AT&T SGH-A687 Strive

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Pros:

Big screen for an inexpensive device. Slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Good voice quality. Threaded SMS.
The Samsung Strive has a comfortable, user-friendly design. Performance is agreeable, and you get a fair number of features.

Cons:

Non-standard headphone jack. Middling camera. Boatloads of bloatware.
The Samsung Strive's camera lacks a flash, and the phone's internal memory is low.

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Last revision on August 19, 2011

Reviewers Liked

Big screen for an inexpensive device. Slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Good voice quality. Threaded SMS
The Samsung Strive has a comfortable, user-friendly design. Performance is agreeable, and you get a fair number of features

Reviewers Didn't Like

Non-standard headphone jack. Middling camera. Boatloads of bloatware
The Samsung Strive's camera lacks a flash, and the phone's internal memory is low

Expert reviews and ratings

After the introduction of the popular , the Samsung Strive SGH-A687 from the house of AT&T landed as a true successor. The Samsung Strive brings in with it loads of new features such as AT&T’s latest Address Book, Next Generation Messaging and...

By BrightHub on December 22, 2010

The Samsung Strive SGH-a687 could have been a good budget handset, but AT&T's marketing department buried the phone in bloatware and extra...

By PC Mag on April 16, 2010

The Samsung Strive is one of Samsung's better messaging phones. And it offers a few new...

By cnet on April 01, 2010

The Strive is not a device for power users. It is for people who use text messages to communicate with their friends and family more than through any other means of communication. In that goal, the Strive succeeds. The texting app offers solid...

By Phone Scoop on April 16, 2010

The Samsung Strive is a basic messaging phone with a great QWERTY keyboard. It lacks a touchscreen, which is probably one reason why the price is so low - $19.99 after rebates with a new contract. Though you may find yourself wishing it was a...

By PhoneDog on April 14, 2010