virgin-mobile-samsung-slash.jpgThe Samsung Slash, which is the first-ever Samsung handset for the MVNO carrier. Though it’s still fairly basic, the Slash does come with a VGA camera, Bluetooth, voice dialing, and a Web browser.Call quality was fairly good, though we did experience some static and ambient noise. Callers could hear just fine, and vice versa. Speakerphone calls were also surprisingly decent–callers did sound rather tinny, but there was plenty of volume, and they could hear us without us raising our voices too much.Virgin Mobile has announced the launch of Slash, a slick new slider from Samsung. With its great looks, the Slash additionally offers a camera of unspecified dimensions, web browsing, speakerphone, voice dialling, Bluetooth and MP3 ringtone support. From the looks of it, this will be another low to mid-range phone, accompanying the Kyocera Sonic, the only other slider on Virgin Mobile’s portfolio.


the Samsung Slash: “The Samsung Slash is the latest phone to join Virgin Mobile, and is the first-ever Samsung handset for the MVNO carrier. Though it’s still fairly basic, it does come with a VGA camera, Bluetooth, voice dialing, and a Web browser. However, it’s quite affordable at only $79.99 with no contract required.

Features
As we mentioned, the Slash doesn’t have a lot of whizbang features. However, it does have a few extra capabilities that put it above just a basic handset. For starters, it has a 500-entry address book, with each contact able to hold up to five numbers, two e-mail addresses, two instant-messaging account names, and a URL. You can also assign a contact to a caller group, a photo for caller ID, and a personalized ringtone or texttone (an alert for text messages) out of 10 sound files. Other features include text and multimedia messaging, a vibrate mode, a calculator, a tip calculator, an alarm clock, a calendar, a notepad, and a voice memo recorder. Some of the Slash’s more advanced features include a speakerphone, voice dialing, Bluetooth, and a wireless Web browser.

Samsung Slash Reviews From cnet

The good: The Samsung Slash is compact and easy to use, with basic features such as Bluetooth, voice dialing, and a speakerphone. It also has good call quality.

The bad: The Samsung Slash has a few cramped buttons, a lackluster display, and a poor-quality camera.

The bottom line: The Samsung Slash is a decent entry-level phone with a few extra features that put it just above a basic handset.

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