Samsung Vice

AKA: Messager II R560 / Vice R561

 MetroPCS, Cricket

 Bell, Virgin Mobile

5/10
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  • CDMA
  • 240 x 400 display
  • QWERTY
  • 2+ MP camera
  • Bluetooth
  • Email client
  • Speakerphone
  • GPS
  • Memory slot
  • FM Radio
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The Samsung Vice is a horizontal slider that offers a solid feature mix. Closed, the Vice offers a 2.2 inch, 240 x 320 pixel resolution display, a large, circular navigation pad with dedicated “send” and “end” keys familiarly located on the left and right respectively, and an alpha-numeric keypad consisting of responsive but slightly too small buttons.

Open, the Vice reveals a full QWERTY keyboard. This particular keyboard consists of keys which are uniform, small, rectangular cut-outs and without tactile differentiation, which can make typing difficult. The Vice is not alone in this, and a test drive is never a bad idea when shopping around, especially if you plan to do a lot of texting.

The Vice offers a 2MP camera, video record, Bluetooth, GPS, MP3, Speakerphone and a full suite of basic phone features. With the Samsung Vice, you can SMS, MMS, and send and receive email.

With up to four hours of talk time and up to 230 hours of standby time, the Samsung Vice is a contender in the very crowded slider slice of the cell phone market.

Where To Buy

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Samsung Vice SCH-R561 Prepaid Mobile Keypad Phone Used from eBay

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  • Located In: Canada
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Bell Mobility Samsung Vice R561 from eBay

  • Condition: Refurbished
  • Availability: In Stock
  • Contract: No
  • Located In: Canada
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Samsung SCH R561 Vice - Red (Bell Mobility) Cellular Phone from eBay

  • Condition: Used
  • Availability: In Stock
  • Contract: No
  • Located In: Canada
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Latest Reviews

Heisenberg
This phone WILL make you Crazy :(

Heisenberg (3 months ago)

0/10

I had the phone for roughly a year, and at first it was okay. It froze and glitched occasionally, but that was pretty much it. I never experienced difficulties with the keyboard though, so I'm not sure why people complain about it, but that could just be me. Any-who, long-story-short, the phone... More

loganr
bad for anger management

loganr (10 months ago)

0/10

I have had this phone for 10 months it started making me angry almost with in the first month. The text duplicate feature is so horrible excepicaly if you only text one or 2 people. You be almost 10 mins going through your texts to get the text u just received. The Bluetooth is only good for calls and... More

Rachelle_79663
Medeocre

Rachelle_79663 (10 months ago)

3/10

Pros: durable, decent battery life if battery is cared for right (when to charge it, etc.) calls are okay, fun photo settings

Cons: it freezes, sends duplicate messages, the keyboard sucks cuz it goes down and there's an awkward lip, and the keys have no bump to distinguish them, and sometimes... More

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