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Samsung Restore Prepaid Phone

Samsung Restore

by Samsung

List Price: $79.99

Price: $59.99

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Product Description

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Offering the perfect blend of technology and an environmentally friendly design, the Samsung Restore for Virgin Mobile allows you to go green without sacrificing the advanced mobile communication features you love. With a hardware casing containing 27 percent post-consumer recycled plastic, an Energy Star Version 2.0 qualified energy efficient charger, and packaging that is 100 percent recyclable, the Restore has many elements that make it sustainable.

Virgin Mobile Samsung RestoreConstructed from eco-friendly materials. View larger

But more than just carrying your green cred in your pocket, the Samsung Restore is a feature-rich messaging phone with a side-sliding full QWERTY keyboard and quick access to social networks as well as a mobile multimedia powerhouse. And with the intuitive One Click interface, you can customize the Restore with the things you use most like, including e-mail, TV, music, GPS navigation, and Web with Google Search.

Virgin Mobile Samsung RestoreThe side-sliding full QWERTY keyboard makes it easy to send messages as well as personal and work e-mail. View larger

In addition to fast 3G speeds from Sprint’s high-speed EV-DO network, you’ll enjoy GPS navigation capabilities with Google Maps and Virgin Navigation. Stream music 24/7 from past and present Virgin Mobile Festival artists with Virgin Mobile Live. Studio tracks, exclusive Festival performances, and more–it’s all free.

You’ll be able to access all your personal e-mail as well as work e-mail from corporate servers via the Sprint Mobile Email Work service. Other features include a 2-megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth for hands-free devices and stereo music streaming, microSD memory expansion to 32 GB (a 256 MB starter card is included), speaker-independent voice dialing, and up to 6 hours of talk time.

Eco-Friendly Features

The Samsung Restore and its packaging are designed with environmentally responsible components:

  • The outer casing contains 27 percent post-consumer recycled plastic and the handset as a whole is 84 percent recyclable.
  • Restore meets strict RoHS standards and only has low levels of environmentally sensitive materials (PVC, BFRs, Phthalates, Beryllium).
  • The device is powered by an Energy Star Version 2.0 qualified energy efficient charger (level V); with standby power loss less than 30mW.
  • The packaging is 100 percent recyclable, featuring a cardboard box made from 70 percent post consumer materials and printed with soy ink.
  • The paper manual has been replaced with an online user manual, which users can access once the device is available this summer.

Vital Statistics

The Samsung Restore weighs 4.3 ounces and measures 4.6 x 2.1 x 0.6 inches. Its 1160 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 6 hours of talk time. It runs on the 800/1900 CDMA/EV-DO Rev. 0 frequencies.

What’s in the Box

Samsung Restore handset, rechargeable battery, charger, 256 MB microSD memory card, quick start guide.

Key Features

Featuring a 2MP camera with camcorder

  • Fast 3G connectivity thanks to Sprint’s EV-DO, Rev 0 network
  • GPS using Virgin Navigation for turn by turn directions, and points of interest searches
  • Fully customizable home screen with One Click for quick access to your favorite features. You can add, remove, and rearrange tiles in the Carousel. Choose up to 15 from up to 46 available tiles, including social networking (Facebook), sports, entertainment, weather, finance and more
  • 2.66-inch LCD screen (240 x 320 pixels, 262K color depth)
  • Slide-out full QWERTY keyboard
  • 2-megapixel camera with video capture capabilities
  • Bluetooth connectivity (version 2.1) includes profiles for communication headset, hands-free car kits, and the A2DP Bluetooth profile–enabling you to wirelessly stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones or speaker dock.
  • Memory expansion via microSD card slot with support for optional cards up to 32 GB.
  • Threaded SMS text messaging allows you to see the full conversation for each contact in a chat-like interface. Never send a reply to the wrong person again. Organized conversations make it easy to go back and see the history of any conversation
  • Web browser
  • Speaker-independent voice dialing enables you to say the name of any entry in your phone book and the number is dialed automatically without using the keypad. This feature is speaker-independent, so there is no need to train the phone to respond to any one person’s voice. Receive an audible status report of your phone/s coverage and signal strength
  • Organizer tools including calendar, alarms, tasks, and calculator
  • Airplane mode allows you to listen to music while the cellular connectivity is turned off
  • Hearing Aid Compatible (HAC) with T3 rating
  • TTY compatible

Virgin Mobile Service

With Virgin Mobile, you can pay only for the calling time you use. You can choose a plan that’s based just on minutes (with rates between 5¢ and 10¢ per minute, depending on the amount of minutes you buy). Plans start as low as $25 per month, or you can choose a monthly plan with no annual contract, including Total Unlimited Calling for $79.99. Pay-as-you-go users can easily Top-Up your Virgin Mobile account right from your phone. First, buy a Top-Up card at one of the thousands of retailers that carry them; or register your debit card, credit card, or PayPal account at the Virgin Mobile USA web site in order to add minutes to your account directly from your phone.

Additionally, you can choose from a variety of mobile messaging plans, which includes text and picture messaging, email, and IM (via AOL and Yahoo!). Virgin Mobile USA’s national coverage is powered by the nationwide Sprint PCS network.

Virgin Mobile contributes 5 percent of profits from downloadable content to The RE*Generation, its pro-social initiative to help homeless teens, as well as provides postage-paid return envelopes in every new package for customers to recycle old phones.

Technical Details

  • Fast 3G connectivity
  • Turn by turn directions with GPS using Virgin Navigation
  • Fully customizable home screen with One Click
  • 2.66″ LCD screen and slide-out full QWERTY keyboard
  • What’s in the Box: Samsung Restore handset, rechargeable battery, charger, 256 MB microSD memory card, quick start guide

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Sprint’s Award-Winning One Click Interface

This phone features Sprint’s One Click navigation interface, which places eight shortcut tiles along the bottom of the home screen. Instead of navigating through endless phone menus, you can put the things you use the most–features like call logs, texting, Web access and GPS navigation–right up front with instant information related to each feature. For example, when you scroll to text messaging, you’ll see the number of new messages received and a single click takes take you to the newest messages. Here’s how it works:

  • Add your favorite items to the carousel, which is a row of tiles along the bottom of your phone’s home screen.
  • The carousel can hold up to 15 tiles, which you can add, remove and rearrange to suit your needs.
  • Highlight a tile to reveal its menu on your home screen.
  • Add up to 8 “bubbles”–at-a-glance items that display on your home screen, like the weather or your daily horoscope.
  • Browse and download new tiles from your phone’s “Personalize Home Screen” tile. New tiles are available every two weeks.
  • Press your navigation left or right key to select a tile; up or down to select a bubble or menu item.
  • The “Home” tile always stays put, so you can easily get back to your default display.
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