Samsung SCH R800 Delve (ALLTEL Wireless)

Item works great just as seller described no scratches or marks whatsoever, he even included a holster a plastic case and car charger, great item intuitive touchscreen.

Paid for this item with pay pal as preffered on April 13th. Contacted the seller and asked when item will be shipped. He replied that he sold 10 items and he will send it out when all ten had been paid. So I had to wait until 9 others paid before he would send my purchase. It is now April 27 and I have no item and no info. I was told that it was sent fed ex, but after multiple atempts to try to get tracking # to make sure it wasnt lost or it was coming, I recieved no feed back. Pay pal has also tried to communicate with the seller and there is till no response. Very poor buisness acts, and I DO NOT RECOMEND purchasing anything from this seller. I STILL HAVE NO PHONE!!!!

Love all the things it offers and you can do with it. It has already froze once however but it seems that all alltel touch phones seem to do that in my past experience with them.

I love the Samsung Delve! It is slim, very light weight, and very easy to use. I like the soft menu, its gives easy access to frequently used programs on the phone. I also like the camera, it takes really good pictures. two thumbs up!!

this is a great phone, with lots of 'stuff' on it. If you like using a touch screen, it has all the bells and whistles. easy to use!

Toys, Toys!! This is loaded with them. The touch screen is awesome, I don't have to flip open or slide open to use and the ease of use is astounding.
The only bad is the use of the scrolling, but I think I just have to get used to it. (My first touch screen)

I wasnt sure how the all touch screen would work, but it is actually pretty responsive and the keyboard recognizes the keys you type well. The only bad thing is it wont let you put your own ringtones on it. you have to buy them I believe.

At first glance, the Samsung Delve is a sharp phone with many features that make it instantly attractive. On the surface, it's a classy touchscreen sans a smartphone OS that boasts a 2MP camera/bluetooth/EVDO and an external memory card slot.

As an experienced cell phone technician, I often find that I enjoy a phone more as I learn more about its features. Sometimes even months into using a phone I will learn something new about it that makes me like it more. Unfortunately, with every new feature I learn about the Delve, I find a significant drawback that is coupled with it.

Examples:

Camera: The camera is decent and adjusts to lighting adequately, the touch interface for the camera is useful but I often found it constantly toggling me between picture and video mode if I strayed my finger accidentally.

Contacts: The address book has a 500 contact capacity but is ultra clunky to surf through with the touchscreen. I would flick my finger up or down to surf through the names only to miss the one I wanted. Once I found the name I wanted I often hit the name above or below it and missed it. Consequently, hitting the back button resets you to the top of the contacts so that you can start all over again. Using the quickfinder above is easier but still annoying when you can only see two available names at a time, and my thumb often selects the wrong one.

Video: The video player coupled with the nice screen makes for a great viewing experience that is not only sharp but also plays back audio nicely. My favorite feature is the auto-stretch button that takes a 4:3 cut and makes it 16:9 and completely fill the screen, this fixed my video encoding issues when trying to put movies on the memory card. Alas, the seek feature is very flawed. There is no way to touch on the seek bar to navigate to that spot in the video, you can only use the fast forward button. The fast forward is slow and if you press it incorrectly you will jump to the next video and it will completely reset your position. There is no timestamp feature that remembers where you left the video, which becomes absurdly annoying when a text or a call comes in and auto-exits your movie, leaving you no recourse but to start all over again.

MP3 Player: The included music player supports the standard formats and took my mp3s without complaining. The external speaker is poor at high volumes but the music is adequate with headphones. Where the music player fails is once again in navigation. Apply all the headaches of trying to find a contact and it's the same with finding an artist or song. More often than not I hit the wrong song, artist, or album and it completely resets me whenever I go back. Rinse, repeat, and this becomes very frustrating trying to play your music. Solution: Use a ton of pre-made playlists.

Internet/Bluetooth: The EVDO is nice and I tethered the phone to my laptop via the bluetooth inside of five minutes and was surfing the web. EVDO network issues aside, the internet worked fine but the phone's included HTML browser is crippled by the large font. Viewing a page on eBay involves looking at 5% of the actual page at any one time and you have to constantly twitch your thumb from side to side and up and down just to read a two-line description.

I'm out of text, but I hope this review helps shed some light on these features.

Ratings:
Calls: 8/10
Texting: 6/10
Music: 3/10
Video: 7/10
Camera: 8/10
Contacts: 2/10
OS Speed: 4/10

Final Delve Rating: 5 of 10.

This is my first touch screen, so I was very excited to get it. I do love it and all the features included, ease of use and I was able to get going with it right out of the box. Perfect size keypad and phone is very lightweight, smaller than I thought!

this phone is GREAT, i have no complaints at all! i love the touch screen and easy access to everything, there is nothing u cant do on this phone...

i really wanted one of these phone cause everyone was saying they were really good phone's but if you want a phone that has a long battery life dont get this one, for me the battery wont even last a whole day.

This is a good phone. The ringers are a little hard to hear, and the touch pad can hesitate at times, but all in all I really like this phone.

my daughter loves the phone thank you very much. and very quick shipping and she also loves the internet.

item came in mint brand new condition. the seller contacted me immediately with shipping details and the phone arrived before i could run the tracking number. great seller A++++

Good phone, about what I thought it should be.Video playback is clear but a little ragged in places.Calls are okay,like the handwriting reconistion.Needs to be louder and more than one speaker.

fast shipping, reliable, good customer service, good quality, really like responsiveness when I emailed to request a change on shipping information.

The phone fit the description perfectly. The shipping was really fast. Communicated with me as soon as he shipped it.
Thanks!!

This phone is amazing! I wish i could've kept it. The only reason I couldn't keep it, was because it was a smart phone, and I don't have a smart plan. Other than that the phone was great. I loved the touch screen and all the features it had! Not only that, but the company was amazing and very reasonable about returning the phone! Thanks!

I love this phone. It is the easiest smart phone i have ever had. everthing is so easy to figure out. I would highly recommend it. I love it...

I decided to buy the phone because I bought one before and I liked it. Only thing was the phone would sometimes just restart out of no where and battery life was horrible the first time. Than another battery was shipped and it did well, but the phone still had some problems. I was please though with how fast they answered my questions and how they worked with me in resolving the problem.

I like the phone alot, it was priced right but a little used, meaning a few scratches and nicks on the phone and screen a little scuffed up but all and all the phone works great and glad I bought the phone.

Product was everything I was hoping it would be. Took me a bit to figure out all the ins and outs because there was no owners manual, but most cell phones are alike and it just was a matter of playing with it.

I love the touch screen and ease of use. Did not like that when I bought it, it didnt come with a charger