http://www.phonescoop.com/ Phone Scoop is a comprehensive resource for mobile phone enthusiasts, professionals, shoppers, and users. This feed contains status updates and user reviews for the Samsung Exclaim M550. en-us Copyright 2013 Phone Scoop. All rights reserved. http://www.phonescoop.com/img/rss_badge.gif http://www.phonescoop.com/ 88 31 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=40495#review40495 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=40495#review40495 Tue, 15 May 2012 19:35:10 GMT <p><i>Groovychic submitted this review of the Samsung Exclaim M550:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>3.5</b> (out of 5)</p><p>I've had this phone for two years and I'm now eligible for a new one. It's great for people who aren't into using their phone for more than talking and texting. I can easily access Facebook and Gmail which is a plus. The GPS on it isn't so great but I used that rarely. Once the phone is dropped, problems start to happen. I have to say I'm very eager to get rid of this phone but it was good while it lasted.<br /><br />Pros: <br />Nice keyboard for texting<br />Separate slide down number pad<br />Menu is easy to navigate<br /><br />Cons:<br />Does funny things in bad signal area (randomly calls someone on my contact list)<br />When dropped, the case protecting the battery always comes off, thus the phone shuts off<br />Bulky<br />Speakerphone button sometimes comes on even when it isn't pressed</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=1996 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=37811#review37811 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=37811#review37811 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:35:57 GMT <p><i>manda12025 submitted this review of the Samsung Exclaim M550:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>1</b> (out of 5)</p><p>When i first got this phone it was just as a replacement phone. I did not choose it. At first i loved it and thought it was the sweetest phone ever. Now that i have had it for a long time i have had many problems with it. When i plug it in it shuts itself off and turns itself back on multiple times. I have had it freeze up many times. I do not recommend getting this phone at anytime.</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=1996 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=37646#review37646 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=37646#review37646 Sun, 08 Aug 2010 20:15:33 GMT <p><i>Jonofin submitted this review of the Samsung Exclaim M550:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>5</b> (out of 5)</p><p>This thing does everything with the many free apps you can install. From finding movie tickets, to checking the weather, or watching a you tube video when I'm bored. The camera is absolutely amazing for a phone, just as good as any other stand alone point and shoot. I've even tortured this phone by taking it into the pool with me, twice. It survived after sitting in a bowl of rice for a few days. Voice quality is good, and texting is superb. Some people say the phone is big, but I don't notice it.</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=1996 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=36318#review36318 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=36318#review36318 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:03:36 GMT <p><i>lil_liz09 submitted this review of the Samsung Exclaim M550:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>1</b> (out of 5)</p><p>I loved this phone once I got it. I had no problems at all. but suddenly, my text messages weren't saving into an outbox and every time I sent a new message, it doesn't save in the outbox and it deletes the other messages in the inbox. it's really annoying. and I keep getting these messages: "92 message slots full. oldest deleted when full." I keep getting these messages constantly and they annoy me! There's no reason for the phone to be acting up like this. I have to list pros, so:<br /><br />PROS:<br />easy text messaging<br />big screen<br />and that's about it!<br /><br />CONS:<br />don't even get me started!<br />text messages not being sent or received<br />text messages not being saved in outbox<br />text messages not being saved in the inbox<br />calls being dropped<br />no bars anywhere!<br />and many more!<br /><br />I suggest that no one buy this cell phone. It will bring you nothing but problems and headaches. The Sprint technicians have looked at my cell phone 6 times, and so far, nothing has been done to fix any of the problems. It's not the Sprint service itself, it's the Samsung Exclaim. Do not, I repeat, Do Not buy this phone!!</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=1996 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=36126#review36126 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=36126#review36126 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:23:27 GMT <p><i>dangtong submitted this review of the Samsung Exclaim M550:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>4.5</b> (out of 5)</p><p>Not a plain basic phone and not a full featured PDA, but fit perfectly in between.<br /><br />Some PROs:<br />- Responsive and great usability GUI<br />- Great features and preloaded apps<br />- Dual keyboard/keypad<br />- Solid build<br />- Nice big, good quality screen<br />- Good speaker phone<br />- Great Camera (for a phone)<br />- microSD slot that accept high capacity card<br /><br />CONs:<br />- Reception seems to be on the weak side<br />- A little thick in size (because of the dual side style)<br />- No good grip for easily slide with 1 hand (but not too bad)<br /><br />I have and manage many phones for our family over the years and I have to say the Samsung Exclaim is a very good phone. The dual slide keypad form is great for texting/messaging. It has some great social apps loaded, make a great usage for young adults/teenages life style or anyone into the social networking, texting, messaging. I have to say the interface is really good, easy to use and navigate. Voice call is also good on this phone. Voice dialing and TTS are few of my favorites on this phone.<br /><br />Recommend this phone for casual users that want good camera and texting/messaging capability.</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=1996 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=35828#review35828 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=35828#review35828 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:31:56 GMT <p><i>kokinos1 submitted this review of the Samsung Exclaim M550:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>0</b> (out of 5)</p><p>My mother and i both have this phone, at first it as nice but after having it for 3 months i would like to tell you that when you are talking on the phone that is gets so hot that is burns you, it has happen to me and my mom more then once. The burn are not little one ether. we have gone to sprint and told them about it and they will not doing anything about it. so over all it is a nice phone if you don't mind getting burn.</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=1996 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=35748#review35748 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=35748#review35748 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:33:47 GMT <p><i>texting FRAKAZOiD submitted this review of the Samsung Exclaim M550:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>5</b> (out of 5)</p><p>i love this phone! i rexived it in august and have had almost no issues.<br /><br />Cons :[ -<br />*back pops off alot<br /><br />pros :] -<br />EVERYTHING ELSE.</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=1996 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=35371#review35371 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=35371#review35371 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:25:24 GMT <p><i>kristykat74 submitted this review of the Samsung Exclaim M550:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>4.5</b> (out of 5)</p><p>So far I have completely loved this phone. Only had it for a few days now though. I love the dual sliding keyboards. I like the way it feels in my hand and I like the big display. This is a replacement for the Rumor 2 phone. I like the feel better than the Rumor and I like the keyboard better. So far the sound quality has been great when listening to music. Still having a hard time with the camera and retrieving my pics. Overall, I am happy with this phone.<br /><br />Pros: Nice display screen<br /> Dual sliding keyboards<br /> Comfortable feel<br /> <br />Cons: Facebook is not as good as stated</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=1996 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=35098#review35098 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=35098#review35098 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:18:21 GMT <p><i>mzmclean submitted this review of the Samsung Exclaim M550:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>2</b> (out of 5)</p><p>I can't rate this phone.. because it went from almost love... to hate.<br /><br />I purchased this phone July 25th. After some getting used to it (It was an upgrade from the LG Fusic, which I loved but was approaching dinosaur status) I fell in love.<br /><br />2 weeks ago, I awoke to text notifications, and no texts. Odd. So I turned it on and off... it came back up with a downloading update screen. Spiffy! Maybe it'll be even better now, right?<br /><br />Saturday morning, I awake to the text alerts... again. I reboot. Nada. All day I am getting text alerts, without a text. But the message "8 messages until full. Oldest will then be deleted" Okay thanks... since that's what it's always done, cycled out the oldest. But being a diligent owner, I deleted 30+ texts hoping for the best. Nope. I planned to go to Sprint Sunday morning.<br /><br />Sunday morning I wake up to 50+ texts! Woohoo! I figure my satelitte has straightened itself out. <br /><br />Monday morning, I wake up to the same "8 messages...." message. <br />Now it's Tuesday, i was unable to get to Sprint. (I'm also now aware that my phone is digitally roaming in places my old phone NEVER did and I'm being charged for it. grr).<br /><br />Tonight... I am charging the phone when it beeps at me and the message "Charging Cancelled. Bad Battery Temperature." Crap. I unplug, remove the battery and call Sprint. Resolved the roaming.. but am dissconnected twice trying to get to a tech. I'm just going to suck it up and go to Emeryville tomorrow since they have techs on site<br /><br />My love affair with this phone... is over.</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=1996 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=35038#review35038 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=35038#review35038 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:01:05 GMT <p><i>angelaf1974 submitted this review of the Samsung Exclaim M550:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>0</b> (out of 5)</p><p>Complete waste of money.I rated it a zero on all it features.myspace and facebook don't work on your one click screen.screen freezes and goes black.battery gets hotand you gotta charge it three times a day.when watching tv it half screen and looks distorted.customer service sucks at radio shack dayton mall.</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=1996 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=34927#review34927 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=34927#review34927 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:54:53 GMT <p><i>onmygrindent submitted this review of the Samsung Exclaim M550:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>4.5</b> (out of 5)</p><p>I haven't had a phone this good in a while.. the screens great, the texting is easy, the camera is superb.. I have to say it does everything I need it to, and coming from a TREO 755 to a INSTINCT to this the EXCLAIM I got to admit, this is the best thing out there....</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=1996 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=34854#review34854 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=34854#review34854 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:22:19 GMT <p><i>dustcloud97 submitted this review of the Samsung Exclaim M550:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>4.5</b> (out of 5)</p><p>Because no phone is perfect, I gave this a 4.5. I went from the m520 to this baby and to be honest I'm impressed.<br /><br />Pros:<br />Signal Quality - where my m520 would only get 1 bar or no bars, the absolute LEAST I get is 1 bar, and that's only if I'm in my concrete block of an apartment building. I live in North Central Ohio in a small town and I still get good signal. <br /><br />Dual Slider design - I sometimes get confused about which to use, it's so handy though to be able to type my stuff out as fast as I can on the keyboard.<br /><br />Screen - the thing is huge, believe the hype, the clarity is amazing too.<br /><br />Dedicated IM app - The IM app from OZ is awesome, I love not having to worry about which 30 buddies will be imported because OZ brings them ALL. <br /><br />Sound quality - Amazingly clear, I can't stress that enough.<br /><br />One Click - I will never have another phone that doesn't have this on there. The idea of being able to access everything I need on one screen through one interface, brilliant!<br /><br />Cons:<br /><br />Thickness - The thing is a brick, but what do you expect for having to house a keyboard and keypad.<br /><br />Landscape switch - It doesn't switch from landscape to portrait at all sometimes, and other times it's slow, but I found that powercycling cures this.<br /><br /><br /><br />Quite frankly it's a great phone. Good job by Sprint.</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=1996 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=34666#review34666 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=34666#review34666 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:30:19 GMT <p><i>adphilpo submitted this review of the Samsung Exclaim M550:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>5</b> (out of 5)</p><p>I was not to excited to get this phone because I really wanted the Samsung Instinct but was unable to because you have to change you plan. o this was my second choice. I have had it for about a day. So far so good<br /><br />Pros<br />-Big Screen<br />-Dual Keypad<br />-Amazing picture quality<br />-Layout Menu<br />-Voice clarity is amazing<br /><br />Cons<br />-When opening Qwerty keyboard, immediately opens texting menu<br />-Range bounces from nothing to all bars when standing still<br />-No slide bar<br /><br />Other than the cons, this phone is pretty amazing. I am definitely happy with my second choice</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=1996 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=34613#review34613 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=34613#review34613 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:10:59 GMT <p><i>diiva_doll submitted this review of the Samsung Exclaim M550:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>4.5</b> (out of 5)</p><p>I absolutely love this phone and everything about it... Style, colors, features.. Everything... My only problem is when a new email message comes in, I push the button to read the email, it goes to a blank email (compose message) screen and the ringer wont stop. That is not that big of a deal to me because I don't get many emails anyway. Don't let that pull you away from this pohne. This is a great phone. I know it's a new phone and everything is not going to be perfect. I think it will definately get better. GET YOURS NOW!!!!</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=1996 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=34514#review34514 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=34514#review34514 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:53:37 GMT <p><i>i4zbluz submitted this review of the Samsung Exclaim M550:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>5</b> (out of 5)</p><p>This is a great phone. It does everything that the "fancy" phones do for half the money. Works better than my BB Pearl. Very easy to learn how to use. My mother who is 63 loves it as well and has no problems figuring the phone functions out. This is a great phone for anyone.</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=1996 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=34477#review34477 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=34477#review34477 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:57:28 GMT <p><i>rls2011 submitted this review of the Samsung Exclaim M550:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>3.5</b> (out of 5)</p><p>I have been using this phone for a few weeks now. It is my first sprint phone and I have only seen a few problems but at no fault of the phone. Recieving signal in the cape cod and south east Massachusetts area is a problem in some areas. <br /><br />PROS:<br />-nice display. screen is excellent...tends to get lint on it in my pocket but can be fixed with a simple wipe of a cloth.<br />-camera is excellent. (I have found sending pictures in 2.0m mode takes forever so its faster using a lower resolution setting when sending pics.<br />-as an avid texter i find the keyboard to be good. I am also a texter in T9 mode and that works well on the numerical pad.<br />-slides from landscape to portrait nicely. no sign of flimsy design when sliding either way.<br />-carousel is wonderful for using IM or web browsing.<br /><br />CONS:<br />- battery life is ok. I use my phone all day for calls/lots of texts and will have to charge it every other day<br />-when sliding the phone closed after being open in landscape it does not switch back to portrait.<br />- signal is weak in my cape cod/ southeastern MA area<br />- facebook and myspace features in the carousel are basic.<br />- i was a prior verizon user and i liked having a banner on my front display. I have not found a banner option on this phone. <br /><br /><br />Phone is good for avid texters. I have the blueberry one because even though i am a girl i did not like the flowers on the back of the pink one. This is a matter of personal choice though.</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=1996 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=34474#review34474 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=34474#review34474 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:15:36 GMT <p><i>cynthiaj submitted this review of the Samsung Exclaim M550:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>4.5</b> (out of 5)</p><p>I've had the phone for about 3 weeks and used it ALOT, every day for phone calls, texts, and photos. Lots of photos. And texts.<br /><br />PROS<br />~SUPER camera! great resolution! You can zoom but that reduces your resolution.<br />~GREAT screen resolution! Nice for photos and games. People are always impressed. Decent sized screen.<br />~Great QWERTY keyboard. Slides nicely, feels solid. Good key action and spacing.<br />~Huge memory available if you buy the big memory card.<br />~Dual slide is cool. Number pad is fun.<br />~I have the raspberry one, I love the embossed flowers on the back cover. CUTE!<br />~Great sound quality.<br />~Love the emoticons.<br /><br />CONS<br />~You can not get themes for it so you are stuck with the pre-loaded Sprint theme. This annoys me quite a lot.<br />~The image doesn't always return to portrait from landscape. Got a second Exclaim, same deal. May be a general issue for this phone.<br />~It is rather large, but I find it easier to hold onto and don't drop it. Still wish it was smaller.<br />~Can't use MP3s for ringers. You have to BUY ringers. Not cool. I'm not paying for ring tones, I'll get by with the pre-loaded ones.<br />~Non-standard, headphone jack. The manual doesn't tell you what size it is, I called Sprint and spoke with two different representatives and they didn't know either! It's 2.5mm FYI. You will have to get an adapter or buy special headphones with the right sized plug. Sprint should include a 10 cent adapter, or better yet semi-decent headphones.<br />~Lots of options in that carousel, but ONLY if you have a data plan, otherwise just really annoying crap to work around.<br />~Only 160 characters/text. Standard, but annoying. Just can't afford to get a data plan for the whole family!<br />~No flash.<br /><br />Overall, I really like it, just disappointed that I can't personalize it more (no themes, no MP3 ringers). The large size is quite annoying but other than the image not rotating properly it doesn't have any other little "bugs" that I've found. I'm not in love with it, but I like it well enough.</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=1996 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=34405#review34405 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=34405#review34405 Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:02:59 GMT <p><i>Lindsay231 submitted this review of the Samsung Exclaim M550:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>4.5</b> (out of 5)</p><p>I love this phone. It has all the options I want and need and it's at an affordable price. The keypad is great and I love that it's a dual slider. The only con that I can think of is when you slide it out of of the keypad it stays in landscape position...other than that I LOVE IT!</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=1996 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=34363#review34363 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=34363#review34363 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:24:07 GMT <p><i>Jazzbaby submitted this review of the Samsung Exclaim M550:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>5</b> (out of 5)</p><p>I went through all Sprint phone to finally be satisfied by this one. Its really nice and I am loving the dual slide. Its cool.!!</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=1996 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=34316#review34316 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=1996&r=34316#review34316 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:11:05 GMT <p><i>IrishBoxr21 submitted this review of the Samsung Exclaim M550:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>4</b> (out of 5)</p><p>Just bought the phone yesterday and I love it. The screen quality is unlike any other phone I have had. The 2.0 mega pixel camera works great and the sound is crisp and clear. It surfs the Internet like a PDA but with out paying for all the extras. The only thing I do not like is when you slide the phone closed, the screen does not rotate out of landscape. Other than that I am glad I bought it!</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=1996