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Restrictions apply. (See details)The successor to Samsung's popular Solstice quick messaging phone, the Solstice II for AT&T brings flexibility and entertainment to your fingertips with its full touchscreen display and virtual onscreen keyboard. It also features the uniquely intuitive TouchWiz 2.0 user interface plus AT&T's Social Net application, enabling you to view and manage all your social networking connections and updates from Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter.
 The full touchscreen Samsung Solstice II doesn't skimp on features or functionality (see larger image). |
Enabled for use on AT&T's lightning quick HSPDA 3G network, you'll be able to easily access the Internet as well as quickly download video, music and more. Additionally, with AT&T's 3G network, you can make a call while simultaneously receiving picture/text messages and e-mail or viewing Web pages. 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.
Bring your favorite music artists with you wherever you go with AT&T Radio and AT&T Music. And with AT&T Address Book, back up your contacts to an online address book so you never lose important contact information. Other features include a 2-megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth for hands-free devices and stereo music streaming, microSD memory expansion (to 16 GB), access to personal e-mail and instant messaging services, multi-format music player, and up to 5 hours of talk time.
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Vital Statistics
The Samsung Solstice II weighs 3.35 ounces and measures 4.29 x 2.13 x 0.47 inches. Its 1000 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 5 hours of talk time, and up to 250 hours (10.4 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) plus international 3G frequencies (2100 MHz).
What's in the Box
Samsung Solstice II handset, rechargeable battery, charger, USB cable, quick start guide, CD-ROM with 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.) When traveling outside the U.S., you can enjoy wireless voice coverage in more than 215 countries and wireless data coverage in more than 185 countries--as well as access ultra-fast 3G mobile broadband services in more than 100 countries. 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 e-mail 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 Address Book service: With the free AT&T Address Book service, you can sync your contacts to an online address book, enabling you to access and manage your mobile contacts from your handset--or your PC. From the online interface, you can import contacts from other Web-based address books, such as personal e-mail accounts, as well as send text messages to your contacts' mobile numbers.
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Good phone
April 2, 2011
Reviewer: Epic
Just got the phone pretty impressed overall. The virtual keyboard isn't bad but heavy texting isn't recommended, picture camera is decent but not great. Also the amount of hardware included on this phone is amazing for this price point and I would highly recommend the phone.
Pro's
Touchscreen, user interface, tether capabilities, signal strength, customizable applications, excellent battery life, locking tab, great exterior design, Pc studio software works, included accelerometer
Con's
Camera has no flash, virtual keyboard doesn't support multi touch, no headphone jack, web browser isn't that good
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Stay away from this phone
June 11, 2011
Reviewer: Kiran
This phone switches off by itself every other day. Sometimes, doesn't switch on. Need to remove the battery and put it back to get it to work again.
Sometimes goes into a mode where the screen just displays a white screen, can't power off the phone, can't do anything else either. Again, remove-put the battery does the trick.
Battery life is very poor, on a full charge, might last for 2 days, with 5 minutes of talk time.
Design of the phone is pretty bad as well. They have the 2 buttons at the bottom of the phone for answering and rejecting calls. It is very hard to take this phone out of my jeans pocket without either answering the call or rejecting the call by accidentally pressing one of these buttons.
ATT today confirmed that they are seeing lots of issues with this phone and they are going to replace this phone with a different one from LG.
I have 2 phones from this model in my family plan and both are facing the same problem, so it is unlikely that this is an isolated problem.
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Worst Phone I Ever Had
July 14, 2011
Reviewer: Gina Baratono "Shutterbuggles" (Suring, WI USA) -
This is, by far, the worst cell phone I have ever had. I have had two of them because the first one would randomly turn on speaker phone in the middle of a conversation so they replaced it. Guess what? The second one does the same thing. I have to turn off the speaker phone at least 10 times during any conversation, and it can't be disabled. I'll take a good old flip phone any day over this thing. I HATE IT!!! Oh - and if you do just go with it and use the speaker phone, the person on the other end invariably says there's an echo and they can't hear you, a problem that 90% of the people I asked about have with this phone. If I could give it 0 or negative stars, I would!
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ughhh
November 4, 2011
Reviewer: Nichole
This phone is the worst phone ever!!!! i hate the thing my straight talk phone work better!!! the stupid thing turns on and off whenever it wants. it freezes all the time.drops calls when it wants. i got this phone as a gift an i sent one back because of the problems and the second one did the same problem.the texting is horrible and im a good texter.sometimes it gives me a message from 1. and i cant open it. but its from one of my contacts. i wld not get this phone its horrible. may look cool and stuff but its not worth the money or the trouble.
HANDS DOWN THE WORST PHONE EVER!!!!
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Horrible phone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 31, 2011
Reviewer: JL
Initially, I was pretty excited about this phone because it has some neat features, and I liked the touch screen. By the end, I was ready to take a sledge hammer to it. I was bummed, because I wanted to like it and be able to put up with it, but I couldn't see myself dealing with its idiosyncrasies for two years (the length of my ATT contract).
Similar complaints to those listed above. Turns on and off randomly (uncool while on an airplane); turns speakerphone on randomly in the middle of a conversation (embarrassing not to mention very aggravating while having a personal phone call in a public space or at work); poor audio quality; poor reception; battery life short; battery drains even when the phone is turned off (not sure how this happens, but unacceptable--I need a phone I can rely on for emergencies while traveling); touch screen overly sensitive so it jumps around between screens and buttons, and dials while you're in the middle of a call (I had several people say it sounded like I was pushing buttons on the keypad in the middle of our conversation); some other issues that are not coming to mind right now.
The things I did like about it were the neat shortcut menu over to the left of the screen, the touchpad keyboard was easy and fun to type on (although the "send" button is too easy to hit accidentally in the middle of writing), general ease/fun use of a touch screen, decent camera.
After having the phone about a week, I took it back to ATT and exchanged it for another one of the same kind, in case I had just gotten a lemon. The ATT salesman assured me it was a very popular phone and they never had returns on it. The second phone had all the same issues. I took it back again and of course they charged me the $35 restocking fee, which I was willing to pay for my sanity of dealing with this phone. I plan to contact customer service though, and make my case for not paying such a fee for a product that seems deeply inherently flawed.
I was looking for a fairly basic phone and don't need most of the bells and whistles that cell phones come with these days. This one, however, made me want to throw it off a cliff. My last phone was a simple Samsung flip phone and worked just fine for several years, so there is no excuse for this frustrating piece of equipment, I know they can do better.
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