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The Samsung r810, also known as the r810 finesse, is coming soon to the Straight Talk prepaid wireless service. This phone has been rumored for a few months now, and there is finally concrete evidence to substantiate those rumors.
Over the next few weeks I’ll be gathering information about this model and sharing it here. I’ll try to get my hands on one for a review as soon as I can. For now, here’s a list of some of the features:
- 3.2 inch touch-screen display
- Full HTML web browser with 3G EVDO connectivity
- Mp3 player
- 2.0 megapixel camera
- Video recorder
- MicroSD memory card slot
- Voice Commands and voice-dialing
- Full Bluetooth support
- Battery life – 3.5 hours talk time, 300h standby
- Expected selling price for Straight Talk – $299
Those are a few of the features I expect to see on this phone. There’s no word yet on when it might be available, but I’ve been checking the Straight Talk site regularly. It seems there has been some movement regarding this phone during the last week of November, so I expect Straight Talk is preparing to release it soon.
December 2, 2009 at 6:55 pm
Thanks for the info and soon to be dedicated site. I love my Tracfone due to the savings from not talking that much (avg. 150 minutes a month), never use texting but do wish I could check my gmail and browse the web with a decent browser. I keep looking to the contract plans but the most I would want to pay monthly would fall in line with the ST Unlimited plan. Data coverage is also a concern and pretty much only Verizon network works for me at both my suburban home and weekend out of town place. The $299.00 price of the phone is quickly made up with the cost savings compared to the other carriers unlimited (5GB) web connectivity so that isn’t a deal killer for me. Of course, this all assumes they don’t cripple the web and other phone features too much. If I can manage the phone contacts with my PC and have an full HTML browser that isn’t crippled or limited too severely I think I’m in.
December 7, 2009 at 8:56 pm
It’s out! It’s listed for my zip code on the Straight Talk website. Pricing is $328.
December 7, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Yep, you’re right. So far it’s only available on Straight Talk’s site, and they require that you buy a month card at the same time. So far, it’s not available at Walmart.
December 10, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Straight Talk told me noneof their phone can import contacts!
I have 400 contacts I now will have to import manually!
December 10, 2009 at 9:38 pm
Hi arn,
I don’t know why Straight Talk would want to mislead customers like that, but you CAN transfer contact lists to many of their phones using bluetooth. I tested it out recently and it was pretty slick – it worked on the Samsung r451c, the LG 220c, and the LG 290c. I would be shocked if the r810 does NOT also support that functionality. Here’s where I posted about the contact transfers:
http://pbush14.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/mobile-web-news-transferring-contact-lists-more-phone-deals/
December 12, 2009 at 12:19 pm
In one of your initial post regarding the Samsung r810C, you stated that along with it being a touchscreen phone it also had a slide out QWERTY keyboard. Is this true? I thought that it only had a virtual on screen keyboard that you used by touching the keys on the screen. Thanks.
December 14, 2009 at 1:30 am
Omar, you caught me. I was mistaken about the slide-out QWERTY. I think that I had been researching other similar models (i.e. Samsung r8XX models), and came across one that had a physical keyboard. I guess I just got confused on that part of it.
December 23, 2009 at 1:02 am
do you think the price will ever come down,and also will this phone ever come 2 net 10 or tracfone.
December 30, 2009 at 12:11 pm
I am sure the price will come down eventually, but how long that will take is anybody’s guess. This phone is so much more expensive than previous TracFone/Net10 models that it’s really hard to guess, but just for comparison the LG 600g and Motorola w376g started out at, I believe, $80 and $60 respectively in the spring/summer of 2008, and are now selling for $20 on TracFone’s site. I doubt we’ll see a 75% price cut on this model in the next year, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see it for sale around $200 by this time next year. Of course, only time will tell.
December 31, 2009 at 8:41 am
I have a question. How does the signal reception between the samsung 810 compare to the samsung 451 ? Also are you able to install apps ? I have been unsuccessful at installing apps on my 451 (ie explorers, and games).
January 9, 2010 at 5:28 pm
What about the MP3 Player? How is the sound quality through the internal speaker, headphones and Bluetooth?
Does it play the songs in the same order as they are on the Albums or does it play them alphabetically like the t401g an r415c?
Can you play them by Artist, Album, Genre?
January 11, 2010 at 12:53 pm
Hi Dallas
The mp3 player is hte same as on the r451c or t401g. A bit of a disappointment, really. As far as the alphabetical playlist, the sort is done by the file name, I believe. So you could use windows explorer to add a number to the front of each file name and thus manually sort the files. But that’s a pain in the butt.
You can sort by album, artist, and playlist (but not genre), but again they’ll be subject to the alpha sort within the category you selected.
February 9, 2010 at 8:51 pm
I called straighttalk the other day and they told me I could use any verizon phone on their service.I can get a great deal on a blackberry. Do you think all the features will work?
February 10, 2010 at 1:35 am
Hi Smiley
This is the first I’ve heard that a phone other than one in Straight Talk packaging would work on Straight Talk service. I guess if they say it will work, then go for it. But I have no idea whether all the Blackberry services will work.
I’d also strongly encourage you to get it in writing (or at least email) from Straight Talk before you buy that Blackberry. If it turns out not to work, at least you should be able to resell the Blackberry. And you’ll also be out the cost of the month of service, but if you have documentation of ST telling you it would work, you could at least have a chance at forcing them to refund that monthly cost as well.
Whatever happens, please do drop by again and let me know how it goes. I’d be very happy to hear about it.