vote for samsung ativ se review???

[experiment 626]

(As a side note: how many official reviews have you seen of the ATIV SE? My guess is not many.)

Sadly, you're absolutely correct. Even on YouTube there are zero reviews and/or unboxing videos,professional or new-owner based, besides yours Daniel. Thanks for your efforts.

 

[sunnybyday]

Dan - Since you guys have already spent over $600, why don't you go ahead and do a full review? I would like to volunteer and send that review link to the morons at Samsung marketing!

On a serious note, Samsung is probably making recycled Windows Phones because they were forced by Microsoft due to that patent agreement. Samsung got a neat discount on royalty payment on every Android device and they only have to make half-baked attempts at an WP. I would take it if I was Samsung!

 

[Daniel Rubino]

Since you guys have spent over $600, why don't you do a review? I would volunteer and send that review link to the morons at Samsung marketing!

​See above, I noted I'd have one for Friday.

 

[PuckCowboy]

That's easy to explain: Nokia sends us phones in advanced, as they want their devices reviewed.

Samsung? Nothing. I paid $599 for this phone out of our budget, walking into a store like everyone else. Samsung/Verizon are not exactly pushing this phone. (As a side note: how many official reviews have you seen of the ATIV SE? My guess is not many.)

The only thing here that's disappointing is Samsung.

Thanks for explaining this Daniel. It wasn't my intention to come across nasty about it or anything, just disappointed this has gotten such little fan fare. Especially from my own personal experience with trying out the ATIV SE vs the Icon in store and I like the phone much better than the Icon based on looks, feel and specs. I look forward to your review and appreciate you taking the time to do it. I will hold off on purchasing until at least hearing your thoughts.

Thanks again!

 

[mary beth hale]

I understand the points mr. rubino is making and appreciate his comments on this thread. it was the comment about a pending review "if you folks are interested" that bothered me. given the "go nokia or go home" climate often found on this site, the comment seemed dismissive to me. I will certainly look forward to Daniel's review.

 

[scottcraft]

​See above, I noted I'd have one for Friday.

I can't wait to see it. That Ativ is a sweet phone!

 

[metallistang00]

I'm certainly interested. I'm looking to move over to Windows Phone. I'm unfamiliar with Nokia, and Ive had a few Samsung phones with Android, and they worked well. I went into Verizon yesterday and asked about moving to Windows Phone and was basically ignored. They said they don't sell many and thats where the sales pitch ended. Looking forward to the Samsung review.

 

[mary beth hale]

That's easy to explain: Nokia sends us phones in advanced, as they want their devices reviewed.

Samsung? Nothing. I paid $599 for this phone out of our budget, walking into a store like everyone else. Samsung/Verizon are not exactly pushing this phone. (As a side note: how many official reviews have you seen of the ATIV SE? My guess is not many.)

The only thing here that's disappointing is Samsung.

yes. sadly, Samsung is definitely the bad guy here regarding marketing effort. as a member of the windows phone community and someone that would like to see windows phone use expand, I am still looking forward to your review. actually, one of the reasons I bought my ativ s, was the review that rich wrote in march '13. "...the windows phone that could have been so much more", even though it lamented Samsung's lack of marketing. I was about to purchase a galaxy s3.

 

[PuckCowboy]

Did the ATIV SE review get posted Friday as was mentioned earlier? I didn't notice anything browsing through the last few days of posts. If not, is there a new ETA?

 

[mary beth hale]

Did the ATIV SE review get posted Friday as was mentioned earlier? I didn't notice anything browsing through the last few days of posts. If not, is there a new ETA?

After he said Friday he amended that to "a few more days". Should be this week.

 

[Mmazeo]

Is there still not one review of this phone anywhere?

 

[PuckCowboy]

Is there still not one review of this phone anywhere?

Not that I can tell. I go to VerizonWireless.com every few days to read the user reviews of the phone. Looks like a few people are coming over from Droids that like this phone. The main negative comments seem to be with the OS in general though. I think 8.1 will help with most of the complaints.

 

[Mmazeo]

Wait....I'm seeing no user reviews for this phone on the Verizon site.

 

[PuckCowboy]

Wait....I'm seeing no user reviews for this phone on the Verizon site.

Sorry, the link I gave redirects. If you do a search of Smartphones to buy and choose the ATIV SE, you will see about 9 or 10 user reviews up already.

 

[Mmazeo]

Very weird, mine still has 0 reviews.

 

[admorris#AC]

I had the phone for a week and returned it due to the constant screen freezes while using 8.1. Once they get that figured out, I'll probably be back... Great phone otherwise. Rocking the Moto X now (along with Note 3)

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[PuckCowboy]

Any update on the WPcentral review of the ATIV SE?

 

[Mmazeo]

Still says 0 reviews on Verizon site

 

[mary beth hale]

13 user reviews on Verizon site. 4.2/5

 

[Mmazeo]

13 user reviews on Verizon site. 4.2/5

That's so weird. It's actually driving me nuts at this point. Wonder why that's happening?