had major texting issues. The incoming texts work for a while, but then suddenly stop completely. (Outgoing texts still work fine during this time) AT&T Customer Service & Technical support have gone on a wild fishing expedition trying to figure out the problem. I have spent countless hours on the phone with them. In 7 days I have had 3 new Flights, 2 new SIM cards, done many master resets, powered on/off/on/off/on again, verified provisioning, message centers, routing numbers, IMEI, etc.
Whenever I receive a text from the above # 32623 - I don't get that text, and all texts after that. It gums up the works. I can take my SIM card out, place it in another AT&T phone (not samsung), receive the missing 32623 text (plus all others that have come in since then).....this essentially "clears the pipes" and my texts begin working again - I can put my card back in my phone. All is well until the next text from 32623 - and it all starts again. To me it's clearly a compatibility issue between the network and the phone/manufacturer.
AT&T has referred me over to Samsung stating it is a manufacturer device issue & they need to send out a software update.
Samsung technical support opened a ticket for me. Today, I was told by A SAMSUNG EMPLOYEE @ customer service that I should take advantage of the 30 day return window and CHOOSE A DIFFERENT BRAND of phone. I was floored that this was their solution It's a shame, I was really starting to like the Flight. However, that is not acceptable customer service & it's not OK for my texts to freeze like that. Guess I will have to take their advice.
I am now sharing this everywhere I can to hopefully help others with this problem.
The Samsung Flight barely gets off the ground!
February 1, 2010
Reviewer: Justin McGill "The Hub Network" (Midland, TX USA) -
Although a great concept with a good combination of features, the Samsung Flight barely coasts in performance and usability.
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