ProductCritic: Samsung SCH-a930 Reviews

Mobiledia (80)

For consumers who want a dedicated music phone, there are better devices on the market. But for users who want a well-rounded package with a trend-breaking sleek design, the A930 is an excellent choice.

Phonedog.com (80)

The Samsung SCH-A930 is a solid mid-range handset in Verizon’s line-up of VCast compatible phones. Something of a throwback, design-wise, the handset eschews the current trend of ultra-thin phones in favor of a more substantial obsidian black form with bold edges and strong sloping lines.

infoSync World (79)

While this jet-black, nearly four-ounce 3G clamshell is a little bulkier than we’d like, it makes up plenty of ground with its rock-solid music capabilities, ability to sync tunes with a PC, vivid display, Bluetooth and built-in GPS. Meanwhile, road warriors will appreciate the phone’s speedy data and dial-up networking abilities.

phoneArena.com (70)

The A930 is reasonably priced and we were overall pleased with it as a mid-range phone. The quality is better than the lower-end A870, which should only be purchased is you need Analog service, but it falls short of its big brother, the A990.

CNET (70)

The Samsung SCH-A930 makes a mostly good showing, but there are better choices in Verizon’s EV-DO lineup.

LAPTOP Magazome (70)

All of these extras wouldn’t mean much if the SCH-a930 stumbled in its intended purpose: communication. The phone maintained a strong signal in our tests, and we experienced hiccup-free calls, with good sound quality on both ends of the conversation. This clamshell features 3.8 hours of talk time.

PC Mag (60)

This unusual-looking black phone works best for voice calling and has a decent camera, but it has problems with data reception.