Samsung's Latest Android Smartphone: The Fascinate

Those of you looking to pick up a brand-new 3G smartphone capable of awesome speeds, excellent multimedia playback, social networking, and fast internet browsing, all for next to nothing, read on for the best online Samsung Fascinate deals.

Amazon is currently running a great deal on the Samsung Fascinate. Buy a Samsung Fascinate with a new two-year service plan through Verizon and the Fascinate is practically free, at $0.01.

If you’re looking to upgrade from your current phone to the Samsung Fascinate, a contract extension will land you the Samsung Fascinate for $99.99 on an individual account, or $149.99 if you’re part of a family plan.

Amazon provides an easy tool to customize and upgrade your Verizon service plan, as you see fit.

Wirefly is running a similar deal on the Samsung Fascinate. With a new two-year service plan, you can buy the Samsung Fascinate for only $9.99.

Upgrade to the Samsung Fascinate with a contract extension through Wirefly, and the Fascinate costs only $29.99. Add a line to a current plan and you can buy the Fascinate for only $29.99, too.

Wirefly.com also offers it’s own tool to create and customize your Verizon service plan.

Both Amazon and Wirefly offer free shipping on the Fascinate when purchased through their online stores.

The Samsung Fascinate is the newest Android superphone released on the Verizon network.

Samsung’s Fascinate is a top-of-the-line 3G smartphone capable of blazing-fast speeds to bring you internet browsing, instant messaging, social networking, and multimedia anywhere you go.

The Samsung Fascinate has a 4-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen, 5MP camera, capable of 720p video recording, 802.11b/g/n wireless connectivity, Bluetooth 3.0, Swype , and Android 2.1, among other features.

The New Samsung Fascinate: Available For $0.01

CNET’s review on the Fascinate’s touchscreen:

On the front of the device, you’ll find the same 4-inch Super AMOLED touch screen that graces the rest of the Galaxy S series, and like the others, the Fascinate’s display is gorgeous. The screen’s sharpness and pinch-to-zoom support make it easy to read text, and it also displays deep and rich colors, such that the multimedia experience is particularly wonderful. Also great is the fact that you can see the screen even in bright sunlight.

Engadget on the Samsung Fascinate’s build:

In our hands, 4-inches feels like the perfect size for this type of phone; the device feels considerably smaller than something like the Evo, but is more comfortable to type on than the Incredible or iPhone.

And Slashgear on the call quality provided by the Samsung Fascinate on Verizon’s network:

Verizon has a strong reputation for superlative call and data performance, and the Samsung Fascinate is certainly a best-of-breed when it comes to taking advantage of that. Voice calls were crisp and clear, while the speakerphone manages to be both loud and precise.

The Samsung Fascinate delivers for those looking for strong battery life. Amazon’s Samsung Fascinate page says that the device is capable of 7 hours talk time and 13 days standby time. Slashgear’s tests showed a that the Fascinate was capable of “around 14 hours and 25 minutes of mixed usage: that includes web browsing, Exchange push-email turned on, periodic checking of three Gmail accounts and some multimedia.”

Interested in learning more about the Samsung Fascinate? Find out more at Amazon.

Looking for an Android smartphone on the Verizon network with a larger screen? Check out the great deals on the Motorola Droid X.

What about an Android phone with a physical keyboard? The Motorola Droid 2 was recently released to positive reviews, and the original Motorola Droid is still available for little money.

Sandy Castaneda has written about her experience with the HTC Droid Eris.

Castaneda decided to go with the Eris to save $100 (though if she had seen BuyDroidPhones.com she would know she was really only saving $50…). Seems she’s developed buyer’s remorse.

Castaneda wishes she had spent on the Motorola Droid for its keyboard, processing power, Android 2.0, and because after buying apps to make the Eris do what the Droid can do out-of-the-box, the Eris isn’t such a hot deal.

Read the whole article at VentureBeat.com

Now I’m not so sure that we need a new classification for new Android phones, like the Motorola Droid, but author David Pogue‘s observation of how close the cell phone is almost merging with the laptop is spot-on.

Anyway, this is another review of the Motorola Android. Pogue extensively compares the Motorola Droid to the iPhone, from which the Droid hopes to pull customers away from.

Pogue’s conclusion: the Motorola Droid is a worthy challenger to the iPhone, though not without some quirks of its own.

Check out the full review over at NYTimes.com.

PCWorld’s review of the Motorola Droid lauded the Droid’s high-resolution screen and “snappy Web browsing.”

Reviewer Robert S. Anthony writes that the Droid provides excellent call quality for both parties to a call.

Anthony was also impressed with the exceptional integration between the Droid and accessories like the car-window dock and tabletop dock.

A “powerful new competitor” to the iPhone, PCWorld gives the Motorola Droid a score of 90/100.

The full review of the Droid can be read at PCWorld’s website.

I plan on updating BuyDroidPhones.com as much as possible, especially as the Motorola Droid becomes available later this week.

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If you’re looking for a comprehensive review of the Motorola Droid, head over to CNET’s review: Motorola Droid (Verizon Wireless)

The reviewer was quite impressed with the phone, having only very minor complaints. Check it out!