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MetroPCS snags the Samsung Finesse touchscreen phone
Snapshot by Brian James Kirk on Tuesday March 31, 2009.
 Samsung Finesse |
 Samsung Finesse |
 Samsung Finesse |
 Samsung Finesse |
MetroPCS has announced the availability of the new Samsung Finesse, a touchscreen multimedia phone that features Samsung's TouchWiz touchscreen interface, a full web browser, a camera and camcorder, and social networking applications.
Samsung's TouchWiz interface will look vivid on the Finesse's 3.7-inch 262K TFT LCD display. The device can capture photos with its 2.0 megapixel camera with digital zoom and flash, and it also records video. Users can stay up-to-date with friends using MetroPCS's metro 411 service and mobile IM.
The Finesse has 150MB of internal storage memory and users can save files to an external microSD card. The Finesse is also GPS-enabled, giving users access to metroNavigator for voice-powered turn-by-turn directions and easy-to-read maps.
| Specifications for the Samsung Finesse | |
| Band | CDMA 800/1700/1900MHz |
| Data | 1xRTT/EV-DO |
| Size | 58mm x 117mm x 13mm (2.3in x 4.6in x 0.5in) |
| Weight | Unknown |
| Battery | 1000mAh |
| Battery Life | Estimated 3.5 hours talk time |
| Estimated 12.5 days standby time | |
| Main Display | 3.7-inch 262K TFT LCD |
| Camera | 2.0 megapixel |
| Video | Record and playback |
| Messaging | SMS/MMS/IM |
| Web-based | |
| Bluetooth | Yes |
| Memory | 150MB, microSD card slot |
| Availability | Unknown |
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I WANT ONE OF THEM @ 11:48:13AM EDT on Thursday April 2, 2009
I WANT ONE
tae @ 4:09:57PM EDT on Saturday April 4, 2009
the Samsung Finesse is a pretty nice phone but the price to many people isn't going to be getting them. if the price was 250.00$ the metro store would be crowded.
abcyesn @ 8:31:46PM EDT on Saturday April 4, 2009
got mine yesterda, and wonder if anyone has hacked it yet? or made apps
for it? pretty cool though. i am planning on looking for ways to hack this
thing to make it even better Smiley
i like it a bit better than the iphone. but at the mmoment it does not have
as many apps as the iphone Smiley
Angelica Chang/Angie @ 5:24:50PM EDT on Sunday April 5, 2009
i loooooooooovvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeee this phone s much OMG
robert b @ 11:29:23AM EDT on Monday April 6, 2009
i got mine the day it came out yeah it was $360 but with a verizon plan to do the same thing its like 130 a month so by saving the eighty dollars a month it kinda pays for itself but it is great no poroblems so far except i cant get it off asscending ringing
jc @ 2:42:29PM EDT on Saturday April 11, 2009
i just got the phone i love it no problems just cant get it off ascending ring tone driving me crazy and does anyone know where i can find a good screen protector thanks
sam @ 11:02:40AM EDT on Friday April 17, 2009
just got one also i love it. its bad ass, i enjoy the mps turn by turn directions with voice. go to setting and click on sound settings then ringer type use your computer
to add music in myringtone. make sure you at the home screen when you hook it up to the computer
trish @ 10:17:21AM EDT on Thursday April 30, 2009
does anyone know if i can buy this fone somewhere else for cheaper???...e-mail me pleASE
bill @ 3:18:09AM EDT on Friday May 1, 2009
samsung finesse phone is a great phone but if i would of known that it wasnt able to play youtube videos i would of not purchase the phone
Getochick @ 10:35:39AM EDT on Sunday May 3, 2009
omgee i am dyting to buy it is sold out ughh!!!!! and im not a patient person so waiting for it is killing me!!! and i heard it has no youtube vidoe play????
Sam @ 4:58:15PM EDT on Sunday May 10, 2009
I'm looking at the Finesse, but I'm still trying to find out what it can and cannot do. I read so far that it doesn't play Youtube videos and when I went into the store the salesperson told me that it doesn't scroll, which was kind of a turn off since I previously had the iPhone. Can anyone tell me why I should buy this phone? What makes purchasing $349.99 phone worth it?
dboy @ 8:48:00PM EDT on Monday May 11, 2009
can anyone view videos on this thing? im not talking about the mi 1,2, and three. i mean like on youtube or any other video site.
BriyanBentleyCoup @ 1:18:26PM EDT on Sunday May 17, 2009
I got the finesse and its some bullshit! I beleive its the metropcs network though, not the phone. I cant watch things on youtube and cant download free ringtones like everyone else who has a metropcs messenger which is less expensive than the finesse. fuck the finesse. i was better off getting something else. the only good thing is the bill is cheaper than most carriers and i aint have to sign no paperwork..gave them a fake name and the muthafuckas who run the stores from my experience are just interested in taking ur money and dont know anything that can help you out with the phones
Bob @ 6:44:50AM EDT on Wednesday May 27, 2009
The finesse is kind of like Iphone ultralight. It comes with a few applications, and I can download a few others and there are some for sale. I have yet to find an app I would download or pay for. They are pretty lame.
The GPS is freaking great! Worth the price of the phone by itself. It does the talking thing (one male, one female voice), and has 3 different map configurations you can use. It also searches for resataurants, movies, events, coffee shops based on my location etc... And it will "follow me" and track how far I travel (or walk). It also has maps and will just list directions you can email or print (bluetooth).
The MP3 player is one of the best sounding I have found. Hands down beats my Ipod nano. It comes with a wired headset, but I put in an order for a bluetooth stereo headset for my birthday. It holds an 8 gig micro SD card. I got a 2 gig one with the phone. Video looks great. It has a limited accelerometer that only works with the video and images. It sports a 2meg camera/video camera which takes pretty good pictures for a phone. The video camera is marginal at best. The pictures are easily web quality, the video meets youtube standard quality.
The Full qwerty keyboard is much better than I would have thought. You can "feel" it when you touch the keys as it has a (variable) clicking vibration when you hit a key.
I rate the browser and web access a 6 our of 10. It lets me do the things I need right now, but is nothing to write home about. You can expand and shrink the browser view, but not with your fingers, but rather a slide bar. It does not support Flash.
The email app supports all of the main web based email sites EXCEPT hotmail... But I can access it via the browser though it sucks to do so. The Mobile instant messenger supports both AOL and MSN.
All and all I am pretty pleased with it. It was $349 and my phone/data plan is $50 a month for unlimited phone, web, mail, text, gps, etc... It does not come with separate wifi which is probably the thing I am most disappointed about, but hey, I knew that when I bought it and it's not an iphone...
Cassie @ 1:48:46PM EDT on Friday June 12, 2009
I just baught it with a case :] the thing about the youtube videos is pretty lame and the full browzer on the metro network isnt that great i switched from a HTC Touch Diamond from sprint (they ripped us monthly for yrs reason i switched) im a teen but i really dont care for it because it lacks basics like a shift key and video flash a mp3 LIST instead off clickin threw 200 songs one by one and yes i agree that ringer is very annoying :/ u barley hear it till your caller abotu reaches your voice mai; :/ and by the time u get it..to late
naomi @ 2:11:58AM EDT on Wednesday July 1, 2009
oh man i just got one it took me forever but i got it ..... lovin it so far but i dont know how to put music ?????
nannye @ 12:31:43AM EDT on Monday July 13, 2009
hello i have a cuestion???.. well i buy this phone but i caint see videos of youtube.. plz.. I NEED A ANSWER.. THANX.. BYE BYE
MASEN @ 3:08:20AM EDT on Friday July 17, 2009
I AM ABSOLUTLEY DISAPPOINTED I BOUGHT THIS PHONE THREE MONTHS AGO AND MY TOUCH SCREEN DOES NOT WORK ANYMORE AND ITS IS IN GREAT CONDITION SO I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WIT IT. I DONT RECOMEND YOU THIS PHONE ITS COST ALOT AND ITS DOESNT EVEN WORK
jdub49er @ 2:30:47AM EDT on Wednesday July 22, 2009
Anyone else working on bringing apps to this phone. Step one is finding a new browser. I'm looking into opera mini but anything besides metro web. can't even get on craigslist wtf
jdub49er @ 2:33:25AM EDT on Wednesday July 22, 2009
.jar files are the way to go. still working on getting rid of errors.
DONT RECOMMEND THIS PHONE @ 12:39:43AM EDT on Monday August 10, 2009
I bought this phone the week it came out. Back then, nobody knew much about this phone except that it was a touch screen phone that came with MI 1 2 and 3.
If I knew back then what I know about this phone, I wouldn't have spent so much money in it. I had to drop my family plan b/c you have to get the $50 smart phone plan.
The web browser is no better than the regular non-smart phones. It won't play any videos, it won't let you download ringtones, WORST INTERNET BROWSER EVER!
The applications suck, IM and Mail won't let you log in 1/2 of the time, you cannot assign a certain ringtone to a contact.
THIS PHONE SUCKS!!!
Spend your money on the Messenger or the QHint... This phone would be a good phone if it were on another network that lets you use fun applications with it.
MetroPCS killed the Blackberry Curve with its network, and it's killing the coolness of the touch screen phone with all of its restriction.
DON'T GET IT! @ 12:41:30AM EDT on Monday August 10, 2009
One more thing, this phone's bluetooth won't let you send or receive ringtones. It has the ability to do it, but they programmed it so it won't let you.
METRO PCS SUCKS THE FUN OUT OF COOL PHONES!
LiLi @ 11:47:06AM EDT on Monday August 17, 2009
This phone is pretty cool, I got it on July 2nd, and fell in love with it. You can infact bluetooth ringtones, better yet just hook it up to your computer, and then you can put all the ringtones and music you want on your phone. You can also assign ringtones to contacts, but you have to make sure the music is in ringtones, and not music
VILLA @ 9:25:39PM EDT on Friday August 28, 2009
I BOUGHT THIS PHONE WHEN IT CAME OUT, AND I LOVE ALL THE THINGS IT HAS I HAD ALMOST THE SAME PHONE WITH SPRINT THE INSTINCT BUT I WAS PAYING MORE THAN 100 DOLLARS, AND WITH THIS IM ONLY PAYING 55DOLLARS, BIG DIFFRENCE SAVING HAVE AND THE SAME FEATURES.
Rick @ 11:50:07AM EDT on Tuesday September 8, 2009
i like the phone because it's called "smart phone" and i don't like it because is not really!!!! is very stupid no videos no pop-ups, no nothing!!!
gurujulp @ 2:43:13PM EST on Thursday November 5, 2009
The gps is indeed worth the phone price itself, although I haven't figured out to put in destinations by coordinates for geocaching. Anybody figure that out yet?
I haven't had any of the problems that others mention except for the youtube issue, but I just burn my own videos and convert them to mp4 and put them on my card. The phone says it will only accept up to 8gb, but it can use the 16gb as well, that's what I have in it.
Morgan @ 8:18:13AM EST on Thursday November 19, 2009
How much does the Samsung Finesse cost after you purchase the phone? What is the full total with insurance?
Toddsemail1977@yahoo.com @ 1:19:30PM EST on Friday January 8, 2010
I knew going in this was not an Iphone. So i was expecting the limitations. Mainly i wanted Gps and a music player for the gym and be able to check my face book. The phone woulfd be worth more if they would just unlock it and let you add your own apps. I have a Bluetooth usb stick for my home pc and can send files to my phone that way.It bypasses the block metro has. I download free ringtones and pics and add them to my phone manualy to the sd card. So far i found you can not delete the defalt pics the screen pops up if you push the unlock key, nor can you change them. If you use the usb cable that comes with the phone it only allows you to put files on the SD card... not the phone directly. No SD card- no music or custom ring tones or videos. There is no video player except the one for The video camra. Video files have to be in Video camra format to play which is 3G2. You can find converters to change from Mp4 or Avi to 3g2. Its not a media player so it wont play movies cont or shuffle. i watch music videos while i work out so i had to make one continuis video to get it to work or it stops after each video. Also in widescreen mode the screen saver turns on (black screen) after about 3 min. Leave it in normal view and it doesnt come on. If they would just let someone make a media player for the phone and allow you to add apps this phone would be very nice. And i hear the defalt setting only allow you to play up to 200 songs. Again a decent media player would solve this. Id even pay for it if they had one, but they dont. Come on Metro if your not going to add features let us do it our selfs by unlocking the phone and makeing it available to add aps. There is plenty of memory to add software like video players and web browsers. Oh .. and the touch pen should be able to hide in the phone. Its a nice pen but i dont like things dangling from the phone that could scratch the screen. How about a case with a slot in it for the stylis?
ticoyproud @ 6:40:30PM EST on Sunday January 24, 2010
Do you need to get the smart phone plan to get this phone?? i have the $45 plan with my other phone from metro, but if the $50 smart phone plan is required, i probably wont get this phone
travasss @ 4:12:08PM EST on Tuesday February 23, 2010
metro pcs blows!!! cant get "mymetro" to work since i bought the phone in nov 09, have spent 5 hrs in line at the corporate headquarters on three seperate occassions.i guess the boneheads running the joint must have not made it to at least high school, at least that is my opinion!
kaylee @ 10:41:27AM EDT on Thursday June 10, 2010
i wanna know how much it cost thats the only reason iam here but this website is f'ing with me
Hi @ 1:51:08PM EDT on Saturday June 12, 2010
Like when u take pictures of yourself can you put it as your default in your screen i've seen alot of ppl w/ the images of shoes or flowers lol , But Thanksss:]
ronald allen @ 10:43:10PM EDT on Sunday June 13, 2010
my mom said i can get a phone from metro pcs.i want the caliber or finesse i dont know yet
loveangel @ 4:10:16PM EDT on Thursday July 15, 2010
i had the finesse bout three yrs now and i can watxch youtube videos and can get music without attaching my cord to the computer... all u have to do is go to www.mytinyphone.com find the song or wallpaper u want and send to ur phone as a link and a message will come thru and u can download it...
hukiworld @ 5:57:46AM EDT on Saturday July 24, 2010
Will I still pay my $48 monthly plan even if I get this phone? I mean, I am paying for unlimited text, web and calls long or local... Just wondering.
ronie johnson @ 10:11:33PM EDT on Sunday July 25, 2010
do anybody know where i can get this phone buy metro for sale thats not used! i would love to get this phone but metro doesnt sale it anymore and ebay they only have used and dammaged ones please so one give me some info hit me up on facebook ronie johnson thanks ;)