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User Rating4.23/5The Samsung Behold 2 was released in November of 2009. In the lineup has T-Mobile’s fourth Android phone it features a beautiful AMOLED touch screen display, virtual keyboard, 3G capable, 3.5mm headphone jack, and 5 megapixel camera with digital zoom and LED flash. It features TouchWiz UI which has a dedicated button to launch “the cube” of core suggested apps: Music, Photos, Videos, Web, YouTube, and Amazon MP3. Like the Samsung Behold 1, there is a quick slide out menu on the home screen to list all installed apps.
The current drawback to the phone is that it supports only Android version 1.5. Therefore you will not be able to experience Google Maps Navigation nor will you be able to find some apps in the Android Market as they are only compatible with the higher operating system versions.
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General |
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| Form Factor | Slate touch-screen with Touch QWERTY keyboard |
| Operating System | Android v1.5 (upgradable to Android 1.6 or Android 2.0) |
| Android API Level | 3 |
| Input Types | Capacitive touch screen
Virtual keyboard |
Display |
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| Physical Resolution | 3.2 in. 320 x 480 (HVGA) AMOLED |
Connectivity |
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| WAN: Voice Bands | GSM Quad-band phone capable of global roaming (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
UMTS dual-band global 3G (2100/1700 MHz) |
| Wireless LAN | 802.11b/g |
| Bluetooth Version | 2.1, Stereo Bluetooth |
| USB | Micro USB connector |
| Headset Jack | 3.5 mm |
Media |
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| Camera Resolution | 5 megapixels |
| Flash | LED |
| Camera Features | Autofocus
Digital Zoom |
| Image Viewing Formats | All Android formats |
| Video Recording Resolution | 320 x 240 (QVGA) |
| Video Recording Frame Rate | 25 fps |
| Video Recording Formats | All Android formats |
| Video Playback Formats | All Android formats |
| Video Playback Frame Rate | 30 fps |
| Audio Recording Formats | All Android formats |
| Audio Playback Formats | All Android formats |
| Streaming Formats | MPEG-4
3GP |
| Speakers | Receiver speaker
Stereo speakers |
Processor and memory |
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| Processor | N/A |
| Processor Clock Speed | 528Mhz |
| RAM | N/A |
| Flash ROM | N/A |
| User Storage Available (max) | N/A |
| Memory Card | microSD/microSDHC 2GB built-in |
| Memory Card Size Supported (max) | 16GB |
Sensors |
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| Accelerometer | YES |
Additional Features |
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| Location Services | Assisted GPS |
| Voice Activation | Voice Commands |
| Messaging | IM
MMS SMS |
| Email Protocols | IMAP/POP3/SMTP/Microsoft Exchange |
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I won a Samsung Behold 2 in their contest last December. I already owned a MyTouch 3G, and after playing with the Behold2 for about a week, I decided that it was absolutely NOT a phone for anyone who likes to have real control over how their phone operates. Samsung decided, for some reason, to lock down many hardware and software options on the phone, and they made some really bad choices while doing so. Namely, the cube; there’s a dedicated hardware button that launches (replacing the dedicated Search hardware button on other Android phones), and the Cube is almost entirely unable to be customized.
I gave the Behold2 to my parents, to be an upgrade to my mom’s phone. My dad’s setting it up for her, and the phone annoys him, too. He says the placement of the hardware buttons are just perfectly wrong, that he finds he’s pushing the buttons when he doesn’t intend to, and so on.
Anyway, for a free phone, it’s acceptable. That’s probably the best thing I can say about it.
Here are my impressions about Samsung Behold II phone:
Well equipped with multimedia facilities, use of AMOLED screen gives quite sharp and brighter colors. Use of android on this phone is arguably is the highlight.
There are many positive features about this phone, but a few
potential pitfalls for power users as well , Tech Wiz is not that great. The major concern is about the virtual keyboard using it in portrait made causes difficulties, so the only option left is using it in landscape mode.
I like this phone alot and I would like to know if you can change the on-screen keyboard for querty to a mormal phone keyboard?
Are you talking “T9″ style of keyboard?
I tried to install a 3rd-party keyboard almost immediately, but was disappointed to find out that this seems to be yet another one of the things that Samsung has locked down. Even though my keyboard DID install, and I saw all the options for it in the settings, nothing would remove Samsung’s poorly-designed and ugly keyboard.
As a side note, Michelle is correct in that the screen is very bright and beautiful. Also, the screen responds well to one’s touch.
Yes I am talking about the T9 keyboard. I agree that the keyboard is ugly, but also I dont like qwerty keyboards wen the phone is vertical.
Honestly I haven’t seen any really got ones that does T9 keyboard style everywhere. Otherwise there’s other but they’re specific to text messaging like Handcent.
You can change w/out any new apps. Jus go to settings-> language and keypad -> Samsung keypad -> Keypad type -> then choose 3X4 Keypad. This will be the Keypad you’re used to.
Have you tried upgrading the OS from 1.5 to 2.0? Please shed some light how to do it.
Thanks in advance!