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1.0 out of 5 starsUpdated review after 3 months
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2024
First, kudos to the seller. Shipped fast and arrived early. Thank you.
This phone is great. The screen is clear, bright and very dim when that's required too. The internals are snappy and responsive, audio is loud and crystal clear. Overall it feels like a solid pocket computer.
The only negative I have found is the fingerprint reader. Since it's on the front, under the screen, only thumbprints make sense, and it's sloooow! Its also unusable if my hands are not completely clean and dry. I'm always doing filthy things working with my hands, so usually I just swipe and unlock with a pattern. Coming from years of using LG phones, Samsung could take some pointers on the fingerprint scanner function and location. It makes me sad that LG is not making pocket computers anymore. Samsung is good, LG was better overall I think. Still, it's a good machine for good value.
Edit: the fingerprint reader has stopped functioning completely. Its is fully useless except as a blingy gimmick. If you need a phone that will unlock via fingerprint, don't buy this.
UPDATE: apparently Samsung is junk. Dropped last month and even inside full armor, the back glass cracked. Who builds a phone using glass on the back? Dumb. The phone started glitching badly yesterday, one week after warranty expiration. Lol, typical. I had to reset the phone 3 times today and the camera and gallery will both cause the phone to lock up requiring a hard reset. Cannot recommend this or any Samsung phone. Waste of money, resources, time and energy. Back to LG quality for as long as I can get one. None of my old LG phones have failed, they've been upgraded and put away, all still work fine. Samsung is junk as far as I am concerned.