Ok, after we discussed about the questionable green side of the Samsung Reclaim, let us continue to the next thing: Samsung Reclaim First Impression (a Preview). As you might already know, the Samsung Reclaim is a budget phone, and it comes for only $50 on 2 years contract. Therefore don’t expect too much of this phone… Here I present you a Samsung Reclaim preview based on several aspects which was initally done by our folks at MobileCrunch, which are Reclaim’s hardware, software, keyboard and camera. So let’s start then….

Reclaim Hardware and Design

Well, it is a pretty decent device, regarding the price. The keyboard looks great, as do the sides and rear of the phone. The face, however, looks pretty tacky. Several less frequently used buttons are smaller than the frequently used ones. The grip is quite comfortable, and the sliding mechanism is also good. The 3.5mm headset jack is also a great addition. Talks about the keyboard, it is better than expected. Nice pressure mechanism. Too bad it’s a bit small, but it is the form factor.

Reclaim Software and Camera

We really like the idea of Sprint’s One Click UI. Your homescreen is essentially a looping carousel, filled from left to right with “Tiles” of your choosing. They’ve got the basics covered: Facebook and Myspace are there for your social needs, quick (basic) access to just about every Google service is available, and customization is quick and easy. However, there are some bugs on the sotware and some delay too.

The camera is not the best feature on this phone. It seems to have a fixed focus outside of any known dimension; whether near or far, things are blurry messes.

Conclusion:

In today’s day of incredible smartphones costing just $100-$150 bucks, we’d never, ever recommend a $50 feature phone. If we did, we’d consider recommending the Reclaim Not because of the supposed eco-friendliness – because, to be honest, we think that’s a bit of a sham. At the very most, it’s a well intended but way off the mark gesture. Samsung makes some 50+ phones a year; in the grand scheme of things, a few small changes across all of Samsung’s models would make more of a difference than one ultra-green phone.

Ok now that the Samsung Reclaim -claimed as a green phone with nice features- will arrive a few days from now, it is about time for someone to start talking about the performance of the Reclaim. And it seems that our folks at MobileCrunch has done that. They also have several arguable statements on the Green-ness of the phone. Read on to find out more.

Our folks said that :

• the fact that the phone is manufactured and shipped from Korea makes this phone has burned up many fuels in the shipping process
• Five pamphlets. 100 pages of extra stuffs that most people won’t read. Those information should be stored in the SD card to save paper, ink (even though they’re made from recycled materials), and time and energy
• The box is too huge and too much empty spaces (also caused by the 5 pamphlets)

Ok so let’s discussed this Do you agree?

If you are someone who love all things that are eco-friendly, then the new Samsung phone from Sprint  might be just the phone for you. Just recently Sprint has officially announced the ec0-friendly Samsung Reclaim. They said that the Samsung Reclaim is the first phone in U.S. that uses the eco-friendly bio-plastic materials and it is 80% recyclable.

According to our source, the Samsung Reclaim will be available on August 16 with less than $50 price tag for 2 years of contract plan. Wal-Mart will also start sell the phone in early September. If you buy the phone from Sprint, you will donate $2 for The Nature Conservancy’s Adopt an Acre program, which supports land conservation across the United States and protects some of the world’s most beautiful and important natural habitats.

Talking about the specs and features, Sprint claimed that the Samsung Reclaim is more than just an eco-friendly phones. It got several cool features, such as:

• a slide-out full QWERTY keyboard making it easy to access personal or corporate email as well as text and multimedia messaging;
• Sprint Navigation with Search, providing easy access to directory information and GPS-enabled directions;
• 2 megapixel camera with 3x digital zoom and camcorder;
• advanced stereo Bluetooth® 2.0;
• expandable memory storage up to 32GB;
• an integrated Web browser; and
• two color options – Earth Green and Ocean Blue.

Ok so do you want to buy one?