Review: Samsung SGH-E900 calling and music phone

With its slick look and touch-sensitive buttons, the import Samsung SGH-E900 slider lives on the cutting edge of style. Will its stereo Bluetooth support help it tackle the music phone behemoths? Design
The relatively lightweight (3.3 ounce) SGH-E900 slider starts off on the right foot with its 262,000-color, 240 by 320-pixel display, which looked rich and colorful to our eyes, though not very bright. The back is matte black, while the front is glossy with only a five-way navigational button visible while the slide is closed.

Music - Good
With stereo A2DP Bluetooth headphone support, a microSD slot, and a whopping 80mb of internal memory, the phone has some impressive music capabilities.

Calling - Good
During our tests in New York City, calls on the E900 sounded average, with voices sounding clean enough, but with a distinct digital shade. The speakerphone is too soft to be useful outside of a quiet car or office. The phone has the ability to make two calls at once, but cannot join them for a conference call.

Messaging - Good
The Samsung SGH-E900 can handle SMS and MMS messages, and e-mail support is available for POP3 and SMTP servers, but there's no instant messaging to be had.

Pros: Attractive design, very lightweight. Screen is high quality. Stereo Bluetooth headphone support. Lots of internal memory.

Cons: Touch-sensitive buttons don't work consistently. Slide should be smoother. Call quality is just average.

Conclusion:

The Samsung SGH-E900 is an attractive slider with a clean look, a colorful, high-resolution screen and a robust music player, including Bluetooth stereo headphone support and a full 80MB of internal storage. Unfortunately, the fingerprint-prone phone suffers from so-so call quality, and the touch-sensitive music controls gave us headaches.

67% Good