Samsung U380 Brightside 3G Verizon CDMA Smartphone - Black

Took me forever to find this older Verizon phone, but I once had one and Loved it, and when a friend described what he was looking for I was on the hunt. I looked everywhere, but the best deal (and safest) is always Amazon for me. Bought him some cases, some screen protectors... and he's texting me from it now. This phone is great for guys because the keys are fairly big and there is a space between each one (fatter fingers!). Samsung traditionally is one of my favorite phone manufacturers. I've never had one fail. The ONLY drawback with the Brightside is you have two choices in the color scheme you see here, the orange one shown and a green one. But as far as quick-messaging phones go, they don't get much better.

I really enjoyed this phone. It has a nice slide up, and the touch screen is very sensitive and I like that. The photo quality is OK but it is good enough for me!! I really like the different fonts you can choose and layouts. I suggest going to youtube and searching up a samsung brightside review before buying just so you can tell what kind of phone this is. The touch screen is a little TOO sensitive sometimes and accidently calls people. But I'm okay with that. Great phone!!!

This phone seemed great... until it started behaving erratically. First, it started turning itself on, on its own even after I turned off the screen. Then the speaker started cutting out entirely, not playing key sounds or phone conversations. I tried turning the phone off/on, and even performed a full reset, which made it work... for a few minutes.Basically, it's junk now. I saw other people reporting a similar issue. This seems to be a defective model. Avoid.

This is a great little phone! I activated it online and it works great. It was easy to set up and I was able transfer all of my contacts. My music was on the mini SD card from my old phone so I just put it in this one.The camera takes pretty good pictures, too. I would recommend it to anyone who doesn't want to spend a mint on a smart phone.

I bought this phone for our 12 year old daughter and this is a perfect phone for a first time user. Easy to set up and maneuver through it's smartphone like in many ways. The only complaint I have is that if you're not careful it is very easy to wake the phone and accidently dial some one if you have the phone in a pocket or purse. If the buttons on the front can be pushed the phone will dial randomly so I highly recommend getting a hard case that covers the buttons. Phone came in a nice case and in great shape. This really is a good little phone for the price.

I ordered this phone as a spare for when my phone breaks. I'm currently on a refurbished one now due to my original one breaking after 4 years so I had to order another one in case my husband,s phone breaks. but these phones are great and easy to operate and that's why I keep buying them. thank you. I just wanted a factory refurbished phone tho and that's all.c.kelly

SMS Messages are only storable on the phone's internal memory when using the OEM phone software. For those who send frequent text massages it will limit the usefulness of the device unless the messages are regularly backed up onto a different device. The phone itself had a somewhat clunky user interface, but the mail and web browser were decent and the phone functionality was reliable. If the phone had a reasonable way to back up SMS messages so they didn't fill up internal memory the phone would still be in use rather than replaced by a smart phone.

I love the phone. For people who don't want an expensive data plan but need to upgrade their stone age flip phone, the brightside is a great in-between. It's a good size, fits nice in my hand and pocket, and so far I haven't had any problems with it. the camera is pretty good for a phone, best one I've had so far. The key-board slides out nice, it doesn't stick or anything. The only complaint I have is the menu screen. Most phones have a home screen where you choose a background and everything, but this phone doesn't have that. The orange screen shown in the picture is your home screen, you can choose between orange or green and choose what shortcuts are on the home menu, but that's the limit of your home screen options.