Samsung Brightside Pro Reviews

The Samsung Brightside is so busy pretending to be a smartphone that it misses out on basic features, like a usable screen.

Seriously, you’d be a fool to pick this one up – especially when it’s flaunting a ridiculous price tag of $100 with a 2-year contract. In all honesty, if there’s a handset that goes in the opposite direction of having the most bang for the buck, this has to be it, literally! Not only is an expensive offering, it also does absolutely nothing to justify its hefty price tag. For the money, you’re better off investing it in some other reasonable smartphones that are priced less than this one. Please, we implore you. Stay far away from this one!

The Brightside is a bizarre little feature phone, mostly because it reminds me more of a throwback device than it does a new entrant to a highly cutthroat device market. In an age when entry-level smartphones (and better) can cost less than Verizon's $100 asking price for the Brightside, I'm frankly surprised to see this clunky, underpowered handset make the company's portfolio at all. Given Verizon's stellar premium lineup, I'm also a little embarrassed for it. There's very little that this phone can offer a Verizon customer that one of the Android sale phones or BlackBerry Curve cannot--except, of course, escape from a recurring monthly data fee and more features than a flip phone. However, if it's a feature phone that can satisfy you and nothing else, you might be better off with the Pantech Jest 2 or the LG Extravert.