Comments on: Samsung dethrones Motorola as no. 1 in US

By: CDMAUser

CDMAUser — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:39:34 +0000

I’ve worked with both Samsung and Motorola phones and while Samsung might be doing better, it doesn’t exactly mean they are of higher quality (SCP-5500 hardware issues, SPH-A900 lack of memory and expansion card, i760 WinMo 6 nightmare, Upstage where to begin, Blackjack v1 horrible WinMo implementation, I can list more if you like). While Motorola shoved so many different versions and colors of the RAZR, KRZR, and ROKR at us, the phone worked well, the Q line had rough start but still picked up. Maybe my experiences with Samsung devices and dealing with my providers customer service and Samsungs as well left me with these feelings. Had a family member put a password on an Upstage and couldn’t remember it. Took it to three repair centers, called Sprint customer service four times, and Samsung twice. It would not accept the MSL while locked, internal battery, and to top it off, no hard reset functionality. Told me to buy a new phone. I took it upon myself to use QPST,CDMA Workshp, and BitPim to obtain the MSL, enter the CDMA programming and removed the password with a little bit of research on the net. Why couldn’t sprint do this? Lazy or just untrained. Samsung could have jumped in as well. While risks are there to screw up the phone, I’d rather take a risk than have to buy a new one.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:11:39 +0000

hes so annoying make him shut up.

By: Jose H

Jose H — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:52:20 +0000

When the title says “in the U.S.”, why would it be relevant to point out that nokia is no.1 in the world? If the title is read, the line is not misleading at all..

By: JaggedXJ

JaggedXJ — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:08:05 +0000

This post FAILS to mention that Nokia is *still* the *worlds* largest handset manufacturer.

“Nokia, which has never been a large player…”

That is misleading and irresponsible “journalism” even for a US-centric article. (And no, before anyone goes ape$#!+, I’m not some NOK fanboy)

You need to give articles a context to make them relevant.
C’mon BGR, what happened to your A-game articles?

By: MadMike

MadMike — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:15:52 +0000

Motorola who?

Seriously, they are still in business?

By: Joe The Plumber

Joe The Plumber — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:12:25 +0000

Go sammy!

By: likeabite

likeabite — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:49:24 +0000

And this after the Razr was the number selling phone in 2008. Motorola needs a turnaround quick.

By: Zeek

Zeek — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:47:20 +0000

And All those little kids would kill for an iPhone too

By: Richard Ward

Richard Ward — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:32:21 +0000

And while articles like this are great, people fail to realize that the United States is a very small chunk of the global phone market. Most people living abroad would say that U.S. phones and plans are so outdated it’s unreal. There are little kids running around with more advanced technology at a fraction of the cost.

By: mobilecontrol

mobilecontrol — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:30:33 +0000

Go Sammy go!!!