Samsung has often given me fits in the past for its bizarre control schemes–I don’t know how many times I’ve stumbled trying to find and operate the controls on a Samsung television only to discover that they’d been built into the frame in a touchscreen kind of format.  And that’s about the problem I had with the Samsung Solstice–though that was about the only problem.

The Samsung Solstice is a candy bar style cell phone with conference call capability, voice recorder, speakerphone, Bluetooth connectivity, touchscreen, a microSD card slot, a phone book with capacity for two thousand name and number records, mobile web, Java application compatibility, mobile email, a two megapixel camera, alarm clock, calendar, basic calculator, and a battery capable of delivering five hours of talk time on a single charge.

There are plenty of features here, though some of the good ones (like an FM radio) are noticeably missing.  The touchscreen is a nice touch, and works well, but for some reason, the key to lock the phone’s controls has been placed in a very unusual position that gets in its own way quite a bit.

Admittedly, that’s a very minor gripe, but it’s still an issue that you’ll have to work around.  But if you’re willing to work with some unusual controls, you’ll likely find the Samsung Solstice to be a nice, if simple, cell phone.

The Good

Nice feature set

Great touchscreen function

Fairly simple operation

The Bad

Poorly placed key lock

Some fairly standard features notably absent

Score 7 / 10

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