MetroPCS announces the Samsung R410

Will Park

Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...

• laniesha

  this phone is so hot im getting ti for christmas

• louis

  this is the hotest phone that metro ever put out i loveee it send me a free one lol just joking then again im serious

• Keyanna

  I love dis fone its so hot im gettin it 4 christmas and my birthday is on christmas also

• Teaba

  im getting this phone for my birthday its the best phone from metro

• Becca

  im not getting it for christmas or my birthday… im buying it.

• ariajay puentes

  
  UHHHHHHHHH THIZZ SHYT IZ SUPA SIK WIT IT!

• Angel

  I have the phone. Got it a week ago. I love it. The only thing I dont like is the low memory. And also, when someone send you a song, it doesnt give you the option to put it as a ring tone or an alert for txt msgs or anything like that. I hate it! If anyone knows a way around this let me know! Other than that..the phone works and sounds way better than my old Kyocera Strobe which I had because it also had a QWERTY keyboard!

• Shawna

  Omfg..i want this phone soOoOo friggin bad…i cant wait ta get it 2..ma mom sed verizon wireless sux…it really dus…so we’re switching ta metropcs… sO ima get dis phOne :]

• SomeKid

  “Oh, and unlimited AIM chats, text messages, and internet access will bump up your unlimited calling plan to $50 a month.”

  Which is a little out of date (The plans changed November 1st-8th). The $45 Rate Plan (before Taxes, like all the others) now includes all the mentioned. The only benefit of the $50 rate plan is access to the Mail@metro application, which allows you to access your email from your phone, and it’ll alert you when a new message has arrived.

  “And also, when someone send you a song, it doesnt give you the option to put it as a ring tone or an alert for txt msgs or anything like that. I hate it! If anyone knows a way around this let me know!”

  Sent through Bluetooth? Thats something all Samsungs block. The r400, u520, a870… Haven’t figured out why yet – because a lot of the phone’s manuals say they can. But the Software is Branded, and the manuels aren’t. I have a suspicion that Samsung placed the block in the software for… well, I have no idea why.

• ._TOOphresh–

  for all the people that want this phone sorry but i got this phone first day it came out i hope yall get one before they sold out…. dont cry you will get ova it

• maria

  ohh my this phone is sooo cool its the best otay people

• shawnyh

  yo i cant wait to get this phone.
  sh!t is hott! i’ll be texting ALLLL
  day – guarentee it. i love metro
  because sprint sucks! i get
  this phone in february
  

• yomongo

  I got one and the battery life SUCKS. On standby it’s out in 20 hours and you can talk for about 2. Everytime a message comes in it lights up the display so that suck the power out of the phone. I also had it for a week and when battery keep running down my local MetroPCS swapped batteries to see if it was bad. Went back two days later to swap for a new phone and Metro told me the phone had moisture in it. I am a 60 year old business man who keep the phone holstered when I am not dialing as I use bluetooth. I don’t know what happened with that crap but the phone never got near any water. If you can live with lousy battery life, blue tooth that only allows a head set and no software to program the phone it’s great. But I needed Email and I needed it bad. Miss my Nokia 6255….that was a GREAT PHONE.

• Angel

  You are a 60 year old business man? What in the bloody hell are you doing using METROPCS? It sucks. Besides, the phone has a good battery life, mine does anyway, but I hate the phone because you cant really customize it with ringtones that people send you. It wont let you set it as any default or incoming voice/txt messages. The phone is a load of crap…but the reason I still have it is because I dont pay for it…the company I work for does. So yea…

• lil C.R.E.A.M!!

  I’m getting that phone in 11 days that is so cool i could hardly wait for my birthday yyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeessssssssss!!!

• TROLL

  I just got this phone, and let me tell you, im dissapointed in it. long story short,

  I had a strobe that the screen started freezin up on me and I bought a motorokr. I had it stolen and now got an r410.. The keyboard and design are nice, but for somereason, unlike my strobe and rokr, i can’t download pics, ringtones, and to me, i like to be able to create my phones personality, I prefer both my strobe and rokr over this, the strobe has a keyboard too but u can do alot of other stuff with it to that you cant on the R410

• Butta Nutt

  Thizz phone sucks bleeeeeeeep! if your gonna pay $200 for a phone it should be hooked up with radio,video,memory slot it don’t say nothing bout any of that they should of stuck with my phone nokia 6265 it gots all the features thizz phone has plus more you ain’t getting what you pay for with thizz phone and with the samsung phone for some reason you can’t get your ringtones! or let alone save them! I’ve had a few samsung phones with metro

• pipe

  Hey,

  I have this phone, but I don’t want to use the AIM chat, I want to use Gtalk Mobile, can I get it on this phone?

• DIANA

  BECAUSE I CAN’T UPLOAD FREE RINGTONES..IT SAYS UNSUPPORTED CONTENT TYPE

• yomongo

  To Angel who wonders why a 60 year old business man uses METROPCS. I pay my own bills “Sonny” so being that I am in a business where I often have to do 2 way conference calls for hours at a time, METROPCS save $$$$$. METROPCS works extremely well in the Palm Beach area and that’s what I want. You “gifted” a phone by management. I write my own checks for my expenses which are quite formitable.

• red rag city

  this phone is kool it is 4 people that like texting get that rigth

• You Know

  this phone is a good phone for txt and pictures thats all, cant get free ringtones from “funformobile.com” says not supported. and we all hate paying 2.99 for ring tones espessially when u can buy the whole song from for .99

• You Know

  .99 from itunes

• Scott

  Download bitpim and use either bluetooth or a usb data cable to copy mp3 ringtones, pics & sounds to your phone. I got tons of kick ass ringtones now.

• ariella

  wow damn i want the phone 2 but after reading all this comments m nt getting 1 bt i really want just 2 try this phone first then if i dont like it then ill get another 1 4rom another company

• ariella

  this is dumb

• Spooky

  THIS PHONE IS GOOD BUT THE BATTERY DOES KINDA SUCK CAUSE I TALK TO MA GF ON IT AND TEXT OTHER PEOPLE AT THE SAME TIME. AND I CAN ADD MP3 MUSIC TO IT. AND EVEN IF I COULD IT WOULD BE LIKE6 SONGZ BECAUSE OF THE SUCK AS MEMORY. BUT ONE THING I LIKE IS THE PICTURES. COME OUT GREAT!!!

• BEERizGOOD

  WTF! I DOWNLOADED BITPIM BUT THIS PHONE ISNT EVEN IN THERE! I JUS WANT SUM DAMN RINGTONES! DOES NE1 NO WHERE I CAN GET FREE RINGTONEZ THAT WORK

• Haley

  Is this fone good?? Cuz like i am on t-mobile…and i am moving 2 metro sooo like yeah

• lilmama2

  whatz up im getting dis phone but dang after all these crazy comment im starting to change my mind and what about the blutooth i have 2 have that dis is some [bleeeeeeeep]

• chino

  THIS PHONE SUCKS. i MEAN IT. im telling u. if your goin to by one don’t trust me. I sucks

• HOT CHOCLATE

  THIS PHONE SUCKS. I tried to download songs it erased everything i had on my phone. I got mad pissed. u should stick with version wireless,or t-moble,or sprint,or even at&t. SO i got the side kick 3. it is so much better. U should get one.really

• Ashley

  i just got this phone on tuesday and i like it soo farrbut the only thing wron with it is that i cant get ringtones off funformobile.com for free like i could with my other metropcs phone the razor but i love everthing elce about it

• Gemini525

  Don’t waste your time on this phone. It’s complete trash so is metro pcs. They shouldn’t scam their customers. We make their money to line thier pockets. This Phone is misleading as far as Ringtones. Piece of Trash I want to set it on fire. I should have stayed with SPRINT. I think I will Switch back. Metro Pcs needs All of us ANGRY CUstomers to sue them in court for missleading us, poor customer service, they lie, won’t give out corporate headquarters phone number. Yea that’s right I called the METRO PCS local main office and the manager there would not give me headquartes phone number. We need to bring class action law suite, Contact attorney General, contact BBB and tell your friends to stay away from this phone company, they are only good for Texting,. Their phones are remanufactured trash. Better yet, they are the phones that didn’t pass Quality Check at the Manufacture. Metro buys them for prob 20$ a Piece. The samsung R410 Is TRASH TRASH AND MORE TRASH. COntact SAMSUNG. If Millions of us contact them about the same issues,THE R-410 Maybe they will do something about it. If only a few of us do it they prob, won’ care. ASK FOR Upgrade SOFTWARE FOR THE R410

• umm

  To Gemini525: Sue for what. You didn’t exactly mention any problems. How were you lied to about the phone? Did you buy it from a corporate owned location?

• gemini525

  the phone says it can download ringtones but you can’t unless u buy them from metro. it’s all a scam, they tell u, u have to contact the store for specific info the dumb asses at the metro main 611 don’t know anything. They are trained to lie about EVERYTHING a customer asks, I mean anything and everything. They tell you, we don’t have the answer, well how does a store know more info than the main Metro PCS source THe 611 customer service. Yes I bought my phone from a corporate store and they are full of it. They told me that there was nothing wrong with my keyboard and there was, I had to hit it DIRECTLY in the center, not to the right or left or it wouldn’t work.. I finally got it replaced on the 30th day(warranty). They tried telling me I had to pay $10 and I told him what r u talking about I have till the end of this business day b4 my warranty is up. he said yea ur right. there is a scam right there.

• MP

  Yes, you have to purchase ringtones. Why would downloading for free on a phone be any different from downloading free on the internet? It’s all illegal and Samsung is the company that puts the block on the phone. I’d talk to them…

  Also, people make mistakes. If they told you $10 it was probably just a mistake. And FY1: 611 is contracted from a different organization. In other words, they’re not MetroPCS employees. In my experience, they know absolutely nothing. If it’s such a scam why not go to a different company? Go on Craigslist and sell your phone, I’m sure you’ll get your money back.

  BTW: What market are you in?

• Crystal

  I want this phone. And as for Metro PCS. It is awesome. I never have to worry about my bill changing amounts! The price is cheap and I can talk and text ALL I want and NEVER worry about going over my minutes. I dont even get a fee to turn my phone on if it gets turned off cause I can not pay my bill on time. I love it and would recommend Metro PCS to anyone and everyone! I already do everyday! So, if you dont like it, go somewhere else where they are really scamming you. If Metro PCS can give you unlimited calls and texts for only $45 dollars a month, why do the other places want to charge you $99. That is a rip off!

• OAKLIFF

  say my n!gga er boddy that said that phone sux suck. yall dumb a** probly dont evenknow ho to use the keyboard. i bout 2 cop that phone in a few weekz please belece that. ATL PEAS.

• Anthony

  I just got this phone a few days ago and so far I’m very happy with it. It’s a huge upgrade from my old phone (LG VX3200). I’m getting used to the keyboard, it’s kinda small, but everything else is awesome. The camera takes really good pics for a VGA and so what if you can’t get ringtones for free. Getting them for free is illegal anyway, so that’s more than likely the reason Samsung put up the block. If it’s really that big of a deal, then put your phone on silent for goodness sakes.

  I think this phone is the best phone Metro has right now. They have too many imitation razrs and slvrs anyway, which are all worse than this one. PLUS METRO JUST LOWERED THE PRICE TO 159. Yup. So I got this phone for 171.33, with tax and everything.

  So, if you don’t mind not being able to have custom ringtones (which I don’t find a big problem – some of the ringtones installed are okay) , then I would DEFINITELY recommend this phone to anyone who is or is going to be on the MertroPCS network.

• only one thing

  i have the phone and i get a new phone every year and this phone is not bad i talk for longer then 2 hours and i just dont like the buy the ringtone part other than that it is a goo phone . there are ways aroud the ringtone situation but you have to know the way to do it is all

• luis

  I like the underscore (_) please! in this phone (R410), with that key! explain, please do not put as Find!

• Brian

  Dis phone is ok i guess u just cant get any free ringtones. But the phone it self is cool

• MVPof516

  i got the phone….the pictures are nice and clear i was shocked…but i cant get free ringtones as everyone else has mentioned…if you know a way around this in order to get free ringtones please let me know

• MVPof516

  whoops the version i have is the R450…but still i cant get ringtones

• MVPof516

  R450 is the newest version…looks way better then the R410…the keyboard is bigger with more features as well and the phone itself has more features

• Seth

  Look up “Samsung r410 Ringtones” on YouTube; there’s a step by step tutorial to load ringtones on your R410. You need a bluetooth dongle for your computer ($10 on ebay, more at a store), but that’s it.

  Samsung has a universal lock on free ringtones. This bluetooth trick will work for any Samsung (if it has bluetooth technology.) Seriously, try it. It works.

• LIL MO MO

  DIIS PHONE OMG GOTT IT IN RED IT SUKKS YHOO CNT DOWN LOAD FOR NUN DNT GET IT AND METRO BE TRIPPEN YUH ONLY GOT 2 THEMES DA PAINTING OF THEE PHONE COM OFF TWO FAST THIS IIS A CHEAP PEACE OF CRAK

• LIL MO MO

  DNT GET IT WAT EVR YHOO DO DNT GET IT DNT

• Ric Helton

  Regarding battery life: If you aren’t actively using Bluetooth functionality then disable it (under Tools). The Bluetooth radio uses a lot of power even if you aren’t using it actively. Same with Location Services and the “Loopt” application, which can share your location with friends using the phone’s GPS feature. It shares even when you aren’t using the app, so disabling that and making Location Services share with “911 only” also saves battery power. Just my suggestions, still learning about it….

• kayla

  people should never get metropcs because coustomer servies are very mean and they dont help people and when people leave the store the people who works for metrops will talk shit behid people back they do that a lot and the coustomers get very mad i use to have metropcs but not any more they suck and there no good they should go out of bussines soon and nobody likes metropcs and never buy it at a booth where they se cell phone people say those phone are stolen the people who work at the booth onece they seel you a phone thy will run and take the money and leave at the malls if people want to return it they cant and some people call the police on those people who sell stollen metropcs cell phones u no that cant happen the booth that sell cell phones at the malls are stole cell phones if u want a metropcs phone to to the main sore only

• beachhawii

  how can i download free ringtones
  its saying unserported type

  please help i need ringtones

  on my Samsung R410

• dnt trip bout mah name

  i am buying the red r410 slider off of a lady on ebay….and i thought that this phone would be the best thing that happend to me…but all theses bad comments are making me change my mind and i havent sent the money order?any comments on this

• GA Girl

  NO screen-it doesn’t work so don’t bother. the name will pop up while your phone is ringing–so if you happen to SEE that you’re missing a call, great–but then later, when and IF it tells you that you have a missed call–”no name.” about the “if” it tells you have a missed call. I tested my phone by calling it from another phone twice. I left a voice mail both times…however, when I went to check that on my phone it said that I had NO voicemail AT ALL, i never even dialed out of the phone–just left a message, and it was just i guess deleted somehow–so scary if an employer calls or a client (for a business owner) calls, tells me they left a message and then think I either a.) ignored them or b.) am lying when I say I never received a voicemessage. Also, I mentioned earlier that I’d called twice and left 2 separate voicemails–well, later that day, my phone said that I had NO missed calls–they just magically dissappeared. Wow–um, you’d have to be STUPID to buy MetroPCS after reading this, now that you KNOW that you may or may not receive the voicemails, or at least the missed calls callers leave you.

  Oh yeah, and this was a brand new phone and a brand new service. I am returning it. What a waste of gasoline, time, and energy spent researching what phone would work.

  Oh yeah, one more thing…4 years ago I’d put MetroPCS on my phone without telling like anyone, and it just turned out like that night or next day I would have ended up deperately needing it well…hmm…yeah, I payed for a service, and didn’t receive it–nothing…I thougth it was some stupid operartor human error–but nope, just a HORRIBLE business plan for cellphones…sorry, I was previously a fan of no contracts–but not for causing potential contracts–i’ll be without a phone until I can afford better.
  -GA Girl

• LOCO BOY

  I HAD THE PHONE IN RED IT WAS PRETY BAD ASS BUT I SOLD IT AND DONT LISTEN TO THAT FUCKER ANGEL HES JUST PENDEJO

• mike

  i dont have this phone but cant u just record the song u want off the computer and set it as a ringtone

• scm

  I have the r450 and i like it alot. I couldnt get ringtones at first until i bought the micro sd card for the phone, it’s about 18 dollars for a 2 gig at WalMart. After you put the card in the phone plug in the usb that came with the phone and your computer should recognize it. You can tell by going to ‘my computer’ and find the new letter drive and open it. Then go to ringtone sites like mytinyphone.com or wherever you want and download the tone to your computer, then drag it into the ringtones folder.

• ashleigh

  i have the red samsung r410 slider n it sucks the memory is bad n u cant get free ringtones like all the other phones….n the memory sux i am constanly havin to delete shit off my phone i wish i never got this phone samsung sux….samsung has a block to where u cant get free ringtones i paid 240 dollars for this phone n cant do shiit stay away from getting samsung period!!!!! Dont waste ur money!!!

• SANDRA

  OK THIS FONE IS ALRITE! THE ONLY THING THAT SUCKS ABOUT IT IS NOT BEING ABLE TO GET FREE RINGTONES BUT U CAN STILL GET MIDI TONES IF SOME ONE SENDS EM IN A TXT MESSAGE!! ALSO I UPGRADED TO THE SAMSUNG r450 NOW THAT IS A BAD FONE TIGHT!! I WORK FOR METRO BY THE WAY SO MY 25 DOLLAR CELL FONE BILL IS TIGHT!! I LOVE METRO!!

• lexi

  hey i love this fone but i need to cahnge it with my old fone i cant at all butt i need to no how much it is

• Crystal

  love this phone

• judy

  yes i received my slider phone 3 weeks ago but today i cant call out or received calls.
  my phone want even turn off or charge and my display want even turn off its froze.
  will you tell me whats wrong.

• BIG BANG WIT A CHICKEN WANG

  THAT REALLY STINCKS I DONT HAVE DAT PHONE BUT MY PHONE DO DA SAME FRECKIN TING I CAN’DO @**& ON MY PHONE XCEPT CALLIN @TEXTING#INTERNET.

• KB Toyz

  I have this phone and I love it. If you have the plan which includes internet and you want free ringtones and wallpapers. Visit Myxer.com on your browser. Enter any artist or topic and then select your desired option (ringtones, wallpapers, videos, games) then click search. Some cost but most are free. You can even go to Myxer.com on your computer at home and listen to them before you download them to your phone. You can even upload any song you have on your hard drive and customize your own ringtone. I have tons of wall papers and ringtones now. Hope this helps.

• KB Toyz

  check out myxer.com on your phone web browser or the net

• KB Toyz

  Not downing what you have to say at all, everyone is entitled to feel however they want. Possible explination for that. At times when we are placing a call or when two people in the world decide to call us at the exact same time…one will get through and the other will get voicemail. If you are in the process of making a call any incoming calls will go to voicemail. It only takes a split second for something like that to happen. I am not (not) agreeing that Metro’s client base is growing faster then they are by millions. Lack of technical support and customer service will never break them because of the monthly costs and the fact that most people now a days don’t care to keep their credit in line and have to resort to those types of prepaid plans and that’s the best one out there today.

• KB Toyz

  Yes. What is also awesome about this phone is that it comes with that usb cord that connects straight to your computer from your phone. You have to put a memory card in your phone first, but you can put any song from your computer into one of the folders on your memory card for either music or ringtones, images also. Then you can save any song as your ringtone. So cool.

• daniel

  This is a great phone no major issues. I would like to know, i have been sent pictures messages the reach 50 kb, is there a way to expand my kb so i may receive larger messages.?

• Vampire girl

  hiiii isn’t a touch screen cell phone looks cool

• …..:]

  how long does the battery last?
  i might get this phone
  but ive read these comments and as far as i know the battery sucks?
  so can someone please tell me?
  thx

• his baby girl

  still deciding on if i want this phone…. i need a phone tat has internet camera txt pic msg and U HAVE 2 BEALE TO SET UR TONES AS ALARMS AND RING RINGTONES…….and this phone doesnt have it so i dont think i want itr :(:(:( kinda sux 4 metro but not rly cuse i still have to get a new phone… but jus nit dis one… nill find one cuse im dying without mine… i broke mine when i went skatin lol……… wish me luc k on findin o ne,,,,,,, :):):):):):):)

• Betina

  This phone is sooooooooo cool im geting one next week cant wait.

• bertice

  love this phone….want it for my birthday

• ♥emokid♥

  wel dats alot of money 4 dat phone i could get a touch screen 4 dat price but itz so smexii i hav 2 hav it :p

• NO shyt!

  OF COURSE DA FONE IZ STUPID WELL N0 SHYT ITZ METRO! ITZ CHEAP! WUT DU U EXPECT IT 2 B???? COOL??? IF YU THINK DAT DEN UR FUKIN STUPID! CHEAP=BAD EXPENSIVE=GUD! GET ATT OR VERIZON SPRINT IF YU WANT A GUD FONE GOD DAM IT!