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phonedog‘s review Edit Like Unlike

Stacking the Focus up against its counterparts, whether on paper or in action, holds its own. It's size and the materials it's made of may not be as charming as the HD7, and the battery life may not be the best out there, but the Focus has some unique benefits of its own. Whether it's the beautiful display that becomes lost in the face of the device or the exceptional camera that wins you over, I'm sure you will be pleased with your decision. For $199.99 with a two-year agreement, the Focus is sure to make any new smartphone users, or even return customers, happy.

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Dec 10, 2010

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brighthand‘s review Edit Like Unlike

The Samsung Focus is a winner in just about every category. Though it's a bit bigger than I personally would like (I prefer more pocketable phones over those with ginormous cinema-quality displays), I do like just about everything about it. Samsung Focus Windows Phone from AT&TThe display is truly gorgeous, the phone is fast and responsive to my every whim, and the battery life is great. The external speaker is something of a disappointment, but aside from that the Samsung Focus is an excellent choice if you're on the market for a Windows Phone 7 device.

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Dec 08, 2010

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Phone Scoop‘s review Edit Like Unlike

Wait for support. If you use your phone more for fun and games, for pictures and social networking, the Samsung Focus might be a fine choice. But if you need to stay productive and communicate with the rest of your corporation, Windows Phone 7 is not going to get the job done, at least not yet. Let’s just hope that Microsoft hasn’t abandoned its core constituency, business users, completely, because the phone starts with a fantastic base design, and I think business users would enjoy an option completely different from the iPhone and other interface designs on the market, if Microsoft can help them get their jobs done.

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Oct 20, 2010

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gadgetreview‘s review Edit Like Unlike

The Samsung Focus is an excellent phone. There’s no question why it’s Microsoft’s flagship device for their new mobile OS. The Focus has everything a high-end phone today needs: great hardware and software that work excellently together. App junkies will find the current WP7 app marketplace barren, but anyone who wants a phone first, app player second, will be very pleased with the Focus.

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Feb 04, 2011

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ubergizmo‘s review Edit Like Unlike

The Samsung Focus with Windows Phone 7 is the first smartphone that make me want to replace my iPhone 4, I love the beautiful user interface (even with the few flaws that need to be fixed), the Facebook feed direct integration, the map application, the large display and the great performance (fast scrolling makes this phone a joy to use) Sometime, I have fun just watching photos of (rock)bands in the music player while listening to their albums… I have to admit that may not be the most common usage. Nevertheless, the Windows Phone 7 user experience is great, overall. It is really a breakthrough in terms of mobile device usage, and the Samsung Focus hardware quality and performance serves it very well.

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Nov 03, 2010

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Phone Arena‘s review Edit Like Unlike

Ultimately, you're going to have to make the decision of which platform seems to prove more alluring to you. However, it's instantly recognizable right now that the Android 2.3 Gingerbread experience on the Google Nexus S manages to offer more functionality and personalization over the Windows Phone 7 powered Samsung Focus. Even then, there are some aspects of the Focus that make it the better choice – like its superior performance in taking photos and videos. Additionally, there's just something about the overall look and feel of Windows Phone 7 that makes it one polished experience from the onset.

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Dec 27, 2010

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Phone Arena‘s review Edit Like Unlike

When you factor in some of its other highlights, like the brilliant looking Super AMOLED display, streamlined form factor, and superior battery life, there is no arguing that the Samsung Focus shines ever so brightly on AT&T's lineup to make you yearn for it. Of course the LG Quantum is still a respectable solution, but when it's priced evenly as the Focus, there is no arguing where you should place your gaze.

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Dec 16, 2010

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MacNN‘s review Edit Like Unlike

Most of the criticisms you can level at the Focus are those inherent to the OS. As much as we feel WP7 is a sincerely fresh and welcome break from the norm in how a smartphone is supposed to work. Buying the Focus, then, depends on how much you're in love with the Windows Phone platform mated to that large screen. The combination is powerful and enjoyable to use, but if you're looking for raw software feature support or find the display either too big or too fuzzy, you'll want an alternative.

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Dec 04, 2010

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Phone Arena‘s review Edit Like Unlike

If Samsung keeps on producing fantastic devices like the Samsung Captivate and Focus, there is no stopping them from creeping up to the top spot in the global scene. Even though they sport opposing platforms, the results in various categories are in fact relatively similar – and that's why they're both wonderful solutions in the smartphone realm. Windows Phone 7 is the newer of the two and employes a straightforward experience that's supplemented by its consistent responsiveness.

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Nov 19, 2010

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Phone Arena‘s review Edit Like Unlike

Still in the early stages, there's nothing drastically different with the platform experience by all of the available Windows Phone 7 devices out on the market right now. Rightfully so, there's nothing to change the performance that we experience on the HTC HD7, Surround, and Samsung Focus – all of which offer a fantastic starting point for anyone curious with Microsoft's new mobile operating system. With that in mind, it's no wonder that the Samsung Focus appears to be the most well rounded out of the three.

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Nov 15, 2010

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Engadget‘s review Edit Like Unlike

The Focus is kind of the everyman of the Windows Phone 7 line. It doesn't really have any fancy features and isn't especially stylish... but it gets the job done. If you're in the market for a WP7 handset, here in America you don't have a huge amount of options. We prefer the Focus over the Surround (for you AT&T buyers), but there isn't such a wide amount of differences between the two that either one would be a bad choice.

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Oct 22, 2010

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Macworld‘s review Edit Like Unlike

The Samsung Focus is an attractive, well-designed phone that has a great camera and a speedy processor. But AT&T customers have a tough choice: The Samsung Captivate, which is also $200 with a two-year contract, has these attributes plus access to the huge Android Market. Windows Phone 7 delivers when it comes to usability and performance, but the amount of content users will have access to remains to be seen. Android already has a proven track record of being a great operating system; Windows Phone 7 will have to work hard to win over consumers.

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Oct 23, 2010

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LAPTOP Magazine‘s review Edit Like Unlike

These days, smart phone shoppers have a lot of good choices in the $199 price range, even just on AT&T. So it means something when we say the Samsung Focus is among the top three devices in the carrier's lineup. Its Super AMOLED display is a brilliant showpiece for the new Windows Phone 7 OS and all of the entertainment options Microsoft brings to the table. Our only major complaints are that Samsung skimps on the memory (though you can add a memory card) and that the build quality isn't quite as solid as the HTC Surround running the same software. Still, we prefer the Focus because of its superior display and longer battery life.

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Oct 20, 2010

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CNET Reviews‘s review Edit Like Unlike

For those looking for an alternative to the iPhone and want better multimedia features and a more organized user interface than Android offers, the Samsung Focus with Windows Phone 7 offers all that plus solid performance and a sleek design.

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Oct 20, 2010

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SlashGear‘s review Edit Like Unlike

There are obviously some features still missing, more from Windows Phone 7 than from Samsung’s Focus. Copy/Paste is an obvious one, which Microsoft has already committed to changing, and the inability to share recorded video beyond synchronizing it with the desktop Zune client. Perhaps more controversial is the absence of universal search, something Microsoft tells us they don’t believe people actually want or use. There’s also no local sync of contacts and email, only via the cloud, nor native DLNA streaming support.

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Oct 20, 2010

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PC Magazine‘s review Edit Like Unlike

The Samsung Focus plays up Windows Phone 7's strengths and plays down its weaknesses for a great Windows Phone experience.

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Oct 20, 2010

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Gizmodo‘s review Edit Like Unlike

If you're going to get a Windows Phone that isn't the HD7, this is the one to get, thanks to the display, if nothing else.

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Oct 20, 2010

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MobileBurn‘s review Edit Like Unlike

In the first 3 days of use, I went back and forth between just liking Windows Phone 7 and really liking it. Samsung's Focus hardware is an obvious winner, so it was up to the OS to determine whether or not I could use the Focus as my own device. After messing with it for days, I think I can safely say that I could do just that, and enjoy myself in the process. WP7 is really nice. It is a bit less power-user focused than Android, but it is damn pretty to look at and is an obvious result of a lot of attention to detail and good, hard thought.

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Oct 20, 2010

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Phone Arena‘s review Edit Like Unlike

It's rather difficult to say whether or not this is indeed a make or break opportunity for the Redmond based company – especially when they're sitting on huge amounts of money taken in from their PC venture. Placing that to the side, it's a sobering fact that Microsoft has been steadily losing visibility in the mobile space in just the course of the last 3 years. Sure Windows Mobile had some humbling beginnings in the early days of the smartphone era, but things change almost in a heartbeat. And unfortunately for them, they were unable to adapt to the rapid changes in the industry to keep the light shining down upon them – thus giving up precious market share to the likes of Apple's iOS, Google's Android, and RIM's BlackBerry.

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Oct 21, 2010

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