Phone Scoop - Samsung SCH-A570 Info

User Review: Expensive Low-End Phone

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:08:03 GMT

Overmann submitted this review of the Samsung SCH-A570:

Overall rating: 3.5 (out of 5)

I bought the metroPCS version back when they were new. Used it for two years. Here's what I think about it...

The Good
Phone is easy to use
Great battery life
Slightly better than average signal strength
Bright keypad
Voice Commands
Mobile Web

The Bad
No Speakerphone
Screen is heavy
Flip hinge cracks because of it
Integrated battery/door design
Memory is a pipette
Mobile Web is SLOW

The Result
The phone worked fine with an average of 700 minutes per month. However, its hinge design is not strong enough for the heavy display, and it felt overpriced for a basic phone that has no speakerphone mode!

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User Review: 1st phone (BAD)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:02:12 GMT

braunder submitted this review of the Samsung SCH-A570:

Overall rating: 1 (out of 5)

US Cellular Version
PROS:
-easy to text on
-screen was bright
CONS:
-battery sucked
-service sucked
-no camera or speaker-phone
-always froze up
-to think and bulky
-no bluetooth
-no mem card slot
-no music player
-all ringers sucked

Compared to my last phone (the razr) IT SUCKED everything about the razr was alot better than this phone!!!!

And now i got the Razr2 and that is majorly better than both of the phones!! I recommend the Razr2 from US Cellular!

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Accessories available at SkyTouch

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:03:40 GMT

SkyTouch is now selling accessories for the Samsung SCH-A570. Follow the link to check it out.

User Review: Basic but good

Sat, 24 Feb 2007 06:02:49 GMT

moth submitted this review of the Samsung SCH-A570:

Overall rating: 4 (out of 5)

This phone is basic. Mine has had great sound and reception and battery life. Any model of phone will have duds and defective units and I'm sure this model is no different, but I have had no complaints.

Pros: Reception, earpiece volume, battery life were fine. It is a very simple phone which is what a lot of people seek.

Cons: You cannot set a differnt ringer for texts than you have for calls. It is a very simple phone which is what a lot of people don't seek.

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User Review: Solid Phone

Sun, 04 Feb 2007 21:35:37 GMT

Zambini submitted this review of the Samsung SCH-A570:

Overall rating: 4 (out of 5)

We are so sold on this phone, that even though it is discontinued and my husband's suffered a terrible fall, we replaced with the same model via an online auction.

PROS-
Solid reception - which was a VERY nice surprise. Usually only Nokia gets as good reception in our area
Solid build
Good battery life and charge time
Easy to read external screen
Easy to read internal screen
Easy to read display of battery life
Light to indicate Charge status during charging
Large numbers when dialing
Easy to use menus
Easy to use speed dial (just enter contacts in order you want speed dial assigned)

CONS -
wasn't quite tough enough to take a long distance fall to a cement floor while open. But, we'll forgive it that!
If you are in it for the tech gadgets, this probably isn't your phone, not even any games.

Too bad it was discontinued. But, they all are way too soon!!

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User Review: Extremely durable and reliable - Simply the best for your money!

Fri, 05 Jan 2007 18:54:47 GMT

Jester submitted this review of the Samsung SCH-A570:

Overall rating: 5 (out of 5)

I absolutely love my a570. I've never owned a better phone than this; it's incredibly reliable and has a great battery life (charging from completely dead to full again takes less than an hour). I work as a nurse's aide at a hospital, and I have dropped it so many times that it should be in pieces - but there isn't even a single chip or missing part yet! My old Nokia lasted only three weeks "on the job" before it shattered.

There are no great features on this phone: No bells and whistles, no speaker phone, no camera, but there /is/ an external display - And it's the best phone I've had yet.

Plus, it was a steal at $10 with a two-year agreement.

, DEFINATELY worth it.

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User Review: save ur self DONT BUY THE PHONE

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 02:26:31 GMT

angelquetglas submitted this review of the Samsung SCH-A570:

Overall rating: 1 (out of 5)

WELL THIS PHONE DOES OFFER A NICE DISPLAY BUT THE INSIDE SCREEN HAS A PRBLOEM THE WHITE PAINT STARTS CHIPPING ON THE EDGES BAD IVE HAD TO CHANGE THIS PHONE 4 TIMES ONE TIME I TURNED IT OF AT NIGHT AND THE NEXT DAY IT WOULDENT TURN ON THE 2ND THE SAME THING HAPPEND THE 3RD WENT HAY WIRE AND STARTED DOINH WEIRD TINGS THE 4TH WAS ACTUALY MY FAULT CAUSE I DROPED IT IN THE TOLIET LOL BUT ANYWAYS IT SUCKS THE RECEPTINON DOES 2 HALF THE TIME PEOLE CANT HEAR U CAUSE THE SPEAKER IS SO SAMLL. PLZ SAVE UR SELF DONT BUY THIS PHONE FOR METROpcs

a.k.a. [...] i thought it would be better anyways if u have metro or considering the service is okay but stay away from samsung get a motorola or noia they are the best pfones for metro i had the v262 AWSOME PHONE ANYWAYS I HOPE U DONT BUT IT TOMOROW IM GOING TO METRO AND BUYING A MOTOROLA LOL

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Released for U.S. Cellular

Thu, 09 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

The Samsung SCH-A570 is now available for U.S. Cellular.

Accessories available at 1800mobiles.com

Mon, 06 Feb 2006 23:07:28 GMT

1800mobiles.com is now selling accessories for the Samsung SCH-A570. Follow the link to check it out.

User Review: Not impressed

Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:12:31 GMT

spikyflipflop submitted this review of the Samsung SCH-A570:

Overall rating: 1.5 (out of 5)

I have been trying this phone out in part of a friendly user trial, and have to say I'm not impressed.
I have several dislikes about this phone and they are as follows: Sound quality was terrible on the receiving end, I keep receiving my voice-mail a day after the call was made Oh and I never received my calls in the first place on several occasions. When you have it on vibrate, it would still ring when i got a text message or a voice-mail (lets not go there again). I mean what is the point of putting it on vibrate if its still going to ring!!!!! The styling is blasey and obviously had no effort put into it, unless it was designed for mortuary technicians, in which case its very nice! Ok enough with the phone bashing lets get to the good points.
The screen is a really nice size and the numbers are perfect for blind people to read, they are huge not made of brail, sorry for any confusion. the vibrate was strong and i could feel it even when it was in a jacket pocket. But sadly the best thing about this phone was the day i gave it back, Sorry Samsung maybe next time.

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User Review: nice!

Thu, 29 Dec 2005 18:02:13 GMT

yeahright submitted this review of the Samsung SCH-A570:

Overall rating: 4 (out of 5)

Ok, this phone has no camera, no video, no speakerphone, no bluetooth, no vcast, no changeable faceplates. If any of those things are important to you then this phone is not for you. If you are like many and just want a sturdy solid phone without all the extras this is for you. Voice activated dialing, color display, EXTERNAL DISPLAY! That's it, no bells and whistles, just solid design and build quality with samsung reception. This is for people who had an lg 4400 and loved it or something similar and just want a cheap flip phone with the external display.

pros:
Solid feel
good dispaly
external display
samsung reception
price

cons
speakerphone would have been nice
only digital- no trimode
ugly color

Great for the price but looses points being all digital and offering no speakerphone, but still nice choice for any penny pinchers out there looking for a low end flip phone.

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Released for MetroPCS

Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT

The Samsung SCH-A570 is now available for MetroPCS.

User Review: Samsung SCH-A570 For MetroPCS

Sun, 18 Sep 2005 17:08:05 GMT

jenncess submitted this review of the Samsung SCH-A570:

Overall rating: 4 (out of 5)

I really like this phone. It is a solid phone and yet very light. Although it does not have a speaker phone or camera, I do like the outside LCD screen. I have the Samsung X427, which I also like except for the same problems as above but the outside LCD screen does make a difference. I get great reception with the phone, where as with the Kyocera Rave and Audiovox 8900 those phones would not ring in my house. I have not had that problem with this phone. It does need better ring tones, and maybe a game or two. But I think if MetroPCS releases this phone it will sell well.

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User Review: if you dont want much but derablity

Sat, 17 Sep 2005 22:13:50 GMT

poethe2nd submitted this review of the Samsung SCH-A570:

Overall rating: 3.5 (out of 5)

well i am testing it too and i think for just a basic call out model it is ok i have had reption problems here and there but who doesnt,the ring tones already stored in the phone needs to be a bit better and louder when i have it in my pocket i can hardly hear it ring.i think if youdont have a expience buget and u want a derable phone this is the one for you,but with features its on a low number for me maybe like a 2.just say i wouldnt buy it over the nokia 6255i.but when it comes down to it i like the feel of the phone and size.just a little to simmular to the samsung a670.

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User Review: perfect score

Sat, 10 Sep 2005 05:19:23 GMT

flawlessrhymes submitted this review of the Samsung SCH-A570:

Overall rating: 5 (out of 5)

if you want a phone with excellent RF, easy-ro-read external LCD, lightweight and durable, look no further. No, it does not have a camera. Not even a speakerphone. But crisp mic and nice clean earpiece, good battery life, easy to use in the dark. One of my friends has it and pines for a cameraphone, but i used to have one and never really used it. no bells and whistles, but it excels as a communication device.

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User Review: Poor performer.. good looker

Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:27:59 GMT

wingsinger submitted this review of the Samsung SCH-A570:

Overall rating: 1 (out of 5)

Drops calls, digitally clips audio, rings when ringer is off, not a good performer. Aesthetics and erogonomics is nice. Vibrate on LG much better.

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Accessories available at CellCrew.com

Wed, 03 Aug 2005 22:00:36 GMT

CellCrew.com is now selling accessories for the Samsung SCH-A570. Follow the link to check it out.

Accessories available at CellularAccessory.com

Sat, 09 Jul 2005 05:32:02 GMT

CellularAccessory.com is now selling accessories for the Samsung SCH-A570. Follow the link to check it out.

User Review: Exellent value if not looking for camera

Wed, 08 Jun 2005 04:08:28 GMT

undone submitted this review of the Samsung SCH-A570:

Overall rating: 4 (out of 5)

This phone is very simular to the a670, a samsung video phone, and shares the same body style and feel. I like how sturdy, and well built the phone feels, and the small size is nice too.

The external screen is easy to read, in both dark and light conditions, due to its monochrome color, and the internal screen seems a bit better than the older a650, and has nice color saturation, viewing angle and contrast.

Buttons are easy to use, and the entire phone has a real sense of quality.

This phone runs 29.99 w/ 2 year agreement at Radioshack- a really great deal for this phone, especially for those not interested in a camera.

I recomend this to anyone who keeps their phone in their pocket (it has a nice small sleek design), and only uses it for talking, text messaging and light web browsing.

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Released for Verizon Wireless

Mon, 06 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT

The Samsung SCH-A570 is now available for Verizon Wireless.