![]() However, in the recent transition to feature phones, the main target consumer seems to be, well I don't know. It has many of the features that make smart phones desirable, such as the full QWERT keyboard, GPS, and a touchscreen display. The Impression seems to be suffering from an identity crisis. The advertised standby is about 250 hours, or about 10 days, which seems to be accurate enough. The talk time of this phone ended up being around 3 hours straight or so, and I still haven't been able to run down the battery just having it on standby. The haptic response let me know when I clicked the keys, though the letter that you press is displayed to the side, along with the letter next to it, so it's sometimes confusing on which letter you pressed, if you see it at all. It was accurate enough and sometimes was easier to use than the physical keyboard. The touchscreen keyboard can be T9 or full QWERTY depending on if the phone is in portrait or landscape. I'm sure one day, they'll manage to cram enough sensors into a camera phone, and then it will be useful to have a full photo editing suite in your phone, but until then, this camera still remains a last resort for taking drunken party photos. Yet these photo editing features are certainly a step in that direction. The 3.0MP camera runs into the same problem that every other camera phone does: it can't replace a good point and shoot. It almost borders on too much as I realized that most of these camera features are things I'll never use or need as long as I have a point and shoot and iPhoto. When I needed to crop an image, or change it to sepia tone post shutter snap, it was simple to do so, and I was able to accomplish whatever I needed in a few clicks of the screen. The phone also features a decent suite of photo editing and enhancing features that, to be honest, were surprisingly easy to use. It takes high-quality photos that aren't too soft because of noise-reduction, and the colors are vibrant on the AMOLED display. I'll admit, the 3.0MP camera is good for a camera in a cell phone. The experience of web browsing wasn't bad, and considering I'm used to using the Samsung Instinct (which many of the phone's features and programs seem to imitate), the Impression was a step above what I've experienced. The accelerometer made browsing in either portrait or landscape possible, but something about the browser, especially compared to the iPhone's, just didn't seem as refined. Both keyboards worked well (but more on that later). The browser can be used with either the QWERTY keyboard, or a full touchscreen keyboard that pops up when you close the device. Not bad for a device without WiFi (which reminds me, come on Samsung/AT&T, you can't give us such a nice feature phone and then refuse us WiFi). The browser gives a good imitation of the full web, and pages load quickly usually in about 30 seconds. Using it on the road, the caller was still able to hear me, and I could hear and understand them well.ĪT&T's MEdiaNet browser and 3G connection were relatively fast. The speakerphone on the Impression also worked well. The signal usually remained strong in my area, never dropping below 3 bars, and the reception was clear and sounded good. If you buy this phone, get a screen cover. The one issue I have with the screen is the thin plastic they use as the main touch surface: it scratches way too easily from objects that aren't even sharp enough to scratch other phone screens. The actual touchscreen is capacitive, and offers the user haptic feedback whenever they make a selection or scroll through menus. AMOLED is brighter, has better viewing angles, and consumes less power than previous generations of displays. The display is the real draw to this device. ![]() ![]() The display is a 3.2" wide TFT touchscreen and offers 256K color support at the resolution of 240 X 400. The colors are vibrant and it makes details on the screen pop out. It looks absolutely gorgeous in any light, including direct sunlight. Whatever else this phone offers, the first thing you notice, and the biggest selling point, is the AMOLED display. ![]()
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