Samsung R720 Vitality Prepaid Android Phone (Cricket)

by Samsung

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.6 x 2.4 x 0.6 inches ; 4.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B005VT9XE4
• Item model number: R720 Vitality
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #50,021 in Cell Phones & Accessories (See Top 100 in Cell Phones & Accessories)

Product Description

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Enjoy wireless freedom with the Android-powered Samsung Vitality prepaid mobile phone from Cricket, which offers nationwide coverage, no contracts, and no hidden fees. And with Cricket's PAYGo $55 Muve plan, you'll enjoy unlimited music downloads directly to your phone--no syncing, no streaming.

Tune into new music with the Samsung Vitality and Cricket's Muve Music (view larger).

Powered by the Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) operating system, you'll have access to up to 250,000 Android apps. It keeps your favorite websites, games and videos running smoothly. It also gives you plenty of options to customize your screens as creatively as you want.

It boasts fast 3G speeds, an 800 MHz processor, 3.5-inch multi-touch display, and Wi-Fi networking for connecting to home, business, and on-the-go hotspots. Other features include Bluetooth for hands-free devices and stereo music streaming, microSD memory expansion (a 4 GB card is included), 3.2-megapixel camera/camcorder, access to both personal and corporate e-mail, and up to 6.5 hours of talk time.

Key Specifications

3.5-inch touchscreen (320 x 480 pixels; 262K color depth) Onscreen QWERTY keyboard 800 MHz processor Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g) Bluetooth connectivity (version 3.0) with A2DP audio streaming Bluetooth profile. 3.2-megapixel camera/camcorder Memory expansion via microSD card slot with support for optional cards up to 32 GB (4 GB card included). Music player compatible with MP3, WMA, and AAC/AAC+/eAAC+ Full messaging capabilities including SMS text and MMS picture/video Full HTML browser (Webkit 5) with Flash 10.1 Support E-mail access with support for Exchange ActiveSync as well as personal e-mail accounts (Google push, Yahoo!, POP3, IMAP). Organizer tools including calendar, alarm, and calculator 3.5mm headset jack

Vital Statistics

The Samsung Vitality weighs 4.16 ounces and measures 4.6 x 2.4 x 0.6 inches. Its 1600 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 6.5 hours of talk time, and up to 250 hours (10+ days) of standby time. It runs on 800/1900 CDMA/EV-DO Rev. A frequencies.

What's in the Box

Samsung Vitality handset, rechargeable battery, travel/USB charger, 4 GB microSD card (3 GB dedicated for Muve Music downloads + 1 GB for user downloads), quick start guide

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Muve Music

Music lovers can now purchase a monthly wireless service that includes unlimited music (full track downloads, ringtones and ringback tones) plus nationwide talk, text, and web via the $55 Muve Music plan from Cricket. There are no download fees or monthly music subscription costs--it's all included in the monthly flat rate.

When you're ready to turn off your tunes and talk instead, you've got 1000 minutes of U.S. calling, plus unlimited text, picture and video messaging. Stay connected with Google Mobile Services, full HTML browsing and exclusive Android features, including access to apps from the Android Market. Plus, you get caller ID, voicemail, call waiting, 3-way calling, and up to 500 MB of data available at 3G speeds.

With Muve Music, Cricket has eliminated the complexity found with other digital music services--there are no cables, no drivers and no synching required. Everything happens over Cricket's nationwide 3G network to deliver a robust music experience to music lovers on the go. The service has an ever-growing music library of millions of recordings featuring artists from 55 record labels.

The Muve Music plan includes the following features:

	Get Music Download tracks, albums or an artist's entire collection without ever entering payment information or even hitting a "buy" button. All the music you want (even ringtones and ringback tones). It's that simple.
	My Music Once you've downloaded the music you love, My Music automatically organizes it for you. Listen to songs, create playlists, cut Ringtones and manage your music experience. Customize your listening experience on the fly by using Superplay to cue up what you want to hear next. Then seamlessly jump back into your song list. You are in control.
	My DJ My DJ creates playlists for you and sends them to your phone. It does all the work, while you just enjoy the new music. My DJ Playlists are automatically updated so you're always in for something new. If you like a playlist just the way it is, just duplicate and rename. Now it's yours to customize.
	Get Social Get Social is all about connecting with friends and other Muve Music users. You can check out their music collections, download their favorite songs and share what's on your phone, too. With My Shout Box you can send and receive select songs or entire albums. When your friends Shout to you, just download, listen and respond. Unlimited music sharing, free and legal.
	Shazam Ever hear a song somewhere that you didn't know but liked? Press Shazam to identify the title and artist instantly. Then download the song with the touch of a button. The Muve Music difference is that you can choose to download not just the track, but the entire album. No switching programs, no inputting passwords, just one touch and it's on your phone. It's that easy.

Topping-Up

Because plans are pay-as-you-go, you have to top-up your Cricket PAYGo account balance in order to have funds available to use Cricket PAYGo services. When you receive your phone, go to mycricket.com to activate service. While there, you can enroll in auto top-up, which automatically adds funds to your account each month, or you can choose to buy top-up cards and PINs at locations nationwide or dial *PAY on your phone to top-up with your credit or debit card.

Topping-up can also extend your Cricket PAYGo account expiration date, which applies to all funds in your Cricket PAYGo account. Each top-up makes those funds available for use for a limited time. When you top-up, your account expiration date is reset to a new expiration date based on your top-up amount or your current expiration date, whichever is later.

About Cricket

With a commitment to predictability, simplicity and value, Cricket offers a simple, affordable, flat-rate wireless solution featuring nationwide talk, U.S. long distance, Mobile Web services, data and messaging over a nationwide, 3G network. Cricket service is easy for everyone to use, since there is no complicated phone bill at the end of the month, and easy for everyone to purchase, since long-term contracts and credit checks are not required.

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Android Gingerbread Operating System

The Samsung Vitality runs the Android 2.3 operating system (dubbed Gingerbread)--the fastest version of Android available for smartphones yet. It features a cleaner, more refined interface with new icons, improved top notification bar, and more intuitive navigation. Multitasking in Gingerbread allows you the ability to run more than one app at a time. If you're playing a game, you can easily switch to an incoming e-mail and then switch back to the game without losing your place. And like the previous version of Android ("Froyo"), Gingerbread provides support for Adobe Flash Player 10.1 for access to the full Web. The onscreen keyboard makes it easier to type thanks to additional spacing between the keys and larger font sizes. And the more you use the keyboard, the easier typing will be as the enhanced suggest feature records previous input history to make better suggestions. The Vitality also brings one-touch access to the popular Google mobile services you use every day. It also provides easy access to both personal and corporate e-mail, calendars, and contacts supported by Exchange Server and Gmail. And through Android Market, you'll get access to thousands of useful applications, widgets, and fun games to download and install on your phone, with many more apps being added every day.

Google Integration Android Market for browsing and downloading thousands of free and paid apps Pre-loaded Android apps: Browser, Calculator, Calendar (Google or Corporate), Camera, Clock, Contacts, Email, Gallery, Messaging, Music, News & Weather, Phone, Settings, Video Player, Voice Dialer, Voice Search, YouTube Google applications: Gmail, Google Search, Google Voice Search, Google Latitude, Google Maps, Google Places, Google Talk Google Maps Navigation with spoken turn-by-turn directions showing real-time traffic and 360° views of the destination

 

Also Available for This Android Device

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Product Description

The Samsung Vitality is the first Cricket Android smartphone with Muve music. Muve Music is the first complete music experience created specifically for a phone. Download millions of songs directly to your phone from anywhere- no need to sync with a PC. With its 3.5 inch touch-screen, 3.2MP camera with video capture, WiFi capability, and 3G Real Web Browsing, the Vitality is an amazing smartphone deal. The Vitality is a fully featured Android smartphone running on Google's Android 2.3 Operating System, "Gingerbread" and an 800MHz processor for a speedy Android experience. The Vitality also gives you access to over 250,000 cool apps on the Android market, as well as great Google apps like YouTube, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Search and more.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 30 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Phone, Good Plan, Worst Customer Service Ever January 25, 2012

By OwlHoot8

The phone itself is great as an MP3 player and for Wi-Fi apps. If you are planning on using this as a phone, don't bother. I purchased this phone from an authorized dealer whom also activated for me. The number that was activated on the phone was not the number that showed up in the status of the phone itself. After Cricket giving me a new number not once but twice. They still could not get the phone to work properly. Then they finally got around to porting my real number which got totally messed up. We are now on the 3rd help ticket with their help department, after being told by the manager that the previous help ticket numbers did not exist in their system. We are now going on 10 days with a phone that does not work at all as a phone. On a good note I can tell you how to activate the phone and reset it in my sleep and even how to manually program it. I bought this phone for the Muve Music plan. I thought it would be fun for my daughter. However Muve will not work across a wifi connection and is absolutely totally useless at this point in time. I am currently looking at turning it into a VOIP phone with Nettalk and just using it for an mp3 player and the wifi apps. I don't think I have ever had such pathetic service from a company in my entire life. I was debating between this phone and the Optimus V. I made the mistake of going with a company for the music service and not with the company that I previous had that I knew to be reliable. Cricket has told me that it will be up to 7 days before I may be contacted with help on this ticket. I will update this review at a later time to see if this ever gets resolved. All that I can say is that I am a very patient person that is considered by most to be very tech-savvy. So if I am giving something a critical review, which very rarely occurs, on an electronics device then I would certainly take this into consideration before deciding on your purchase.

Finally last week, we have a working Cricket phone. This is after threatening to file a complaint with the Attorney General's office and the Better Business Bureau. We still had to fight to get compensation for undelivered plan time from Cricket which was nearly an entire month's worth of service that was never delivered. The issue was not with the phone or even the account. It was an issue with the port of the phone number on Cricket's end.

Now that the phone works, my daughter is extremely happy with her phone. Images and pictures look gorgeous on the phone. Unlimited music downloads are a teens dream come true. Most of her friends are only allowed to text so the 1,000 minute limit doesn't matter much to her. The phone itself is great and has typical Samsung excellent quality. It needs a bigger memory card, 4G is totally insufficient especially when 3G is permitted for music and only 1G is for everything else. Poor planning there.

IF YOU ARE NOT PORTING A NUMBER, then there is a good chance that you will like this phone. If you plan on porting a number then you are at the mercy of Cricket Customer Service and I wish you luck.

34 of 40 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Cricket Samsung Vitality Android Phone December 9, 2011

By asemme0910

Amazon Verified Purchase

I decided to switch services and was very skeptical about buying a phone through a different site other than cricket. When I read the reviews on the Samsung Vitality I thought it wouldn't hurt to try it out. I purchased this phone on Amazon.com and I am very happy I did. I received my phone very quickly and ever since the first day I turned it on I fell in love with it! It's the perfect phone for me and I love the music dowloads as well as the fact it is an android phone. The phone only works with the $55 muve music android plan through Cricket wireless but to me that is a steal! I would deffinately suggest to anyone wanting a great android phone, the Samsung Vitality! Great phone, great price, easy to use!! Love it!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars YES YOU CAN SWITCH RATE PLAN! February 9, 2012

By Claudio Rodriguez

Amazon Verified Purchase

Okay so many buyers have complained about the paygo muve music plan for this phone. I agree that it is not the best plan to get with cricket so what I did was activate the first month as paygo plan which has LIMITED call time minutes and web useage. After my first month was up I called cricket and asked to switch my rate plan to the regular SMARTPHONE UNLIMITED PLAN with unlimited calling,minutes,and web. Now at first the customer service Rep told me that the SAMSUNG VITALITY is a Muve music phone only and that I had to have a Paygo plan but I INSISTED that it wasn't true! Their own website clearly states that the SMARTPHONE PLAN and the MUVE MUSIC plan are compatible with this phone. After a few minutes on hold, the Rep informed me that indeed I can get the unlimited smartphone plan. I was right! I HAD TO CANCEL THE ACCOUNT THOUGH! Now I was able to keep my same number but I can't say that everyone will but atleast you get the plan you want UNLIMITED!