Samsung Captivate Glide User Reviews

I used to own a T mobile galaxy s 4g, but after dropping it a needed a new phone. So looking online I came across the captivate glide. After getting it I fell in love with this phone. This was the best phone I ever owned. Sure the plastic build and battery wasn't the best but the dual core processor and camera made up for this. But the web browser was the best that I have used on any phone. And now after almost a full year I still love it.

ok ppl that say this isnt a nice phone are ppl that dont take care of it just clean it weekly and you should be fine. dont be lazy! it is an easy phone to learn and big. to be exact 4.9 x 2.5in and 13mm thick. i have been looking at this phone for about a month everyday and i fianally covinced my family to get it for me and now my mom wants it not cool! i dont want the same phone as her BABY much? so i say get it if ur the only one in the family

i went from side kick 4g to this and honestly the keyboard was a bit better on the sidekick but other then that pretty much the same phone just a little faster and little larger screen with hell of a lot better camera on it and i love camera on this phone. it would have been nice if i didn't have to down load 3rd party stuff right off rip for the fm tuner in it. but the fact it divx with add in was great and took me 2sec to launch xvid codec for it so added 32gb SDXC in to it and was quite happy when it worked seeing as it only rate for SDHC uTorrent worked great on it also have had no issue using google drive to acess my full movie libary and with the 4g streamed great on it I also have optoma pk320 i like to uses with it so honestly between the 2 devices i have my own personal movie theater that fit in my pocket also great i can pull them out and put my presenations for school up all though i think it freaks out my professors great hit at parties when you can get them to throw white sheet on the wall and bam the new hotest movies are up there this phone and that projector has made me a must have to any campus party but with out this phones divx and google drive compatability i could never do that stuff now that i have had a divx campatbile phone i would never but another phone with out that

It was a good phone but would not suggest it for heavy usage. Battery was so poor I was charging atleast 3 times per day. Very bluky as well. Not to thrilled about the plactic back.Very flimsy. Processor froze at times and had to go though master reset just to get it too work properly again.

I have been using blackberries for the past 7 years. After buying and returning countless iphones and, more recently, androids with large screens, I have always gone back to the BB for it's keyboard. I message all day and text input on a virtual kb is frustrating to say the least. I believe most people spend most of their time hitting the backspace button to correct errors while using virtual KB's. Voice dictation is OK, but when in a quiet area, it's not really an option. I never liked the landscape slider format. I felt it was too cumbersome to turn the phone around and pull out the keyboard everytime i wanted to reply to a text or email. I even purchased the BB torch 2, with the portrait slider kb, as a compromise with a somewhat larger screen and a keyboard. Unfortunately, that keyboard is very cramped and BB is basically going to be out of business soon. I migrated to this captivate glide and I am never looking back. The kb is excellent. After just 1 week of use, I prefer this type of kb over the BB. The 4" screen is perfect, as not to big to be a power hog, but big enough to enjoy apps and web content. The phone is still VERY slim and fits in my back pocket just as my BB did. Everything is just right. I had the Samsung GS2 (not skyrocket) and it was basically this phone but with a 0.3 inch larger screen, 8mp camera, faster processor, but no keyboard. I have gladly parted with those 3 features just to have a kb. I recommend this phone to anyone who needs a keyboard yet wants a larger screen. If you are on the BB ship and need to jump, take that jump and get this phone.

This was my Daughters dream phone, so we got it for her as an Early Christmas gift. I have spent a lot of time helping her get it set up. It is a fine effort from Samsung. As a follow up to the Captivate, which was AT&T's Galaxy phone from 2010, you would expect nothing else. I like the Touch-wiz User Interface. It allows you to set up several home screens any way you would like. It allows Android to do it's thing without trying to get in the way. The actual motions and commands you perform on it are very good and responsive. All the basics such as screen, reception, signal strength, camera, and video capture are very good to excellent.
However, there are a couple of areas where you really need to test it out before you buy it. 1st off is the main reason why anyone including my Daughter would want it: The keyboard. The fact that the Glide is a thin device is great, but it does it at the expense of the keys. They are extremly flat and run together. Also, at only four rows Samsung has taken a step back from the 5 row of the Sprint version of the Galaxy series in 2010, the Epic, and it shows. You really need to spend some time with the keyboard at an AT&T store before you grab one. It may be a problem for some users. Also, the actual loading of web sites, apps, and screens are usual really good, but it does drag at times, leading to a buggy experince. It is not a deal killer, but it can be annoying if that is something you have to have in a smartphone, such as heavy gamers. Also, Samsung makes good products, very durable, but they are all plastic. Some users have a problem with that. I also found the slider to be a little stiff. Again: No deal breakers, no major flaws on it, just personal preferences.

Overall, I would happily recommend this phone, and it doesn't hurt that it is better than other AT&T keyboard options such as the Pantech Crossover, Blackberry Torch 9810, or the other Samsung option the Doubletime. It is a very powerful phone, enjoyable to use, and easily puts those other devices to shame. Just try it out first.
I certainly would recomend the Samsung Galaxy S2 over this if smooth performance is more important to you than a keyboard, easily the best Android option on AT&T. If you need a keyboard but are not married to AT&T, I would recommend waiting on the Droid 4 at Verizon. If you are interested, I have to put a plug in for the Samsung Focus S. Not an Android, but a great Windows option from Samsung that is seamless and a joy to use.

Great phone. I use it almost constantly for school, work, and play. Replace my Ipod for music and is my entertainment hub with it's netflix capabilities. The keyboard is hardy (has a metal background) .Touchscreen keyboards have come a long, long way and, when paired with an appropriately sized display, remove the majority of frustration and misspellings that are now considered par for the mobile course. If, however, you still cling to the notion that physical feedback is superior to capacitive tech, then the Captivate Glide's for you. Unlike the flimsy hinges used on T-Mobile's G2 or the stiff mechanism employed by the Droid 3, this keypad snaps out smoothly and securely. It is slightly difficult to get a handle on the device while you attempt to slide it open and there were more than a few instances when it almost flew out of our hands given its relative lightness and the force of the slider.

Samsung's spread out the QWERTY fun over four rows, so there's a sense of spaciousness to the keyboard where other efforts come off as cluttered. Except for the oblong menu, home, back and search buttons bordering the layout, the rest of the keys are rounded squares that lie virtually flush with the pad. You'll have to rely on muscle memory to punch out those texts and emails or just keep a fixed eye on your thumb placement, considering the lack of any raised surface or texture to guide you, save for the slight notches on the F and J keys. The keys are backlit, however, so typing at night won't pose much of an issue, nor will using the keyboard while lying prostrate thanks to the equal weight distribution between the screen and slide out pad.

First off, about the guy who couldnt get his contacts transferred. Your dumb. The phone is brand spanking new and you cant control cellbrite in sending out their updates. Do you expect att to crap out updates. Its called google back up and an sd card. Before you start tearing reperable companies apart, because you are obviously better than them do some research. it takes a while to get things up to date. And shame on you for making a guy work on it for two hours. Or enter them your lazy self. on the other hand, I am enjoying my new phone because I know how to do things myself the easy way, like copying to a sim card. The phone is amazing. The fastest phone I ever had, video quality is precise, and the keyboard is a relief. I just came from the inspire, then the infuse and this blows both out of the water. First samsung I have ever had and been happy with. Great job samsung

I went to AT&T last night to purchase the new Samsung Captivate Glide and spent almost 2 hours in the store with the Sales Rep. I have been waiting to get rid of my Blackberry Bold. Within 5 minutes of entering the store I was at the counter beginning my transaction. All was going well until he tried to transfer my contacts from my Blackberry Bold to my new Captivate Glide. The machine that they use to transfer the contacts was not updated to support the new phone. He told me the phone was too new to be in their system. Why would AT&T not update their system in time for the phone release?? He tried another machine, tried transferring the contacts with an app on the blackberry, tried saving them to my memory card and uploading them to the new phone and engaged several other Sales people in the store about the problem he was having. Two hours later - NOTHING. He refunded the phone, reset my account and I left the store with my pitiful blackberry. GREAT WORK AT&T (sarcasm). This pathetic and poor experience is no reflection on the Sales Rep or the actual phone; he did everything he could with the tools his company gave him. This is a horrible review for AT&T only and warning for anyone who is going to purchase this phone. Ask the store if their machine has been updated to support the new phone before you waste your time. They told me it can take the machines up to a week after the phone release date for the new machine to be updated. Hopefully I will have the opportunity to try this phone in a few weeks, if I don’t leave AT&T for good and switch to Verizon or T-Mobile.

UPDATE: I never understood why people argued with strangers on the internet but now I understand. ckitchen2011 – you’re an idiot for calling me “dumb”. I have about 2,000 contacts stored in my blackberry, about 85% of them are business related, and newer than my SIM card. Maybe if you did some research you would know that a SIM card can’t handle that many contacts, blackberrys do not automatically save contacts to SIM cards, each new contact needs to be manually saved to the SIM separately, AND SIM cards cannot hold all of the contact information (notes, filters etc.) I wouldn’t call choosing not to manually transfer 2,000 contacts “lazy” and shame on AT&T for releasing the phone before their system was updated. Most of my contacts are also not on my google account, since that was recently set up so "Google backup" was not an option. All options were considered and FAILED.