Comments on: Review of Samsung Galaxy S Fascinate

By: Maribel Lasso

Maribel Lasso — Tue, 31 May 2011 23:26:00 +0000

I have the “Samsung Fascinate a Galaxy phone” since the last May 13th the first time when I charged it up it became to warm up in an unusual way…….(my fault haven’t taking it to a store the next day) The following week I made a call to a customer service for whatever company ( the ones that make you wait forever) and it warm up again I though that will blow up. I didn’t anything again…..I met other people with exactly the same phone they have the same or more problems. Now had passed a little more than 14 days. I took it to a provider and they said they can do nothing because them guaranty had passed…The cell phone is just extremely bad…..it takes forever to download a simple e-mail….I cann’t ger rid of Bing or Google…you cann’t get rid of other aplicatione you don’t need in your screen……….and it continues warming up……the technician at the store said it doesn’t….but they sale them…what else would say…PLS not buy this phone….don’t add a bad time to your lifes……

By: Alucas38

Alucas38 — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 23:32:00 +0000

Great phone..but am disapointed that it doesn’t have self portrait setting..can see a lenses on the front …unless I am missing something

By: Bree Milam

Bree Milam — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:57:00 +0000

hey I have the fascinate and when i bought it the verizon guy changed my search provider to google on the spot and took bing off. im not sure how he did it but it looked easy.

By: allison

allison — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 14:48:04 +0000

I am on my second phone, which has the exact same problems as the first. It will not send and receive pop email (and I have two accounts), so I’m missing lots of emails. I’ve spent hours on the phone and in the store to no avail. Now, the pictures I’m taking are not being stored on the SD card. I sold my blackberry before these issues email issues got worse, so not I’m stuck I guess.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:03:10 +0000

Thanks for reviewing the phone. I’d like to make others aware that this phone (along with all the Samsung Galaxy S phones) is known to suffer from gps problems. Many users have noted that the phone either fails to lock on to a gps signal or provides an inaccurate location. Also, the gps functionality defaults to Verizon’s VZNavigator – a service you have to pay $9.99/month – instead of allowing you to use Google free (and arguably better) mapping application. Yes, you can download goolge maps and use it that way, but it’s still frustrating that Verizon set the phone to default to VZ Nav. And your review already mentioned that the phone defautls to Bing as the search app. I’d jsut like to further express that the lack of choice to use Google is unfortunate. And when will verizon stop forcing all their bloatware/crapware on these phones – which take up valuable system space. Why can’t we have an option to remove these unwanted apps?

By: Dee

Dee — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:47:31 +0000

Well, I just got it over the weekend and I love it. Call quality is fine. Little by little I’m discovering new things.

People need time to understand their phone. It seems overwhelming sometimes but that’s expected when you have soooo many features available.

It sounds like Melinda’s phone is defective.

By: Melinda

Melinda — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:39:30 +0000

I tried this phone 3 times now. RUN people RUN! Verizon made me try 3 of them in a 10 day period. There was HORRIBLE feedback every time I talked (which was ear piercing) and people on the other end could not understand what I was saying. I literally had to call my clients back from a land line when I got to one. Several people told me they could not even understand 1/2 of what I was saying. Not to mention e-mails do not properly come through. The 3rd one I tried, in a 7 hour period of time, I missed 33 e-mails because they did not come through my phone. Yes, I had the phone set to check e-mails every 5 minutes and all of my settings were correct as well.

I have spent hours upon hours either in the Verizon store or on the phone with technical support. No one was able to fix the feedback or the fact my e-mails were not coming through.

Yesterday when I took the 3rd one back to the store, I had them re-activate my old blackberry, which is working perfectly as far as people being able to understand me, no feedback when I talk and e-mails are popping through every couple of minutes like they should!!! Sorry. Fascinate is HORRIBLE!!! My Dad also is trying this phone, he also is having e-mail problems as well. He has not talked to anyone on it (as he isn’t much of a talker when it comes to cell phones.), but his e-mail is not coming through either.

I hope this information helps! Best Wishes!

By: Asya

Asya — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 07:51:23 +0000

Nice review for a great phone!

By: Denis

Denis — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:23:22 +0000

Very good review! Thank you. It helps me to choose what phone I want. Thanks again.

By: Henria O.

Henria O. — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:12:34 +0000

Nice review of the Fascinate vs. the Captivate. I too like the size and shape of the Captivate better. To me, the keyboard size isn’t that big of a difference. However, I must say that color looks a lot richer on the Fascinate and the built-in flash is a big plus when taking photos. How disappointing that Bing is the only available search provider! And, too bad this phone isn’t offerend for AT&T.