Samsung Mantra Prepaid Phone (Virgin Mobile) | 
| Brand: Samsung
Category: Wireless
List Price: $59.99
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 20380
Color: Black
Media: Wireless Phone
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
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Model: Mantra
UPC: 836182002903
ASIN: B002L152GI
Release Date: December 9, 2009
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| Features:
| • | Slim flip phone for voice calls as well as easy access to messaging, social networks, and personal e-mail | | • | Pay for only the calling time you use with Virgin Mobile's minutes or monthly plans--no annual contract required | | • | VGA camera for still photos only; Bluetooth for hands-free devices; Web browser; bi-lingual interface | | • | Up to 5.5 hours of talk time, up to 300 hours (12.5 days) of standby time | | • | What's in the Box: handset, battery, charger, printed documentation |
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Amazon.com Product Description
The slim Samsung Mantra flip phone for Virgin Mobile makes it easy to stay connected via voice, messaging and social networking while on the go. You get access to social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace Flickr with the ability to view them all in one dashboard. You can also snap still photos with the included VGA camera and share with friends as well as popular social media destinations such as Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, Photobucket, and more through Virgin Mobile's MyPix service. 
The slim Samsung Mantra flip phone makes it easy to stay connected via voice, messaging, social networking and e-mail. | With Virgin Mobile, you can choose a pay-as-you-go plan where you pay for just the minutes you use, or select from one of several monthly plans. Those who love to talk can choose the Totally Unlimited Calling for $49.99 per month, while messaging fanatics can choose monthly no-annual-contract plans that combine talk minutes and unlimited messaging--or just choose unlimited messaging with voice calls charged at 10¢ per minute (see more details on pricing below). Offering a clear, simple user interface and a large keypad that makes navigating a cinch, it features external caller ID and dual color screens. Other features include Bluetooth connectivity for hands-free devices, speakerphone, threaded text messaging, bi-lingual menus (English and Spanish), and up to 5.5 hours of talk time. Key Features - Full messaging suite including SMS text, MMS picture, instant messaging (IM), and personal e-mail.
- Buddy Beacon lets you broadcast your location to friends and family and you can turn it on when you're feeling sociable or turn it off when you're not.
- 2-inch internal display (128 x 160 pixels, 65K color depth)
- 0.76-inch external screen displays incoming calls, current time/date, signal strength, and battery life.
- VGA camera for still photos with 4x digital zoom and self-timer.
- Bluetooth connectivity (version 2.0) includes profiles for communication headset and hands-free car kits.
- Web browser lets you surf the Internet from your phone, with Mobile Search right on your home screen.
- Get mobile alerts to entertainment news, sports scores, and other fun stuff.
- Downloadable games, ringtones, graphics and more
- Phonebook with up to 499 entries (plus 1 voicemail number) with up to five numbers, two e-mail addresses, two IMs, and one Web address per contact.
- Displays last 75 incoming/outgoing/missed calls
- Organizer tools including calendar, alarm clock, and calculator
- Bi-lingual interface (English and Spanish)
- TTY/TDD enabled
- HAC rating: M4/T4
Vital Statistics
The Samsung Mantra weighs 3.35 ounces and measures 3.8 x 1.87 x 0.69 inches. Its 960 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 5.5 hours of talk time, and up to 300 hours (12.5 days) of standby time. It runs on the 800/1900 CDMA frequencies; 1xRTT voice and data capable. What's in the Box
Samsung Mantra handset, rechargeable battery, charger, quick start guide, user manual 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). Or, you can choose a monthly plan with no annual contract--including the All-In contract plan with either 500, 1000 or unlimited minutes as well as unlimited messaging and data services. 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, e-mail, 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.
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| Customer Reviews:
 good basic phone June 24, 2010
Lona Rawls (redding ca)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I got the Samsung Mantra about a week ago and so far I like it for a basic flip phone. The design is sleek and nice and I like that it has a camera and bluetooth capable. The screen is nice and it's really easy to use. Use this code to get free 60 minutes when you activate a new virgin mobile phone online EJ76pPXU when you are activating your phone enter it into the section that says kickback code.
 Flawless Phone May 17, 2010
peter (Honolulu, Hawaii)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This phone does everything it says it will do. It has a responsive CPU and loads stuff faster than any other virgin mobile phone. The pictures aren't so great but thats what digital camera are for. This is one of the best looking phones too. It looks good and feels good with it's large buttons. It has the mark of quality and will never let you down. The battery can last about a week if you don't use it that often. All functions are easy and accessible. My only gripe is that it discontinued the stopwatch function for some odd reason so if you like to time things (I'm a track runner) then you may be sad. This is probably the best virgin mobile phone out as of today. It also has a good price.
Nice Phone December 2, 2009
Dxer (Roanoke, VA)
33 out of 33 found this review helpful
I have been a Virgin Mobile customer since they first started as a prepaid cell phone provider. I have been quite pleased with their service and variety of pricing plans. Unfortunately Virgin Mobile phones have never been the greatest, the only good thing is that if you buy a cheap phone, you don't feel to badly when it dies,gets lost, or broken. When my VM Slash phone finally gave up the ghost a few weeks ago I decided it was time for another upgrade. After doing a lot of research on the internet I decided to go with the Mantra. I like being back to a flip phone so you don't have to worry about locking the keyboard so you don't pocket dial. The phone it'self is still pretty basic, it comes with the nifty tip calculator which lets you divide the cost between the number of parties at your table. Call clarity is good. Reception is the typical Virgin Mobile, works in most places when I need it, but spotty sometimes in the more rural areas. The ring tones that come with the phone are typical Virgin Mobile, obnoxious...you will want to download some better ones which you can only do from the VM site. The games on the phone are all demos, but they look good on the screen so it might be nice to have a full version of Tetris which you can download from VM.
It is Bluetooth enabled which is a nice feature to have on a phone. The battery seems to hold a good charge for daily use, I can go 3 to 4 days without charging, but that is in standby mode, I am not sure how long it would last if you were a heavy user. The phone is very well behaved, I say this because my Slash would beep once a minute to let me know it was working (I guess that's why), anytime I had the ringer turned on. I never did figure out how to turn off the signal beep on it. The Mantra doesn't beep and also on the Mantra you can turn off the obnoxious start up and shut down sounds that VM deems necessary to put on all of their low end phones. The directory will support up to 500 entries and you can add up to 5 phone numbers per entry along with 2 email addresses and a URL address.
The camera is useable, not great but much better pictures than the Slash took. Basically I use it only to create new wallpapers for the phone and send an occasional pic to Twitpic
So far I am very pleased with the new Mantra, it's a good basic phone, not a lot of bells and whistles, but enough to make it very user friendly. Nice calendar and appointment scheduling, cool countdown timers so you can tell how many days till your anniversary, birthday, Christmas or any other date you might want to countdown to.
Watch for it on sale, Amazon had it listed for $59 same as the VM site... I bought it on sale at Best Buy for $49, and on Black Friday picked up a second one for my wife at Radio Shack for $29.
I would recommend this phone to anyone looking for a nice basic user friendly phone with picture and texting capabilities. It will browse the web also by the way, but you need to pay for a "data pack" at VM to use it. That I haven't tried.
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