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Samsung Moment
Photo source: Sprint
Performance
You would think that a phone with an 800 MHZ processor would run more smoothly. The Samsung Moment is sluggish when moving between widgets. There is often a delay when starting tasks, especially with the web browser. The Samsung Moment isn't especially slow, but it doesn't feel like an 800 MHz machine.
Multimedia
The Samsung Moment comes equipped with a very good 3.2MP camera with flash. It works very well, even in darker situations. Overall, it's a much better camera than the blurry 5MP camera on the HTC Hero. Besides the camera, both music and videos play very well on the Samsung Moment. Videos recorded at high bitrate rates play very smoothly while the Moment's stock Android music player is more than adequate for playing songs.
Phone
The Samsung Moment works well as a phone, even though there is some distortion at high levels. People on the other line say I sound perfect. However, when I am in more noisy situations, such as in a crowded restaurant, people say they have a hard time differentiating between me and the background noise.
The reception on the phone is good, although I do get one less bar than usual in places where I usually test my phones. This may not mean much since reception readings are rarely perfect. In any case, there have been no dropped calls.
Battery Life
The Samsung Moment has the worst battery life out of any phone I have ever tested. With moderate Internet and multimedia use, the phone lasts four hours at most. When trying to charge the phone, it won't allow a complete, one-hundred percent charge. At one point, taking the phone off the charger for five minutes revealed a 70 percent charge, although the phone had been supposedly charging for six hours.
The battery life problem isn't unique to the phone I tested. Several Internet forums have long threads about what I am experiencing. Perhaps the battery is okay and the Samsung Moment incorrectly reads the battery life. Whatever the problem, this is one of the worst quality control issues ever on a smartphone.
Overall impressions
The Samsung Moment looks promising, but fails to deliver. Those on Sprint who want an Android phone are better off checking out the excellent HTC Hero.
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