Samsung Slash was a
cell phone
A mobile phone, cellular phone, cell phone, cellphone, handphone, hand phone or pocket phone, sometimes shortened to simply mobile, cell, or just phone, is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link whil ...
made by
Samsung
The Samsung Group (or simply Samsung) ( ko, 삼성 ) is a South Korean multinational manufacturing conglomerate headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea. It comprises numerous affiliated businesses, most of them united under the ...
for
prepaid customers on the
Virgin Mobile
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network in the USA. The phone has a
slider form factor and was released in 2008.
["Samsung Slash Review". Info Sync World. https://web.archive.org/web/20080908003553/http://www.infosyncworld.com/reviews/cell-phones/samsung-slash/9420.html]
Features
Other features include:
*32MB of memory shared between pictures, applications, games and ring tones
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Bluetooth
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*Full-color screen
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Mobile Web
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History and development
Traditionally, the World ...
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Speakerphone
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*499 contact entries
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Spanish-language
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user interface for Spanish-speaking customers
*Paid content portal called
VirginXL to buy various user interface customizations
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Text messaging
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Voice dialing
Reviews
Reaction to the phone differed. Info Sync World said the phone had "a low-end feel", giving it a score of 35%.
CNet scored it 3/5 (meaning "good") and said "The Samsung Slash is a decent entry-level phone with a few extra features that put it just above a basic handset."
["Samsung Slash". CNet. http://reviews.cnet.com/cell-phones/samsung-slash-virgin-mobile/4505-6454_7-33032342.html?tag=content;get-selector]
References
External links
Entry on PhoneArenaReview on ZDNetVirgin Mobile
Samsung mobile phones
Mobile phones introduced in 2008
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