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Even-handed when Verizon had me convinced that it was done with feature phones forever, in walks the Samsung Brightside, a shatter from the past when feature phones formed the bridge between the humble snap phone and the almighty smartphone, a role now taken over by entry-level smartphones.
A few years back, we would have called the Brightside a higher-end QWERTY keyboard drawing card phone, since it has hookups for e-mail and IM, and social networks like Twitter and Facebook. It can also deliver assign to Office files in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDFs, and the keyboard is smug and easy to type on. Yet, the Brightside is tuned in to 3G speeds, possesses a weaker 3.2-megapixel camera, and has a well-built on-contract price of $100 with a new two-year service agreement (after a $50 post-in rebate).
As such, I can't find too many reasons to recommend the Brightside, not when there is a fair amount of more-advanced Android smartphones for less, and even for unshackled. The HTC Rhyme , Samsung Illusion , and Motorola Droid Pro are just three that outlay nothing at the time of this review, and the latter incorporates a QWERTY keyboard in portrait mode.
Source: CNET