Samsung Galaxy Victory 4G LTE

“The Samsung Galaxy Victory 4G LTE does a good job of bringing a lot of the functionality and features of the Galaxy S III while remaining more affordable. With a good camera, a nice display and speedy performance the Galaxy Victory offers a lot of value. It may not be as sexy as its big brother, but for $100 on contract you could do a lot worse.”

“While it does have some major issues to be worked out, the Victory 4G LTE won’t disappoint the typical consumer. It’s a budget device, so it’s naturally not going to blow anyone away. Samsung’s keyboard on a small display like this is cumbersome, but that’s easily fixed with SwiftKey or some other third-party keyboard. The TW launcher doesn’t play very nice with folders, but one could simply install Apex or Nova, and problem solved. The point I’m making is that most of the cons of the Victory come with software, and nearly all of them can be fixed. My fingers are crossed for a Samsung update that fixes the capacitive buttons, but they’re probably not as big of a deal for others as they are for a picky user like myself. Bottom line, the Victory will be a great device for a family member that’s new to Android, which is probably the market that Samsung and Sprint are appealing to in the first place. For a hundred bucks, it’ll get the job done.”

“The Samsung Galaxy Victory 4G LTE performs just as a $99 mid-range phone should. It gets most features just about right, falls short on some, and doesn't really excel at any. In my mind, the biggest red flag was the laggy performance in the user interface that I saw. Slow software gets old really, really, fast and often left me frustrated and tapping my foot impatiently. With limited access to LTE, the slower data speeds I encountered along Sprint's not-so-super 3G super-highway left me longing for Wi-Fi, and the inconsistent phone calls had me asking my friends and family to repeat themselves too often. But the camera works just fine, and the multimedia functions are as robust as any other Android smartphone. Add to those the working class grunt of the Android 4.0 messaging tools and you've got a decent little machine. It might help the Victory's cause if it had perhaps a bit more personality, but I don't hear any victory marches ringing out for this phone.”