![]() The phone's curved sides and slider make it hard to get a grip and the button is very small and recessed. The phone's screen and buttons lock automatically and the right side unlock button is much too fiddly. What ships with the phone is what you get. Just as with prior TouchWiz phones, there's no way to download and add more widgets. ![]() These include widgets to launch the web browser, use AT&T Navigator, speed dial (yes!), several clocks and favorite contacts. The Impression gains several useful widgets (the Eternity's selection is a little lame). ![]() Samsung's TouchWiz user interface is nearly identical to that on the Eternity, Samsung Behold and Samsung Memoir. The Impression really handles video well and AT&T's CV has come a long way in terms of quality, surpassing both Verizon and Sprint's offerings. Even with half bars of 3G, CV plays back with no pixelation or artifacting and looks very sharp. There's an on-screen button that switches to full screen playback, though this doesn't maintain proper aspect ratio for 4:3 content. The Impression does an excellent job of playing CV, AT&T's streaming video service that's included with their $15/month unlimited feature phone data plan. The display is the perfect venue for photo viewing and video playback. Though it uses resistive rather than the capacitive technology found on the iPhone and T-Mobile HTC G1, it doesn't feel like a let down in comparison, as do some other touch screen phones when compared to the iPhone. Like the Eternity, it's very responsive to touch and is one of the best on the US market. The Eternity has a nice display, but it literally pales in comparison to the Impression's. It's incredibly color-saturated and bright. The Impression's 3.2" AMOLED display (active matrix organic LED) with haptic feedback steals the show. The on-screen QWERTY available in landscape mode.Ībove: the LG Xenon, Samsung Impression and Samsung Eternity.īelow: the LG Xenon and Samsung Impression. ![]() While the Xenon's user interface feels a bit cobbled together and inconsistent, the Impression's is rock solid. The landscape-anywhere support and full on-screeen QWERTY make for a distinct advantage over the also recently released LG Xenon, LG's direct competitor to the Impression. That means you have access to the large, on-screen full QWERTY in landscape mode as well as the T9 style portrait keypad, just as with the Eternity. Both orientations are available in all applications except some 3rd party Java applications like games. Sliding open the keyboard also switches to landscape orientation. The Impression has an accelerometer that handles automatic rotation from portait to landscape modes. You don't need to hit the Fn key to dial numbers- you only need to do that when entering text. The keyboard has 4 rows with an embedded number pad. For those with smaller hands, the large keyboard might slow you down since it requires a good deal of reach (large-fingered fellas should love it though). The backlit keyboard is indeed excellent with large keys, good spacing between keys and nice tactile feedback. Alas, these are the tradeoffs for the ultra-roomy side-sliding hardware keyboard. At 5.3 ounces, it's considerably heavier than the 3.88 ounce Eternity. The Impression is a large phone that's just a tad smaller than the HTC G1 on T-Mobile and it's bigger than the HTC Fuze. Sorry, it does not have WiFi, which is mostly found on smartphones rather than feature phones. It has Bluetooth with a full set of profiles including A2DP stereo, a GPS with AT&T Navigator, 3 megapixel camera, a music player, CV streaming media player and a large 3.2" resistive touch screen. It has 3G HSDPA on AT&T's bands and is quad band GSM. The Impression matches the Eternity's features minus the mobile digital TV tuner (Qualcomm MediaFLO broadcast TV). The Impression features the same responsive touch screen and TouchWiz UI as the Eternity but ups the ante with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and a stunning AMOLED display. Home > Phone Reviews > Samsung Impression SGH-A877įor those of you who really liked the Samsung Eternity but pined for a hardware QWERTY keyboard, here's Samsung's solution: the Impression SGH-A877.
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