Samsung Galaxy Express
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It Starts With an Earthquake
Carrier: AT&T
What does it mean when one of the wireless industry's perennial prepaid tightwads introduces a phone like the Samsung Galaxy Express? That is, a phone with no creaks, no rattles, no second-rate materials, and no dim, washed out screen? With access to LTE data? Surely it's the end of the world as we know it. And I feel pretty good.
Since T-Mobile and Sprint (via Boost and Virgin) have offered decent Android handsets for their prepaid accounts for a couple of years now, and since AT&T's rate of policy change can be most accurately measured by glacial striation, it's just about time for Big A to unclench and cough up a high-quality, company-branded, relatively inexpensive prepaid smartphone that doesn't suck. The Galaxy Express is that phone.
Actually, it's more than that phone. The Express has a great build, with good quality plastic and a smooth Super AMOLED Plus screen, both of which give it a decidedly upscale flavor at a fraction of the cost -- sure, you can get a 16 GB iPhone 5 or Galaxy S 4 for less up front, but you'll be piloting a two-year contract that will set you back at least $50 more per month (including fees and taxes) than the most expensive GoPhone plan.
The LTE is reliable and faster than a greased weasel, and I appreciate the extra half inch on the screen after using the small-but-spectacular screen on the iPhone 5 for seven months. As far as gripes go, the notifications and ringtones could be a little louder, but that's really all I've got.
Pros:
Great 4.5-inch screen
Quality construction
LTE
Android 4.1.2
Not made by Huawei
Good voice quality
Impressive battery life
No mustard
Cons:
Notifications and ringtones aren't loud enough
If you're a current smartphone user with GoPhone, you've probably already sampled some of their early offerings from ZTE and Huawei, and for that I am truly sorry; now, thanks to the Galaxy Express, the days of sub-par smartphones on AT&T prepaid are over.
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Great loss DON'T BUY IT ! ! !
Carrier: Cricket
Paid over$300 after case, protector screens that didn't fit and has a useless sd/sim card slot. It is not an option to free up phones internal memory ( it has 2. both 4gb) and that is where all your apps sit making phone uselessly slow. Always clearing cache one by one. can't load app for cleaning it takes up too much memory. So the advertising in specs is a lie. loses and blacks out my pictures.with no way to delete these corrupt pictures. My old HTC was 300% better. Has Kies on it but is not compatible with Kies wired or wireless download to pc for back up. no tethering or hotspot capabilities. overall it gets 1 star and it's a shaky one star for phone calls and sms mms. it is slow at changing screens and takes up to 10 secs to load keyboard. I wish ppl would use their phones at least one month before leaving a rave review just cuz it got one new feature on it. Replacing it with another HTC. Right now it's free. The only express this samsung is taking is to it past due grave. I absolutely hate this phone. Everyday it's got a new nightmare to deal with. samsung support rendered useless in being helpful. DONT BUY IT
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Great Phone for the Money
Carrier: Cricket
This is a great phone. If I had any complaints it would be Battery Life and Audio Volume. I'm new to the Cell Phone game so the learning curve has been massive. I would tell anyone to "Root the Device". But rooting this phone isn't easy. But it can be done, just remember do your homework before trying anything that will void your warranty. It took 6 tries to root this device. Like I said I am new to all of this and I must say when my phone went to Chinese I was in total shock. I'm not Chinese... I tried not to panic and followed all the instructions to the letter and everything worked out..... Good Luck and Enjoy this PHONE...
