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E72 Tour Karma Exclaim LX370 Sony Ericsson Comments 10

Sprint's latest dual-slider comes from Samsung in the form of the Exclaim. Whoa, is it a big and heavy phone. Dual-sliders, by their nature, have to be large enough to accommodate the three different pieces that make it up. That means no matter what you're going to get a thick phone. The Exclaim is majorly beefy. No doubt.

Samsung Exclaim

Aside from its size, the Exclaim feels good, but not great. The weight was staggering. I was very surprised by how heavy it was. Both slide mechanisms felt well put together and showed considerable strength.

The numeric keypad was a little soft for my tastes. The keys didn't have as much travel nor feedback as I liked, and the "click" was barely noticeable. the full QWERTY keyboard was much better. The keys had a nice click to them, and were well spaced for easy typing.

The Exclaim runs Sprint's OneClick user interface, so you know what you're getting there. In brief, it's a phone for heavy texters who don't need the smallest phone on earth.

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2.5" display 320 x 240 pixels
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